Security Cleared Jobs in Wales

Security Clearance
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 18 43
Rank change year-on-year +7 +25 +23
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 243 197 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 12.05% 11.83% 6.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 47.28% 30.54% 21.34%
Number of salaries quoted 57 45 34
10th Percentile £32,750 £24,411 £33,263
25th Percentile £37,101 £26,391 £38,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £30,205 £56,625
Median % change year-on-year +65.54% -46.66% +44.27%
75th Percentile £67,500 £48,850 £72,188
90th Percentile £82,500 £61,700 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

Security 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 advertised in Wales with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 514 645 553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 25.48% 38.74% 29.23%
Number of salaries quoted 194 240 232
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,391 £29,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,563 £34,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,658 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.07% -2.98% +11.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,412 £58,087
90th Percentile £68,000 £70,600 £66,925
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Wales

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Wales

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Wales over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Wales

Security Cleared
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Wales region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
South Wales +3 217 £58,800 +110.41% 13
West Wales +4 6 £46,131 -0.17% 2
North Wales - 5 £33,500 - 1
Mid Wales - 4 £35,000 -
Security Cleared
UK

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 41 (16.87%) WebLogic
2 30 (12.35%) Oracle Service Bus
3 27 (11.11%) ArcGIS
3 27 (11.11%) GeoServer
4 14 (5.76%) Skype for Business
5 4 (1.65%) Confluence
6 2 (0.82%) JBoss
6 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (13.17%) MS Visio
2 31 (12.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (12.35%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.65%) Sketch
5 1 (0.41%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 33 (13.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (2.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 51 (20.99%) Azure
2 49 (20.16%) AWS
3 6 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (2.47%) Miro
4 5 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (2.06%) Slack
5 4 (1.65%) Amazon EKS
5 4 (1.65%) Amazon SQS
5 4 (1.65%) Azure API Management
5 4 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.65%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (1.65%) Figma
5 4 (1.65%) Heroku
5 4 (1.65%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (1.23%) SaaS
7 2 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.82%) dbt
7 2 (0.82%) Serverless
8 1 (0.41%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 28 (11.52%) Firewall
2 18 (7.41%) DNS
2 18 (7.41%) TCP/IP
3 14 (5.76%) IP Telephony
3 14 (5.76%) LAN
3 14 (5.76%) WAN
3 14 (5.76%) Wireless
4 11 (4.53%) Cisco ASA
4 11 (4.53%) Cisco IOS
4 11 (4.53%) VPN
5 6 (2.47%) Network Security
5 6 (2.47%) SSL
6 5 (2.06%) SAN
7 4 (1.65%) BGP
8 3 (1.23%) FTP
8 3 (1.23%) HTTP
8 3 (1.23%) Internet
8 3 (1.23%) SMTP
8 3 (1.23%) Software-Defined Radio
8 3 (1.23%) Sourcefire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (14.81%) Oracle Database
2 30 (12.35%) Oracle Database 10g
2 30 (12.35%) Oracle Database 11g
2 30 (12.35%) VLDB
3 29 (11.93%) GIS
4 27 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (11.11%) QGIS
5 9 (3.70%) RDBMS
5 9 (3.70%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.88%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (2.88%) MySQL
7 5 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.82%) Big Data
8 2 (0.82%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.82%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.82%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.41%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.88%) JIRA
2 5 (2.06%) Git
2 5 (2.06%) GitLab
3 2 (0.82%) IntelliJ
3 2 (0.82%) JMeter
3 2 (0.82%) Selenium
4 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.41%) MSTest
4 1 (0.41%) Serenity BDD
4 1 (0.41%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (25.51%) Social Skills
2 53 (21.81%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (9.05%) Finance
4 21 (8.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (6.17%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.35%) Games
7 11 (4.53%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.70%) Banking
9 6 (2.47%) Legal
9 6 (2.47%) Police
10 5 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.82%) Retail
12 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.41%) Local Government
12 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.41%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 85 (34.98%) Senior
2 56 (23.05%) Analyst
3 38 (15.64%) Architect
3 38 (15.64%) Support Analyst
4 37 (15.23%) Applications Support
4 37 (15.23%) Applications Support Analyst
5 30 (12.35%) Oracle Analyst
5 30 (12.35%) Oracle Support Analyst
5 30 (12.35%) Software Engineer
5 30 (12.35%) SQL Analyst
5 30 (12.35%) SQL Support Analyst
6 29 (11.93%) Lead
7 19 (7.82%) Senior Software Engineer
8 15 (6.17%) Consultant
9 14 (5.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 14 (5.76%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 14 (5.76%) Network Engineer
9 14 (5.76%) Senior Network Engineer
10 13 (5.35%) Project Consultant
10 13 (5.35%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (13.58%) React
2 27 (11.11%) Leaflet
2 27 (11.11%) OpenLayers
2 27 (11.11%) PostGIS
3 23 (9.47%) .NET
3 23 (9.47%) .NET Core
3 23 (9.47%) CSS
4 10 (4.12%) Spring
5 9 (3.70%) Java EE
6 7 (2.88%) J2EE
7 5 (2.06%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.06%) Django
7 5 (2.06%) HTML
7 5 (2.06%) Node.js
7 5 (2.06%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.65%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (1.65%) RESTful
9 3 (1.23%) Express.js
9 3 (1.23%) LDAP
9 3 (1.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.52%) Data Centre
2 7 (2.88%) Private Cloud
3 6 (2.47%) Driving Licence
3 6 (2.47%) Virtual Team
4 5 (2.06%) CMDB
4 5 (2.06%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.65%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.65%) Robotics
6 3 (1.23%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.23%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.82%) Blog
7 2 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.82%) PKI
8 1 (0.41%) IBM Mainframe
8 1 (0.41%) Life Science
8 1 (0.41%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 48 (19.75%) Linux
2 43 (17.70%) Unix
3 30 (12.35%) Solaris
4 12 (4.94%) Windows
5 4 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.65%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.41%) VMS
6 1 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (71.19%) Actionable Insight
2 85 (34.98%) Agile
3 58 (23.87%) Incident Management
4 46 (18.93%) DevOps
5 43 (17.70%) Artificial Intelligence
6 41 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (16.05%) Software Engineering
8 37 (15.23%) Capacity Planning
9 36 (14.81%) ITSM
10 31 (12.76%) Performance Monitoring
11 30 (12.35%) Capacity Management
11 30 (12.35%) Performance Tuning
11 30 (12.35%) Release Management
12 28 (11.52%) Change Management
13 27 (11.11%) Web Development
14 23 (9.47%) ITIL
14 23 (9.47%) Migration
15 20 (8.23%) Project Management
16 19 (7.82%) Mentoring
17 17 (7.00%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 38 (15.64%) SQL
2 34 (13.99%) JavaScript
3 32 (13.17%) Python
4 30 (12.35%) PL/SQL
5 20 (8.23%) C#
6 18 (7.41%) Java
7 7 (2.88%) Shell Script
8 6 (2.47%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.82%) VBA
10 1 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 215 (88.48%) SC Cleared
2 56 (23.05%) Degree
3 13 (5.35%) CCNA
3 13 (5.35%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.65%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (1.65%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (1.23%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.82%) CCNP
8 1 (0.41%) CISSP
8 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.41%) GIAC
8 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.41%) PMP
8 1 (0.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (17.28%) SLA
2 11 (4.53%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.06%) WCAG
4 4 (1.65%) QA
5 3 (1.23%) COBIT
6 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (12.35%) Oracle RAC
2 9 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (2.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (12.35%) Data Guard
1 30 (12.35%) Oracle RMAN
2 7 (2.88%) OpenSSO
2 7 (2.88%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (2.47%) Terraform
4 5 (2.06%) Ansible
4 5 (2.06%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.23%) OpenView
6 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.41%) SCCM
6 1 (0.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 62 (25.51%) Oracle
2 40 (16.46%) Remedy
3 37 (15.23%) Microsoft
4 30 (12.35%) Cisco
4 30 (12.35%) Sun
5 27 (11.11%) ESRI
6 16 (6.58%) CheckPoint
7 14 (5.76%) Avaya
7 14 (5.76%) Mitel
8 13 (5.35%) McAfee
8 13 (5.35%) Palo Alto
9 11 (4.53%) Fortinet
10 5 (2.06%) Juniper
10 5 (2.06%) Sparx
10 5 (2.06%) VMware
11 4 (1.65%) IBM
12 3 (1.23%) BMC
12 3 (1.23%) HP
12 3 (1.23%) TippingPoint
12 3 (1.23%) Trend Micro