Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK

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

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 33 89 104
Rank change year-on-year +56 +15 +3
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 3,822 4,582 4,277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.16% 3.66% 3.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.97% 12.33% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,147 2,160 2,313
10th Percentile £32,818 £32,500 £36,813
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,314 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £60,050
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -0.08% +9.18%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,056 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.66% -3.53% +5.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,393 37,176 32,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 29.66% 24.78%
Number of salaries quoted 10,886 17,163 17,940
10th Percentile £31,229 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,000
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 £72,500
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%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the UK

SC Cleared
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the UK

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared over the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the UK

SC Cleared
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 2 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 +61 3,109 £57,500 - 1,240
UK excluding London +49 2,947 £55,000 +3.66% 989
Work from Home +56 1,992 £62,500 - 580
South East +40 874 £54,000 +2.86% 301
South West +16 764 £55,000 +2.80% 277
London +99 511 £70,000 +2.21% 297
North of England +119 439 £57,500 - 146
Midlands +92 318 £56,000 +1.82% 121
North West +96 285 £60,000 +8.60% 105
Scotland +119 197 £55,000 - 62
West Midlands +76 195 £55,000 - 88
Wales +10 195 £55,238 +10.48% 28
East Midlands +79 123 £60,000 +9.09% 33
Yorkshire +123 122 £59,500 -14.02% 28
Northern Ireland +65 104 £64,000 +28.00% 3
East of England +23 101 £59,250 +31.67% 70
North East +25 35 £57,291 -8.34% 13

SC Cleared
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 93 (2.43%) WebLogic
2 88 (2.30%) Red Hat Fuse
3 86 (2.25%) JBoss
4 77 (2.01%) IIS
5 68 (1.78%) SharePoint
6 49 (1.28%) Confluence
7 26 (0.68%) MS Exchange
8 17 (0.44%) Apache Spark
9 15 (0.39%) WebSphere
10 14 (0.37%) WebSphere Application Server
11 12 (0.31%) OpenStack
12 8 (0.21%) Oracle Service Bus
13 7 (0.18%) SharePoint 2010
13 7 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
14 5 (0.13%) Apache
14 5 (0.13%) nginx
15 4 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 4 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
16 3 (0.078%) CMS
16 3 (0.078%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 109 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
2 64 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.21%) Windchill
7 7 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.16%) OrCAD
9 5 (0.13%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.078%) Acrobat
11 3 (0.078%) Simulink
12 2 (0.052%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.052%) InVision
12 2 (0.052%) Sketch
13 1 (0.026%) 3ds Max
13 1 (0.026%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.026%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.026%) CATIA
13 1 (0.026%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 38 (0.99%) Remedy ITSM
2 24 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.44%) Primavera
4 16 (0.42%) Maximo
4 16 (0.42%) Siebel CRM
5 15 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
5 15 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 11 (0.29%) Elite 3E
6 11 (0.29%) SAP SCM
7 6 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.16%) SAP CO
7 6 (0.16%) SAP FI
7 6 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.16%) SAP PS
8 4 (0.10%) SAP HR
9 3 (0.078%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.078%) SAP MM
10 2 (0.052%) SAP GRC
10 2 (0.052%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.052%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 743 (19.44%) Azure
2 577 (15.10%) AWS
3 282 (7.38%) Serverless
4 185 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
5 174 (4.55%) GCP
6 147 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
7 125 (3.27%) Power Platform
8 123 (3.22%) SaaS
9 93 (2.43%) Cloud Computing
10 75 (1.96%) Entra ID
11 62 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
12 56 (1.47%) dbt
13 50 (1.31%) Amazon ECS
14 49 (1.28%) GitHub
15 47 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
16 39 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
17 36 (0.94%) Amazon EKS
18 35 (0.92%) OpenShift
18 35 (0.92%) PaaS
19 33 (0.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 248 (6.49%) Firewall
2 144 (3.77%) WAN
3 142 (3.72%) Network Security
4 126 (3.30%) DNS
5 119 (3.11%) LAN
6 114 (2.98%) VPN
7 95 (2.49%) DHCP
8 87 (2.28%) TCP/IP
9 62 (1.62%) BGP
10 61 (1.60%) HTTP
11 56 (1.47%) Wireless
12 49 (1.28%) OSPF
13 48 (1.26%) SSL
14 47 (1.23%) SAN
15 44 (1.15%) Cisco Firepower
16 43 (1.13%) SD-WAN
17 40 (1.05%) Internet
18 38 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
18 38 (0.99%) IPsec
19 35 (0.92%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (5.99%) SQL Server
2 137 (3.58%) Elasticsearch
3 129 (3.38%) Relational Database
4 108 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
5 102 (2.67%) RDBMS
6 98 (2.56%) Oracle Database
7 95 (2.49%) MySQL
8 83 (2.17%) Big Data
9 73 (1.91%) Power BI
10 57 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
11 51 (1.33%) NoSQL
12 47 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
13 39 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
14 38 (0.99%) Redis
15 26 (0.68%) GIS
16 24 (0.63%) JasperReports
16 24 (0.63%) MongoDB
17 21 (0.55%) Data Lake
18 19 (0.50%) DynamoDB
19 18 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 337 (8.82%) Git
2 205 (5.36%) Jenkins
3 175 (4.58%) JIRA
4 109 (2.85%) GitLab
5 90 (2.35%) IntelliJ
6 71 (1.86%) Selenium
7 53 (1.39%) Maven
8 42 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
9 34 (0.89%) Oracle APEX
10 31 (0.81%) Bitbucket
11 30 (0.78%) MSI
12 29 (0.76%) Cucumber
12 29 (0.76%) Rational DOORS
13 27 (0.71%) Artifactory
14 26 (0.68%) Visual Studio
15 23 (0.60%) SonarQube
16 18 (0.47%) JUnit
16 18 (0.47%) Subversion
17 16 (0.42%) AdminStudio
17 16 (0.42%) InstallShield
General
1 1,114 (29.15%) Social Skills
2 502 (13.13%) Public Sector
3 269 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 248 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
5 212 (5.55%) Presentation Skills
6 200 (5.23%) Police
7 192 (5.02%) Finance
8 146 (3.82%) Military
9 124 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
10 109 (2.85%) Telecoms
11 103 (2.69%) Aerospace
12 93 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
13 81 (2.12%) Retail
14 62 (1.62%) Law
15 48 (1.26%) Electronics
16 45 (1.18%) Manufacturing
17 42 (1.10%) Legal
18 40 (1.05%) Marketing
19 38 (0.99%) Local Government
20 25 (0.65%) Games
Job Titles
1 662 (17.32%) Senior
2 625 (16.35%) Architect
3 417 (10.91%) Software Engineer
4 392 (10.26%) Developer
5 363 (9.50%) Solutions Architect
6 259 (6.78%) Analyst
7 253 (6.62%) Consultant
8 241 (6.31%) Presales Solution Architect
9 185 (4.84%) Java Engineer
10 179 (4.68%) Java Software Engineer
11 167 (4.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 158 (4.13%) Lead
13 156 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
14 155 (4.06%) Project Manager
15 128 (3.35%) Senior Software Engineer
16 126 (3.30%) Applications Support
17 124 (3.24%) Senior Developer
18 121 (3.17%) Technical Architect
19 120 (3.14%) Systems Engineer
20 117 (3.06%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 361 (9.45%) Spring
2 206 (5.39%) React
3 204 (5.34%) Web Services
4 201 (5.26%) REST
5 192 (5.02%) J2EE
6 191 (5.00%) .NET
7 189 (4.95%) XML
8 167 (4.37%) Java EE
9 164 (4.29%) SOAP
10 158 (4.13%) JSON
11 134 (3.51%) Node.js
12 129 (3.38%) AngularJS
13 126 (3.30%) Ruby on Rails
14 122 (3.19%) RESTful
15 102 (2.67%) HTML
16 98 (2.56%) Hibernate
17 91 (2.38%) JPA
18 89 (2.33%) XSD
19 80 (2.09%) CSS
20 48 (1.26%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 175 (4.58%) Data Centre
2 149 (3.90%) Management Information System
3 101 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
4 89 (2.33%) PKI
5 85 (2.22%) Public Cloud
6 71 (1.86%) Virtual Team
7 69 (1.81%) Private Cloud
8 62 (1.62%) CMDB
8 62 (1.62%) Product Ownership
9 59 (1.54%) Onboarding
10 51 (1.33%) Driving Licence
11 49 (1.28%) Cloud Native
11 49 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
12 48 (1.26%) Clustering
13 45 (1.18%) Operational Technology
14 37 (0.97%) Algorithms
15 34 (0.89%) Embedded Systems
15 34 (0.89%) Virtual Reality
16 32 (0.84%) FPGA
17 31 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 584 (15.28%) Windows
2 396 (10.36%) Linux
3 233 (6.10%) Windows Server
4 208 (5.44%) Unix
5 103 (2.69%) Android
6 73 (1.91%) Windows 10
7 65 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 56 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
9 53 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
10 47 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 41 (1.07%) Apple iOS
12 34 (0.89%) Windows 7
13 32 (0.84%) Mac OS
14 19 (0.50%) Solaris
15 15 (0.39%) CentOS
15 15 (0.39%) Windows Server 2003
16 11 (0.29%) Ubuntu
17 9 (0.24%) VMS
18 7 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
19 5 (0.13%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,238 (32.39%) Actionable Insight
2 1,105 (28.91%) Problem-Solving
3 1,097 (28.70%) Agile
4 637 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 614 (16.06%) DevOps
6 434 (11.36%) Analytics
7 427 (11.17%) Mentoring
8 377 (9.86%) ITIL
9 374 (9.79%) Coaching
10 347 (9.08%) Containerisation
11 336 (8.79%) Cybersecurity
12 334 (8.74%) Continuous Integration
13 330 (8.63%) Presales
14 309 (8.08%) CI/CD
15 308 (8.06%) IT Strategy
16 307 (8.03%) Microservices
17 293 (7.67%) Business Case
18 288 (7.54%) Thought Leadership
19 282 (7.38%) Unit Testing
20 281 (7.35%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 791 (20.70%) Java
2 635 (16.61%) Python
3 418 (10.94%) SQL
4 360 (9.42%) C#
5 324 (8.48%) PowerShell
6 267 (6.99%) JavaScript
7 218 (5.70%) Ruby
8 168 (4.40%) Bash
9 112 (2.93%) Go
10 108 (2.83%) C++
11 101 (2.64%) Perl
12 78 (2.04%) C
13 74 (1.94%) Shell Script
14 69 (1.81%) PL/SQL
15 45 (1.18%) VB
16 35 (0.92%) TypeScript
17 25 (0.65%) VB.NET
18 24 (0.63%) VBScript
19 23 (0.60%) R
20 20 (0.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3,822 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 543 (14.21%) DV Cleared
3 515 (13.47%) Degree
4 145 (3.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 120 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
6 105 (2.75%) CISSP
7 92 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 86 (2.25%) CCNP
9 82 (2.15%) CCNA
10 66 (1.73%) Azure Certification
11 65 (1.70%) TOGAF Certification
12 63 (1.65%) CISM
13 62 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
14 45 (1.18%) AWS Certification
15 37 (0.97%) Master's Degree
16 31 (0.81%) CREST Certified
17 27 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 25 (0.65%) MCSE
19 24 (0.63%) GIAC
20 23 (0.60%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (5.34%) QA
2 144 (3.77%) SLA
3 81 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 57 (1.49%) NIST
5 56 (1.47%) NCSC
6 41 (1.07%) Data Quality
7 37 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
8 34 (0.89%) Accessibility
9 26 (0.68%) NIST 800
9 26 (0.68%) RMADS
10 25 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 24 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 17 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
13 15 (0.39%) GRC
14 14 (0.37%) GDPR
14 14 (0.37%) PMO
15 13 (0.34%) ISO 9001
16 12 (0.31%) Def Stans
16 12 (0.31%) JSP 440
17 11 (0.29%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 418 (10.94%) Active Directory
2 259 (6.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 188 (4.92%) Docker
4 120 (3.14%) Hyper-V
5 62 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
6 58 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
7 53 (1.39%) Firmware
8 36 (0.94%) vSphere
9 34 (0.89%) VMware NSX
10 29 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
11 26 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
12 16 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
13 9 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
14 6 (0.16%) HDFS
15 5 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
15 5 (0.13%) KVM
16 4 (0.10%) Squid
17 2 (0.052%) NFS
17 2 (0.052%) Terminal Services
17 2 (0.052%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 264 (6.91%) Kubernetes
2 211 (5.52%) Terraform
3 183 (4.79%) Ansible
4 146 (3.82%) SCCM
5 89 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
6 83 (2.17%) OpenSSO
7 77 (2.01%) SCOM
8 71 (1.86%) vCenter Server
9 60 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
10 59 (1.54%) WSUS
11 57 (1.49%) Puppet
12 36 (0.94%) FortiGate
13 31 (0.81%) AirWatch
14 26 (0.68%) Grafana
14 26 (0.68%) VxRail
15 25 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 22 (0.58%) Packer
17 19 (0.50%) Progress Chef
18 18 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
18 18 (0.47%) Nessus
Vendors
1 657 (17.19%) Microsoft
2 385 (10.07%) Oracle
3 343 (8.97%) VMware
4 204 (5.34%) Cisco
5 178 (4.66%) ServiceNow
6 129 (3.38%) Remedy
7 124 (3.24%) Juniper
8 101 (2.64%) Google
9 78 (2.04%) SAP
10 76 (1.99%) CheckPoint
11 74 (1.94%) HP
12 66 (1.73%) Fortinet
13 55 (1.44%) Palo Alto
14 54 (1.41%) F5
15 49 (1.28%) Aruba
15 49 (1.28%) Splunk
16 47 (1.23%) IBM
17 44 (1.15%) Red Hat
18 43 (1.13%) McAfee
19 35 (0.92%) BMC