Security Cleared Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security 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 Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 21 33
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 +18
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 6,392 5,526 5,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.08% 9.00% 7.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.93% 24.86% 23.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,792 2,326 2,459
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,940 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -1.15% -1.64%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,535 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,411 22,227 22,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.58% 36.22% 31.40%
Number of salaries quoted 12,214 8,226 10,352
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +0.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.47% +7.27% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the UK excluding London

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the UK excluding London

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the UK excluding London

Security 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 Security Cleared within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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 +8 1,947 £55,000 +12.59% 520
South West +3 1,929 £55,000 - 461
North of England +13 803 £55,000 -4.35% 253
Midlands +1 636 £52,500 -4.55% 169
North West +5 578 £55,000 -4.35% 197
West Midlands +15 437 £55,000 -4.35% 123
East of England +23 419 £55,000 - 136
Scotland -40 328 £52,500 -4.55% 106
Wales +7 243 £51,500 +70.50% 15
East Midlands -19 199 £44,500 -15.24% 45
Yorkshire +33 189 £60,000 -9.77% 34
Northern Ireland +19 113 £60,000 +84.62% 16
North East -38 36 £49,036 +8.97% 23
Security Cleared
UK

Security 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
1 293 (4.58%) ArcGIS
2 284 (4.44%) GeoServer
3 149 (2.33%) Confluence
4 116 (1.81%) WebLogic
5 89 (1.39%) SharePoint
6 87 (1.36%) IIS
7 86 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
8 66 (1.03%) Apache
9 46 (0.72%) Apache Spark
10 45 (0.70%) Oracle Service Bus
11 34 (0.53%) OpenStack
12 32 (0.50%) JBoss
12 32 (0.50%) Red Hat Fuse
13 24 (0.38%) nginx
14 18 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
15 17 (0.27%) Jupyter
16 15 (0.23%) CMS
17 14 (0.22%) SharePoint 2010
17 14 (0.22%) SharePoint 2013
17 14 (0.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 260 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
2 152 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 114 (1.78%) Simulink
4 85 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 78 (1.22%) MS Visio
6 40 (0.63%) Sketch
7 31 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
8 10 (0.16%) AutoCAD
9 6 (0.094%) Trello
9 6 (0.094%) Windchill
10 4 (0.063%) EPLAN
10 4 (0.063%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.063%) Siemens NX
10 4 (0.063%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.063%) Stateflow
11 3 (0.047%) Revit
12 2 (0.031%) Abaqus
12 2 (0.031%) Fireworks
12 2 (0.031%) InDesign
12 2 (0.031%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 92 (1.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 74 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
3 48 (0.75%) Primavera
4 39 (0.61%) Siebel CRM
5 23 (0.36%) NEC Housing
6 20 (0.31%) Maximo
7 11 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 11 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
8 9 (0.14%) Teamcenter
9 6 (0.094%) Oracle Applications
9 6 (0.094%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.078%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.063%) SAP CO
11 4 (0.063%) SAP FI
11 4 (0.063%) SAP FI/CO
12 3 (0.047%) SAP HR
12 3 (0.047%) SAP PM
13 2 (0.031%) Dynamics CRM
13 2 (0.031%) Oracle EBS R12
13 2 (0.031%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 1,256 (19.65%) Azure
2 1,087 (17.01%) AWS
3 219 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
4 124 (1.94%) SaaS
5 108 (1.69%) OpenShift
6 107 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
7 103 (1.61%) Amazon EKS
8 93 (1.45%) Serverless
9 86 (1.35%) GCP
10 74 (1.16%) Power Platform
11 72 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
12 66 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
13 65 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
14 62 (0.97%) Entra ID
15 60 (0.94%) Miro
16 59 (0.92%) PaaS
17 52 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
18 48 (0.75%) IaaS
19 43 (0.67%) GitHub
20 41 (0.64%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 406 (6.35%) Firewall
2 271 (4.24%) DNS
3 215 (3.36%) WAN
4 192 (3.00%) TCP/IP
5 161 (2.52%) DHCP
6 145 (2.27%) BGP
7 134 (2.10%) LAN
8 118 (1.85%) Network Security
9 96 (1.50%) VPN
10 84 (1.31%) SAN
11 83 (1.30%) Wireless
12 73 (1.14%) HTTP
13 68 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
14 64 (1.00%) SSL
15 62 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
16 61 (0.95%) MPLS
17 50 (0.78%) OSPF
18 49 (0.77%) IPsec
19 48 (0.75%) SD-WAN
20 44 (0.69%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 380 (5.94%) PostgreSQL
2 322 (5.04%) GIS
3 284 (4.44%) QGIS
4 167 (2.61%) SQL Server
5 124 (1.94%) Relational Database
6 121 (1.89%) Oracle Database
7 94 (1.47%) NoSQL
8 76 (1.19%) Big Data
9 72 (1.13%) Hadoop
10 66 (1.03%) MongoDB
11 60 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
12 55 (0.86%) RDBMS
13 53 (0.83%) Power BI
14 46 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
14 46 (0.72%) Oracle Database 10g
14 46 (0.72%) Oracle Database 11g
15 45 (0.70%) VLDB
16 38 (0.59%) MySQL
17 32 (0.50%) Tableau
18 31 (0.48%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 273 (4.27%) JIRA
2 230 (3.60%) Git
3 171 (2.68%) Jenkins
4 134 (2.10%) Visual Studio
5 126 (1.97%) GitLab
6 99 (1.55%) Bitbucket
7 92 (1.44%) Rational DOORS
8 59 (0.92%) Sourcetree
9 54 (0.84%) Selenium
10 39 (0.61%) Rational Rhapsody
11 29 (0.45%) Subversion
12 27 (0.42%) Cucumber
13 25 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
14 24 (0.38%) Ant
15 23 (0.36%) IntelliJ
15 23 (0.36%) LabVIEW
16 21 (0.33%) JUnit
17 17 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
18 16 (0.25%) CMake
19 15 (0.23%) JMeter
General
1 1,303 (20.38%) Social Skills
2 504 (7.88%) Aerospace
3 471 (7.37%) Public Sector
4 462 (7.23%) Finance
5 327 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
6 297 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 221 (3.46%) Military
8 199 (3.11%) Games
9 157 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
10 154 (2.41%) Telecoms
11 127 (1.99%) Manufacturing
12 123 (1.92%) Police
13 114 (1.78%) Electronics
14 110 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
15 89 (1.39%) Retail
16 84 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
17 48 (0.75%) Law
18 41 (0.64%) Local Government
19 37 (0.58%) Legal
20 27 (0.42%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1,150 (17.99%) Senior
2 779 (12.19%) Architect
3 747 (11.69%) Software Engineer
4 537 (8.40%) Developer
5 494 (7.73%) Lead
6 443 (6.93%) Analyst
7 441 (6.90%) Systems Engineer
8 322 (5.04%) Senior Software Engineer
9 303 (4.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 297 (4.65%) Network Engineer
11 283 (4.43%) Consultant
12 281 (4.40%) Solutions Architect
13 249 (3.90%) Project Manager
14 171 (2.68%) DevOps Engineer
15 161 (2.52%) Support Engineer
16 159 (2.49%) Administrator
17 157 (2.46%) Senior Developer
18 133 (2.08%) Security Consultant
19 119 (1.86%) Designer
20 107 (1.67%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 434 (6.79%) React
2 417 (6.52%) .NET
3 288 (4.51%) CSS
4 287 (4.49%) Leaflet
4 287 (4.49%) OpenLayers
5 284 (4.44%) PostGIS
6 264 (4.13%) .NET Core
7 178 (2.78%) AngularJS
8 167 (2.61%) Spring
9 156 (2.44%) REST
10 154 (2.41%) Node.js
11 135 (2.11%) HTML
12 121 (1.89%) Spring Boot
13 104 (1.63%) XML
14 88 (1.38%) RESTful
14 88 (1.38%) Unity (Game Engine)
15 87 (1.36%) RabbitMQ
16 84 (1.31%) Web Services
17 82 (1.28%) JSON
18 63 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 255 (3.99%) Management Information System
2 208 (3.25%) Driving Licence
3 187 (2.93%) Algorithms
4 178 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 165 (2.58%) Data Centre
6 126 (1.97%) Public Cloud
7 113 (1.77%) Cloud Native
8 108 (1.69%) Private Cloud
9 97 (1.52%) PKI
10 95 (1.49%) Product Ownership
10 95 (1.49%) Virtual Reality
11 85 (1.33%) Virtual Team
12 82 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
13 76 (1.19%) Cyberattack
14 72 (1.13%) Operational Technology
15 70 (1.10%) Clustering
16 68 (1.06%) Security Operations Centre
17 61 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
18 59 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
19 50 (0.78%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1,016 (15.89%) Linux
2 895 (14.00%) Windows
3 335 (5.24%) Windows Server
4 182 (2.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 164 (2.57%) Unix
6 146 (2.28%) Windows 10
7 126 (1.97%) CentOS
8 124 (1.94%) Windows Server 2016
9 121 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
10 103 (1.61%) Ubuntu
11 87 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
12 65 (1.02%) Embedded Linux
13 58 (0.91%) Windows 7
14 53 (0.83%) Solaris
15 30 (0.47%) Debian
16 22 (0.34%) Android
17 16 (0.25%) AIX
18 13 (0.20%) VMS
18 13 (0.20%) Windows NT
19 12 (0.19%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,836 (28.72%) Agile
2 1,586 (24.81%) Actionable Insight
3 1,125 (17.60%) Software Engineering
4 1,096 (17.15%) Problem-Solving
5 1,083 (16.94%) DevOps
6 681 (10.65%) Cybersecurity
7 580 (9.07%) Project Management
8 538 (8.42%) ITIL
9 474 (7.42%) Scrum
10 455 (7.12%) Mentoring
11 428 (6.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 414 (6.48%) Collaborative Working
13 366 (5.73%) Stakeholder Management
14 364 (5.69%) Systems Engineering
15 311 (4.87%) Web Development
16 307 (4.80%) CI/CD
17 299 (4.68%) Validation
18 292 (4.57%) Customer Service
19 277 (4.33%) Service Management
20 267 (4.18%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1,059 (16.57%) Python
2 648 (10.14%) Java
3 633 (9.90%) JavaScript
4 483 (7.56%) C#
5 439 (6.87%) SQL
6 426 (6.66%) PowerShell
7 271 (4.24%) C++
8 256 (4.01%) C
9 253 (3.96%) Bash
10 141 (2.21%) MATLAB
11 95 (1.49%) TypeScript
12 83 (1.30%) Shell Script
13 60 (0.94%) PL/SQL
13 60 (0.94%) Rust
14 53 (0.83%) Embedded C
15 44 (0.69%) Ada
16 39 (0.61%) Fortran
17 31 (0.48%) VB
18 25 (0.39%) Go
18 25 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3,722 (58.23%) SC Cleared
2 1,355 (21.20%) DV Cleared
3 1,057 (16.54%) Degree
4 545 (8.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 209 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
6 136 (2.13%) CCNA
7 132 (2.07%) CCNP
8 123 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 120 (1.88%) AWS Certification
10 100 (1.56%) CISSP
11 89 (1.39%) CISM
12 83 (1.30%) Azure Certification
13 80 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 74 (1.16%) CESG Certified Professional
15 70 (1.10%) DBS Check
16 63 (0.99%) CRISC
17 60 (0.94%) CTC Cleared
17 60 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
18 59 (0.92%) PhD
19 55 (0.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 228 (3.57%) SLA
2 189 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 148 (2.32%) Accessibility
4 132 (2.07%) QA
5 101 (1.58%) NCSC
6 99 (1.55%) NIST
7 79 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 61 (0.95%) ISO 9001
9 51 (0.80%) WCAG
10 48 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 47 (0.74%) PCI DSS
12 45 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 43 (0.67%) NIST 800
14 40 (0.63%) GDPR
15 38 (0.59%) Def Stans
16 37 (0.58%) GRC
17 36 (0.56%) JSP 440
18 32 (0.50%) PMO
18 32 (0.50%) RMADS
19 29 (0.45%) COBIT
System Software
1 462 (7.23%) Active Directory
2 341 (5.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 295 (4.62%) Docker
4 184 (2.88%) Hyper-V
5 105 (1.64%) Firmware
6 75 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
7 72 (1.13%) vSphere
8 63 (0.99%) VMware NSX
9 56 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
10 53 (0.83%) KVM
11 46 (0.72%) Oracle RAC
12 22 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
13 20 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
14 16 (0.25%) pfSense
15 15 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
16 12 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
17 11 (0.17%) NFS
18 7 (0.11%) XenDesktop
19 5 (0.078%) SRDF
20 4 (0.063%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 412 (6.45%) Ansible
2 347 (5.43%) Kubernetes
3 297 (4.65%) Terraform
4 209 (3.27%) SCCM
5 134 (2.10%) Puppet
6 88 (1.38%) vCenter Server
7 82 (1.28%) WSUS
8 79 (1.24%) SCOM
9 62 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
10 47 (0.74%) Grafana
11 46 (0.72%) Data Guard
12 45 (0.70%) EnCase
12 45 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
13 41 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
14 34 (0.53%) FortiGate
15 31 (0.48%) NetBackup
16 30 (0.47%) EMC NetWorker
17 29 (0.45%) OpenSSO
17 29 (0.45%) OpenView
18 25 (0.39%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 1,120 (17.52%) Microsoft
2 507 (7.93%) VMware
3 439 (6.87%) Cisco
4 355 (5.55%) Oracle
5 289 (4.52%) ESRI
6 262 (4.10%) Juniper
7 175 (2.74%) Red Hat
8 106 (1.66%) Remedy
9 103 (1.61%) ServiceNow
10 92 (1.44%) Sparx
11 91 (1.42%) HP
12 85 (1.33%) IBM
13 70 (1.10%) Dell
14 66 (1.03%) Fortinet
15 60 (0.94%) CheckPoint
16 58 (0.91%) Google
17 52 (0.81%) McAfee
18 51 (0.80%) Palo Alto
18 51 (0.80%) Splunk
18 51 (0.80%) Veeam