Government Security Classifications Job Trends in the West Midlands

Government Security Classifications (GSC)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Government Security Classifications skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 - 180
Rank change year-on-year - - +127
Permanent jobs citing Government Security Classifications 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.060% - 0.086%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.45% - 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,459 - £55,000
75th Percentile - - £73,125
90th Percentile - - £82,500
England median annual salary £53,459 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -31.02% +19.23% -7.14%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

Government Security Classifications falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 444 820 507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.33% 15.20% 14.57%
Number of salaries quoted 279 398 408
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,119 £27,210
25th Percentile £37,750 £34,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £65,750 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,250 £77,500 £80,375
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Government Security Classifications
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Government Security Classifications job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Government Security Classifications
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Government Security Classifications.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Government Security Classifications

Government Security Classifications
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 Government Security Classifications within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 November 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
Birmingham - 1 £53,459 - 1
Staffordshire - 1 - -
Government Security Classifications
England

Government Security Classifications
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 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Junior
1 1 (50.00%) Junior Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Junior ServiceNow Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Sales Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Sales Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow