Security Cleared Job Trends in Shropshire

Security Clearance
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Shropshire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 15 23
Rank change year-on-year -18 +8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 4 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Shropshire 1.47% 6.35% 2.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.48% 34.78% 13.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 1
10th Percentile - £50,750 -
25th Percentile - £55,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +108.33% -49.15%
75th Percentile - £71,875 £32,500
90th Percentile - £82,250 -
West Midlands median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% +4.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 73 23 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Shropshire 26.74% 18.25% 19.33%
Number of salaries quoted 12 13 18
10th Percentile £33,407 £35,600 £34,213
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £79,375 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £79,750 £65,750
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.00% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Shropshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Telford -5 4 £70,000 +12.00% 24
Security Cleared
West Midlands

Security Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 (25.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Business Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft