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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 4 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +8
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,932 1,491 1,517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 21.27% 20.95% 19.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.56% 50.68% 50.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,258 664 792
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £33,163
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,250 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,168
% change year-on-year - +4.23% +0.30%

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 3,299 2,942 3,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 36.31% 41.34% 38.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,166 1,284 1,579
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +2.25%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,520
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,810 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.86% +5.11% -

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 23 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 23 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 0 692 £53,250 -14.80% 111
Bristol +7 589 £65,000 +12.07% 159
Wiltshire +4 398 £51,000 -7.27% 67
Dorset -1 130 £42,500 -15.00% 20
Somerset -7 68 £30,385 -13.46% 44
Devon -32 40 £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 (5.12%) Confluence
2 40 (2.07%) Apache
2 40 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 35 (1.81%) Apache Spark
4 31 (1.60%) ArcGIS
5 30 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
6 27 (1.40%) GeoServer
7 18 (0.93%) Jupyter
7 18 (0.93%) nginx
8 13 (0.67%) IIS
9 11 (0.57%) SharePoint 2010
9 11 (0.57%) 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 (2.69%) Simulink
2 44 (2.28%) 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 46 (2.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 18 (0.93%) Maximo
3 5 (0.26%) 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
1 381 (19.72%) AWS
2 328 (16.98%) Azure
3 91 (4.71%) OpenShift
4 85 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (2.28%) AWS CloudFormation
5 44 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (2.23%) GCP
7 42 (2.17%) SaaS
8 31 (1.60%) IaaS
8 31 (1.60%) PaaS
9 28 (1.45%) Power Platform
10 24 (1.24%) Amazon S3
11 23 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
11 23 (1.19%) Serverless
12 18 (0.93%) MinIO
13 17 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (0.36%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.31%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (0.31%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 102 (5.28%) Firewall
2 81 (4.19%) TCP/IP
3 73 (3.78%) WAN
4 68 (3.52%) DNS
5 67 (3.47%) LAN
6 63 (3.26%) DHCP
7 61 (3.16%) HTTP
8 41 (2.12%) Network Security
9 27 (1.40%) Wireless
10 25 (1.29%) VSAN
11 21 (1.09%) SAN
12 19 (0.98%) AMQP
12 19 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
13 17 (0.88%) Software-Defined Networking
14 15 (0.78%) BGP
15 13 (0.67%) Ethernet
16 9 (0.47%) iSCSI
17 8 (0.41%) Fibre Channel
17 8 (0.41%) NAS
18 7 (0.36%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (2.85%) Big Data
2 45 (2.33%) GIS
3 38 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (1.86%) Hadoop
5 35 (1.81%) MongoDB
6 34 (1.76%) SQL Server
7 27 (1.40%) QGIS
8 20 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
9 19 (0.98%) Power BI
10 18 (0.93%) Presto
10 18 (0.93%) Relational Database
11 13 (0.67%) Cloudera CDH
11 13 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (0.67%) NoSQL
12 10 (0.52%) Tableau
13 9 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (0.41%) MySQL
15 7 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
16 6 (0.31%) Oracle Database
16 6 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 143 (7.40%) JIRA
2 120 (6.21%) Git
3 98 (5.07%) Visual Studio
4 90 (4.66%) Bitbucket
5 59 (3.05%) Sourcetree
6 50 (2.59%) Rational DOORS
7 42 (2.17%) Jenkins
8 37 (1.92%) GitLab
9 20 (1.04%) LabVIEW
9 20 (1.04%) Rational Rhapsody
10 18 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 12 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
12 9 (0.47%) Selenium
13 8 (0.41%) 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
1 293 (15.17%) Social Skills
2 247 (12.78%) Aerospace
3 190 (9.83%) Finance
4 145 (7.51%) Games
5 117 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 114 (5.90%) Military
7 112 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
8 91 (4.71%) Public Sector
9 83 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
10 45 (2.33%) Telecoms
11 39 (2.02%) Retail
12 38 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
14 24 (1.24%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.09%) Electronics
16 13 (0.67%) Legal
17 11 (0.57%) Aviation
18 8 (0.41%) French Language
18 8 (0.41%) Police
19 7 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 378 (19.57%) Senior
2 249 (12.89%) Software Engineer
3 215 (11.13%) Architect
4 171 (8.85%) Developer
5 161 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 145 (7.51%) Consultant
7 139 (7.19%) Systems Engineer
8 131 (6.78%) Lead
9 98 (5.07%) Project Manager
10 93 (4.81%) Network Engineer
10 93 (4.81%) Solutions Architect
11 88 (4.55%) 3D Developer
11 88 (4.55%) Games Developer
11 88 (4.55%) Unity 3D Developer
12 87 (4.50%) Security Consultant
13 83 (4.30%) DevOps Engineer
14 80 (4.14%) Support Engineer
15 73 (3.78%) Analyst
16 71 (3.67%) Senior Software Engineer
17 65 (3.36%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (4.71%) .NET
2 90 (4.66%) React
3 88 (4.55%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 57 (2.95%) AngularJS
5 47 (2.43%) HTML
6 40 (2.07%) RabbitMQ
7 36 (1.86%) Spring
8 35 (1.81%) .NET Core
8 35 (1.81%) REST
9 33 (1.71%) CSS
10 29 (1.50%) OpenID
10 29 (1.50%) SAML
11 28 (1.45%) Node.js
12 27 (1.40%) Elastic Stack
12 27 (1.40%) JSON
12 27 (1.40%) Leaflet
12 27 (1.40%) OpenLayers
12 27 (1.40%) PostGIS
12 27 (1.40%) XML
13 25 (1.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 88 (4.55%) Virtual Reality
2 84 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 76 (3.93%) Management Information System
4 65 (3.36%) Driving Licence
5 61 (3.16%) Cyberattack
6 56 (2.90%) Algorithms
7 41 (2.12%) Public Cloud
8 40 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 39 (2.02%) Private Cloud
10 38 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
11 32 (1.66%) Cyber Defence
11 32 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
12 31 (1.60%) Data Centre
13 28 (1.45%) PKI
14 25 (1.29%) Product Ownership
15 20 (1.04%) Robotics
16 18 (0.93%) Enterprise Cloud
17 16 (0.83%) Clustering
17 16 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
18 15 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 435 (22.52%) Linux
2 269 (13.92%) Windows
3 97 (5.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 83 (4.30%) Windows Server
5 63 (3.26%) CentOS
6 53 (2.74%) Embedded Linux
7 43 (2.23%) Windows 10
8 42 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 40 (2.07%) Windows Server 2012
9 40 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
10 22 (1.14%) Ubuntu
11 17 (0.88%) Debian
12 16 (0.83%) Unix
13 15 (0.78%) Windows 7
14 13 (0.67%) 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%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (26.71%) Agile
2 396 (20.50%) Software Engineering
3 378 (19.57%) Actionable Insight
4 357 (18.48%) DevOps
5 276 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 210 (10.87%) Scrum
7 191 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
8 190 (9.83%) Project Management
9 187 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 155 (8.02%) UML
11 152 (7.87%) ITIL
12 146 (7.56%) Collaborative Working
13 131 (6.78%) Systems Engineering
14 128 (6.63%) Validation
15 118 (6.11%) Infrastructure as Code
16 117 (6.06%) Information Assurance
17 115 (5.95%) Full Stack Development
17 115 (5.95%) Risk Management
18 110 (5.69%) Mentoring
19 104 (5.38%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 422 (21.84%) Python
2 216 (11.18%) Java
3 193 (9.99%) Bash
4 148 (7.66%) C#
4 148 (7.66%) PowerShell
5 147 (7.61%) JavaScript
6 104 (5.38%) C
7 90 (4.66%) SQL
8 68 (3.52%) MATLAB
9 54 (2.80%) Rust
10 50 (2.59%) Embedded C
11 48 (2.48%) C++
12 37 (1.92%) TypeScript
13 32 (1.66%) Shell Script
14 24 (1.24%) Ada
15 14 (0.72%) R
16 13 (0.67%) Go
17 7 (0.36%) Perl
18 6 (0.31%) T-SQL
18 6 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 879 (45.50%) SC Cleared
2 650 (33.64%) DV Cleared
3 372 (19.25%) Degree
4 285 (14.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 59 (3.05%) TOGAF Certification
6 53 (2.74%) CISSP
7 52 (2.69%) CESG Certified Professional
8 49 (2.54%) CISM
9 45 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (1.86%) AWS Certification
11 34 (1.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 33 (1.71%) CCNA
12 33 (1.71%) CRISC
13 20 (1.04%) CCNP
14 18 (0.93%) A+ Certification
15 16 (0.83%) HNC
16 14 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
17 13 (0.67%) CISMP
17 13 (0.67%) PMI Certification
18 12 (0.62%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 57 (2.95%) NCSC
3 56 (2.90%) NIST
4 36 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 34 (1.76%) SLA
6 28 (1.45%) NIST 800
7 27 (1.40%) QA
8 23 (1.19%) JSP 440
9 22 (1.14%) RMADS
10 19 (0.98%) Def Stans
11 17 (0.88%) IEC 61508
12 14 (0.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 11 (0.57%) Accessibility
13 11 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
14 10 (0.52%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 9 (0.47%) GRC
16 8 (0.41%) GDPR
17 7 (0.36%) MISRA
17 7 (0.36%) TickIT
System Software
1 191 (9.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 147 (7.61%) Active Directory
3 141 (7.30%) Docker
4 94 (4.87%) Hyper-V
5 39 (2.02%) VMware ESXi
6 38 (1.97%) vSphere
7 22 (1.14%) Firmware
8 18 (0.93%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.16%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.16%) Forefront TMG
10 3 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
10 3 (0.16%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.052%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 230 (11.90%) Ansible
2 168 (8.70%) Kubernetes
3 141 (7.30%) Terraform
4 115 (5.95%) Puppet
5 74 (3.83%) SCCM
6 38 (1.97%) vCenter Server
7 23 (1.19%) Grafana
7 23 (1.19%) Prometheus
8 18 (0.93%) HAProxy
9 15 (0.78%) Nagios
10 14 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
10 14 (0.72%) Progress Chef
11 12 (0.62%) Backup Exec
11 12 (0.62%) NetBackup
12 9 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
13 8 (0.41%) ZABBIX
14 7 (0.36%) Kibana
14 7 (0.36%) SCOM
15 6 (0.31%) Icinga
16 5 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 359 (18.58%) Microsoft
2 221 (11.44%) VMware
3 126 (6.52%) Cisco
4 125 (6.47%) Red Hat
5 61 (3.16%) Oracle
6 48 (2.48%) IBM
7 46 (2.38%) Sparx
8 38 (1.97%) Google
9 34 (1.76%) SolarWinds
10 32 (1.66%) ESRI
11 21 (1.09%) NetApp
12 17 (0.88%) EMC
12 17 (0.88%) SaltStack
12 17 (0.88%) Veeam
13 14 (0.72%) Citrix
14 13 (0.67%) Hitachi
15 12 (0.62%) ServiceNow
15 12 (0.62%) Snow
15 12 (0.62%) Veritas
16 11 (0.57%) Juniper