CTC Cleared Job Trends in the South East

Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CTC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 - 324
Rank change year-on-year - - -12
Permanent jobs citing CTC Cleared 6 0 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.035% - 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% - 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 20
10th Percentile £40,000 - £43,911
25th Percentile £46,250 - £44,057
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £55,000
75th Percentile - - £57,500
90th Percentile - - £62,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £52,945
% change year-on-year -18.75% +51.10% +22.42%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

CTC 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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,530 3,622 4,295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.49% 40.56% 31.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,090 1,653 2,555
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,813 £37,500 £41,049
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,300 £52,945
Median % change year-on-year +16.96% -3.11% +0.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CTC Cleared relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

CTC Cleared job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CTC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CTC Cleared

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CTC Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for CTC Cleared in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CTC Cleared within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Berkshire - 4 £52,500 -
Thames Valley - 4 £52,500 -
Middlesex - 2 £65,000 -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Tester
1 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (33.33%) Industry 4.0
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (33.33%) PKI
2 2 (33.33%) Replication
2 2 (33.33%) SCADA
2 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (66.67%) Information Security
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (66.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 4 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (33.33%) Application Security
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) IT Audit
2 2 (33.33%) Offensive Security
2 2 (33.33%) Proactive Management
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Test Assurance
2 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) CISSP
3 2 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 2 (33.33%) CISA
3 2 (33.33%) CRISC
3 2 (33.33%) HNC
3 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (33.33%) MCSA
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (33.33%) OSCP
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) COBIT
1 2 (33.33%) COSO
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
1 2 (33.33%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) CA Agile Central
2 2 (33.33%) Dell
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Symantec
2 2 (33.33%) Veeam
2 2 (33.33%) VMware