SC Cleared Job Trends in Surrey

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 61 33
Rank change year-on-year +2 -28 +14
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 56 28 177
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 2.80% 2.81% 6.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.14% 7.45% 18.14%
Number of salaries quoted 50 14 102
10th Percentile £31,250 - £32,625
25th Percentile £47,188 £30,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,402 £34,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +65.18% -30.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £66,875 £49,688 £66,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,375 £96,250
South East median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

SC 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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 347 376 976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 17.33% 37.75% 36.87%
Number of salaries quoted 205 223 519
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,300 £28,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,490 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.16% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £99,000 £75,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £51,020
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.90% -1.89%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Surrey

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Surrey over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Surrey

SC Cleared
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 17 June 2026. 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
Guildford -8 24 £52,500 -16.00% 11
Woking - 12 £65,000 - 5
Redhill +3 7 £47,500 +53.23% 3
Leatherhead - 2 £70,000 - 1
Chertsey - 2 £80,000 - 1
Epsom - 1 £50,000 -
Godalming - 1 £32,500 -
SC Cleared
South East

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 2 (3.57%) Apache
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
Cloud Services
1 14 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 5 (8.93%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.07%) Firewall
2 8 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 5 (8.93%) Structured Cabling
3 5 (8.93%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (5.36%) LAN
4 3 (5.36%) VLAN
4 3 (5.36%) WAN
5 2 (3.57%) Asterisk PBX
5 2 (3.57%) VoIP
6 1 (1.79%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.79%) MySQL
1 1 (1.79%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Bitbucket
1 2 (3.57%) Cypress.io
1 2 (3.57%) GitLab
1 2 (3.57%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.79%) Git
2 1 (1.79%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) JUnit
2 1 (1.79%) Selenium
2 1 (1.79%) SonarQube
General
1 14 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.93%) Manufacturing
2 5 (8.93%) Telecoms
3 4 (7.14%) Aviation
4 3 (5.36%) Finance
4 3 (5.36%) Military
5 2 (3.57%) Electronics
5 2 (3.57%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (19.64%) Data Engineer
2 8 (14.29%) Service Desk Engineer
3 7 (12.50%) Developer
3 7 (12.50%) Security Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) Azure Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) Cabling Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) Firewall Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) Java Developer
4 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) Senior
4 5 (8.93%) SIEM Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) Software Engineer
5 4 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (7.14%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 4 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) C++ Software Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Consultant
6 3 (5.36%) Field Service Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Security Consultant
6 3 (5.36%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.14%) React
2 3 (5.36%) Jest
3 2 (3.57%) pytest
4 1 (1.79%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (1.79%) JSON
4 1 (1.79%) Kafka
4 1 (1.79%) LAMP
4 1 (1.79%) Node.js
4 1 (1.79%) OpenAPI
4 1 (1.79%) REST
4 1 (1.79%) RESTful
4 1 (1.79%) SOAP
4 1 (1.79%) Spring
4 1 (1.79%) Swagger
4 1 (1.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.93%) Data Centre
1 5 (8.93%) Fibre Optics
2 3 (5.36%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.57%) Acoustics
3 2 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.79%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.79%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 13 (23.21%) Windows
2 11 (19.64%) Windows Server
3 10 (17.86%) Linux
4 2 (3.57%) Debian
5 1 (1.79%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.43%) ITIL
2 9 (16.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 8 (14.29%) ITSM
4 7 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 7 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 6 (10.71%) Project Management
5 6 (10.71%) SIEM
5 6 (10.71%) SOAR
5 6 (10.71%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (8.93%) Analytics
6 5 (8.93%) Data Pipeline
7 4 (7.14%) CI/CD
7 4 (7.14%) Full-Stack Development
7 4 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (5.36%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (5.36%) DevOps
8 3 (5.36%) Mentoring
8 3 (5.36%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.86%) Java
2 5 (8.93%) C++
3 3 (5.36%) C
3 3 (5.36%) Python
4 2 (3.57%) Bash
4 2 (3.57%) PHP
4 2 (3.57%) SQL
5 1 (1.79%) Groovy
5 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.79%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 56 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (32.14%) Degree
3 12 (21.43%) DV Cleared
4 9 (16.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (5.36%) CCNA
5 3 (5.36%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.79%) CISA
6 1 (1.79%) CISM
6 1 (1.79%) CISSP
6 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.79%) HNC
6 1 (1.79%) HND
6 1 (1.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (1.79%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (1.79%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.79%) GRC
2 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.79%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.79%) NIST
2 1 (1.79%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (5.36%) Docker
2 2 (3.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.79%) Ansible
2 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 6 (10.71%) CheckPoint
3 6 (10.71%) Cisco
3 6 (10.71%) LogRhythm
3 6 (10.71%) Palo Alto
3 6 (10.71%) Splunk
3 6 (10.71%) Tenable
4 3 (5.36%) VMware
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle