SC Cleared Jobs in the South West

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 +9
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 872 938 1,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.53% 13.39% 13.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.49% 32.40% 34.25%
Number of salaries quoted 577 442 543
10th Percentile £30,385 £34,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,327 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,853 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,250 £82,500 £78,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

SC 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 West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,292 2,895 3,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 35.99% 41.34% 38.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,147 1,274 1,596
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,241
25th Percentile £39,759 £37,940 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,520
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the South West

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the South West.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the South West

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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
Bristol -1 271 £68,500 +14.17% 85
Gloucestershire -13 240 £50,000 -20.00% 32
Wiltshire +5 192 £49,000 -2.00% 46
Dorset +3 93 £40,000 -23.81% 21
Somerset +7 52 £30,385 -13.46% 24
Devon -23 9 £49,000 -2.00% 29
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 93 (10.67%) Confluence
2 32 (3.67%) SharePoint
3 31 (3.56%) ArcGIS
4 28 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 27 (3.10%) GeoServer
6 20 (2.29%) Apache
7 16 (1.83%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.92%) SharePoint 2010
8 8 (0.92%) SharePoint 2013
9 4 (0.46%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.23%) JBoss
10 2 (0.23%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Fuse
10 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.23%) WildFly
Applications
1 34 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.38%) Simulink
3 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.46%) Sketch
5 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.23%) GNU Octave
6 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 43 (4.93%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (1.95%) Maximo
3 4 (0.46%) Primavera
4 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 179 (20.53%) Azure
2 150 (17.20%) AWS
3 74 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (5.62%) OpenShift
5 40 (4.59%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (3.44%) GCP
7 19 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
7 19 (2.18%) SaaS
7 19 (2.18%) Serverless
8 18 (2.06%) Power Platform
9 17 (1.95%) Amazon EKS
10 15 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (1.03%) PaaS
12 7 (0.80%) IaaS
13 6 (0.69%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (0.69%) Miro
13 6 (0.69%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.57%) Amazon S3
14 5 (0.57%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.98%) Firewall
2 23 (2.64%) TCP/IP
3 22 (2.52%) Wireless
4 20 (2.29%) DNS
5 18 (2.06%) AMQP
5 18 (2.06%) LAN
5 18 (2.06%) WAN
6 15 (1.72%) DHCP
6 15 (1.72%) SAN
7 13 (1.49%) HTTP
8 9 (1.03%) Ethernet
8 9 (1.03%) iSCSI
8 9 (1.03%) Network Security
9 8 (0.92%) Fibre Channel
10 7 (0.80%) BGP
10 7 (0.80%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (0.69%) RS-232
12 5 (0.57%) IPv4
12 5 (0.57%) Structured Cabling
12 5 (0.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.82%) GIS
2 27 (3.10%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (3.10%) QGIS
3 26 (2.98%) Big Data
4 25 (2.87%) SQL Server
5 19 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (1.83%) Hadoop
7 13 (1.49%) Cloudera CDH
8 12 (1.38%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.38%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (1.15%) Power BI
10 9 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.92%) MySQL
12 5 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.57%) InfluxDB
12 5 (0.57%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.57%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.46%) Tableau
14 3 (0.34%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 103 (11.81%) Git
2 98 (11.24%) JIRA
3 96 (11.01%) Visual Studio
4 88 (10.09%) Bitbucket
5 59 (6.77%) Sourcetree
6 15 (1.72%) GitLab
6 15 (1.72%) LabVIEW
6 15 (1.72%) Rational DOORS
7 12 (1.38%) Jenkins
8 11 (1.26%) Team Foundation Server
9 8 (0.92%) NetBeans
10 6 (0.69%) Selenium
11 4 (0.46%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.46%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.34%) Eclipse
13 2 (0.23%) IntelliJ
13 2 (0.23%) PetaLinux
13 2 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
14 1 (0.11%) GDB
14 1 (0.11%) SpecFlow
General
1 128 (14.68%) Social Skills
2 123 (14.11%) Games
3 110 (12.61%) Presentation Skills
4 102 (11.70%) Aerospace
5 90 (10.32%) Finance
6 49 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (4.36%) Military
8 33 (3.78%) Public Sector
9 26 (2.98%) Analytical Skills
10 25 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (1.61%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.38%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.26%) Electronics
15 7 (0.80%) Publishing
16 6 (0.69%) Police
17 5 (0.57%) Retail
18 4 (0.46%) Legal
19 3 (0.34%) Billing
19 3 (0.34%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 165 (18.92%) Senior
2 146 (16.74%) Developer
3 91 (10.44%) Architect
4 88 (10.09%) 3D Developer
4 88 (10.09%) Games Developer
4 88 (10.09%) Unity 3D Developer
5 72 (8.26%) Solutions Architect
6 70 (8.03%) Software Engineer
7 67 (7.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 62 (7.11%) Consultant
9 59 (6.77%) Project Manager
10 58 (6.65%) Support Engineer
11 46 (5.28%) Lead
11 46 (5.28%) Systems Engineer
12 44 (5.05%) Security Consultant
13 42 (4.82%) Senior Developer
14 40 (4.59%) Information Assurance Manager
14 40 (4.59%) Information Manager
15 32 (3.67%) Security Manager
16 30 (3.44%) Senior Games Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (10.09%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 75 (8.60%) .NET
3 57 (6.54%) React
4 30 (3.44%) .NET Core
4 30 (3.44%) AngularJS
5 29 (3.33%) CSS
6 27 (3.10%) Leaflet
6 27 (3.10%) OpenLayers
6 27 (3.10%) PostGIS
7 26 (2.98%) REST
8 22 (2.52%) RabbitMQ
9 19 (2.18%) Spring
10 18 (2.06%) Node.js
10 18 (2.06%) Spring Boot
11 13 (1.49%) gRPC
11 13 (1.49%) HTML
11 13 (1.49%) Material-UI
11 13 (1.49%) OpenAPI
11 13 (1.49%) Swagger
12 7 (0.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 88 (10.09%) Virtual Reality
2 47 (5.39%) Driving Licence
3 34 (3.90%) Management Information System
4 30 (3.44%) Cyberattack
5 18 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (1.83%) Cloud Native
6 16 (1.83%) Private Cloud
7 15 (1.72%) Clustering
8 14 (1.61%) EMC VNX
9 13 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
10 12 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (1.26%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
12 10 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
13 9 (1.03%) Fat Client
13 9 (1.03%) Replication
13 9 (1.03%) Smartphone
13 9 (1.03%) Thin Client
14 8 (0.92%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 143 (16.40%) Windows
2 112 (12.84%) Linux
3 56 (6.42%) Windows Server
4 42 (4.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 37 (4.24%) Windows 10
6 24 (2.75%) CentOS
7 17 (1.95%) Ubuntu
8 13 (1.49%) AIX
8 13 (1.49%) Debian
9 12 (1.38%) Unix
10 11 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
11 9 (1.03%) Windows 7
12 8 (0.92%) CoreOS
12 8 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
13 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.34%) zOS
15 2 (0.23%) Android
15 2 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (24.77%) DevOps
2 198 (22.71%) Software Engineering
3 196 (22.48%) Agile
4 154 (17.66%) Actionable Insight
5 139 (15.94%) UML
6 134 (15.37%) Scrum
7 116 (13.30%) Cybersecurity
8 98 (11.24%) Design Patterns
8 98 (11.24%) ITIL
9 96 (11.01%) Information Assurance
10 92 (10.55%) Project Management
11 90 (10.32%) Problem-Solving
11 90 (10.32%) Use Case
12 79 (9.06%) Risk Management
13 71 (8.14%) TOGAF
14 66 (7.57%) Full Stack Development
14 66 (7.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 63 (7.22%) ArchiMate
16 58 (6.65%) Collaborative Working
16 58 (6.65%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (13.19%) C#
1 115 (13.19%) Python
2 83 (9.52%) Java
3 67 (7.68%) JavaScript
4 61 (7.00%) PowerShell
5 44 (5.05%) SQL
6 30 (3.44%) Bash
7 22 (2.52%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.29%) C++
9 19 (2.18%) MATLAB
10 16 (1.83%) C
11 13 (1.49%) Go
12 7 (0.80%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.69%) VBA
14 5 (0.57%) Fortran
15 4 (0.46%) R
16 3 (0.34%) Scala
17 1 (0.11%) Perl
17 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
17 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 872 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 239 (27.41%) Degree
3 149 (17.09%) DV Cleared
4 141 (16.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 58 (6.65%) TOGAF Certification
6 49 (5.62%) CESG Certified Professional
6 49 (5.62%) CISSP
7 48 (5.50%) CISM
8 33 (3.78%) CRISC
9 15 (1.72%) A+ Certification
10 13 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.92%) CISA
12 8 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.92%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.69%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.69%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.69%) Chartered Engineer
13 6 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (7.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (5.62%) NCSC
3 35 (4.01%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 18 (2.06%) SLA
5 13 (1.49%) IEC 61508
5 13 (1.49%) NIST
6 10 (1.15%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.15%) ISO 9001
6 10 (1.15%) JSP 440
7 9 (1.03%) Def Stans
8 8 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (0.80%) GDPR
9 7 (0.80%) QA
10 6 (0.69%) RMADS
10 6 (0.69%) TickIT
11 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 5 (0.57%) WCAG
12 4 (0.46%) GRC
13 3 (0.34%) Data Quality
System Software
1 104 (11.93%) Active Directory
2 87 (9.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (7.34%) Hyper-V
4 47 (5.39%) Docker
5 16 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.69%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (0.57%) XenDesktop
8 3 (0.34%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.34%) Firmware
8 3 (0.34%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.34%) vSphere
9 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.23%) XenApp
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 78 (8.94%) Ansible
2 62 (7.11%) SCCM
3 49 (5.62%) Kubernetes
4 39 (4.47%) Puppet
5 30 (3.44%) Terraform
6 16 (1.83%) vCenter Server
7 14 (1.61%) EMC NetWorker
7 14 (1.61%) Nagios
8 12 (1.38%) Backup Exec
8 12 (1.38%) NetBackup
9 8 (0.92%) ZABBIX
10 7 (0.80%) Kibana
10 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.69%) Icinga
11 6 (0.69%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (0.57%) Grafana
12 5 (0.57%) Prometheus
13 3 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 276 (31.65%) Microsoft
2 96 (11.01%) VMware
3 43 (4.93%) Sparx
4 42 (4.82%) Red Hat
5 32 (3.67%) ESRI
6 31 (3.56%) Google
7 29 (3.33%) IBM
8 24 (2.75%) SolarWinds
9 23 (2.64%) Oracle
10 22 (2.52%) Cisco
11 21 (2.41%) NetApp
12 14 (1.61%) EMC
12 14 (1.61%) Veeam
13 13 (1.49%) Hitachi
13 13 (1.49%) SaltStack
14 12 (1.38%) Snow
14 12 (1.38%) Veritas
15 11 (1.26%) Citrix
16 9 (1.03%) Brocade
16 9 (1.03%) McAfee