SC Cleared Jobs

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 46 60
Rank change year-on-year -41 +14 +56
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,577 4,725 5,190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.02% 4.80% 4.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.19% 17.26% 15.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,222 2,673 2,641
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,750 £34,452
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £45,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,097 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.81% - +3.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

SC Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,484 27,371 34,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.86% 27.83% 32.72%
Number of salaries quoted 11,203 17,308 15,226
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,776
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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 -34 1,464 £60,000 +9.09% 1,152
UK excluding London -44 1,136 £57,097 +3.81% 915
South East -11 513 £55,000 - 271
Work from Home -57 471 £63,500 +5.83% 682
London -16 342 £65,000 -9.41% 293
South West -25 189 £60,000 +14.29% 212
Midlands -41 162 £63,750 +21.43% 95
North of England -118 138 £53,000 -7.83% 183
West Midlands -12 136 £65,000 +18.18% 71
North West -134 79 £55,000 -2.66% 126
East of England +10 75 £57,750 +5.00% 85
Yorkshire -11 50 £44,700 -25.50% 39
Wales -35 32 £52,250 +4.50% 18
Scotland -20 30 £62,500 +4.17% 57
East Midlands -53 22 £52,000 +4.00% 24
North East +33 8 £64,692 +17.62% 19
Northern Ireland -19 8 £87,500 +45.83% 8

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 26 (1.65%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.82%) Confluence
5 12 (0.76%) JBoss
5 12 (0.76%) Red Hat Fuse
6 11 (0.70%) Skype for Business
7 9 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2013
8 8 (0.51%) Apache
8 8 (0.51%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 8 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.32%) Alfresco
9 5 (0.32%) CMS
9 5 (0.32%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.25%) Documentum
10 4 (0.25%) nginx
10 4 (0.25%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.19%) WinCC
12 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 35 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.38%) Adobe XD
5 5 (0.32%) InVision
5 5 (0.32%) Simulink
5 5 (0.32%) Sketch
6 4 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (0.25%) Revit
7 3 (0.19%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.19%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.063%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.063%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.063%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.063%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.063%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.25%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 3 (0.19%) Maximo
6 3 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 3 (0.19%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.13%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.13%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.13%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 285 (18.07%) Azure
2 248 (15.73%) AWS
3 80 (5.07%) Serverless
4 78 (4.95%) GCP
5 76 (4.82%) Power Platform
6 64 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
7 51 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (3.04%) Dynamics 365
8 48 (3.04%) OCI
9 41 (2.60%) Amazon ECS
10 36 (2.28%) Entra ID
11 35 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
12 32 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
13 30 (1.90%) Amazon EKS
13 30 (1.90%) SaaS
14 28 (1.78%) Amazon EC2
15 24 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
16 23 (1.46%) PaaS
17 22 (1.40%) PowerApps
18 20 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 195 (12.37%) Firewall
2 126 (7.99%) WAN
3 110 (6.98%) Network Security
4 98 (6.21%) BGP
5 74 (4.69%) LAN
5 74 (4.69%) OSPF
6 63 (3.99%) VPN
7 60 (3.80%) EIGRP
8 47 (2.98%) SD-WAN
9 43 (2.73%) TCP/IP
10 39 (2.47%) Ethernet
11 37 (2.35%) Cisco ASA
11 37 (2.35%) Cisco ISE
12 36 (2.28%) MPLS
13 34 (2.16%) Cisco Firepower
13 34 (2.16%) IPsec
14 33 (2.09%) VLAN
15 30 (1.90%) DNS
16 21 (1.33%) Internet
17 20 (1.27%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (4.95%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (2.85%) Relational Database
3 39 (2.47%) Power BI
4 30 (1.90%) SQL Server
5 27 (1.71%) MongoDB
6 23 (1.46%) MySQL
7 20 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (0.95%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.95%) Redis
11 13 (0.82%) Big Data
11 13 (0.82%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.76%) RDBMS
13 10 (0.63%) Metadata
13 10 (0.63%) Tableau
14 9 (0.57%) GIS
15 8 (0.51%) Oracle ODI
16 7 (0.44%) Spark SQL
17 6 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 76 (4.82%) Git
2 65 (4.12%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.22%) JIRA
4 32 (2.03%) GitLab
4 32 (2.03%) JUnit
5 26 (1.65%) JMeter
6 18 (1.14%) Mockito
7 13 (0.82%) Selenium
8 10 (0.63%) Subversion
9 8 (0.51%) Postman
10 7 (0.44%) NDoc
10 7 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
10 7 (0.44%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.38%) Gatling
11 6 (0.38%) Locust
12 5 (0.32%) Axure RP
12 5 (0.32%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.32%) LabVIEW
12 5 (0.32%) Maven
12 5 (0.32%) Storybook
General
1 319 (20.23%) Social Skills
2 223 (14.14%) Public Sector
3 125 (7.93%) Finance
4 109 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
5 107 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 50 (3.17%) Aerospace
7 46 (2.92%) Marketing
8 40 (2.54%) Law
8 40 (2.54%) Military
9 35 (2.22%) Telecoms
10 32 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
11 29 (1.84%) Manufacturing
12 27 (1.71%) Electronics
13 26 (1.65%) Retail
14 24 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.20%) Advertising
16 18 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
17 11 (0.70%) Legal
18 10 (0.63%) Police
19 9 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 305 (19.34%) Architect
2 188 (11.92%) Senior
3 173 (10.97%) Developer
4 152 (9.64%) Network Engineer
5 109 (6.91%) Network Architect
6 100 (6.34%) Lead
7 90 (5.71%) Analyst
8 88 (5.58%) Consultant
9 87 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
10 60 (3.80%) Designer
11 56 (3.55%) Support Engineer
12 45 (2.85%) Software Engineer
13 43 (2.73%) Security Engineer
14 41 (2.60%) Cloud Architect
15 40 (2.54%) Java Developer
16 38 (2.41%) Senior Developer
17 36 (2.28%) Data Engineer
17 36 (2.28%) Network Designer
18 33 (2.09%) DevOps Engineer
19 30 (1.90%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (4.38%) React
2 57 (3.61%) HTML
3 51 (3.23%) Spring
4 49 (3.11%) REST
5 45 (2.85%) Kafka
6 43 (2.73%) Web Services
7 41 (2.60%) AngularJS
7 41 (2.60%) RESTful
7 41 (2.60%) Spring Boot
8 39 (2.47%) CSS
9 30 (1.90%) JSON
10 27 (1.71%) .NET
10 27 (1.71%) Apache Camel
11 25 (1.59%) SOAP
12 22 (1.40%) Hibernate
13 21 (1.33%) Elastic Stack
14 20 (1.27%) PySpark
15 18 (1.14%) Django
15 18 (1.14%) Vue
16 17 (1.08%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 75 (4.76%) Data Centre
2 68 (4.31%) Management Information System
3 43 (2.73%) Cloud Native
4 42 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (2.16%) Public Cloud
6 30 (1.90%) Algorithms
7 27 (1.71%) SCADA
8 26 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
9 25 (1.59%) Onboarding
10 24 (1.52%) Security Posture
11 22 (1.40%) Virtual Team
12 21 (1.33%) Private Cloud
12 21 (1.33%) Product Ownership
13 19 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
14 18 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
15 15 (0.95%) FPGA
16 12 (0.76%) Client/Server
16 12 (0.76%) Driving Licence
16 12 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
17 11 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 172 (10.91%) Windows
2 141 (8.94%) Linux
3 72 (4.57%) Windows Server
4 31 (1.97%) Unix
5 20 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (1.01%) Windows 10
7 15 (0.95%) Android
8 10 (0.63%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (0.44%) AIX
9 7 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.38%) Solaris
11 5 (0.32%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.13%) CentOS
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.13%) Rocky
12 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.063%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (20.04%) Agile
2 230 (14.58%) DevOps
3 178 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
4 177 (11.22%) CI/CD
5 147 (9.32%) Mentoring
6 134 (8.50%) Software Engineering
7 133 (8.43%) Cybersecurity
8 117 (7.42%) Technical Leadership
9 109 (6.91%) Scrum
10 98 (6.21%) Analytics
11 97 (6.15%) Computer Science
12 89 (5.64%) Roadmaps
13 88 (5.58%) Continuous Improvement
14 86 (5.45%) Microservices
15 80 (5.07%) Artificial Intelligence
16 79 (5.01%) Business Intelligence
17 76 (4.82%) ITIL
18 75 (4.76%) Containerisation
18 75 (4.76%) Customer Service
19 71 (4.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 204 (12.94%) Python
2 133 (8.43%) Java
3 120 (7.61%) JavaScript
3 120 (7.61%) SQL
4 71 (4.50%) PowerShell
5 59 (3.74%) C#
6 46 (2.92%) TypeScript
7 41 (2.60%) C++
8 30 (1.90%) Bash
9 27 (1.71%) C
10 22 (1.40%) Shell Script
11 18 (1.14%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (0.89%) Scala
13 13 (0.82%) Perl
14 12 (0.76%) MATLAB
15 11 (0.70%) Ruby
16 9 (0.57%) Fortran
16 9 (0.57%) Go
17 8 (0.51%) R
18 5 (0.32%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 1,577 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 323 (20.48%) DV Cleared
3 216 (13.70%) Degree
4 97 (6.15%) Cisco Certification
5 74 (4.69%) CCNA
6 58 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 56 (3.55%) CCNP
8 40 (2.54%) AWS Certification
9 39 (2.47%) CISSP
10 36 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (2.22%) Master's Degree
12 33 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
13 32 (2.03%) JNCIS
14 26 (1.65%) ISTQB
15 25 (1.59%) CISM
16 22 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
17 19 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 18 (1.14%) Azure Certification
19 16 (1.01%) PhD
20 15 (0.95%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (2.66%) SLA
3 35 (2.22%) NIST
4 32 (2.03%) QA
5 26 (1.65%) GDPR
6 23 (1.46%) Def Stans
7 20 (1.27%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.20%) GRC
9 18 (1.14%) Accessibility
9 18 (1.14%) NCSC
10 14 (0.89%) HIPAA
11 13 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.63%) JSP 440
13 8 (0.51%) NIST 800
13 8 (0.51%) WCAG
14 7 (0.44%) ISO 9001
15 6 (0.38%) RMADS
16 4 (0.25%) ISO 14001
16 4 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 132 (8.37%) Docker
2 82 (5.20%) Active Directory
3 50 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (1.78%) VMware NSX
5 16 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.57%) Firmware
6 9 (0.57%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.38%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.25%) vSphere
11 1 (0.063%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 1 (0.063%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.063%) IAG
11 1 (0.063%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.063%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 122 (7.74%) Kubernetes
2 120 (7.61%) Terraform
3 83 (5.26%) Ansible
4 57 (3.61%) FortiGate
5 29 (1.84%) QRadar
6 22 (1.40%) Prometheus
7 17 (1.08%) SCCM
8 16 (1.01%) Grafana
9 14 (0.89%) Kibana
10 11 (0.70%) AWS Copilot
11 9 (0.57%) Nessus
12 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (0.51%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.32%) ArcSight ESM
14 5 (0.32%) Argo
14 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
15 4 (0.25%) Graylog
15 4 (0.25%) HAProxy
15 4 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 288 (18.26%) Cisco
2 222 (14.08%) Microsoft
3 187 (11.86%) Juniper
4 104 (6.59%) VMware
5 70 (4.44%) Oracle
6 65 (4.12%) Fortinet
7 62 (3.93%) Google
8 54 (3.42%) SAP
9 47 (2.98%) F5
10 40 (2.54%) ServiceNow
10 40 (2.54%) Splunk
11 36 (2.28%) CheckPoint
12 31 (1.97%) SolarWinds
13 25 (1.59%) Blue Coat
14 22 (1.40%) Red Hat
15 17 (1.08%) Dynatrace
16 16 (1.01%) Databricks
16 16 (1.01%) Forcepoint
16 16 (1.01%) Salesforce
17 13 (0.82%) McAfee