SC Cleared Job Trends in the South West

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 26 16
Rank change year-on-year +16 -10 +2
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 581 220 823
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 7.52% 7.78% 8.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.85% 19.98% 25.68%
Number of salaries quoted 380 142 610
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,165 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,373 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.23% +13.40% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £66,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £70,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,014 1,101 3,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 26.07% 38.96% 31.46%
Number of salaries quoted 999 691 2,210
10th Percentile £31,200 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,405 £68,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in the South West

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the South West

SC Cleared
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Bristol +19 197 £72,500 +11.54% 60
Gloucestershire +19 168 £57,500 -11.54% 67
Wiltshire +4 123 £70,000 +8.31% 24
Somerset +7 48 £75,000 +31.58% 20
Dorset +15 38 £90,000 +80.00% 23
Devon -35 5 £35,000 -37.47% 6
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 66 (11.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.52%) Confluence
4 2 (0.34%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.17%) Apache
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.17%) Site Server
Applications
1 28 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.69%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 166 (28.57%) Azure
2 108 (18.59%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (8.09%) AWS
4 28 (4.82%) GCP
5 10 (1.72%) SaaS
6 8 (1.38%) GitHub
7 7 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (1.20%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.20%) Twilio
8 5 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.52%) IaaS
9 3 (0.52%) OpenShift
9 3 (0.52%) PaaS
9 3 (0.52%) Serverless
10 2 (0.34%) dbt
10 2 (0.34%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.34%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.17%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 70 (12.05%) DHCP
1 70 (12.05%) DNS
2 15 (2.58%) Firewall
3 10 (1.72%) VoIP
4 9 (1.55%) Network Security
4 9 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (1.38%) 4G
5 8 (1.38%) Broadband
6 7 (1.20%) PBX
6 7 (1.20%) VPN
6 7 (1.20%) WebEx
7 6 (1.03%) Software-Defined Radio
7 6 (1.03%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (0.69%) ATM
8 4 (0.69%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.52%) LAN
9 3 (0.52%) LoRaWAN
9 3 (0.52%) LTE
9 3 (0.52%) WAN
10 2 (0.34%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (10.84%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.34%) Big Data
3 2 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.34%) DataStage
3 2 (0.34%) MySQL
3 2 (0.34%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.34%) Power BI
3 2 (0.34%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.17%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.17%) Cloudera CDH
4 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.17%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.17%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.17%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (1.38%) Git
2 3 (0.52%) GitLab
2 3 (0.52%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.52%) JIRA
3 2 (0.34%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.34%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.34%) Gradle
3 2 (0.34%) JMeter
3 2 (0.34%) JUnit
3 2 (0.34%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.34%) Mockito
3 2 (0.34%) Selenium
4 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.17%) MSI
4 1 (0.17%) Postman
4 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
General
1 162 (27.88%) Social Skills
2 80 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (10.15%) Public Sector
4 21 (3.61%) Telecoms
5 20 (3.44%) Finance
6 14 (2.41%) Back Office
6 14 (2.41%) Manufacturing
7 13 (2.24%) Military
8 11 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (0.86%) Legal
9 5 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.69%) Advertising
10 4 (0.69%) Aerospace
10 4 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (0.69%) Environmental Health
11 3 (0.52%) Electronics
11 3 (0.52%) Games
12 2 (0.34%) Retail
13 1 (0.17%) Avionics
13 1 (0.17%) French Language
Job Titles
1 86 (14.80%) Consultant
2 76 (13.08%) Systems Engineer
3 72 (12.39%) Architect
4 69 (11.88%) Senior
5 65 (11.19%) Software Engineer
6 59 (10.15%) Security Consultant
7 33 (5.68%) Security Architect
8 31 (5.34%) Solutions Architect
9 28 (4.82%) Analyst
10 26 (4.48%) Site Engineer
11 24 (4.13%) Digital Architect
11 24 (4.13%) Digital Solutions Architect
12 23 (3.96%) Cloud Engineer
12 23 (3.96%) Senior Consultant
13 22 (3.79%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 20 (3.44%) Auditor
15 19 (3.27%) Lead
15 19 (3.27%) Senior Security Consultant
15 19 (3.27%) Support Engineer
16 18 (3.10%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.72%) .NET
2 7 (1.20%) REST
3 6 (1.03%) ASP.NET
4 5 (0.86%) Node.js
5 4 (0.69%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.69%) ModSecurity
5 4 (0.69%) RESTful
6 3 (0.52%) gRPC
6 3 (0.52%) React
7 2 (0.34%) CSS
7 2 (0.34%) CSS3
7 2 (0.34%) HTML
7 2 (0.34%) HTML5
7 2 (0.34%) Protocol Buffers
7 2 (0.34%) Vue
8 1 (0.17%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.17%) ATL
8 1 (0.17%) COM
8 1 (0.17%) MFC
8 1 (0.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 64 (11.02%) Legacy Systems
2 22 (3.79%) Data Centre
3 15 (2.58%) Security Posture
4 13 (2.24%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.89%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.72%) Fibre Optics
8 9 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
8 9 (1.55%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.38%) PKI
10 7 (1.20%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.20%) IVR
11 6 (1.03%) Blog
11 6 (1.03%) CMDB
12 5 (0.86%) FPGA
12 5 (0.86%) Verilog
12 5 (0.86%) VHDL
13 4 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.69%) Cloud Security Posture
13 4 (0.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 113 (19.45%) Windows
2 107 (18.42%) Linux
3 68 (11.70%) Windows Server
4 63 (10.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 29 (4.99%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.89%) Android
7 5 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.69%) Unix
9 2 (0.34%) CentOS
9 2 (0.34%) VMS
10 1 (0.17%) Debian
10 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (21.00%) Cybersecurity
2 97 (16.70%) Problem-Solving
3 86 (14.80%) Customer Experience
4 80 (13.77%) Customer Service
5 77 (13.25%) Software Engineering
6 71 (12.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 69 (11.88%) Migration
8 64 (11.02%) Kalman Filter
8 64 (11.02%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 63 (10.84%) Email Filtering
9 63 (10.84%) Web Filtering
10 56 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 48 (8.26%) ITIL
12 44 (7.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 43 (7.40%) DevOps
14 32 (5.51%) Agile
14 32 (5.51%) Cloud Security
14 32 (5.51%) Risk Management
15 30 (5.16%) Penetration Testing
16 27 (4.65%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 36 (6.20%) C++
2 33 (5.68%) Python
3 21 (3.61%) Java
4 10 (1.72%) Bash
5 9 (1.55%) C#
6 8 (1.38%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.38%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.20%) SQL
8 5 (0.86%) C
8 5 (0.86%) Rust
9 4 (0.69%) Go
9 4 (0.69%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.52%) Bicep
10 3 (0.52%) Elixir
10 3 (0.52%) Erlang
10 3 (0.52%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.34%) Scala
12 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 581 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 159 (27.37%) DV Cleared
3 38 (6.54%) Degree
4 26 (4.48%) CISSP
5 23 (3.96%) CISM
6 21 (3.61%) CTC Cleared
7 14 (2.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 13 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (2.07%) A+ Certification
10 10 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (1.38%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.20%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.20%) CREST Certified
12 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.03%) CCIE
13 6 (1.03%) CRISC
13 6 (1.03%) OSCP
14 5 (0.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 4 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (14.46%) PCI DSS
2 79 (13.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 67 (11.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (6.02%) NIST
5 27 (4.65%) NCSC
6 21 (3.61%) SLA
7 17 (2.93%) GDPR
8 16 (2.75%) JSP 440
9 13 (2.24%) GRC
9 13 (2.24%) QA
10 9 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (1.55%) Def Stans
11 8 (1.38%) ISO 9001
12 7 (1.20%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 4 (0.69%) ISO 9000
14 4 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
15 3 (0.52%) Accessibility
16 2 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 76 (13.08%) Active Directory
2 65 (11.19%) Hyper-V
3 63 (10.84%) Terminal Server
4 10 (1.72%) Docker
4 10 (1.72%) Firmware
5 5 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.34%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (4.48%) Terraform
2 19 (3.27%) Ansible
3 15 (2.58%) Kubernetes
4 13 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.03%) Puppet
6 5 (0.86%) Grafana
6 5 (0.86%) SCCM
7 4 (0.69%) Nagios
7 4 (0.69%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.34%) Nessus
8 2 (0.34%) Netcool
8 2 (0.34%) Nmap
8 2 (0.34%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.34%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.34%) WSUS
8 2 (0.34%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.17%) Podman
9 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 129 (22.20%) Microsoft
2 70 (12.05%) VMware
3 65 (11.19%) SolarWinds
4 64 (11.02%) Splunk
5 63 (10.84%) Brocade
5 63 (10.84%) Nimble Storage
5 63 (10.84%) Tanium
5 63 (10.84%) Veeam
6 32 (5.51%) Cisco
7 8 (1.38%) Starlink
8 7 (1.20%) Genesys
8 7 (1.20%) Verint
9 5 (0.86%) BMC
9 5 (0.86%) Computacenter
9 5 (0.86%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.69%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.69%) Google
10 4 (0.69%) Remedy
11 3 (0.52%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.52%) Dell