Security Cleared Jobs in the South East

Security Clearance
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 19 49
Rank change year-on-year +8 +30 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,948 1,535 1,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 11.67% 10.30% 5.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.93% 26.09% 17.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,348 818 563
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,907 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,713 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,850 £57,434
Median % change year-on-year +12.59% -14.95% +4.43%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,313 £70,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,375 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,741 5,884 6,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.39% 39.47% 32.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,659 2,613 3,151
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,350 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the South East

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the South East.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the South East

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the South East

Security Cleared
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 Security Cleared within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
Thames Valley +6 936 £53,909 +18.22% 204
Berkshire +6 757 £52,550 +15.24% 139
Hampshire +1 652 £57,500 +4.55% 216
Surrey +6 265 £53,250 +6.50% 56
Buckinghamshire -4 125 £55,000 +15.64% 35
Oxfordshire +8 54 £51,020 +20.05% 30
Kent +22 37 £45,250 +6.47% 9
West Sussex +37 27 £67,500 +14.89% 16
Middlesex - 11 £35,000 -
Sussex - 5 £60,000 - 1
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 41 (2.10%) WebLogic
2 33 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (1.59%) OpenStack
4 29 (1.49%) ArcGIS
4 29 (1.49%) GeoServer
5 28 (1.44%) SharePoint
6 18 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2010
7 15 (0.77%) Oracle Service Bus
8 14 (0.72%) CMS
8 14 (0.72%) Confluence
8 14 (0.72%) IIS
9 11 (0.56%) JBoss
9 11 (0.56%) Red Hat Fuse
10 7 (0.36%) Apache
11 6 (0.31%) nginx
12 4 (0.21%) TWiki
13 2 (0.10%) Documentum
13 2 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.051%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 90 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (1.44%) Simulink
4 21 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 18 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 11 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.21%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.21%) Siemens NX
7 4 (0.21%) Sketch
8 2 (0.10%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.10%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 39 (2.00%) Siebel CRM
2 18 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.21%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.21%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.21%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.15%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.10%) C-CURE
7 2 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.10%) Primavera
7 2 (0.10%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.051%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.051%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.051%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.051%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 344 (17.66%) Azure
2 231 (11.86%) AWS
3 84 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (2.41%) Serverless
5 41 (2.10%) Amazon EKS
6 39 (2.00%) SaaS
7 38 (1.95%) Azure Monitor
8 36 (1.85%) Entra ID
9 34 (1.75%) Amazon ECS
10 32 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
11 27 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
12 23 (1.18%) OCI
13 19 (0.98%) GitHub
14 16 (0.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 16 (0.82%) Azure Storage
15 12 (0.62%) Amazon EC2
15 12 (0.62%) Amazon S3
16 11 (0.56%) AWS CloudFormation
16 11 (0.56%) CloudFront
16 11 (0.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 161 (8.26%) Firewall
2 114 (5.85%) DNS
3 77 (3.95%) BGP
4 75 (3.85%) DHCP
5 64 (3.29%) VPN
6 38 (1.95%) OSPF
7 33 (1.69%) WAN
8 27 (1.39%) Cisco Firepower
9 26 (1.33%) 5G
9 26 (1.33%) SSL
10 24 (1.23%) Network Security
11 22 (1.13%) Cisco ASA
11 22 (1.13%) LAN
12 19 (0.98%) TCP/IP
12 19 (0.98%) Wireless
13 18 (0.92%) SAN
13 18 (0.92%) VLAN
14 17 (0.87%) MPLS
14 17 (0.87%) SD-WAN
15 16 (0.82%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (5.03%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (3.03%) Relational Database
3 52 (2.67%) NoSQL
4 42 (2.16%) SQL Server
5 34 (1.75%) GIS
6 31 (1.59%) Oracle BI EE
6 31 (1.59%) Siebel EIM
7 29 (1.49%) QGIS
8 26 (1.33%) Oracle Database
9 23 (1.18%) Hadoop
9 23 (1.18%) MongoDB
10 22 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (0.82%) Oracle Database 11g
12 15 (0.77%) Oracle Database 10g
12 15 (0.77%) VLDB
13 9 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (0.41%) Power BI
15 7 (0.36%) Qlik Sense
15 7 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 101 (5.18%) Jenkins
2 80 (4.11%) Git
3 41 (2.10%) GitLab
4 33 (1.69%) JIRA
4 33 (1.69%) Selenium
5 29 (1.49%) Visual Studio
6 24 (1.23%) Ant
7 20 (1.03%) Subversion
8 16 (0.82%) CMake
8 16 (0.82%) JUnit
9 13 (0.67%) Vagrant
10 12 (0.62%) Cucumber
11 11 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
11 11 (0.56%) TestRail
12 10 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
12 10 (0.51%) Trac
13 9 (0.46%) MSI
13 9 (0.46%) Robot Framework
14 8 (0.41%) JMeter
15 7 (0.36%) REST Assured
General
1 357 (18.33%) Social Skills
2 137 (7.03%) Aerospace
3 134 (6.88%) Public Sector
4 93 (4.77%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (2.87%) Military
6 50 (2.57%) Finance
6 50 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
7 42 (2.16%) Telecoms
8 41 (2.10%) Police
9 32 (1.64%) Manufacturing
10 31 (1.59%) Electronics
11 24 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (0.77%) Back Office
14 12 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (0.56%) Marketing
16 10 (0.51%) Law
16 10 (0.51%) Retail
17 8 (0.41%) Legal
Job Titles
1 277 (14.22%) Senior
2 256 (13.14%) Architect
3 210 (10.78%) Developer
4 185 (9.50%) Analyst
5 163 (8.37%) Software Engineer
6 121 (6.21%) Systems Engineer
7 103 (5.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 102 (5.24%) Network Engineer
9 96 (4.93%) Lead
10 68 (3.49%) Integration Engineer
11 67 (3.44%) Senior Software Engineer
12 64 (3.29%) Support Analyst
13 55 (2.82%) Senior Developer
14 54 (2.77%) Consultant
15 51 (2.62%) DevOps Engineer
16 49 (2.52%) Network Architect
17 46 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
18 45 (2.31%) Administrator
18 45 (2.31%) Applications Support
19 44 (2.26%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (4.67%) .NET
2 67 (3.44%) REST
3 65 (3.34%) Spring
4 62 (3.18%) Node.js
5 57 (2.93%) CSS
5 57 (2.93%) React
6 52 (2.67%) XML
7 48 (2.46%) AngularJS
7 48 (2.46%) Web Services
8 43 (2.21%) HTML
9 39 (2.00%) Spring Boot
10 37 (1.90%) Elastic Stack
11 32 (1.64%) .NET Core
11 32 (1.64%) JSON
11 32 (1.64%) Leaflet
11 32 (1.64%) OpenLayers
12 31 (1.59%) Apache Camel
13 30 (1.54%) J2EE
14 29 (1.49%) Hibernate
14 29 (1.49%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 85 (4.36%) Algorithms
2 74 (3.80%) Management Information System
3 63 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 53 (2.72%) PKI
5 48 (2.46%) Data Centre
6 41 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
7 38 (1.95%) Product Ownership
8 32 (1.64%) CMDB
9 30 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
10 28 (1.44%) Driving Licence
10 28 (1.44%) Private Cloud
11 21 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (1.08%) Mainframe
11 21 (1.08%) Satnav
12 19 (0.98%) FPGA
13 18 (0.92%) Client/Server
14 17 (0.87%) IoT
14 17 (0.87%) VHDL
15 14 (0.72%) Analogue Electronics
16 13 (0.67%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 391 (20.07%) Windows
2 323 (16.58%) Linux
3 166 (8.52%) Windows Server
4 90 (4.62%) Windows 10
5 79 (4.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 72 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 61 (3.13%) Unix
8 51 (2.62%) CentOS
9 45 (2.31%) Windows 7
10 43 (2.21%) Windows Server 2012
11 39 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 36 (1.85%) Ubuntu
13 15 (0.77%) Android
13 15 (0.77%) Solaris
14 13 (0.67%) Windows NT
15 12 (0.62%) Embedded Linux
15 12 (0.62%) Windows XP
16 5 (0.26%) Rocky
17 4 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
18 3 (0.15%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 499 (25.62%) Agile
2 445 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
3 336 (17.25%) Actionable Insight
4 276 (14.17%) DevOps
5 241 (12.37%) Software Engineering
6 225 (11.55%) ITIL
7 170 (8.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 151 (7.75%) Customer Service
9 148 (7.60%) Test Automation
10 139 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
11 135 (6.93%) Service Management
12 126 (6.47%) Project Delivery
13 124 (6.37%) Project Management
14 122 (6.26%) Cybersecurity
15 120 (6.16%) Computer Science
16 111 (5.70%) Scrum
17 106 (5.44%) Mentoring
18 94 (4.83%) Service Delivery
19 93 (4.77%) Mathematics
20 87 (4.47%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 259 (13.30%) Python
2 255 (13.09%) Java
3 222 (11.40%) SQL
4 209 (10.73%) PowerShell
5 180 (9.24%) C++
6 167 (8.57%) JavaScript
7 125 (6.42%) C#
8 85 (4.36%) C
9 34 (1.75%) Fortran
10 32 (1.64%) Shell Script
11 30 (1.54%) Bash
12 25 (1.28%) VBScript
13 24 (1.23%) PL/SQL
13 24 (1.23%) VB
14 21 (1.08%) Kotlin
15 19 (0.98%) COBOL
15 19 (0.98%) MATLAB
16 14 (0.72%) Bicep
17 13 (0.67%) Ruby
17 13 (0.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1,211 (62.17%) SC Cleared
2 530 (27.21%) DV Cleared
3 308 (15.81%) Degree
4 102 (5.24%) Cisco Certification
5 83 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 75 (3.85%) CCNP
7 58 (2.98%) CCNA
8 52 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 52 (2.67%) CTC Cleared
9 43 (2.21%) PhD
10 38 (1.95%) AWS Certification
11 29 (1.49%) NVQ Level 3
12 28 (1.44%) Master's Degree
13 26 (1.33%) Azure Certification
14 22 (1.13%) DBS Check
15 21 (1.08%) A+ Certification
15 21 (1.08%) HNC
16 19 (0.98%) CISSP
16 19 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
17 17 (0.87%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (4.36%) SLA
2 73 (3.75%) QA
3 31 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (1.13%) NIST
5 21 (1.08%) Software Quality Assurance
6 14 (0.72%) GDPR
7 13 (0.67%) Accessibility
7 13 (0.67%) GRC
8 12 (0.62%) NCSC
8 12 (0.62%) PMO
9 10 (0.51%) COSHH
10 9 (0.46%) JSP 440
10 9 (0.46%) NIST 800
10 9 (0.46%) RMADS
11 8 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 8 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 5 (0.26%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.26%) WCAG
13 3 (0.15%) COBIT
System Software
1 205 (10.52%) Active Directory
2 104 (5.34%) Docker
3 91 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 82 (4.21%) Hyper-V
5 46 (2.36%) Firmware
6 31 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
7 25 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
8 20 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
9 16 (0.82%) pfSense
9 16 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (0.82%) vSphere
10 15 (0.77%) KVM
10 15 (0.77%) Oracle RAC
11 10 (0.51%) NFS
12 4 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
13 2 (0.10%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.051%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 125 (6.42%) Ansible
2 124 (6.37%) Kubernetes
3 113 (5.80%) SCCM
4 95 (4.88%) Terraform
5 67 (3.44%) SCOM
5 67 (3.44%) WSUS
6 46 (2.36%) vCenter Server
7 42 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 33 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
9 25 (1.28%) FortiGate
10 22 (1.13%) OpenSSO
11 20 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 19 (0.98%) Grafana
12 19 (0.98%) NetBackup
13 17 (0.87%) ZABBIX
14 16 (0.82%) EMC NetWorker
15 15 (0.77%) Data Guard
15 15 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
15 15 (0.77%) Rancher
16 13 (0.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 380 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 187 (9.60%) Cisco
3 172 (8.83%) Juniper
4 143 (7.34%) VMware
5 138 (7.08%) Oracle
6 53 (2.72%) ServiceNow
7 52 (2.67%) HP
8 43 (2.21%) Fortinet
8 43 (2.21%) Remedy
9 39 (2.00%) Siebel
10 31 (1.59%) WSO2
11 29 (1.49%) Dynatrace
11 29 (1.49%) ESRI
11 29 (1.49%) McAfee
12 27 (1.39%) Xilinx
13 26 (1.33%) Veeam
14 25 (1.28%) Red Hat
15 24 (1.23%) F5
16 19 (0.98%) Unisys
17 17 (0.87%) EMC