Security Cleared Job Trends in Stockport

Security Clearance
Manchester > Stockport

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Stockport with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 24 -
Rank change year-on-year +14 - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 7 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Stockport 10.61% 0.96% -
As % of the Qualifications category 19.44% 4.35% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £75,000 £58,800 £61,500
% change year-on-year +27.55% -4.39% +11.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Stockport

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 Stockport.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 36 23 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stockport 54.55% 22.12% 17.86%
Number of salaries quoted 7 22 2
10th Percentile - - £28,550
25th Percentile £30,000 - £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £25,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -31.51% -20.65%
75th Percentile £51,875 £45,875 £42,875
90th Percentile £67,000 £57,000 £45,650
Manchester median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -12.50% +14.29%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Stockport

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Stockport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockport 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) AWS
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
1 6 (85.71%) GCP
General
1 6 (85.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Senior
1 6 (85.71%) Senior Software Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Installations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) .NET
1 6 (85.71%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Cyberattack
1 6 (85.71%) Linux Command Line
1 6 (85.71%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Signage
2 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Home Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) Cloud Security
1 6 (85.71%) Data Engineering
1 6 (85.71%) Machine Learning
1 6 (85.71%) Mentoring
1 6 (85.71%) Microservices
1 6 (85.71%) Scrum
1 6 (85.71%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineering
1 6 (85.71%) User Experience
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C++
1 6 (85.71%) Go
1 6 (85.71%) Java
1 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
1 6 (85.71%) Python
1 6 (85.71%) Rust
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) AWS Certification
1 6 (85.71%) AWS Certified Developer
1 6 (85.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 6 (85.71%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared