SC Cleared Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 51 55
Rank change year-on-year +11 +4 +22
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 3,731 3,374 3,528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.33% 5.46% 5.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.27% 14.94% 15.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,033 1,562 1,635
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,400 £30,200
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,350
Median % change year-on-year - +3.09% -1.20%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,200 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

SC 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,361 22,582 22,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.64% 36.54% 31.37%
Number of salaries quoted 12,186 8,272 10,253
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,181 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,150
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared
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 SC Cleared within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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
South East +22 1,217 £55,000 +1.85% 270
South West -1 872 £52,500 -4.55% 236
North of England +39 580 £57,500 -4.17% 151
North West +13 399 £56,504 -1.73% 120
Midlands +6 387 £52,500 -12.50% 85
Scotland -33 247 £60,000 +8.67% 72
West Midlands +7 242 £55,000 -10.93% 66
Wales +16 215 £50,000 +65.54% 13
Yorkshire +86 156 £60,000 -10.45% 16
East Midlands +1 145 £50,000 -4.76% 19
East of England -12 130 £55,000 - 71
Northern Ireland +34 106 £60,000 +75.18% 14
North East -29 27 £55,000 +15.79% 15
SC Cleared
UK

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 292 (7.83%) ArcGIS
2 284 (7.61%) GeoServer
3 141 (3.78%) Confluence
4 114 (3.06%) WebLogic
5 63 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 60 (1.61%) SharePoint
7 45 (1.21%) Oracle Service Bus
8 43 (1.15%) IIS
9 37 (0.99%) Apache
10 34 (0.91%) OpenStack
11 32 (0.86%) Red Hat Fuse
12 31 (0.83%) JBoss
13 27 (0.72%) Apache Spark
14 14 (0.38%) Skype for Business
15 13 (0.35%) CMS
15 13 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
16 8 (0.21%) SharePoint 2010
16 8 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
17 4 (0.11%) Appian
17 4 (0.11%) TWiki
Applications
1 154 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
2 80 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 74 (1.98%) MS Visio
4 40 (1.07%) Sketch
5 39 (1.05%) Simulink
6 23 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 17 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (0.24%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.11%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.11%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.080%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.054%) Abaqus
11 2 (0.054%) Fireworks
11 2 (0.054%) GNU Octave
11 2 (0.054%) InDesign
12 1 (0.027%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.027%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.027%) Revit
Business Applications
1 80 (2.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 74 (1.98%) Remedy ITSM
3 38 (1.02%) Siebel CRM
4 17 (0.46%) Maximo
5 8 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.16%) Primavera
7 5 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (0.11%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.080%) Teamcenter
10 2 (0.054%) Dynamics CRM
10 2 (0.054%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.054%) Oracle Cash Management
10 2 (0.054%) Oracle EBS R12
10 2 (0.054%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.054%) SAP HR
11 1 (0.027%) CA PPM
11 1 (0.027%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 899 (24.10%) Azure
2 714 (19.14%) AWS
3 166 (4.45%) Microsoft 365
4 100 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
5 81 (2.17%) Serverless
6 72 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
7 67 (1.80%) SaaS
8 64 (1.72%) OpenShift
9 60 (1.61%) Miro
10 58 (1.55%) GCP
11 52 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
12 47 (1.26%) Power Platform
13 44 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
14 41 (1.10%) Amazon SQS
14 41 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
14 41 (1.10%) Figma
15 40 (1.07%) Heroku
16 36 (0.96%) Amazon ECS
17 32 (0.86%) Entra ID
18 29 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 247 (6.62%) Firewall
2 151 (4.05%) DNS
3 118 (3.16%) WAN
4 108 (2.89%) TCP/IP
5 75 (2.01%) VPN
6 73 (1.96%) LAN
7 71 (1.90%) BGP
8 70 (1.88%) DHCP
8 70 (1.88%) Wireless
9 63 (1.69%) Network Security
9 63 (1.69%) SAN
10 57 (1.53%) SSL
11 39 (1.05%) IPsec
11 39 (1.05%) SD-WAN
12 37 (0.99%) MPLS
13 36 (0.96%) Software-Defined Radio
14 30 (0.80%) Cisco Firepower
15 29 (0.78%) AMQP
16 28 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
17 27 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 352 (9.43%) PostgreSQL
2 301 (8.07%) GIS
3 284 (7.61%) QGIS
4 98 (2.63%) Oracle Database
5 94 (2.52%) Relational Database
6 90 (2.41%) SQL Server
7 60 (1.61%) NoSQL
8 59 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
9 55 (1.47%) RDBMS
10 47 (1.26%) Hadoop
11 46 (1.23%) Oracle Database 11g
12 45 (1.21%) Big Data
12 45 (1.21%) Oracle Database 10g
12 45 (1.21%) VLDB
13 42 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
14 31 (0.83%) MySQL
15 30 (0.80%) Oracle BI EE
15 30 (0.80%) Siebel EIM
16 28 (0.75%) MongoDB
17 26 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 207 (5.55%) JIRA
2 186 (4.99%) Git
3 124 (3.32%) Jenkins
4 109 (2.92%) Visual Studio
5 96 (2.57%) Bitbucket
6 59 (1.58%) Sourcetree
7 58 (1.55%) GitLab
8 37 (0.99%) Rational DOORS
9 28 (0.75%) Selenium
10 24 (0.64%) Ant
10 24 (0.64%) Cucumber
11 23 (0.62%) IntelliJ
12 22 (0.59%) Subversion
13 20 (0.54%) JUnit
14 16 (0.43%) CMake
15 15 (0.40%) LabVIEW
16 14 (0.38%) JMeter
16 14 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
17 10 (0.27%) Trac
17 10 (0.27%) Vagrant
General
1 786 (21.07%) Social Skills
2 255 (6.83%) Public Sector
3 253 (6.78%) Aerospace
4 244 (6.54%) Finance
5 198 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
6 185 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 151 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
8 135 (3.62%) Games
9 99 (2.65%) Military
10 94 (2.52%) Telecoms
11 73 (1.96%) Police
12 72 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
13 47 (1.26%) Electronics
14 44 (1.18%) Retail
15 42 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
16 35 (0.94%) Manufacturing
17 22 (0.59%) Law
18 17 (0.46%) Legal
19 16 (0.43%) Marketing
20 15 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 823 (22.06%) Senior
2 486 (13.03%) Software Engineer
3 467 (12.52%) Architect
4 400 (10.72%) Developer
5 286 (7.67%) Lead
6 268 (7.18%) Analyst
7 255 (6.83%) Senior Software Engineer
8 224 (6.00%) Solutions Architect
9 184 (4.93%) Systems Engineer
10 167 (4.48%) Project Manager
11 159 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 153 (4.10%) Network Engineer
13 140 (3.75%) Consultant
14 137 (3.67%) Senior Developer
15 106 (2.84%) Designer
16 92 (2.47%) Support Engineer
17 90 (2.41%) Presales Solution Architect
18 89 (2.39%) Business Analyst
19 88 (2.36%) 3D Developer
19 88 (2.36%) Games Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 383 (10.27%) React
2 374 (10.02%) .NET
3 287 (7.69%) Leaflet
4 286 (7.67%) OpenLayers
5 284 (7.61%) PostGIS
6 263 (7.05%) CSS
7 253 (6.78%) .NET Core
8 149 (3.99%) REST
9 146 (3.91%) AngularJS
10 144 (3.86%) Spring
11 130 (3.48%) Node.js
12 109 (2.92%) Spring Boot
13 88 (2.36%) Unity (Game Engine)
14 81 (2.17%) HTML
15 79 (2.12%) RESTful
16 77 (2.06%) Web Services
17 76 (2.04%) XML
18 69 (1.85%) RabbitMQ
19 63 (1.69%) SOAP
20 56 (1.50%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 119 (3.19%) Data Centre
2 106 (2.84%) Management Information System
3 90 (2.41%) Virtual Reality
4 82 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
5 80 (2.14%) Virtual Team
6 79 (2.12%) Driving Licence
7 73 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
8 72 (1.93%) Product Ownership
9 57 (1.53%) Public Cloud
10 56 (1.50%) Private Cloud
11 54 (1.45%) Algorithms
12 48 (1.29%) CMDB
13 43 (1.15%) Operational Technology
14 42 (1.13%) Clustering
15 41 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
16 40 (1.07%) Cloud Native
17 37 (0.99%) PKI
18 35 (0.94%) Cyberattack
19 31 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
20 30 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 547 (14.66%) Linux
2 542 (14.53%) Windows
3 247 (6.62%) Windows Server
4 118 (3.16%) Unix
5 113 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 90 (2.41%) Ubuntu
7 88 (2.36%) Windows 10
8 76 (2.04%) CentOS
9 62 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
10 53 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
11 45 (1.21%) Solaris
12 32 (0.86%) Windows 7
13 30 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
14 24 (0.64%) Debian
15 16 (0.43%) AIX
16 14 (0.38%) Android
17 12 (0.32%) Windows XP
18 10 (0.27%) VMS
19 9 (0.24%) zOS
20 8 (0.21%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,230 (32.97%) Actionable Insight
2 1,206 (32.32%) Agile
3 818 (21.92%) DevOps
4 727 (19.49%) Software Engineering
5 694 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
6 351 (9.41%) Project Management
7 342 (9.17%) Scrum
8 317 (8.50%) ITIL
9 308 (8.26%) Cybersecurity
10 290 (7.77%) Web Development
11 267 (7.16%) Stakeholder Management
12 237 (6.35%) Mentoring
13 230 (6.16%) Collaborative Working
14 227 (6.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 224 (6.00%) Service Management
16 190 (5.09%) Incident Management
17 187 (5.01%) Change Management
18 181 (4.85%) Open Source
19 180 (4.82%) Business Case
20 176 (4.72%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 612 (16.40%) Python
2 483 (12.95%) JavaScript
3 394 (10.56%) Java
4 342 (9.17%) C#
5 325 (8.71%) SQL
6 286 (7.67%) PowerShell
7 136 (3.65%) C++
8 77 (2.06%) C
9 60 (1.61%) Bash
9 60 (1.61%) PL/SQL
10 56 (1.50%) TypeScript
11 55 (1.47%) MATLAB
12 44 (1.18%) Shell Script
13 21 (0.56%) Go
14 18 (0.48%) VB
15 17 (0.46%) Kotlin
16 16 (0.43%) Ruby
17 14 (0.38%) VBA
18 11 (0.29%) Bicep
19 10 (0.27%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 3,731 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 645 (17.29%) Degree
3 516 (13.83%) DV Cleared
4 195 (5.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 98 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
6 86 (2.31%) AWS Certification
7 84 (2.25%) CISM
8 82 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 78 (2.09%) Azure Certification
10 77 (2.06%) CISSP
11 71 (1.90%) CCNA
12 66 (1.77%) CESG Certified Professional
13 63 (1.69%) CCNP
13 63 (1.69%) CRISC
14 59 (1.58%) TOGAF Certification
15 50 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 45 (1.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 43 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
18 36 (0.96%) A+ Certification
19 27 (0.72%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (3.75%) SLA
2 120 (3.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 113 (3.03%) Accessibility
4 78 (2.09%) NCSC
5 65 (1.74%) QA
6 50 (1.34%) WCAG
7 45 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 41 (1.10%) NIST
9 29 (0.78%) COBIT
10 24 (0.64%) GDPR
11 23 (0.62%) Def Stans
12 21 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
13 20 (0.54%) PMO
14 19 (0.51%) GRC
14 19 (0.51%) JSP 440
15 18 (0.48%) RMADS
16 16 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 15 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
18 14 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
19 13 (0.35%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 315 (8.44%) Active Directory
2 198 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 155 (4.15%) Docker
4 128 (3.43%) Hyper-V
5 48 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
6 45 (1.21%) Oracle RAC
7 33 (0.88%) Firmware
8 30 (0.80%) vSphere
9 29 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
10 23 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
11 19 (0.51%) VMware NSX
12 16 (0.43%) pfSense
13 15 (0.40%) KVM
14 10 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
14 10 (0.27%) NFS
15 8 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
16 5 (0.13%) XenDesktop
17 4 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
17 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 3 (0.080%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 202 (5.41%) Ansible
2 178 (4.77%) Kubernetes
3 160 (4.29%) SCCM
4 131 (3.51%) Terraform
5 66 (1.77%) SCOM
6 64 (1.72%) vCenter Server
7 53 (1.42%) Puppet
8 47 (1.26%) WSUS
9 45 (1.21%) Data Guard
9 45 (1.21%) Oracle RMAN
10 38 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
11 33 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
12 31 (0.83%) NetBackup
13 30 (0.80%) EMC NetWorker
14 29 (0.78%) OpenSSO
14 29 (0.78%) OpenView
15 26 (0.70%) Grafana
16 25 (0.67%) ZABBIX
17 19 (0.51%) Nagios
18 14 (0.38%) Nessus
Vendors
1 693 (18.57%) Microsoft
2 295 (7.91%) VMware
3 289 (7.75%) ESRI
4 270 (7.24%) Oracle
5 218 (5.84%) Cisco
6 176 (4.72%) Juniper
7 103 (2.76%) Remedy
8 84 (2.25%) ServiceNow
9 80 (2.14%) Sparx
10 76 (2.04%) Red Hat
11 68 (1.82%) HP
12 47 (1.26%) CheckPoint
12 47 (1.26%) NetApp
13 46 (1.23%) Google
13 46 (1.23%) Sun
14 45 (1.21%) IBM
15 43 (1.15%) Fortinet
16 40 (1.07%) Veeam
17 39 (1.05%) McAfee
18 38 (1.02%) EMC