CTC Cleared Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CTC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 483 557 516
Rank change year-on-year +74 -41 +255
Permanent jobs citing CTC Cleared 34 23 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.081% 0.062% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.16% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 35
10th Percentile - - £26,430
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,911 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,750 £44,982 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -18.21% -29.03%
75th Percentile £63,750 £46,086 £57,500
90th Percentile - £48,440 -
UK median annual salary £50,750 £44,982 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.82% -18.21% +4.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CTC 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14,183 13,943 9,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.81% 37.42% 31.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,129 5,412 6,477
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,475 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,498 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.47% -

CTC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

CTC Cleared job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CTC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CTC Cleared

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CTC Cleared in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CTC Cleared in the UK excluding London

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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 CTC Cleared within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
South West +19 21 - - 1
Scotland - 4 - -
South East +18 3 £39,000 -13.30% 1
Midlands - 3 £62,500 - 2
Wales - 3 - -
West Midlands - 3 £62,500 - 2
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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:

Applications
1 28 (82.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (91.18%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (17.65%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (8.82%) Azure
3 3 (8.82%) Entra ID
3 3 (8.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) Firewall
1 3 (8.82%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (8.82%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) GIS
General
1 28 (82.35%) Back Office
1 28 (82.35%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (8.82%) Finance
Job Titles
1 28 (82.35%) Desktop Engineer
1 28 (82.35%) Desktop Support
1 28 (82.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 28 (82.35%) Support Engineer
2 24 (70.59%) Site Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Analyst
3 3 (8.82%) Architect
3 3 (8.82%) Digital Architect
3 3 (8.82%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
3 3 (8.82%) Support Analyst
4 1 (2.94%) Data Architect
Operating Systems
1 28 (82.35%) Windows
1 28 (82.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (91.18%) ITIL
2 28 (82.35%) Analytics
2 28 (82.35%) Continuous Improvement
2 28 (82.35%) Customer Acquisition
2 28 (82.35%) Customer Experience
2 28 (82.35%) Customer Service
2 28 (82.35%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (82.35%) Patch Management
2 28 (82.35%) Software Deployment
2 28 (82.35%) Ticket Management
3 24 (70.59%) People Management
4 3 (8.82%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (8.82%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 34 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 31 (91.18%) SC Cleared
3 28 (82.35%) Degree
4 6 (17.65%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (82.35%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
1 3 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 31 (91.18%) Cisco
2 3 (8.82%) HP
2 3 (8.82%) Juniper
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) VMware