Government Security Classifications Jobs

Government Security Classifications (GSC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Government Security Classifications skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Government Security Classifications 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 733 1067 1095
Rank change year-on-year +334 +28 -347
Permanent jobs citing Government Security Classifications 8 9 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.007% 0.002%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.10% 0.041% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 3
10th Percentile £51,000 - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,750 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.15% +4.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £85,000 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,125 £69,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,750 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +22.92% -4.00% -13.79%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Government Security Classifications is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,856 22,053 20,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.76% 17.79% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,764 11,814 12,559
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,968 £42,500 £40,317
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +2.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -3.06%

Government Security Classifications
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Government Security Classifications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Government Security Classifications in the UK

Government Security Classifications
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Government Security Classifications.

Salary trend for Government Security Classifications in the UK

Government Security Classifications
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Government Security Classifications over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Government Security Classifications in the UK

Government Security Classifications
Top 8 Job Locations

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 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 +332 8 £65,750 +1.15% 4
UK excluding London +241 6 £73,750 +22.92% 4
West Midlands +131 3 £55,000 -
Midlands +121 3 £55,000 -
Work from Home +248 2 £55,000 -18.52% 2
South East - 2 £85,000 -
South West +77 1 £65,000 -3.70% 3
London - 1 £50,000 -

Government Security Classifications
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 (25.00%) Confluence
1 2 (25.00%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 2 (25.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) IaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) PaaS
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) HTTP
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Architect
1 2 (25.00%) AWS Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Java Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Java Technical Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Site Controller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) REST
1 2 (25.00%) SOAP
1 2 (25.00%) XML
2 1 (12.50%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Public Cloud
1 2 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Agile
1 3 (37.50%) Quality Management
2 2 (25.00%) Biometrics
2 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (25.00%) Compliance Audit
2 2 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) EAI
2 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (25.00%) Microservices
2 2 (25.00%) Open Source
2 2 (25.00%) QMS
2 2 (25.00%) SOA
3 1 (12.50%) Application Security
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) CISM
2 2 (25.00%) CISSP
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) CISA
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (37.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (25.00%) Def Stans
3 2 (25.00%) JSP 440
3 2 (25.00%) NCSC
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (12.50%) GDPR
4 1 (12.50%) GRC
4 1 (12.50%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft