Security Cleared Jobs in the North West

Security Clearance
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 29 25
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 -9
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 658 596 701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.47% 5.80% 9.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.20% 24.73% 26.10%
Number of salaries quoted 85 314 197
10th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £26,176
25th Percentile £51,000 £42,229 £43,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £54,625 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.99% -8.96% +13.55%
75th Percentile £76,000 £65,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,350 £79,216 £85,000
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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,983 2,410 2,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 64.16% 23.46% 35.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,470 1,646 909
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £29,400
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 £54,793 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.54% -9.17% +9.09%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the North West

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the North West

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the North West over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the North West

Security 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 Security Cleared within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Lancashire +22 384 £48,000 -4.00% 169
Manchester +5 172 £67,500 +12.50% 406
Cheshire -8 58 £54,000 +8.00% 206
Merseyside -22 22 £83,750 +39.58% 90
Cumbria -90 22 £52,000 +34.25% 9
Security Cleared
England

Security 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 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (0.30%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.15%) nginx
3 1 (0.15%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 190 (28.88%) Azure
2 184 (27.96%) AWS
3 176 (26.75%) GCP
4 8 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (1.06%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (0.76%) OCI
7 3 (0.46%) Amazon ECR
7 3 (0.46%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (0.46%) Amazon ElastiCache
7 3 (0.46%) Amazon OpenSearch
7 3 (0.46%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (0.46%) AWS CodeBuild
7 3 (0.46%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (0.46%) dbt
7 3 (0.46%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.46%) GitHub
7 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (0.46%) Pulumi
7 3 (0.46%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 383 (58.21%) VPN
2 381 (57.90%) DNS
3 7 (1.06%) Firewall
3 7 (1.06%) Wireless
4 6 (0.91%) OSPF
5 5 (0.76%) BGP
5 5 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (0.76%) Cisco Firepower
5 5 (0.76%) EIGRP
5 5 (0.76%) HSRP
5 5 (0.76%) IPsec
6 3 (0.46%) LAN
6 3 (0.46%) Network Security
6 3 (0.46%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.46%) WAN
6 3 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.30%) Internet
7 2 (0.30%) Junos
7 2 (0.30%) Skype
7 2 (0.30%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (0.61%) Redis
2 4 (0.61%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (0.46%) MySQL
4 2 (0.30%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.15%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 11 (1.67%) Git
2 9 (1.37%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.91%) GitLab
4 2 (0.30%) ClearCase
4 2 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.15%) JIRA
5 1 (0.15%) JUnit
5 1 (0.15%) NetBeans
5 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 563 (85.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 399 (60.64%) Finance
3 392 (59.57%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (4.71%) Social Skills
5 17 (2.58%) Law
6 14 (2.13%) Public Sector
7 11 (1.67%) Electronics
8 10 (1.52%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.37%) Aerospace
10 5 (0.76%) Legal
10 5 (0.76%) Marketing
11 4 (0.61%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.30%) Military
13 2 (0.30%) Retail
14 1 (0.15%) Automotive
14 1 (0.15%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.15%) Police
14 1 (0.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 386 (58.66%) Developer
2 381 (57.90%) Software Developer
3 189 (28.72%) Senior
4 186 (28.27%) Software Engineer
5 178 (27.05%) Senior Software Engineer
6 14 (2.13%) Consultant
6 14 (2.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (1.82%) Architect
7 12 (1.82%) Support Engineer
8 9 (1.37%) Infrastructure Support
8 9 (1.37%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 6 (0.91%) ServiceNow Consultant
10 5 (0.76%) Lead
10 5 (0.76%) Senior Consultant
10 5 (0.76%) Systems Engineer
11 4 (0.61%) HR Consultant
11 4 (0.61%) Network Engineer
11 4 (0.61%) SOC Engineer
12 3 (0.46%) DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.46%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (26.44%) .NET
1 174 (26.44%) Node.js
2 4 (0.61%) Django
2 4 (0.61%) Spring
2 4 (0.61%) Spring Boot
3 3 (0.46%) React
4 2 (0.30%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.30%) FastAPI
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.30%) REST
4 2 (0.30%) SOAP
4 2 (0.30%) XML
4 2 (0.30%) XSD
5 1 (0.15%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.15%) Kafka
5 1 (0.15%) Middleware
5 1 (0.15%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.15%) RESTful
5 1 (0.15%) Vue
5 1 (0.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 551 (83.74%) Cyberattack
2 177 (26.90%) Self-Motivation
3 172 (26.14%) Linux Command Line
4 13 (1.98%) Data Centre
5 6 (0.91%) Device Driver
6 4 (0.61%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.46%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.30%) CMDB
8 2 (0.30%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.30%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.30%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.15%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.15%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.15%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.15%) IoT
9 1 (0.15%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.15%) Life Science
9 1 (0.15%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.15%) Replication
9 1 (0.15%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 564 (85.71%) Linux
2 380 (57.75%) Android
3 7 (1.06%) Windows
4 4 (0.61%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.46%) Unix
5 3 (0.46%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) Debian
7 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 569 (86.47%) Agile
2 384 (58.36%) OO
3 382 (58.05%) OOP
4 381 (57.90%) Line Management
5 380 (57.75%) Design Patterns
6 379 (57.60%) Android Development
6 379 (57.60%) Mathematics
7 191 (29.03%) Software Engineering
8 181 (27.51%) Scrum
9 176 (26.75%) Mentoring
9 176 (26.75%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 175 (26.60%) Microservices
11 174 (26.44%) Cloud Security
11 174 (26.44%) User Experience
12 172 (26.14%) Data Engineering
12 172 (26.14%) Machine Learning
13 15 (2.28%) Problem-Solving
13 15 (2.28%) Project Delivery
14 14 (2.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 12 (1.82%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 569 (86.47%) Python
2 562 (85.41%) Java
3 559 (84.95%) C++
4 551 (83.74%) Go
5 178 (27.05%) JavaScript
6 173 (26.29%) Rust
7 7 (1.06%) C
8 6 (0.91%) SQL
9 5 (0.76%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.46%) C#
10 3 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.30%) Bash
11 2 (0.30%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.15%) Groovy
12 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.15%) VB
12 1 (0.15%) VBScript
12 1 (0.15%) X++
Qualifications
1 571 (86.78%) DV Cleared
2 172 (26.14%) AWS Certification
2 172 (26.14%) AWS Certified Developer
2 172 (26.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 66 (10.03%) SC Cleared
4 20 (3.04%) Degree
5 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (0.61%) CompTIA CySA+
6 4 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.61%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.46%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.30%) CCNA
8 2 (0.30%) CCNP
8 2 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.30%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.15%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.15%) MCP
9 1 (0.15%) MCSA
9 1 (0.15%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (0.91%) SLA
2 4 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (0.61%) NCSC
2 4 (0.61%) NIST
2 4 (0.61%) QA
3 3 (0.46%) IEC 61508
4 2 (0.30%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 385 (58.51%) Docker
2 5 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.46%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.46%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.15%) Firmware
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 381 (57.90%) Ansible
2 8 (1.22%) Terraform
3 5 (0.76%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.46%) AWS Copilot
4 3 (0.46%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.30%) QRadar
5 2 (0.30%) SCCM
6 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.15%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 24 (3.65%) Microsoft
2 12 (1.82%) Oracle
3 10 (1.52%) ServiceNow
4 8 (1.22%) Cisco
5 5 (0.76%) CheckPoint
5 5 (0.76%) Palo Alto
5 5 (0.76%) SAP
5 5 (0.76%) VMware
6 4 (0.61%) AlienVault
7 3 (0.46%) Google
8 2 (0.30%) Juniper
8 2 (0.30%) McAfee
8 2 (0.30%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.30%) Splunk
9 1 (0.15%) Dell
9 1 (0.15%) HP
9 1 (0.15%) Sparx
9 1 (0.15%) Symantec
9 1 (0.15%) Tripwire
9 1 (0.15%) Workday