SC Cleared Business Analyst Job Trends

Security Check Clearance Business Analyst (SC Cleared BA)
UK

The median Security Check Clearance Business Analyst (SC Cleared BA) salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 667 767 737
Rank change year-on-year +100 -30 +431
Permanent jobs requiring a SC Cleared Business Analyst 5 4 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.005% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.006% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £50,450 - £61,000
25th Percentile £54,500 £61,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -6.47%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,750 £70,875 £69,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 44,421 71,252 55,490
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.78% 95.29% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,594 41,365 43,010
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £74,258 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

SC Cleared Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SC Cleared Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared Business Analyst in the UK

SC Cleared Business Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for SC Cleared Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for SC Cleared Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK

SC Cleared Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared Business Analyst over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared Business Analyst in the UK

SC Cleared Business Analyst
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 October 2025. 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 +101 5 £62,500 -3.85% 3
London +77 4 £67,500 +8.00% 3
Work from Home +65 2 £67,500 +8.00%
UK excluding London - 1 £50,500 - 2
South West - 1 £50,500 -

SC Cleared Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, SC Cleared Business Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring SC Cleared Business Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) User Stories
3 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (40.00%) Epics
4 2 (40.00%) Community of Practice
4 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Law
4 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (40.00%) Scrum
5 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (20.00%) Service Management
5 1 (20.00%) QA
5 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (20.00%) Use Case
5 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
5 1 (20.00%) Data Management
5 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Agile Coaching
5 1 (20.00%) Coaching

SC Cleared Business Analyst Skill Set
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:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (40.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Business Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) User Stories
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Community of Practice
3 2 (40.00%) Epics
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Agile Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
4 1 (20.00%) Use Case
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) QA