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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 60 43
Rank change year-on-year +47 -17 +30
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 43 10 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 9.47% 1.23% 1.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.71% 6.54% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 43 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,750 £43,421 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £45,862 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.68% +1.92% -20.00%
75th Percentile £30,250 £48,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £35,050 - -
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £29,500 £45,862 £47,500
% change year-on-year -35.68% -3.45% -15.56%

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 140 153 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 30.84% 18.75% 21.79%
Number of salaries quoted 66 40 43
10th Percentile - £33,750 £23,650
25th Percentile £28,750 £39,938 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.89% -13.64% +6.80%
75th Percentile £42,500 £55,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £60,625 £58,750 £70,500
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £29,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -34.44% -18.18% +4.76%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared 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 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Nottingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.33%) AWS
1 1 (2.33%) Azure
1 1 (2.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) Firewall
1 1 (2.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.33%) VLAN
General
1 34 (79.07%) Law
1 34 (79.07%) Marketing
2 33 (76.74%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (90.70%) 2nd Line Support
2 38 (88.37%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 38 (88.37%) Analyst
2 38 (88.37%) Support Analyst
3 1 (2.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (2.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (2.33%) Lead
3 1 (2.33%) Lead Network Engineer
3 1 (2.33%) Network Engineer
3 1 (2.33%) Operations Manager
3 1 (2.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) iSeries
2 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Android
1 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (88.37%) Incident Management
2 33 (76.74%) Batch Management
2 33 (76.74%) Patch Management
3 5 (11.63%) Batch Processing
3 5 (11.63%) ITIL
3 5 (11.63%) Problem Management
3 5 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (11.63%) Tech Ops
4 1 (2.33%) Configuration Management
4 1 (2.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (2.33%) Decision-Making
4 1 (2.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (2.33%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (2.33%) Service Management
4 1 (2.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 38 (88.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (100.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.33%) CCNP
2 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (79.07%) SLA
2 1 (2.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.33%) Apple
2 1 (2.33%) Samsung