Security Cleared Jobs in the South West

Security Clearance
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Security 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 2 4 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,918 1,444 1,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 20.97% 20.62% 19.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.26% 49.88% 50.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,244 654 799
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,680 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,188 £41,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,250 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 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% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the South West

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the South West

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the South West

Security 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 Security 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
Gloucestershire 0 691 £54,000 -13.60% 108
Bristol +9 584 £65,000 +13.04% 149
Wiltshire +5 393 £51,000 -7.27% 66
Dorset -1 132 £42,500 -17.07% 23
Somerset +1 68 £34,000 -15.90% 47
Devon -39 34 £49,000 +28.01% 49
Security Cleared
England

Security 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 99 (5.16%) Confluence
2 41 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 39 (2.03%) Apache
4 34 (1.77%) Apache Spark
5 32 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 31 (1.62%) ArcGIS
7 27 (1.41%) GeoServer
8 17 (0.89%) Jupyter
8 17 (0.89%) nginx
9 13 (0.68%) IIS
9 13 (0.68%) SharePoint 2010
9 13 (0.68%) SharePoint 2013
10 4 (0.21%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.10%) JBoss
11 2 (0.10%) MS Project Server
11 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Fuse
11 2 (0.10%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.10%) WildFly
12 1 (0.052%) Moodle
Applications
1 52 (2.71%) Simulink
2 43 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.31%) Trello
6 4 (0.21%) Sketch
6 4 (0.21%) Stateflow
6 4 (0.21%) Windchill
7 2 (0.10%) GNU Octave
7 2 (0.10%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.052%) 1Password
8 1 (0.052%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.052%) Revit
Business Applications
1 45 (2.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (0.89%) Maximo
3 4 (0.21%) Primavera
4 3 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.052%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.052%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 382 (19.92%) AWS
2 326 (17.00%) Azure
3 90 (4.69%) OpenShift
4 85 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (2.35%) GCP
6 44 (2.29%) AWS CloudFormation
7 42 (2.19%) SaaS
8 41 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (1.56%) IaaS
9 30 (1.56%) PaaS
10 27 (1.41%) Power Platform
11 23 (1.20%) Amazon S3
11 23 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
11 23 (1.20%) Serverless
12 17 (0.89%) Amazon EKS
12 17 (0.89%) MinIO
13 7 (0.36%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (0.31%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 97 (5.06%) Firewall
2 81 (4.22%) TCP/IP
3 68 (3.55%) DNS
3 68 (3.55%) WAN
4 63 (3.28%) DHCP
5 62 (3.23%) LAN
6 61 (3.18%) HTTP
7 41 (2.14%) Network Security
8 27 (1.41%) Wireless
9 25 (1.30%) VSAN
10 21 (1.09%) SAN
11 19 (0.99%) AMQP
11 19 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
12 17 (0.89%) Software-Defined Networking
13 15 (0.78%) BGP
14 13 (0.68%) Ethernet
15 9 (0.47%) iSCSI
16 8 (0.42%) Fibre Channel
16 8 (0.42%) NAS
17 7 (0.36%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (2.82%) Big Data
2 44 (2.29%) GIS
3 38 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
4 35 (1.82%) Hadoop
4 35 (1.82%) MongoDB
5 33 (1.72%) SQL Server
6 27 (1.41%) QGIS
7 19 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (0.99%) Power BI
8 18 (0.94%) Relational Database
9 17 (0.89%) Presto
10 13 (0.68%) Cloudera CDH
10 13 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
11 12 (0.63%) NoSQL
12 10 (0.52%) Tableau
13 9 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (0.42%) MySQL
15 7 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
16 6 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
16 6 (0.31%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 143 (7.46%) JIRA
2 119 (6.20%) Git
3 98 (5.11%) Visual Studio
4 90 (4.69%) Bitbucket
5 59 (3.08%) Sourcetree
6 51 (2.66%) Rational DOORS
7 41 (2.14%) Jenkins
8 36 (1.88%) GitLab
9 20 (1.04%) LabVIEW
9 20 (1.04%) Rational Rhapsody
10 17 (0.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 11 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
12 9 (0.47%) Selenium
13 8 (0.42%) NetBeans
14 7 (0.36%) Cypress.io
15 6 (0.31%) Cucumber
15 6 (0.31%) Rational Team Concert
15 6 (0.31%) Subversion
16 4 (0.21%) Eclipse
17 3 (0.16%) MSI
General
1 294 (15.33%) Social Skills
2 245 (12.77%) Aerospace
3 189 (9.85%) Finance
4 144 (7.51%) Games
5 117 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 113 (5.89%) Military
7 112 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
8 90 (4.69%) Public Sector
9 83 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
10 45 (2.35%) Telecoms
11 39 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (2.03%) Retail
12 29 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (1.20%) Manufacturing
14 20 (1.04%) Electronics
15 13 (0.68%) Legal
16 11 (0.57%) Aviation
17 8 (0.42%) French Language
17 8 (0.42%) Police
18 7 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 367 (19.13%) Senior
2 247 (12.88%) Software Engineer
3 214 (11.16%) Architect
4 172 (8.97%) Developer
5 161 (8.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 143 (7.46%) Consultant
7 139 (7.25%) Systems Engineer
8 132 (6.88%) Lead
9 99 (5.16%) Project Manager
10 92 (4.80%) Solutions Architect
11 88 (4.59%) 3D Developer
11 88 (4.59%) Games Developer
11 88 (4.59%) Unity 3D Developer
12 87 (4.54%) Security Consultant
13 86 (4.48%) Network Engineer
14 82 (4.28%) Support Engineer
15 81 (4.22%) DevOps Engineer
16 73 (3.81%) Analyst
17 71 (3.70%) Senior Software Engineer
18 65 (3.39%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (4.74%) React
2 88 (4.59%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 87 (4.54%) .NET
4 56 (2.92%) AngularJS
5 47 (2.45%) HTML
6 39 (2.03%) RabbitMQ
7 37 (1.93%) Spring
8 34 (1.77%) .NET Core
8 34 (1.77%) CSS
8 34 (1.77%) REST
9 29 (1.51%) Node.js
9 29 (1.51%) OpenID
9 29 (1.51%) SAML
10 27 (1.41%) JSON
10 27 (1.41%) Leaflet
10 27 (1.41%) OpenLayers
10 27 (1.41%) PostGIS
10 27 (1.41%) XML
11 26 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
12 25 (1.30%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 88 (4.59%) Virtual Reality
2 83 (4.33%) Cloud Native
3 77 (4.01%) Management Information System
4 65 (3.39%) Driving Licence
5 61 (3.18%) Cyberattack
6 56 (2.92%) Algorithms
7 40 (2.09%) Public Cloud
8 39 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 39 (2.03%) Private Cloud
9 38 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
10 32 (1.67%) Cyber Defence
10 32 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
11 30 (1.56%) Data Centre
12 28 (1.46%) PKI
13 25 (1.30%) Product Ownership
14 20 (1.04%) Robotics
15 17 (0.89%) Enterprise Cloud
16 16 (0.83%) Clustering
16 16 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
17 15 (0.78%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 432 (22.52%) Linux
2 269 (14.03%) Windows
3 95 (4.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 82 (4.28%) Windows Server
5 62 (3.23%) CentOS
6 53 (2.76%) Embedded Linux
7 43 (2.24%) Windows 10
8 42 (2.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 40 (2.09%) Windows Server 2012
9 40 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
10 21 (1.09%) Ubuntu
11 17 (0.89%) Debian
12 16 (0.83%) Unix
13 14 (0.73%) Windows 7
14 13 (0.68%) AIX
15 11 (0.57%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.21%) Android
17 3 (0.16%) zOS
18 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
18 2 (0.10%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (26.85%) Agile
2 394 (20.54%) Software Engineering
3 378 (19.71%) Actionable Insight
4 352 (18.35%) DevOps
5 276 (14.39%) Cybersecurity
6 209 (10.90%) Scrum
7 194 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
8 189 (9.85%) Project Management
9 186 (9.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 155 (8.08%) UML
11 151 (7.87%) ITIL
12 146 (7.61%) Collaborative Working
13 132 (6.88%) Systems Engineering
14 127 (6.62%) Validation
15 117 (6.10%) Information Assurance
16 115 (6.00%) Infrastructure as Code
16 115 (6.00%) Risk Management
17 113 (5.89%) Full Stack Development
18 110 (5.74%) Mentoring
19 104 (5.42%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 419 (21.85%) Python
2 217 (11.31%) Java
3 191 (9.96%) Bash
4 147 (7.66%) JavaScript
5 146 (7.61%) C#
6 144 (7.51%) PowerShell
7 105 (5.47%) C
8 90 (4.69%) SQL
9 68 (3.55%) MATLAB
10 54 (2.82%) Rust
11 50 (2.61%) Embedded C
12 48 (2.50%) C++
13 37 (1.93%) TypeScript
14 30 (1.56%) Shell Script
15 24 (1.25%) Ada
16 14 (0.73%) R
17 13 (0.68%) Go
18 7 (0.36%) Perl
19 6 (0.31%) T-SQL
19 6 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 872 (45.46%) SC Cleared
2 637 (33.21%) DV Cleared
3 372 (19.40%) Degree
4 282 (14.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 58 (3.02%) TOGAF Certification
6 52 (2.71%) CISSP
7 51 (2.66%) CESG Certified Professional
8 48 (2.50%) CISM
9 45 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (1.88%) AWS Certification
11 34 (1.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 33 (1.72%) CCNA
12 33 (1.72%) CRISC
13 20 (1.04%) CCNP
14 19 (0.99%) A+ Certification
15 16 (0.83%) HNC
16 14 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
16 14 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
17 13 (0.68%) CISMP
17 13 (0.68%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (2.92%) NCSC
2 56 (2.92%) NIST
3 36 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 34 (1.77%) SLA
5 28 (1.46%) NIST 800
6 27 (1.41%) QA
7 23 (1.20%) JSP 440
8 22 (1.15%) RMADS
9 19 (0.99%) Def Stans
10 17 (0.89%) IEC 61508
11 14 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 11 (0.57%) Accessibility
13 10 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.52%) ISO 9001
14 9 (0.47%) GRC
15 8 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.42%) GDPR
16 7 (0.36%) MISRA
16 7 (0.36%) TickIT
System Software
1 190 (9.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 147 (7.66%) Active Directory
3 141 (7.35%) Docker
4 93 (4.85%) Hyper-V
5 39 (2.03%) VMware ESXi
6 38 (1.98%) vSphere
7 23 (1.20%) Firmware
8 18 (0.94%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (0.26%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.16%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.16%) Forefront TMG
11 3 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
12 2 (0.10%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 227 (11.84%) Ansible
2 166 (8.65%) Kubernetes
3 138 (7.19%) Terraform
4 114 (5.94%) Puppet
5 72 (3.75%) SCCM
6 38 (1.98%) vCenter Server
7 22 (1.15%) Grafana
7 22 (1.15%) Prometheus
8 17 (0.89%) HAProxy
9 15 (0.78%) Nagios
10 14 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
10 14 (0.73%) Progress Chef
11 12 (0.63%) Backup Exec
11 12 (0.63%) NetBackup
12 9 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
13 8 (0.42%) ZABBIX
14 7 (0.36%) Kibana
14 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
15 6 (0.31%) Icinga
15 6 (0.31%) SCOM
Vendors
1 354 (18.46%) Microsoft
2 221 (11.52%) VMware
3 124 (6.47%) Red Hat
4 121 (6.31%) Cisco
5 60 (3.13%) Oracle
6 47 (2.45%) IBM
7 45 (2.35%) Sparx
8 40 (2.09%) Google
9 33 (1.72%) SolarWinds
10 32 (1.67%) ESRI
11 21 (1.09%) NetApp
12 17 (0.89%) EMC
12 17 (0.89%) SaltStack
12 17 (0.89%) Veeam
13 16 (0.83%) Citrix
14 13 (0.68%) Hitachi
15 12 (0.63%) ServiceNow
15 12 (0.63%) Snow
15 12 (0.63%) Veritas
16 11 (0.57%) Juniper