Security Cleared Job Trends in Nottingham

Security Clearance
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Nottingham with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 17 60
Rank change year-on-year -7 +43 -18
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 65 35 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 4.56% 7.68% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.68% 27.13% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 43 35 4
10th Percentile £30,000 - -
25th Percentile £38,500 £28,750 £43,421
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £29,500 £45,862
Median % change year-on-year +86.44% -35.68% -10.51%
75th Percentile £85,000 £30,250 £48,750
90th Percentile - £42,100 -
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £55,000 £29,500 £45,862
% change year-on-year +86.44% -35.68% -10.51%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 193 129 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 13.54% 28.29% 17.74%
Number of salaries quoted 101 55 53
10th Percentile £27,625 - £34,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £29,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +69.49% -37.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £46,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £61,250 £70,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £30,750 £44,225
% change year-on-year +62.60% -30.47% -11.55%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Nottingham

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Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Security Cleared

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Salary Histogram in Nottingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Nottingham over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Nottingham

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.23%) Azure
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (4.62%) GitHub
3 3 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (4.62%) IaaS
3 3 (4.62%) PaaS
4 2 (3.08%) AWS
4 2 (3.08%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.08%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.08%) GCP
5 1 (1.54%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.08%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (33.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 12 (18.46%) Social Skills
3 9 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.62%) Finance
5 1 (1.54%) Games
Job Titles
1 33 (50.77%) Analyst
2 29 (44.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 29 (44.62%) IT Analyst
2 29 (44.62%) IT Security Analyst
2 29 (44.62%) Security Analyst
3 14 (21.54%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 14 (21.54%) IT Manager
3 14 (21.54%) IT Operations Manager
3 14 (21.54%) IT Security Manager
3 14 (21.54%) Operational Security Manager
3 14 (21.54%) Operations Manager
3 14 (21.54%) Security Manager
3 14 (21.54%) Security Operations Manager
3 14 (21.54%) SOC Manager
4 7 (10.77%) IT Engineer
5 4 (6.15%) Support Analyst
6 3 (4.62%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (4.62%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 3 (4.62%) Security Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.15%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 24 (36.92%) CSOC
2 17 (26.15%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (10.77%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (10.77%) Security Posture
4 5 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.62%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.54%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.54%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.54%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.69%) Linux
1 5 (7.69%) Windows
2 1 (1.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (38.46%) Security Operations
3 15 (23.08%) SIEM
4 13 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 11 (16.92%) Service Delivery
6 10 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (13.85%) Incident Response
8 8 (12.31%) Analytical Thinking
8 8 (12.31%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 8 (12.31%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 7 (10.77%) AI
9 7 (10.77%) Root Cause Analysis
10 6 (9.23%) Threat Intelligence
11 5 (7.69%) Customer Engagement
11 5 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 5 (7.69%) Risk Analysis
12 4 (6.15%) DevOps
12 4 (6.15%) Roadmaps
12 4 (6.15%) Service Management
12 4 (6.15%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.23%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.62%) Bash
3 3 (4.62%) Python
4 1 (1.54%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 61 (93.85%) SC Cleared
2 9 (13.85%) SANS
3 7 (10.77%) Degree
4 2 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.54%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.54%) CCNA
5 1 (1.54%) CCNP
5 1 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.54%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (1.54%) GCED
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.08%) SLA
2 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.54%) GDPR
2 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.54%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.08%) Ansible
1 2 (3.08%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.54%) Argo
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.54%) Nessus
2 1 (1.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.08%) AlienVault
3 1 (1.54%) Computacenter
3 1 (1.54%) Qualys