Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CTC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 708 1060 1054
Rank change year-on-year +352 -6 -318
Permanent jobs citing CTC Cleared 33 16 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.013% 0.034%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.043% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 33 15 39
10th Percentile £26,323 - £32,460
25th Percentile £41,625 £44,314 £37,774
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £52,500 £38,968
Median % change year-on-year -17.62% +34.73% -8.31%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,500 £76,250 £59,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,250 £66,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -34.72% +32.50% +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CTC 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,351 36,863 31,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 29.74% 24.75%
Number of salaries quoted 10,857 16,923 17,862
10th Percentile £31,125 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CTC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CTC Cleared in the UK

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Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CTC Cleared.

Salary trend for CTC Cleared in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CTC Cleared over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for CTC Cleared in the UK

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Top 10 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
England +350 32 £43,250 -17.62% 21
UK excluding London +271 31 £43,250 -34.72% 10
Work from Home +270 25 £43,500 -18.48% 5
South East +177 13 £55,000 -16.98% 5
West Midlands - 13 £43,000 -
Midlands - 13 £43,000 -
London +269 11 £55,000 +21.32% 10
North West - 4 £26,216 - 1
North of England - 4 £26,216 - 1
Scotland - 1 £52,500 -

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) JBoss
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (21.21%) Azure
3 4 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (36.36%) Firewall
1 12 (36.36%) Network Security
2 10 (30.30%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (21.21%) Cisco ISE
3 7 (21.21%) Cisco Nexus
3 7 (21.21%) SD-WAN
3 7 (21.21%) VPN
4 5 (15.15%) BGP
4 5 (15.15%) IPsec
4 5 (15.15%) LAN
4 5 (15.15%) NGFW
4 5 (15.15%) OSPF
4 5 (15.15%) WAN
4 5 (15.15%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (9.09%) RIP
6 1 (3.03%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) GIS
2 4 (12.12%) Relational Database
3 3 (9.09%) SQL Server
4 2 (6.06%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (6.06%) Oracle Database
5 1 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
1 1 (3.03%) Maven
General
1 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Developer
2 8 (24.24%) Network Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) Network Security Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) Security Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Lead
3 5 (15.15%) Network Team Leader
3 5 (15.15%) Team Leader
4 4 (12.12%) Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) COBOL Developer
4 4 (12.12%) HTML CSS Developer
4 4 (12.12%) HTML Developer
4 4 (12.12%) JavaScript Developer
4 4 (12.12%) Mainframe Developer
4 4 (12.12%) Senior
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Service Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Lead Network Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) CSS
1 5 (15.15%) HTML
2 2 (6.06%) .NET
2 2 (6.06%) .NET Framework
2 2 (6.06%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.03%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.03%) Hibernate
3 1 (3.03%) J2EE
3 1 (3.03%) Struts
3 1 (3.03%) Struts2
3 1 (3.03%) Web Services
3 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 4 (12.12%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) Windows
2 4 (12.12%) Linux
2 4 (12.12%) Windows 10
3 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) ITIL
2 8 (24.24%) Service Delivery
3 7 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (15.15%) Server Management
5 5 (15.15%) Web Development
6 4 (12.12%) DevOps
6 4 (12.12%) MVC
6 4 (12.12%) Virtual Environments
7 3 (9.09%) Release Management
8 2 (6.06%) Change Management
8 2 (6.06%) MVVM
8 2 (6.06%) Penetration Testing
8 2 (6.06%) User Experience
9 1 (3.03%) Availability Management
9 1 (3.03%) Collaborative Working
9 1 (3.03%) Contract Management
9 1 (3.03%) Contract Negotiation
9 1 (3.03%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) JavaScript
2 4 (12.12%) COBOL
3 2 (6.06%) C#
4 1 (3.03%) Java
4 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 22 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 10 (30.30%) CompTIA Security+
4 9 (27.27%) DV Cleared
5 7 (21.21%) CCNA
5 7 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (15.15%) CCNP
6 5 (15.15%) CISSP
7 3 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 10 (30.30%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.06%) Firmware
2 2 (6.06%) Hyper-V
2 2 (6.06%) Terminal Services
3 1 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.03%) XenApp
3 1 (3.03%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Nessus
2 1 (3.03%) vCenter Server
2 1 (3.03%) vMotion
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) Cisco
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.21%) Aruba
2 7 (21.21%) F5
2 7 (21.21%) Juniper
3 4 (12.12%) Oracle
3 4 (12.12%) Unisys
4 3 (9.09%) CheckPoint
4 3 (9.09%) Fortinet
5 2 (6.06%) Forcepoint
5 2 (6.06%) VMware
6 1 (3.03%) Citrix
6 1 (3.03%) Dell