SC Cleared Job Trends in the West Midlands

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 49 66
Rank change year-on-year 0 +17 +2
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 198 143 280
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.61% 4.76% 3.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.23% 11.58% 12.99%
Number of salaries quoted 160 112 218
10th Percentile £43,497 £50,300 £28,730
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £42,682
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +22.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £81,563 £74,014 £63,438
90th Percentile £95,000 £79,750 £77,875
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,300 1,235 2,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 17.16% 41.08% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 675 578 1,294
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,925 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,236 £68,625 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,700
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.55% -8.83%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the West Midlands

SC 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 SC Cleared within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Birmingham -35 53 £56,400 -16.60% 16
Staffordshire +36 37 £45,000 -12.53% 9
Worcestershire +13 30 £87,500 +9.38% 2
Shropshire -10 19 £62,500 -10.71% 25
Warwickshire -11 18 £56,900 +0.71% 2
Herefordshire -8 15 £60,000 - 2
Halesowen - 3 £32,500 -
Solihull +1 1 £45,000 -40.00%
Wolverhampton - 1 £45,000 -
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (10.61%) SharePoint
2 12 (6.06%) SAS
3 8 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (3.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (2.53%) Skype for Business
6 3 (1.52%) Apache
7 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.51%) Appian
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.51%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.51%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.51%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.51%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.51%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 73 (36.87%) Azure
2 42 (21.21%) AWS
3 34 (17.17%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (9.60%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.54%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (3.54%) Power Platform
7 6 (3.03%) Google Workspace
8 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (2.02%) GCP
10 2 (1.01%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.01%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.01%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.01%) Pulumi
10 2 (1.01%) Slack
11 1 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.51%) Google Docs
11 1 (0.51%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.51%) Lucidchart
11 1 (0.51%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.12%) Firewall
2 16 (8.08%) WAN
3 14 (7.07%) LAN
4 11 (5.56%) DNS
4 11 (5.56%) VPN
5 8 (4.04%) Network Security
5 8 (4.04%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (3.54%) DHCP
6 7 (3.54%) SD-WAN
7 5 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (2.53%) Skype
8 4 (2.02%) VLAN
9 3 (1.52%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.51%) Broadband
10 1 (0.51%) DSLAM
10 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.03%) Power BI
2 5 (2.53%) GIS
3 4 (2.02%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (2.02%) Big Data
4 3 (1.52%) Pentaho
4 3 (1.52%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.51%) Power Query
5 1 (0.51%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 13 (6.57%) JUnit
2 9 (4.55%) Maven
2 9 (4.55%) Mockito
3 8 (4.04%) JIRA
4 3 (1.52%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.52%) Git
4 3 (1.52%) Selenium
5 2 (1.01%) Gatling
5 2 (1.01%) GitLab
5 2 (1.01%) Postman
6 1 (0.51%) Appium
6 1 (0.51%) TestNG
General
1 43 (21.72%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.15%) Public Sector
3 22 (11.11%) Finance
4 15 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.02%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.51%) Games
9 1 (0.51%) Law
9 1 (0.51%) Legal
9 1 (0.51%) Military
9 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (22.73%) Senior
2 33 (16.67%) Analyst
3 22 (11.11%) Developer
4 17 (8.59%) Data Engineer
4 17 (8.59%) Senior Analyst
5 16 (8.08%) Architect
6 15 (7.58%) Operations Manager
7 14 (7.07%) IT Engineer
7 14 (7.07%) Support Engineer
8 13 (6.57%) Service Manager
8 13 (6.57%) Service Operations Manager
9 12 (6.06%) Network Engineer
10 11 (5.56%) Lead
10 11 (5.56%) Security Engineer
11 10 (5.05%) Senior Developer
12 9 (4.55%) Full-Stack Developer
12 9 (4.55%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 9 (4.55%) IT Support
12 9 (4.55%) Java Developer
12 9 (4.55%) SAS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.05%) REST
2 9 (4.55%) React
3 7 (3.54%) Spring
4 6 (3.03%) Playwright
5 3 (1.52%) RESTful
6 2 (1.01%) .NET
6 2 (1.01%) SAP Basis
6 2 (1.01%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (1.01%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.51%) Material-UI
7 1 (0.51%) SAP CAF
7 1 (0.51%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.07%) Driving Licence
2 8 (4.04%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.04%) Operational Technology
3 7 (3.54%) Security Posture
3 7 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.54%) Smartphone
4 5 (2.53%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.52%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.52%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.01%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.01%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.01%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.01%) Replication
8 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.51%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.51%) CMDB
8 1 (0.51%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.51%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.60%) Windows
2 16 (8.08%) Linux
3 6 (3.03%) Windows 10
3 6 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (19.19%) Agile
3 33 (16.67%) ITIL
4 27 (13.64%) CI/CD
5 26 (13.13%) Mentoring
6 21 (10.61%) AI
7 20 (10.10%) Cloud Security
8 19 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (9.60%) Migration
9 18 (9.09%) Scrum
9 18 (9.09%) Service Delivery
10 16 (8.08%) Analytics
11 14 (7.07%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (7.07%) SDLC
11 14 (7.07%) Sprint Planning
11 14 (7.07%) TDD
12 13 (6.57%) Containerisation
12 13 (6.57%) Decision-Making
12 13 (6.57%) SFIA
13 12 (6.06%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.08%) Bash
1 16 (8.08%) SQL
2 13 (6.57%) Java
2 13 (6.57%) Python
3 10 (5.05%) JavaScript
4 9 (4.55%) PL/SQL
4 9 (4.55%) PowerShell
5 6 (3.03%) Bicep
6 4 (2.02%) C
6 4 (2.02%) R
6 4 (2.02%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.52%) C#
8 2 (1.01%) C++
8 2 (1.01%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.51%) Scala
9 1 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 198 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 22 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 12 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (5.05%) Degree
4 10 (5.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (3.03%) DBS Check
6 5 (2.53%) CTC Cleared
7 4 (2.02%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.52%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.52%) CCNP
8 3 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.52%) CITP
8 3 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.01%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.01%) PMP
9 2 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.51%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.51%) CBAP
10 1 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.09%) QA
2 17 (8.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (5.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (4.04%) NIST
6 7 (3.54%) Accessibility
7 5 (2.53%) GDPR
8 4 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (2.02%) PMO
9 3 (1.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (1.52%) HIPAA
9 3 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.52%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.52%) WCAG
10 2 (1.01%) GRC
11 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (9.60%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.56%) Docker
3 7 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.02%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.51%) IAG
5 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (7.07%) Kubernetes
1 14 (7.07%) Terraform
2 12 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.02%) Ansible
3 4 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (20.20%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.09%) Cisco
3 12 (6.06%) HP
3 12 (6.06%) Oracle
3 12 (6.06%) VMware
4 7 (3.54%) Aruba
5 6 (3.03%) Dell
5 6 (3.03%) Google
5 6 (3.03%) McAfee
5 6 (3.03%) Meraki
5 6 (3.03%) SAP
5 6 (3.03%) Sophos
6 5 (2.53%) Juniper
6 5 (2.53%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.02%) Avaya
7 4 (2.02%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.02%) SolarWinds
7 4 (2.02%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.52%) Cloudera
8 3 (1.52%) Talend