SC Cleared Job Trends in Warwickshire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 33 27
Rank change year-on-year -7 -6 +108
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 13 47 44
As % of all permanent jobs in Warwickshire 1.94% 7.70% 6.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.92% 14.69% 16.42%
Number of salaries quoted 13 25 37
10th Percentile £39,700 £49,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,500 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.73% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £58,250 £75,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,410 £81,250 £58,000
West Midlands median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Warwickshire

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 in Warwickshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 332 320 268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Warwickshire 49.48% 52.46% 42.14%
Number of salaries quoted 30 53 207
10th Percentile £35,250 £38,000 -
25th Percentile £42,599 £49,750 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,784 £52,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.43% +6.12% -
75th Percentile £58,250 £72,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £80,000 £70,500
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.00% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SC Cleared relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Warwickshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in Warwickshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Warwickshire

SC Cleared
Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Warwick -3 8 £55,500 -26.00% 8
Stratford-upon-Avon - 1 £27,500 - 1
SC Cleared
West Midlands

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) LAN
1 9 (69.23%) SD-WAN
1 9 (69.23%) WAN
2 8 (61.54%) Firewall
3 3 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (15.38%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (15.38%) Network Security
5 1 (7.69%) VLAN
5 1 (7.69%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 7 (53.85%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Law
2 1 (7.69%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Local Government
2 1 (7.69%) Police
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Network Engineer
2 9 (69.23%) Senior
3 8 (61.54%) Senior Network Engineer
4 6 (46.15%) Cisco Engineer
4 6 (46.15%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 6 (46.15%) Firewall Engineer
4 6 (46.15%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 6 (46.15%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
4 6 (46.15%) Senior Firewall Engineer
4 6 (46.15%) WAN Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Digital Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Forensic Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) IT Support
6 1 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
1 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) High Availability
2 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (15.38%) ITSM
2 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.69%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
3 1 (7.69%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (7.69%) E-Discovery
3 1 (7.69%) Identity Management
3 1 (7.69%) ITIL
3 1 (7.69%) Manual Testing
3 1 (7.69%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (7.69%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
3 1 (7.69%) Security Patching
3 1 (7.69%) Service Management
3 1 (7.69%) Supplier Management
3 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
3 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Google Apps Script
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (46.15%) CCNP
2 6 (46.15%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO 9001
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) EnCase
1 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Cisco
2 1 (7.69%) Avaya
2 1 (7.69%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) Logitech
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.69%) SolarWinds
2 1 (7.69%) Yealink
2 1 (7.69%) Zscaler