Government Security Classifications Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Government Security Classifications (GSC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Government Security Classifications skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 588 552
Rank change year-on-year +87 -36 +255
Permanent jobs citing Government Security Classifications 3 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.021% 0.021%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.065% 0.14% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £26,676 £50,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £31,140 £54,375 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,580 £62,500 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -38.27% -15.25% +22.92%
75th Percentile £46,019 £63,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £50,483 - £86,875
UK median annual salary £38,580 £62,500 £65,750
% change year-on-year -38.27% -4.94% +1.15%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

Government Security Classifications falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,601 6,333 4,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.58% 14.80% 14.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,508 2,741 3,128
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,750 £28,290
25th Percentile £34,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Government Security Classifications
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Government Security Classifications relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Government Security Classifications job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Government Security Classifications
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Government Security Classifications.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Government Security Classifications

Government Security Classifications
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Government Security Classifications in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Government Security Classifications in the UK excluding London

Government Security Classifications
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Government Security Classifications within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. 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
Midlands - 3 £38,580 -
West Midlands - 3 £38,580 -
Government Security Classifications
UK

Government Security Classifications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Junior
1 1 (33.33%) Junior Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Junior ServiceNow Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Sales Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Sales Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Trainee
1 1 (33.33%) Trainee Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Service Design
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow