CTC Cleared Job Trends in the West Midlands

Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for CTC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 - 167
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CTC Cleared 1 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.019% - 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.047% - 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £28,325
25th Percentile £61,250 - £38,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £43,000
75th Percentile £63,750 - £44,969
90th Percentile - - £45,250
England median annual salary £39,000 £44,982 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.30% -18.21% +4.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

CTC 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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,129 1,628 1,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 41.13% 36.59% 33.84%
Number of salaries quoted 523 511 876
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,760
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,050 £62,250
90th Percentile £87,250 £80,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% -

CTC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CTC Cleared relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

CTC Cleared job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

CTC Cleared
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CTC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CTC Cleared

CTC Cleared
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CTC Cleared within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Staffordshire - 1 £62,500 - 2
CTC Cleared
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware