Security Cleared Jobs in Wales

Security Clearance
UK > Wales

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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -29 +2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 41 228 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 3.41% 10.42% 13.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.43% 45.24% 35.74%
Number of salaries quoted 26 53 42
10th Percentile £37,733 £33,421 £24,614
25th Percentile £49,688 £41,200 £26,391
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,800 £30,630
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% +91.97% -45.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,250 £49,600
90th Percentile £80,517 £82,500 £66,523
UK median annual salary £61,750 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.39% -4.17% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

Security 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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 393 504 652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 32.72% 23.03% 38.60%
Number of salaries quoted 241 188 227
10th Percentile £37,733 £26,500 £26,391
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +37.78% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £70,600 £60,000 £59,125
90th Percentile £74,258 £69,890 £68,928
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 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
South Wales -30 29 £56,250 -4.34% 242
West Wales +14 5 £37,733 -18.20% 1
Mid Wales +11 4 - -
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 5 (12.20%) Confluence
2 1 (2.44%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.83%) Azure
2 7 (17.07%) Serverless
3 4 (9.76%) AWS
3 4 (9.76%) Azure Functions
3 4 (9.76%) Azure Logic Apps
3 4 (9.76%) Azure Service Bus
3 4 (9.76%) Power Platform
3 4 (9.76%) PowerApps
4 3 (7.32%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (7.32%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (7.32%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.32%) GitHub
4 3 (7.32%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (7.32%) Power Automate
5 2 (4.88%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (2.44%) AWS CodeBuild
6 1 (2.44%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (2.44%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.32%) BGP
1 3 (7.32%) Firewall
1 3 (7.32%) OSPF
1 3 (7.32%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.88%) Network Security
2 2 (4.88%) VLAN
3 1 (2.44%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (2.44%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (2.44%) Internet
3 1 (2.44%) IPsec
3 1 (2.44%) VPN
3 1 (2.44%) VXLAN
3 1 (2.44%) WAN
3 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (9.76%) Redis
3 1 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.44%) DynamoDB
3 1 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.44%) GIS
3 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (12.20%) JIRA
2 3 (7.32%) Git
2 3 (7.32%) SonarQube
3 2 (4.88%) JMeter
General
1 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.83%) Finance
3 10 (24.39%) Public Sector
4 9 (21.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.32%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.88%) Electronics
7 2 (4.88%) Marketing
7 2 (4.88%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.44%) Back Office
8 1 (2.44%) Environmental Health
8 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (26.83%) Senior
2 9 (21.95%) Design Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) FPGA Design Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) FPGA Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Developer
3 8 (19.51%) Senior Developer
4 4 (9.76%) Architect
4 4 (9.76%) Lead
5 3 (7.32%) Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Backend Developer
5 3 (7.32%) Senior Backend Developer
5 3 (7.32%) Software Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Business Systems Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Cloud Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Lead Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Security Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Test Leader
7 1 (2.44%) Senior Architect
7 1 (2.44%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) Django
2 3 (7.32%) FastAPI
2 3 (7.32%) Flask
2 3 (7.32%) GraphQL
2 3 (7.32%) HTML5 Canvas
2 3 (7.32%) Keycloak
2 3 (7.32%) Node.js
2 3 (7.32%) OAuth
2 3 (7.32%) pytest
2 3 (7.32%) RESTful
2 3 (7.32%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (7.32%) WebSockets
3 1 (2.44%) OpenAPI
3 1 (2.44%) React
3 1 (2.44%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (2.44%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) e-Learning
1 9 (21.95%) FPGA
2 3 (7.32%) Acoustics
2 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.88%) Algorithms
3 2 (4.88%) CUDA
3 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.44%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Linux
1 1 (2.44%) Unix
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
1 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (21.95%) FPGA Design
2 9 (21.95%) Innovative Thinking
3 7 (17.07%) DevOps
4 6 (14.63%) Agile
4 6 (14.63%) CI/CD
5 5 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (9.76%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (9.76%) Front End Development
6 4 (9.76%) SOA
7 3 (7.32%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (7.32%) CRM
7 3 (7.32%) OO
7 3 (7.32%) Risk Management
7 3 (7.32%) Software Engineering
7 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (7.32%) TOGAF
7 3 (7.32%) User Stories
7 3 (7.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) Python
2 5 (12.20%) C#
2 5 (12.20%) SQL
2 5 (12.20%) TypeScript
3 4 (9.76%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.32%) Java
5 2 (4.88%) C++
6 1 (2.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 37 (90.24%) SC Cleared
2 7 (17.07%) Degree
3 3 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.44%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) GCIH
4 1 (2.44%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) QA
2 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.88%) NCSC
2 2 (4.88%) NIST
3 1 (2.44%) GRC
3 1 (2.44%) PMO
3 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) Grafana
1 3 (7.32%) Kubernetes
1 3 (7.32%) Prometheus
1 3 (7.32%) Terraform
2 2 (4.88%) Argo
2 2 (4.88%) Iperf
3 1 (2.44%) AWS Copilot
3 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) SAP
2 3 (7.32%) SolarWinds
3 2 (4.88%) Atlassian
3 2 (4.88%) Cisco
3 2 (4.88%) PagerDuty
3 2 (4.88%) VMware
4 1 (2.44%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.44%) ESRI
4 1 (2.44%) F5
4 1 (2.44%) Google
4 1 (2.44%) Juniper
4 1 (2.44%) LogRhythm
4 1 (2.44%) Oracle
4 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.44%) Tufin