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 4 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 47 58
Rank change year-on-year +22 +11 -7
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 35 1 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 4.38% 0.29% 1.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.18% 0.78% 9.73%
Number of salaries quoted 31 1 1
10th Percentile £30,000 - -
25th Percentile £31,500 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 - -
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% +4.35%

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 139 128 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 17.38% 37.65% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 59 57 82
10th Percentile £26,240 £24,468 £25,676
25th Percentile £30,000 £24,649 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £42,500 £50,850
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -16.42% -7.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £62,188
90th Percentile £81,500 £74,000 £69,750
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £46,850 £35,000 £44,215
% change year-on-year +33.86% -20.84% -19.61%

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 4 April 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 1 (2.86%) Azure
1 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
1 1 (2.86%) GitHub
1 1 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (2.86%) IaaS
1 1 (2.86%) PaaS
General
1 15 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Finance
3 2 (5.71%) Games
3 2 (5.71%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Law
4 1 (2.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (37.14%) Analyst
1 13 (37.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 13 (37.14%) IT Analyst
1 13 (37.14%) IT Security Analyst
1 13 (37.14%) Security Analyst
2 7 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Bid Manager
3 5 (14.29%) Service Desk Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Consultant
4 4 (11.43%) Presales Consultant
4 4 (11.43%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (11.43%) Technical Presales Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Senior
5 2 (5.71%) Senior IT Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (2.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Lead
6 1 (2.86%) Lead DevOps
6 1 (2.86%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.86%) CSOC
1 8 (22.86%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (11.43%) Cyberattack
3 2 (5.71%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.71%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Android
2 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (22.86%) Security Operations
2 8 (22.86%) SIEM
3 7 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 6 (17.14%) ITSM
4 6 (17.14%) Mentoring
4 6 (17.14%) Service Management
4 6 (17.14%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 5 (14.29%) Line Management
6 4 (11.43%) Cloud Security
6 4 (11.43%) Presales
6 4 (11.43%) Time Management
6 4 (11.43%) Use Case
7 3 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (8.57%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (5.71%) Analytics
8 2 (5.71%) Performance Management
8 2 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (5.71%) Process Improvement
8 2 (5.71%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (97.14%) SC Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (11.43%) SANS
4 2 (5.71%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (5.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.86%) Apple
2 1 (2.86%) Samsung