Security Cleared Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 14 57
Rank change year-on-year +6 +43 +20
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 951 730 324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.10% 11.87% 4.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.03% 27.98% 14.77%
Number of salaries quoted 643 365 162
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,463 £35,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £45,600 £56,288
Median % change year-on-year +16.23% -18.99% -13.40%
75th Percentile £61,350 £61,000 £77,188
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,963 £83,625
South East median annual salary £55,000 £48,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +14.58% -13.51% +0.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,568 2,609 2,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 38.07% 42.43% 32.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,618 1,080 939
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £34,997 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% -7.27%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £51,020 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -4.76% +5.00%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 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
Berkshire +6 774 £52,550 +15.24% 123
Buckinghamshire -9 119 £55,000 +14.29% 37
Oxfordshire +7 58 £51,020 +20.05% 23
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 41 (4.31%) WebLogic
2 29 (3.05%) ArcGIS
2 29 (3.05%) GeoServer
2 29 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (2.52%) OpenStack
4 15 (1.58%) IIS
4 15 (1.58%) Oracle Service Bus
5 13 (1.37%) CMS
5 13 (1.37%) Confluence
6 12 (1.26%) Exchange Server 2010
7 11 (1.16%) JBoss
7 11 (1.16%) Red Hat Fuse
8 6 (0.63%) Apache
8 6 (0.63%) nginx
8 6 (0.63%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 62 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (2.31%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.42%) Siemens NX
6 4 (0.42%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (1.89%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.42%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.21%) C-CURE
4 2 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.21%) Primavera
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 186 (19.56%) Azure
2 107 (11.25%) AWS
3 45 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (3.36%) Amazon EKS
4 32 (3.36%) Azure Monitor
5 28 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (2.84%) Amazon ECS
6 27 (2.84%) Serverless
7 22 (2.31%) Entra ID
8 16 (1.68%) OCI
9 14 (1.47%) Azure Storage
10 12 (1.26%) SaaS
11 8 (0.84%) GitHub
12 6 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (0.63%) Miro
12 6 (0.63%) PaaS
13 5 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (0.42%) Amazon SQS
14 4 (0.42%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 86 (9.04%) Firewall
2 61 (6.41%) DNS
3 52 (5.47%) DHCP
4 25 (2.63%) VPN
5 20 (2.10%) LAN
6 16 (1.68%) BGP
6 16 (1.68%) OSPF
6 16 (1.68%) WAN
7 15 (1.58%) SNMP
8 13 (1.37%) SAN
8 13 (1.37%) Wireless
9 11 (1.16%) SD-WAN
9 11 (1.16%) SSL
9 11 (1.16%) TCP/IP
10 8 (0.84%) HSRP
10 8 (0.84%) IPsec
11 7 (0.74%) Cisco Firepower
11 7 (0.74%) Network Security
11 7 (0.74%) VLAN
11 7 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (6.31%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (5.57%) Relational Database
3 34 (3.58%) GIS
4 29 (3.05%) QGIS
5 27 (2.84%) SQL Server
6 26 (2.73%) Oracle Database
7 23 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
8 19 (2.00%) NoSQL
9 16 (1.68%) Oracle Database 11g
10 15 (1.58%) Oracle Database 10g
10 15 (1.58%) VLDB
11 5 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.53%) MySQL
11 5 (0.53%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.21%) NonStop SQL
13 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.11%) Spatial Data
13 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 50 (5.26%) Jenkins
2 35 (3.68%) Git
3 24 (2.52%) GitLab
4 23 (2.42%) JIRA
5 14 (1.47%) JUnit
5 14 (1.47%) Visual Studio
6 13 (1.37%) Selenium
7 11 (1.16%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.95%) TestRail
9 7 (0.74%) REST Assured
9 7 (0.74%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.63%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.63%) TestNG
11 5 (0.53%) Bitbucket Server
11 5 (0.53%) JMeter
11 5 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
11 5 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
11 5 (0.53%) Serenity BDD
11 5 (0.53%) SoapUI
12 4 (0.42%) MSI
General
1 210 (22.08%) Social Skills
2 74 (7.78%) Public Sector
3 70 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (2.63%) Police
6 20 (2.10%) Finance
7 15 (1.58%) Back Office
8 9 (0.95%) Manufacturing
8 9 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (0.84%) Aerospace
10 6 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (0.63%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.53%) Law
11 5 (0.53%) Local Government
11 5 (0.53%) Military
11 5 (0.53%) Publishing
12 4 (0.42%) Aeronautics
12 4 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.42%) Legal
12 4 (0.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 166 (17.46%) Senior
2 135 (14.20%) Analyst
3 102 (10.73%) Developer
4 91 (9.57%) Architect
5 77 (8.10%) Systems Engineer
6 58 (6.10%) Software Engineer
7 51 (5.36%) Support Analyst
8 46 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 45 (4.73%) Applications Support
9 45 (4.73%) Support Specialist
10 42 (4.42%) Lead
11 38 (4.00%) Network Engineer
11 38 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
12 37 (3.89%) Applications Support Analyst
13 35 (3.68%) Senior Software Engineer
14 33 (3.47%) Administrator
14 33 (3.47%) Support Engineer
15 30 (3.15%) Java Developer
16 28 (2.94%) Infrastructure Support
17 26 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (6.20%) Spring
2 51 (5.36%) CSS
3 49 (5.15%) .NET
4 47 (4.94%) React
5 42 (4.42%) REST
6 37 (3.89%) Web Services
7 35 (3.68%) AngularJS
8 33 (3.47%) HTML
8 33 (3.47%) Node.js
8 33 (3.47%) Spring Boot
9 32 (3.36%) Leaflet
9 32 (3.36%) OpenLayers
10 31 (3.26%) Elastic Stack
11 29 (3.05%) J2EE
11 29 (3.05%) PostGIS
12 27 (2.84%) .NET Core
12 27 (2.84%) XML
13 25 (2.63%) JSON
14 24 (2.52%) Apache Camel
14 24 (2.52%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 39 (4.10%) Management Information System
2 34 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
3 32 (3.36%) CMDB
4 30 (3.15%) Algorithms
5 26 (2.73%) Data Centre
5 26 (2.73%) PKI
6 23 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (2.31%) Product Ownership
8 19 (2.00%) Driving Licence
8 19 (2.00%) Mainframe
9 16 (1.68%) Private Cloud
10 13 (1.37%) Digital Signage
11 9 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
11 9 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.74%) Client/Server
13 7 (0.74%) Public Cloud
13 7 (0.74%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.63%) CUDA
14 6 (0.63%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 181 (19.03%) Windows
2 163 (17.14%) Linux
3 94 (9.88%) Windows Server
4 80 (8.41%) Windows 10
5 61 (6.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 60 (6.31%) Windows Server 2019
7 58 (6.10%) Unix
8 47 (4.94%) Windows 7
9 43 (4.52%) Windows Server 2012
10 21 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 16 (1.68%) CentOS
12 15 (1.58%) Solaris
13 14 (1.47%) Windows NT
14 12 (1.26%) Windows XP
15 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
16 3 (0.32%) Rocky
17 1 (0.11%) Debian
17 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (25.76%) Agile
2 213 (22.40%) ITIL
3 207 (21.77%) Problem-Solving
4 156 (16.40%) DevOps
5 154 (16.19%) Actionable Insight
6 111 (11.67%) Customer Service
7 103 (10.83%) Service Management
8 72 (7.57%) Service Delivery
9 71 (7.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 69 (7.26%) Software Engineering
11 66 (6.94%) Scrum
12 65 (6.83%) Project Management
13 64 (6.73%) CI/CD
14 59 (6.20%) Cybersecurity
14 59 (6.20%) Software Testing
15 58 (6.10%) Decision-Making
16 55 (5.78%) Incident Management
16 55 (5.78%) ITSM
16 55 (5.78%) Release Management
17 50 (5.26%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 125 (13.14%) JavaScript
2 120 (12.62%) Python
3 99 (10.41%) Java
4 76 (7.99%) PowerShell
5 73 (7.68%) SQL
6 71 (7.47%) C#
7 41 (4.31%) C++
8 34 (3.58%) Fortran
9 29 (3.05%) Shell Script
10 25 (2.63%) VBScript
11 24 (2.52%) VB
12 22 (2.31%) Bash
12 22 (2.31%) PL/SQL
13 19 (2.00%) C
13 19 (2.00%) COBOL
14 14 (1.47%) Bicep
15 13 (1.37%) TypeScript
16 12 (1.26%) MATLAB
17 10 (1.05%) Groovy
18 8 (0.84%) Perl
Qualifications
1 565 (59.41%) SC Cleared
2 309 (32.49%) DV Cleared
3 175 (18.40%) Degree
4 50 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
5 42 (4.42%) CCNA
5 42 (4.42%) CTC Cleared
6 30 (3.15%) CCNP
7 29 (3.05%) NVQ Level 3
8 23 (2.42%) PhD
9 21 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (2.21%) HNC
10 20 (2.10%) AWS Certification
10 20 (2.10%) Master's Degree
11 19 (2.00%) A+ Certification
12 15 (1.58%) Azure Certification
12 15 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 14 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (1.37%) MCP
15 10 (1.05%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (6.73%) SLA
2 20 (2.10%) QA
3 16 (1.68%) NIST
4 15 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.16%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.05%) PMO
7 8 (0.84%) JSP 440
7 8 (0.84%) RMADS
8 7 (0.74%) NCSC
9 6 (0.63%) GRC
9 6 (0.63%) NIST 800
10 5 (0.53%) WCAG
11 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.32%) COBIT
13 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.11%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 142 (14.93%) Active Directory
2 53 (5.57%) Docker
3 52 (5.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (4.31%) Firmware
5 38 (4.00%) Hyper-V
6 26 (2.73%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (1.58%) KVM
7 15 (1.58%) Oracle RAC
8 14 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 14 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 106 (11.15%) SCCM
2 73 (7.68%) Kubernetes
3 65 (6.83%) SCOM
4 61 (6.41%) Ansible
5 48 (5.05%) WSUS
6 42 (4.42%) Terraform
7 27 (2.84%) vCenter Server
8 26 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
9 22 (2.31%) OpenSSO
9 22 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
10 20 (2.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 19 (2.00%) NetBackup
12 16 (1.68%) EMC NetWorker
13 15 (1.58%) Data Guard
13 15 (1.58%) Oracle RMAN
13 15 (1.58%) Rancher
14 14 (1.47%) Sysprep
15 6 (0.63%) Kibana
16 3 (0.32%) Nagios
16 3 (0.32%) Nessus
Vendors
1 269 (28.29%) Microsoft
2 86 (9.04%) Oracle
3 83 (8.73%) Cisco
4 70 (7.36%) VMware
5 57 (5.99%) Juniper
6 51 (5.36%) ServiceNow
7 45 (4.73%) HP
8 40 (4.21%) Remedy
9 29 (3.05%) ESRI
10 28 (2.94%) Dynatrace
11 24 (2.52%) WSO2
12 19 (2.00%) Unisys
13 17 (1.79%) EMC
14 16 (1.68%) Extreme Networks
14 16 (1.68%) Veeam
15 15 (1.58%) Sun
16 13 (1.37%) Dell
16 13 (1.37%) Riverbed
17 12 (1.26%) Palo Alto
17 12 (1.26%) Symantec