SC Cleared Jobs in the North West

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for SC 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 224 49 58
Rank change year-on-year -175 +9 -16
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 67 408 440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.86% 3.94% 5.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.34% 16.84% 16.26%
Number of salaries quoted 55 203 157
10th Percentile £45,800 £37,500 £27,922
25th Percentile £51,000 £45,000 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -8.33% +12.97%
75th Percentile £75,129 £65,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £92,333 £76,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £62,450
% change year-on-year +9.09% -11.93% +13.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

SC 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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,987 2,423 2,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 63.90% 23.42% 35.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,478 1,649 907
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -13.04% +21.05%
75th Percentile £58,943 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £54,897 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.34% +9.09%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the North West

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the North West.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the North West

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the North West

SC Cleared
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the North West 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
Manchester -59 35 £67,626 +12.71% 274
Cumbria -80 18 £52,000 +15.56% 3
Cheshire -48 8 £58,000 +5.45% 158
Lancashire -81 4 £61,000 +28.42% 81
Merseyside -41 2 £83,750 +39.58% 73
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.99%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (2.99%) Skype for Business
3 1 (1.49%) nginx
3 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.49%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (23.88%) Azure
2 9 (13.43%) AWS
3 7 (10.45%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (8.96%) Power Platform
5 4 (5.97%) GCP
6 3 (4.48%) Amazon ECR
6 3 (4.48%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (4.48%) Amazon ElastiCache
6 3 (4.48%) Amazon OpenSearch
6 3 (4.48%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (4.48%) AWS CodeBuild
6 3 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.48%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (4.48%) dbt
6 3 (4.48%) GitHub
6 3 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (4.48%) Pulumi
7 2 (2.99%) IaaS
7 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.99%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.45%) Firewall
2 6 (8.96%) OSPF
3 5 (7.46%) BGP
3 5 (7.46%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (7.46%) Cisco Firepower
3 5 (7.46%) EIGRP
3 5 (7.46%) HSRP
3 5 (7.46%) IPsec
3 5 (7.46%) VPN
4 4 (5.97%) LAN
4 4 (5.97%) WAN
4 4 (5.97%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (4.48%) Junos
5 3 (4.48%) Network Security
5 3 (4.48%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.99%) DNS
6 2 (2.99%) Internet
6 2 (2.99%) Skype
6 2 (2.99%) SMTP
7 1 (1.49%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.97%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (5.97%) Redis
2 3 (4.48%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (4.48%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (4.48%) MySQL
3 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (1.49%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (1.49%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Git
2 3 (4.48%) GitLab
3 2 (2.99%) ClearCase
3 2 (2.99%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.49%) JIRA
4 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 20 (29.85%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.90%) Finance
3 9 (13.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (10.45%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.46%) Law
6 4 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.48%) Marketing
7 3 (4.48%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.99%) Electronics
8 2 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.99%) Legal
8 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.49%) Automotive
9 1 (1.49%) Publishing
9 1 (1.49%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 14 (20.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (17.91%) Support Engineer
3 11 (16.42%) Architect
4 9 (13.43%) Infrastructure Support
4 9 (13.43%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 9 (13.43%) Senior
5 7 (10.45%) Developer
6 6 (8.96%) Consultant
7 5 (7.46%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Network Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) SOC Engineer
9 3 (4.48%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 3 (4.48%) Security Architect
9 3 (4.48%) Senior Consultant
9 3 (4.48%) Technical Consultant
10 2 (2.99%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 2 (2.99%) Network Architect
10 2 (2.99%) Security Engineer
10 2 (2.99%) Senior ServiceNow Consultant
10 2 (2.99%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.97%) Django
2 3 (4.48%) .NET
3 2 (2.99%) React
3 2 (2.99%) REST
3 2 (2.99%) SOAP
3 2 (2.99%) XML
3 2 (2.99%) XSD
4 1 (1.49%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.49%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.49%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (1.49%) Kafka
4 1 (1.49%) Middleware
4 1 (1.49%) Spring
4 1 (1.49%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.42%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.99%) CMDB
2 2 (2.99%) Enterprise Cloud
2 2 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (2.99%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.49%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.49%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.49%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.96%) Linux
1 6 (8.96%) Windows
2 4 (5.97%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.48%) Unix
3 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.48%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.49%) Android
5 1 (1.49%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.49%) Debian
5 1 (1.49%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.49%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (20.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (16.42%) ITIL
3 10 (14.93%) DevOps
3 10 (14.93%) Project Delivery
4 9 (13.43%) Agile
4 9 (13.43%) CI/CD
4 9 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (11.94%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (8.96%) Performance Monitoring
6 6 (8.96%) Thought Leadership
7 5 (7.46%) Computer Science
7 5 (7.46%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (7.46%) Open Source
7 5 (7.46%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (5.97%) Information Security
8 4 (5.97%) ITSM
8 4 (5.97%) Migration
8 4 (5.97%) Programme Management
8 4 (5.97%) Risk Management
8 4 (5.97%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.45%) Python
2 5 (7.46%) SQL
3 3 (4.48%) Java
3 3 (4.48%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.99%) Bash
4 2 (2.99%) C#
4 2 (2.99%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (2.99%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.99%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.49%) Groovy
5 1 (1.49%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.49%) VB
5 1 (1.49%) VBScript
5 1 (1.49%) X++
Qualifications
1 67 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (20.90%) Degree
3 10 (14.93%) DV Cleared
4 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (5.97%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.48%) CCNA
6 3 (4.48%) CCNP
6 3 (4.48%) Chartered Engineer
6 3 (4.48%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (4.48%) JNCIA
7 2 (2.99%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.99%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.49%) APMG
8 1 (1.49%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.49%) MCP
8 1 (1.49%) MCSA
8 1 (1.49%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.96%) SLA
2 4 (5.97%) NCSC
3 3 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.48%) NIST
4 2 (2.99%) QA
5 1 (1.49%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (7.46%) Docker
2 4 (5.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.48%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.48%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.49%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.49%) Firmware
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (10.45%) Terraform
2 3 (4.48%) AWS Copilot
2 3 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.99%) QRadar
3 2 (2.99%) SCCM
4 1 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.49%) Ansible
4 1 (1.49%) HAProxy
4 1 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 20 (29.85%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.43%) Cisco
3 5 (7.46%) CheckPoint
3 5 (7.46%) Palo Alto
3 5 (7.46%) ServiceNow
4 4 (5.97%) AlienVault
4 4 (5.97%) VMware
5 3 (4.48%) Google
5 3 (4.48%) Juniper
5 3 (4.48%) Oracle
6 2 (2.99%) McAfee
6 2 (2.99%) SAP
6 2 (2.99%) Splunk
7 1 (1.49%) Dell
7 1 (1.49%) HP
7 1 (1.49%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.49%) Sparx
7 1 (1.49%) Symantec
7 1 (1.49%) Tripwire