Security Cleared Jobs in the North of England

Security Clearance
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 43 46
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 -14
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 747 830 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.40% 4.52% 6.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.27% 21.06% 21.37%
Number of salaries quoted 143 409 323
10th Percentile £38,500 £35,000 £34,100
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,139 £43,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £74,258 £66,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £86,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

Security Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,631 3,941 5,181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 56.85% 21.47% 31.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,972 2,698 1,733
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,748 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £48,007 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -12.53% +15.54%
75th Percentile £58,943 £62,500 £68,250
90th Percentile £72,450 £78,825 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,897 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.34% +9.09%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the North of England.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West 0 660 £65,000 +19.88% 744
Yorkshire -24 73 £50,000 -16.67% 630
North East +20 12 £69,384 +26.15% 207
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (0.54%) nginx
2 3 (0.40%) Confluence
3 2 (0.27%) Apache
3 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
1 9 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.13%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 221 (29.59%) Azure
2 202 (27.04%) AWS
3 184 (24.63%) GCP
4 18 (2.41%) Entra ID
5 11 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (1.47%) Power Platform
6 10 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (1.07%) Serverless
8 7 (0.94%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (0.94%) GitHub
8 7 (0.94%) OCI
9 6 (0.80%) Amazon ECR
9 6 (0.80%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (0.80%) Amazon ElastiCache
9 6 (0.80%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 6 (0.80%) AWS CodeBuild
9 6 (0.80%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (0.80%) dbt
9 6 (0.80%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 396 (53.01%) DNS
1 396 (53.01%) VPN
2 19 (2.54%) Firewall
3 15 (2.01%) LAN
4 11 (1.47%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.20%) Wireless
6 8 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (1.07%) Cisco Firepower
6 8 (1.07%) OSPF
7 7 (0.94%) BGP
7 7 (0.94%) IPsec
7 7 (0.94%) Network Security
8 6 (0.80%) DHCP
8 6 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.67%) EIGRP
9 5 (0.67%) HSRP
10 4 (0.54%) WAN
11 3 (0.40%) Junos
12 2 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (1.34%) Redis
3 9 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (0.94%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.80%) MySQL
5 6 (0.80%) NoSQL
5 6 (0.80%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.54%) Big Data
7 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.27%) Flink
7 2 (0.27%) Power BI
7 2 (0.27%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.13%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 17 (2.28%) Git
2 9 (1.20%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.94%) GitLab
4 5 (0.67%) JIRA
5 2 (0.27%) ClearCase
5 2 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.13%) JUnit
6 1 (0.13%) NetBeans
6 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 581 (77.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 419 (56.09%) Finance
3 406 (54.35%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (8.17%) Social Skills
5 29 (3.88%) Public Sector
6 19 (2.54%) Law
7 15 (2.01%) Telecoms
8 14 (1.87%) Aerospace
9 12 (1.61%) Electronics
10 8 (1.07%) Marketing
11 6 (0.80%) Legal
12 5 (0.67%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.67%) Military
12 5 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.54%) Police
14 3 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 411 (55.02%) Developer
2 391 (52.34%) Software Developer
3 202 (27.04%) Senior
4 187 (25.03%) Software Engineer
5 178 (23.83%) Senior Software Engineer
6 19 (2.54%) Consultant
7 17 (2.28%) Architect
8 16 (2.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (2.01%) Support Engineer
10 12 (1.61%) Lead
11 10 (1.34%) Service Desk Engineer
12 9 (1.20%) Infrastructure Support
12 9 (1.20%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 8 (1.07%) Principal Engineer
13 8 (1.07%) Senior Consultant
13 8 (1.07%) ServiceNow Consultant
14 7 (0.94%) Network Engineer
15 6 (0.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 6 (0.80%) Senior Developer
15 6 (0.80%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (24.36%) Node.js
2 176 (23.56%) .NET
3 10 (1.34%) Django
4 9 (1.20%) React
5 6 (0.80%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.67%) REST
6 5 (0.67%) SOAP
7 4 (0.54%) Middleware
7 4 (0.54%) RESTful
7 4 (0.54%) Spring
7 4 (0.54%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.54%) Vue
7 4 (0.54%) Web Services
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.40%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.27%) FastAPI
9 2 (0.27%) XML
9 2 (0.27%) XSD
10 1 (0.13%) ADO
10 1 (0.13%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 563 (75.37%) Cyberattack
2 183 (24.50%) Self-Motivation
3 172 (23.03%) Linux Command Line
4 15 (2.01%) Data Centre
5 10 (1.34%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.07%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.07%) Operational Technology
7 6 (0.80%) Device Driver
8 5 (0.67%) CMDB
9 4 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.54%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.40%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.40%) CCTV
10 3 (0.40%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.27%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (0.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.27%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.27%) PKI
11 2 (0.27%) Smart Energy
12 1 (0.13%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 586 (78.45%) Linux
2 389 (52.07%) Android
3 23 (3.08%) Windows
4 17 (2.28%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.94%) Unix
6 4 (0.54%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.13%) AIX
9 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.13%) Debian
9 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.13%) Solaris
9 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 591 (79.12%) Agile
2 392 (52.48%) OO
3 390 (52.21%) Design Patterns
3 390 (52.21%) Line Management
3 390 (52.21%) Mathematics
3 390 (52.21%) OOP
4 388 (51.94%) Android Development
5 195 (26.10%) Software Engineering
6 185 (24.77%) Mentoring
7 182 (24.36%) Scrum
8 179 (23.96%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 178 (23.83%) Microservices
10 176 (23.56%) User Experience
11 175 (23.43%) Machine Learning
12 174 (23.29%) Cloud Security
13 172 (23.03%) Data Engineering
14 27 (3.61%) Problem-Solving
15 25 (3.35%) CI/CD
16 24 (3.21%) Cybersecurity
16 24 (3.21%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 585 (78.31%) Python
2 577 (77.24%) Java
3 568 (76.04%) C++
4 560 (74.97%) Go
5 191 (25.57%) JavaScript
6 173 (23.16%) Rust
7 23 (3.08%) SQL
8 10 (1.34%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.94%) C
10 5 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.67%) MATLAB
10 5 (0.67%) Perl
11 4 (0.54%) C#
11 4 (0.54%) R
12 3 (0.40%) Bash
12 3 (0.40%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.27%) Scala
14 1 (0.13%) VB
14 1 (0.13%) VBScript
14 1 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 584 (78.18%) DV Cleared
2 172 (23.03%) AWS Certification
2 172 (23.03%) AWS Certified Developer
2 172 (23.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 128 (17.14%) SC Cleared
4 33 (4.42%) Degree
5 7 (0.94%) Master's Degree
6 6 (0.80%) CCNA
6 6 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (0.80%) CompTIA CySA+
6 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.67%) CISSP
7 5 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.67%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.54%) CCNP
8 4 (0.54%) CISA
9 3 (0.40%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (0.40%) JNCIA
9 3 (0.40%) PhD
10 1 (0.13%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (1.07%) NIST
2 8 (1.07%) SLA
3 7 (0.94%) NCSC
4 6 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 6 (0.80%) QA
5 4 (0.54%) GDPR
5 4 (0.54%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.40%) IEC 61508
6 3 (0.40%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.27%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.27%) GRC
7 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.13%) P3O
8 1 (0.13%) PMBOK
8 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 406 (54.35%) Docker
2 19 (2.54%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.40%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 390 (52.21%) Ansible
2 12 (1.61%) Terraform
3 9 (1.20%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.80%) AWS Copilot
5 4 (0.54%) Functional Safety
5 4 (0.54%) HAProxy
5 4 (0.54%) QRadar
6 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.27%) SCCM
8 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 44 (5.89%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.14%) ServiceNow
3 14 (1.87%) Oracle
4 13 (1.74%) Cisco
5 8 (1.07%) CheckPoint
5 8 (1.07%) VMware
6 6 (0.80%) AlienVault
6 6 (0.80%) Google
6 6 (0.80%) Palo Alto
7 5 (0.67%) SAP
8 4 (0.54%) Splunk
9 3 (0.40%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (0.40%) Citrix
9 3 (0.40%) CyberArk
9 3 (0.40%) Juniper
9 3 (0.40%) Okta
10 2 (0.27%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.27%) McAfee
10 2 (0.27%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.13%) Tripwire