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 7 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 46 60
Rank change year-on-year +28 +14 -16
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 57 2 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 5.60% 0.58% 1.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.79% 1.49% 8.63%
Number of salaries quoted 44 2 3
10th Percentile £30,000 £54,699 -
25th Percentile £34,125 £55,166 £43,421
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,694 £44,225
Median % change year-on-year -16.24% +34.98% -23.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,972 £51,889
90th Percentile £85,000 £70,689 £56,006
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £59,694 £44,225
% change year-on-year -16.24% +34.98% -23.09%

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 198 134 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 19.45% 38.62% 16.97%
Number of salaries quoted 83 55 88
10th Percentile £25,384 £24,377 £26,059
25th Percentile £29,625 £24,649 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £40,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -17.95% -11.36%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £68,250
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £43,700 £35,000 £44,225
% change year-on-year +24.86% -20.86% -19.59%

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 7 May 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (5.26%) Azure
2 2 (3.51%) AWS
2 2 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (3.51%) GCP
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.75%) GitHub
3 1 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (1.75%) IaaS
3 1 (1.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.51%) Firewall
General
1 26 (45.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (17.54%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.04%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.51%) Finance
4 2 (3.51%) Games
Job Titles
1 25 (43.86%) Analyst
1 25 (43.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 25 (43.86%) IT Analyst
1 25 (43.86%) IT Security Analyst
1 25 (43.86%) Security Analyst
2 8 (14.04%) IT Engineer
3 6 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 6 (10.53%) IT Manager
3 6 (10.53%) IT Operations Manager
3 6 (10.53%) IT Security Manager
3 6 (10.53%) Operational Security Manager
3 6 (10.53%) Operations Manager
3 6 (10.53%) Security Manager
3 6 (10.53%) Security Operations Manager
3 6 (10.53%) Service Desk Engineer
3 6 (10.53%) SOC Manager
4 5 (8.77%) Bid Manager
5 4 (7.02%) Consultant
5 4 (7.02%) Presales Consultant
5 4 (7.02%) Technical Presales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 20 (35.09%) CSOC
2 14 (24.56%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (10.53%) Security Posture
4 4 (7.02%) Cyberattack
4 4 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.02%) Windows
2 2 (3.51%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (35.09%) Security Operations
3 18 (31.58%) SIEM
4 12 (21.05%) Mentoring
4 12 (21.05%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 11 (19.30%) Incident Response
6 9 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (14.04%) ITSM
7 8 (14.04%) Service Delivery
7 8 (14.04%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 6 (10.53%) AI
8 6 (10.53%) Analytical Thinking
8 6 (10.53%) Line Management
8 6 (10.53%) Service Management
8 6 (10.53%) Threat Intelligence
8 6 (10.53%) Use Case
9 5 (8.77%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (7.02%) Customer Engagement
10 4 (7.02%) Presales
10 4 (7.02%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.53%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (7.02%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.51%) Bash
3 2 (3.51%) Python
Qualifications
1 56 (98.25%) SC Cleared
2 10 (17.54%) SANS
3 6 (10.53%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (7.02%) Degree
5 2 (3.51%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.51%) AlienVault