Security Cleared Job Trends in Stevenage

Security Clearance
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Stevenage with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 2 1
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 187 61 40
As % of all permanent jobs in Stevenage 31.86% 31.28% 28.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 86.18% 58.65% 50.63%
Number of salaries quoted 96 47 30
10th Percentile £42,750 £51,250 £28,260
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £43,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% +37.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £64,888
90th Percentile £78,750 £65,000 £70,250
Hertfordshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Stevenage

Security 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 Stevenage.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 217 104 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stevenage 36.97% 53.33% 56.43%
Number of salaries quoted 103 57 59
10th Percentile £42,756 £48,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +11.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £69,900 £66,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £51,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Stevenage

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Salary Trend in Stevenage

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Security Cleared

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Salary Histogram in Stevenage

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Stevenage over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Stevenage

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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 12 (6.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.74%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.60%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (2.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.42%) AWS
1 12 (6.42%) Cohesity
2 8 (4.28%) Azure
3 4 (2.14%) Boomi
3 4 (2.14%) Matillion
4 3 (1.60%) AWS KMS
4 3 (1.60%) SaaS
5 2 (1.07%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.07%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.53%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.81%) SAN
2 7 (3.74%) Skype
3 3 (1.60%) Internet
3 3 (1.60%) VSAN
4 2 (1.07%) Ethernet
4 2 (1.07%) Firewall
4 2 (1.07%) InfiniBand
4 2 (1.07%) VPN
5 1 (0.53%) DNS
5 1 (0.53%) IPsec
5 1 (0.53%) LAN
5 1 (0.53%) Network Security
5 1 (0.53%) SSL
5 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.53%) VLAN
5 1 (0.53%) VoIP
5 1 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.14%) Pentaho
2 4 (2.14%) Snowflake Schema
3 3 (1.60%) SAP HANA
3 3 (1.60%) Star Schema
4 2 (1.07%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.53%) Big Data
5 1 (0.53%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.53%) MySQL
5 1 (0.53%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 3 (1.60%) GitLab
General
1 17 (9.09%) Social Skills
2 13 (6.95%) Law
3 11 (5.88%) Military
4 9 (4.81%) Aerospace
4 9 (4.81%) Manufacturing
5 8 (4.28%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.74%) Finance
7 5 (2.67%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.67%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.60%) Games
8 3 (1.60%) Legal
9 1 (0.53%) Advertising
9 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.53%) Police
Job Titles
1 37 (19.79%) Systems Engineer
2 24 (12.83%) Lead
3 23 (12.30%) Integration Engineer
4 19 (10.16%) Embedded Engineer
5 18 (9.63%) Software Engineer
5 18 (9.63%) Validation Engineer
6 14 (7.49%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 13 (6.95%) Systems Integration Engineer
8 12 (6.42%) Linux Engineer
9 9 (4.81%) Ada Engineer
9 9 (4.81%) Ada Software Engineer
10 8 (4.28%) Linux Support
10 8 (4.28%) Linux Support Engineer
10 8 (4.28%) Support Engineer
11 7 (3.74%) Security Engineer
12 6 (3.21%) Architect
12 6 (3.21%) Business Manager
12 6 (3.21%) Manufacturing Engineer
12 6 (3.21%) Project Leader
12 6 (3.21%) Software Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.14%) PySpark
2 3 (1.60%) OpenGL
2 3 (1.60%) SAP Basis
2 3 (1.60%) Vulkan
3 2 (1.07%) REST
3 2 (1.07%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.74%) Algorithms
2 6 (3.21%) e-Learning
3 4 (2.14%) Data Structures
3 4 (2.14%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.60%) 3D Graphics
4 3 (1.60%) Arduino
4 3 (1.60%) Blackberry
4 3 (1.60%) CUDA
4 3 (1.60%) IoT
4 3 (1.60%) PKI
4 3 (1.60%) Raspberry Pi
4 3 (1.60%) RSA SecurID
4 3 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.07%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.07%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.53%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.53%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.53%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.23%) Linux
2 13 (6.95%) Windows
3 11 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (4.81%) Solaris
5 8 (4.28%) Debian
5 8 (4.28%) Unix
6 7 (3.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (19.79%) Software Engineering
2 33 (17.65%) Validation
3 16 (8.56%) Innovative Thinking
4 11 (5.88%) AI
5 10 (5.35%) Physics
6 8 (4.28%) Computer Science
6 8 (4.28%) CRM
7 7 (3.74%) Agile
7 7 (3.74%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 7 (3.74%) Line Management
7 7 (3.74%) Mathematics
7 7 (3.74%) Performance Tuning
7 7 (3.74%) Service Delivery
8 6 (3.21%) ETL
8 6 (3.21%) Project Delivery
8 6 (3.21%) Verification and Validation
9 5 (2.67%) Customer Service
9 5 (2.67%) Data Engineering
9 5 (2.67%) Presales
9 5 (2.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (16.04%) Python
2 11 (5.88%) Bash
3 10 (5.35%) C
4 9 (4.81%) Ada
4 9 (4.81%) C++
5 8 (4.28%) Korn
6 7 (3.74%) PowerShell
7 6 (3.21%) Java
8 5 (2.67%) SQL
9 4 (2.14%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.60%) Assembly Language
10 3 (1.60%) C#
10 3 (1.60%) GLSL
10 3 (1.60%) MATLAB
10 3 (1.60%) Objective-C
10 3 (1.60%) Swift
Qualifications
1 44 (23.53%) SC Cleared
2 20 (10.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 19 (10.16%) Degree
4 11 (5.88%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.60%) BC Cleared
5 3 (1.60%) RHCE
6 2 (1.07%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.53%) CCNA
7 1 (0.53%) CCNP
7 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.95%) SLA
2 7 (3.74%) QA
3 4 (2.14%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.60%) GDPR
4 3 (1.60%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.60%) NIST
4 3 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.07%) Accessibility
System Software
1 11 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (5.35%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.14%) Firmware
4 3 (1.60%) vSphere
5 2 (1.07%) Lustre
5 2 (1.07%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (8.02%) Ansible
2 7 (3.74%) SCOM
2 7 (3.74%) WSUS
3 1 (0.53%) Endace
3 1 (0.53%) Nagios
Vendors
1 15 (8.02%) VMware
2 14 (7.49%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.88%) NetApp
4 7 (3.74%) SAP
5 6 (3.21%) MuleSoft
5 6 (3.21%) Red Hat
6 4 (2.14%) Informatica
6 4 (2.14%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.14%) Talend
7 3 (1.60%) Cisco
7 3 (1.60%) HP
8 2 (1.07%) EMC
8 2 (1.07%) Google
8 2 (1.07%) IBM
8 2 (1.07%) Mellanox
8 2 (1.07%) Oracle
8 2 (1.07%) Pega
8 2 (1.07%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.53%) F5
9 1 (0.53%) Palo Alto