SC Cleared Jobs in Portsmouth

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 18 5
Rank change year-on-year +12 -13 +15
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 107 45 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 25.72% 7.36% 21.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.86% 27.11% 49.41%
Number of salaries quoted 24 35 46
10th Percentile £47,225 £48,130 £28,950
25th Percentile £72,500 £55,000 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £64,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.16% +38.71% -9.27%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - - £85,000
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Portsmouth

SC 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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 316 166 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 75.96% 27.17% 44.27%
Number of salaries quoted 123 127 82
10th Percentile £41,050 £34,850 £28,525
25th Percentile £47,683 £48,250 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +23.66% -2.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £51,426 £49,500
% change year-on-year +6.95% +3.89% -1.00%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Portsmouth

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Salary Trend in Portsmouth

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Portsmouth.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in Portsmouth

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Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 8 June 2025.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Portsmouth

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (5.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.80%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (14.02%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.93%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.93%) GitHub
1 1 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (0.93%) Power Platform
1 1 (0.93%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (36.45%) Software-Defined Radio
2 18 (16.82%) ATM
2 18 (16.82%) VoIP
3 17 (15.89%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (5.61%) NDoc
2 2 (1.87%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.87%) JIRA
2 2 (1.87%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.93%) CMake
3 1 (0.93%) Eclipse
General
1 36 (33.64%) Finance
2 25 (23.36%) Military
3 17 (15.89%) Aerospace
4 1 (0.93%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
4 1 (0.93%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (31.78%) Systems Engineer
2 19 (17.76%) Radio Engineer
3 18 (16.82%) Developer
3 18 (16.82%) Field Engineer
3 18 (16.82%) Field Service Engineer
4 17 (15.89%) Embedded Engineer
4 17 (15.89%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 17 (15.89%) SAP Developer
4 17 (15.89%) Software Engineer
5 3 (2.80%) Firmware Engineer
5 3 (2.80%) Lead
6 2 (1.87%) Project Leader
6 2 (1.87%) Senior
7 1 (0.93%) Architect
7 1 (0.93%) Desktop Support
7 1 (0.93%) Embedded Developer
7 1 (0.93%) Functional Analyst
7 1 (0.93%) Quality Manager
7 1 (0.93%) Senior Tester
7 1 (0.93%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.95%) SAPUI5
2 3 (2.80%) XML
3 2 (1.87%) SOAP
4 1 (0.93%) POCO
4 1 (0.93%) Qt
4 1 (0.93%) React
4 1 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.93%) STL
4 1 (0.93%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 36 (33.64%) e-Learning
2 22 (20.56%) FPGA
3 18 (16.82%) Driving Licence
4 17 (15.89%) Embedded Systems
4 17 (15.89%) MicroBlaze
4 17 (15.89%) RISC-V
5 6 (5.61%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.87%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.87%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (16.82%) Linux
2 17 (15.89%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (68.22%) Innovative Thinking
2 39 (36.45%) Digital Signal Processing
2 39 (36.45%) Signal Processing
3 23 (21.50%) Agile
4 22 (20.56%) Customer Service
5 20 (18.69%) Software Engineering
6 19 (17.76%) Physics
7 18 (16.82%) System Testing
8 17 (15.89%) Roadmaps
8 17 (15.89%) Technology Roadmap
9 15 (14.02%) DoDAF
9 15 (14.02%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 15 (14.02%) Scenario Testing
9 15 (14.02%) SysML
9 15 (14.02%) Systems Engineering
9 15 (14.02%) Trade-off Analysis
9 15 (14.02%) UML
10 7 (6.54%) Data Management
11 6 (5.61%) Service Delivery
11 6 (5.61%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 22 (20.56%) MATLAB
2 18 (16.82%) C++
3 17 (15.89%) C
4 1 (0.93%) ABAP
4 1 (0.93%) Embedded C++
4 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.93%) Python
4 1 (0.93%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 107 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.93%) AQAP
1 1 (0.93%) ISO 9001
1 1 (0.93%) QA
1 1 (0.93%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 39 (36.45%) Firmware
2 36 (33.64%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (17.76%) SAP
2 15 (14.02%) Sparx
3 7 (6.54%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.80%) Xilinx
5 1 (0.93%) Ariba
5 1 (0.93%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.93%) Foundry
5 1 (0.93%) Intel
5 1 (0.93%) Palantir