SC Cleared Jobs in the North West

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 59 37
Rank change year-on-year +8 -22 +42
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 385 409 713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.91% 5.23% 7.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.11% 15.23% 25.12%
Number of salaries quoted 179 161 370
10th Percentile £37,500 £26,680 £28,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +8.26% +1.17%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,180 £80,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.11% +0.91%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

SC Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,390 2,685 2,838
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 24.26% 34.34% 30.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,622 907 1,293
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,043
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,914
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £49,549
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +11.00% -0.90%
75th Percentile £63,750 £69,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,600 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.72% +8.36% -

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 May 2024. 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 -10 171 £60,000 -11.11% 45
Merseyside +14 105 £60,000 +84.62% 2
Cheshire +28 64 £55,000 +112.85% 24
Cumbria -2 26 £40,000 -37.01% 26
Lancashire -20 18 £47,500 +18.75% 27
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 61 (15.84%) ArcGIS
2 57 (14.81%) GeoServer
3 11 (2.86%) Apache
3 11 (2.86%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.60%) SharePoint
5 8 (2.08%) Confluence
5 8 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (2.08%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.52%) JBoss
6 2 (0.52%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.26%) IIS
7 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (2.08%) MS Visio
1 8 (2.08%) Sketch
2 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.04%) AutoCAD
3 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.08%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 110 (28.57%) Azure
2 90 (23.38%) AWS
3 19 (4.94%) Amazon EKS
4 12 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.12%) Miro
4 12 (3.12%) OpenShift
5 11 (2.86%) AWS CloudFormation
5 11 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
5 11 (2.86%) GCP
5 11 (2.86%) Serverless
6 10 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (2.08%) Amazon SQS
7 8 (2.08%) Figma
7 8 (2.08%) Heroku
7 8 (2.08%) SaaS
8 7 (1.82%) IaaS
8 7 (1.82%) PaaS
8 7 (1.82%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.56%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.86%) AMQP
1 11 (2.86%) DNS
2 9 (2.34%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.08%) BGP
3 8 (2.08%) Software-Defined Radio
3 8 (2.08%) SSL
4 7 (1.82%) Wireless
5 5 (1.30%) SAN
6 4 (1.04%) TETRA
7 3 (0.78%) DHCP
7 3 (0.78%) Internet
7 3 (0.78%) LAN
7 3 (0.78%) Network Security
8 2 (0.52%) Firewall
8 2 (0.52%) PPP
9 1 (0.26%) Intranet
9 1 (0.26%) VLAN
9 1 (0.26%) WAN
9 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (14.81%) GIS
1 57 (14.81%) PostgreSQL
1 57 (14.81%) QGIS
2 11 (2.86%) Big Data
2 11 (2.86%) Cloudera CDH
2 11 (2.86%) Hadoop
3 10 (2.60%) RDBMS
3 10 (2.60%) Relational Database
3 10 (2.60%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (2.08%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.30%) Power BI
6 2 (0.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 14 (3.64%) JIRA
2 6 (1.56%) Git
3 4 (1.04%) GitLab
4 3 (0.78%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.78%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.52%) Appium
5 2 (0.52%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.52%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.52%) GDB
5 2 (0.52%) IntelliJ
5 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.52%) JUnit
5 2 (0.52%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.52%) Selenium
5 2 (0.52%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.52%) SOAtest
5 2 (0.52%) Subversion
5 2 (0.52%) TestNG
5 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.52%) WebDriver
General
1 98 (25.45%) Social Skills
2 35 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 29 (7.53%) Finance
4 23 (5.97%) Aerospace
5 15 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (3.64%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (2.60%) Military
8 8 (2.08%) Avionics
9 7 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.56%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.30%) Polish Language
12 4 (1.04%) Local Government
12 4 (1.04%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.52%) Banking
13 2 (0.52%) Games
13 2 (0.52%) Law
13 2 (0.52%) Legal
13 2 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.52%) Police
14 1 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 94 (24.42%) Senior
2 75 (19.48%) Software Engineer
3 53 (13.77%) Architect
4 49 (12.73%) Lead
5 42 (10.91%) Senior Software Engineer
6 36 (9.35%) Developer
7 34 (8.83%) Systems Engineer
8 30 (7.79%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (4.94%) Project Manager
10 17 (4.42%) Presales Solution Architect
11 16 (4.16%) Analyst
12 15 (3.90%) Designer
13 12 (3.12%) Product Manager
14 11 (2.86%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
14 11 (2.86%) Information Assurance Manager
14 11 (2.86%) Information Manager
14 11 (2.86%) Senior Developer
15 10 (2.60%) UI Designer
15 10 (2.60%) UI/UX Designer
15 10 (2.60%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (20.52%) React
2 57 (14.81%) Leaflet
2 57 (14.81%) OpenLayers
2 57 (14.81%) PostGIS
3 54 (14.03%) .NET
4 49 (12.73%) .NET Core
4 49 (12.73%) CSS
5 23 (5.97%) AngularJS
6 22 (5.71%) Spring Boot
7 20 (5.19%) Node.js
8 19 (4.94%) RabbitMQ
9 18 (4.68%) Spring
10 13 (3.38%) REST
11 12 (3.12%) HTML
12 11 (2.86%) gRPC
12 11 (2.86%) Material-UI
12 11 (2.86%) OpenAPI
12 11 (2.86%) Swagger
13 10 (2.60%) Django
14 7 (1.82%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.90%) Operational Technology
2 14 (3.64%) Cloud Native
3 12 (3.12%) SCADA
3 12 (3.12%) Virtual Team
4 9 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.34%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.34%) Public Cloud
5 7 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (1.56%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.04%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.78%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.78%) IoT
8 3 (0.78%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.78%) PKI
8 3 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.52%) Acoustics
9 2 (0.52%) FPGA
9 2 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 44 (11.43%) Linux
2 19 (4.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 19 (4.94%) Ubuntu
3 14 (3.64%) Windows
4 11 (2.86%) CentOS
4 11 (2.86%) Debian
5 6 (1.56%) Unix
5 6 (1.56%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.78%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.52%) FreeBSD
7 2 (0.52%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.52%) VMS
8 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (47.53%) Actionable Insight
2 151 (39.22%) Agile
3 97 (25.19%) Software Engineering
4 96 (24.94%) DevOps
5 57 (14.81%) Web Development
6 50 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (11.95%) Project Management
8 39 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 33 (8.57%) Scrum
10 32 (8.31%) Business Case
10 32 (8.31%) Open Source
11 30 (7.79%) Cybersecurity
12 29 (7.53%) Mentoring
12 29 (7.53%) User Research
13 28 (7.27%) Collaborative Working
14 27 (7.01%) Contract Negotiation
15 26 (6.75%) Kanban
15 26 (6.75%) Presales
16 25 (6.49%) Business Strategy
16 25 (6.49%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 83 (21.56%) Python
2 79 (20.52%) JavaScript
3 35 (9.09%) C#
4 31 (8.05%) Java
5 8 (2.08%) C++
6 7 (1.82%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.82%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.04%) Bicep
8 3 (0.78%) C
9 2 (0.52%) Perl
10 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.26%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 385 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 41 (10.65%) Degree
3 15 (3.90%) DV Cleared
4 14 (3.64%) Azure Certification
4 14 (3.64%) CISA
4 14 (3.64%) CISM
4 14 (3.64%) CRISC
5 11 (2.86%) CESG Certified Professional
6 9 (2.34%) DBS Check
7 8 (2.08%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 8 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.78%) CREST Certified
9 3 (0.78%) OSCE
9 3 (0.78%) OSCP
10 2 (0.52%) CCNP
10 2 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.26%) CCNA
11 1 (0.26%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (5.45%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.64%) GDPR
3 14 (3.64%) GRC
4 10 (2.60%) WCAG
5 8 (2.08%) SLA
6 7 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 6 (1.56%) COBIT
8 3 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.52%) PMO
9 2 (0.52%) QA
10 1 (0.26%) NIST
10 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (1.30%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.04%) Docker
3 3 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.78%) vSphere
4 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.26%) Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) Lustre
5 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.26%) Snort
5 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (3.90%) Kubernetes
1 15 (3.90%) Terraform
2 11 (2.86%) Ansible
2 11 (2.86%) Puppet
3 6 (1.56%) OpenView
4 3 (0.78%) Nessus
4 3 (0.78%) Nmap
5 2 (0.52%) SCCM
5 2 (0.52%) WSUS
6 1 (0.26%) Icinga
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.26%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 57 (14.81%) ESRI
2 38 (9.87%) Microsoft
3 12 (3.12%) Oracle
4 11 (2.86%) Google
4 11 (2.86%) Red Hat
4 11 (2.86%) SaltStack
5 9 (2.34%) Cisco
6 8 (2.08%) Sparx
7 7 (1.82%) HP
7 7 (1.82%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.82%) VMware
8 6 (1.56%) BMC
8 6 (1.56%) Remedy
9 4 (1.04%) Juniper
10 3 (0.78%) IBM
10 3 (0.78%) NetApp
10 3 (0.78%) Qualys
11 2 (0.52%) Apple
11 2 (0.52%) Cadence
11 2 (0.52%) Thales