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 16 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 42 108
Rank change year-on-year -77 +66 -58
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 148 277 255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.89% 5.61% 3.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.41% 21.64% 11.16%
Number of salaries quoted 89 127 146
10th Percentile £39,000 £35,000 £26,465
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +7.78%
75th Percentile £74,144 £67,500 £72,188
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,081 £93,125
England median annual salary £61,644 £57,500 £58,637
% change year-on-year +7.21% -1.94% -2.27%

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 4,334 1,280 2,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 55.34% 25.91% 28.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,021 750 1,101
10th Percentile £35,802 £29,950 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,748 £39,406 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £52,084 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% -5.30% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.60%

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 16 January 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 16 January 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 -24 96 £60,000 +4.35% 55
Cheshire +6 21 £47,500 +11.76% 2
Cumbria -86 12 £48,250 +7.22% 19
Lancashire -79 10 £40,000 -38.46% 13
Merseyside -30 9 £73,500 +5.00% 8
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 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.35%) Confluence
2 2 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.08%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.03%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (2.03%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.68%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.68%) Maximo
3 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.86%) Azure
2 21 (14.19%) AWS
3 10 (6.76%) dbt
3 10 (6.76%) OCI
4 7 (4.73%) GCP
5 6 (4.05%) PaaS
5 6 (4.05%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.03%) Amazon ECR
7 3 (2.03%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (2.03%) Amazon ElastiCache
7 3 (2.03%) Amazon OpenSearch
7 3 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (2.03%) AWS CodeBuild
7 3 (2.03%) IaaS
7 3 (2.03%) Pulumi
7 3 (2.03%) SaaS
8 2 (1.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.35%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.11%) Firewall
2 6 (4.05%) DNS
3 5 (3.38%) TCP/IP
3 5 (3.38%) VPN
4 4 (2.70%) DHCP
4 4 (2.70%) LAN
4 4 (2.70%) Network Security
4 4 (2.70%) VLAN
4 4 (2.70%) WAN
5 3 (2.03%) Internet
5 3 (2.03%) IPv4
5 3 (2.03%) SMTP
5 3 (2.03%) SNMP
5 3 (2.03%) WLAN
6 2 (1.35%) BGP
6 2 (1.35%) EIGRP
6 2 (1.35%) OSPF
6 2 (1.35%) SAN
6 2 (1.35%) Skype
7 1 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (14.19%) Relational Database
2 5 (3.38%) Power BI
3 3 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (2.03%) Oracle ODI
3 3 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.03%) Redis
3 3 (2.03%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.35%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.35%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.35%) Tableau
5 1 (0.68%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (3.38%) GitLab
2 2 (1.35%) Bitbucket
2 2 (1.35%) JIRA
3 1 (0.68%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) Selenium
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.68%) Subversion
General
1 60 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 25 (16.89%) Military
3 15 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.46%) Finance
4 14 (9.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (8.11%) Marketing
6 9 (6.08%) Billing
7 7 (4.73%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.70%) Law
8 4 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.70%) Police
9 3 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.35%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.35%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.35%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.68%) Aviation
11 1 (0.68%) Electronics
11 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (22.30%) Senior
2 23 (15.54%) Developer
3 20 (13.51%) Architect
3 20 (13.51%) Consultant
4 17 (11.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (8.11%) Senior Developer
6 11 (7.43%) ServiceNow Developer
7 10 (6.76%) Lead
7 10 (6.76%) Network Engineer
7 10 (6.76%) Project Manager
8 9 (6.08%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (5.41%) Analyst
9 8 (5.41%) Server Engineer
10 6 (4.05%) Lead Developer
10 6 (4.05%) Oracle Architect
10 6 (4.05%) Principal Engineer
10 6 (4.05%) Senior Consultant
10 6 (4.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (4.05%) Windows Engineer
10 6 (4.05%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (18.24%) Web Services
2 22 (14.86%) AngularJS
3 21 (14.19%) Ajax
3 21 (14.19%) CSS
3 21 (14.19%) HTML
3 21 (14.19%) LDAP
4 7 (4.73%) React
5 6 (4.05%) Django
6 3 (2.03%) .NET
6 3 (2.03%) OAuth
6 3 (2.03%) OAuth2
6 3 (2.03%) SAML
7 2 (1.35%) PySpark
7 2 (1.35%) Regular Expression
8 1 (0.68%) Node.js
8 1 (0.68%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.84%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.08%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.73%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.38%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.70%) CMDB
5 4 (2.70%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.70%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.70%) SCADA
6 3 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.03%) Freedom of Information
6 3 (2.03%) Freedom of Information Act
6 3 (2.03%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.03%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.35%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.35%) NHS
7 2 (1.35%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.35%) PKI
7 2 (1.35%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.46%) Windows
2 12 (8.11%) Linux
3 4 (2.70%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.03%) Unix
4 3 (2.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (22.30%) Agile
2 30 (20.27%) Scrum
3 26 (17.57%) Service Management
4 23 (15.54%) SIAM
5 20 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (11.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 15 (10.14%) Roadmaps
8 14 (9.46%) Business Intelligence
8 14 (9.46%) Project Management
9 12 (8.11%) ITIL
10 11 (7.43%) Configuration Management
10 11 (7.43%) Incident Management
10 11 (7.43%) Information Security
11 10 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (6.76%) DevOps
11 10 (6.76%) Line Management
11 10 (6.76%) Open Source
11 10 (6.76%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (6.76%) Software Engineering
11 10 (6.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (18.92%) JavaScript
2 15 (10.14%) Python
3 12 (8.11%) SQL
4 6 (4.05%) C#
4 6 (4.05%) Java
5 4 (2.70%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.03%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.35%) R
7 2 (1.35%) Ruby
7 2 (1.35%) Scala
8 1 (0.68%) C
8 1 (0.68%) Go
8 1 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 148 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 27 (18.24%) DV Cleared
3 21 (14.19%) Degree
4 18 (12.16%) CCNA
4 18 (12.16%) CCNP
4 18 (12.16%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (7.43%) CISSP
6 10 (6.76%) CISM
7 9 (6.08%) HNC
7 9 (6.08%) HND
8 6 (4.05%) CRISC
9 5 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (2.70%) CEH
10 4 (2.70%) GCFE
10 4 (2.70%) GCIA
10 4 (2.70%) GCIH
10 4 (2.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (2.03%) CISA
11 3 (2.03%) GSLC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (6.76%) NIST
3 7 (4.73%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (2.70%) Def Stans
4 4 (2.70%) GRC
4 4 (2.70%) SLA
5 3 (2.03%) GDPR
6 2 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.68%) P3O
System Software
1 18 (12.16%) VMware NSX
2 11 (7.43%) Active Directory
3 6 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.38%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.03%) Docker
5 3 (2.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (14.19%) Single Sign-On
1 21 (14.19%) vCenter Server
2 6 (4.05%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.70%) Terraform
4 3 (2.03%) AWS Copilot
5 2 (1.35%) WSUS
6 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (25.68%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.57%) ServiceNow
3 22 (14.86%) VMware
4 20 (13.51%) Cisco
5 15 (10.14%) Oracle
6 5 (3.38%) Google
6 5 (3.38%) SAP
7 3 (2.03%) Pega
7 3 (2.03%) Splunk
8 2 (1.35%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.35%) BMC
8 2 (1.35%) Databricks
8 2 (1.35%) Dell
8 2 (1.35%) IBM
8 2 (1.35%) Remedy
8 2 (1.35%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.35%) Symantec
8 2 (1.35%) Veeam
9 1 (0.68%) EMC
9 1 (0.68%) McAfee