Security Cleared Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Clearance
England > West Midlands

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 32 52
Rank change year-on-year -9 +20 +11
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 230 430 416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.15% 5.94% 6.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.11% 22.62% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 147 335 272
10th Percentile £40,000 £25,950 £31,250
25th Percentile £55,500 £31,250 £39,925
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% +8.26%
75th Percentile £74,014 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £70,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,525 1,901 2,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.55% 26.26% 41.19%
Number of salaries quoted 572 1,277 969
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,925 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,475 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

Security 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 Security Cleared within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +17 129 £65,000 +13.04% 57
Warwickshire -54 36 £51,500 -6.36% 16
Solihull +1 22 £60,000 +20.00% 2
Herefordshire +14 11 £71,750 -1.03% 7
Worcestershire +6 8 £65,000 +18.18% 11
Shropshire +17 5 £70,000 +35.83% 7
Staffordshire -44 4 £44,474 +98.54% 52
Coventry -4 1 £58,250 +40.24% 6
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (3.48%) Confluence
1 8 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.87%) CMS
3 2 (0.87%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.87%) Jupyter
3 2 (0.87%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.43%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.17%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (2.17%) SAP HCM
1 5 (2.17%) SAP HR
1 5 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.74%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.74%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 3 (1.30%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.87%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.43%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.43%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.43%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.43%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 49 (21.30%) Azure
2 25 (10.87%) AWS
3 14 (6.09%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (6.09%) GitHub
3 14 (6.09%) GitHub Actions
4 11 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.78%) SaaS
5 10 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
5 10 (4.35%) IaaS
5 10 (4.35%) PaaS
6 9 (3.91%) Boomi
6 9 (3.91%) GCP
6 9 (3.91%) Serverless
7 7 (3.04%) OCI
8 6 (2.61%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.61%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.61%) PowerApps
9 5 (2.17%) OneDrive
9 5 (2.17%) Power Automate
9 5 (2.17%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 58 (25.22%) WAN
2 22 (9.57%) Firewall
3 20 (8.70%) LAN
4 16 (6.96%) IPsec
4 16 (6.96%) MPLS
5 15 (6.52%) BGP
6 14 (6.09%) Network Security
6 14 (6.09%) VLAN
6 14 (6.09%) VPN
7 13 (5.65%) Junos
8 12 (5.22%) Cisco IOS
9 11 (4.78%) SD-WAN
10 10 (4.35%) Cisco ISE
11 8 (3.48%) Cisco Firepower
12 7 (3.04%) DNS
13 6 (2.61%) DHCP
14 5 (2.17%) SAN
14 5 (2.17%) TCP/IP
15 4 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
16 2 (0.87%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.91%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (3.04%) Redis
3 5 (2.17%) DB2
3 5 (2.17%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.74%) Big Data
4 4 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.74%) MaxDB
4 4 (1.74%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.74%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.74%) Power BI
4 4 (1.74%) SAP HANA
5 3 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.30%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (1.30%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.30%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.43%) MySQL
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 14 (6.09%) SonarQube
2 11 (4.78%) JIRA
3 9 (3.91%) Git
4 4 (1.74%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.30%) LSMW
6 2 (0.87%) Selenium
6 2 (0.87%) Storybook
7 1 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.43%) GDB
7 1 (0.43%) GitLab
7 1 (0.43%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (0.43%) Maven
7 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.43%) WinDbg
General
1 58 (25.22%) Social Skills
2 28 (12.17%) Finance
3 21 (9.13%) Public Sector
4 19 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.65%) Law
7 10 (4.35%) Legal
8 8 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.61%) Police
11 5 (2.17%) Marketing
12 2 (0.87%) Electronics
13 1 (0.43%) Advertising
13 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.43%) Billing
13 1 (0.43%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.43%) Local Government
13 1 (0.43%) Military
13 1 (0.43%) Retail
13 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (27.83%) Architect
2 49 (21.30%) Network Architect
3 27 (11.74%) Consultant
3 27 (11.74%) Designer
4 25 (10.87%) Network Designer
5 23 (10.00%) Senior
6 21 (9.13%) SAP Consultant
7 18 (7.83%) Analyst
8 16 (6.96%) Developer
9 15 (6.52%) Network Engineer
10 12 (5.22%) DevOps Engineer
11 10 (4.35%) Change Analyst
12 8 (3.48%) Cloud Architect
12 8 (3.48%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 8 (3.48%) Lead
12 8 (3.48%) Security Engineer
13 7 (3.04%) Junior
13 7 (3.04%) Senior Network Engineer
14 6 (2.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 6 (2.61%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.35%) Middleware
2 8 (3.48%) ARM Templates
2 8 (3.48%) Azure Blueprints
2 8 (3.48%) GraphQL
3 7 (3.04%) Django
4 6 (2.61%) FastAPI
4 6 (2.61%) Flask
4 6 (2.61%) Keycloak
4 6 (2.61%) OAuth
4 6 (2.61%) pytest
4 6 (2.61%) RESTful
4 6 (2.61%) SQLAlchemy
4 6 (2.61%) WebSockets
5 5 (2.17%) GWT
5 5 (2.17%) J2EE
5 5 (2.17%) JPA
5 5 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (2.17%) Vaadin
6 4 (1.74%) SAP Basis
7 3 (1.30%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.43%) Onboarding
2 13 (5.65%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.04%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.61%) Cyberattack
6 5 (2.17%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.74%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.74%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.30%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.30%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.30%) Replication
8 3 (1.30%) SCADA
9 2 (0.87%) Clustering
9 2 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.87%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.26%) Linux
2 15 (6.52%) Windows
3 6 (2.61%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.17%) Rocky
4 5 (2.17%) Unix
5 4 (1.74%) AIX
5 4 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.30%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.87%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.43%) Android
8 1 (0.43%) CentOS
8 1 (0.43%) Debian
8 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (22.17%) Project Management
2 41 (17.83%) Project Delivery
3 38 (16.52%) Collaborative Working
4 37 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (15.65%) Network Management
6 35 (15.22%) Data Privacy
7 32 (13.91%) DevOps
7 32 (13.91%) Mentoring
8 28 (12.17%) Cybersecurity
9 22 (9.57%) ITIL
10 20 (8.70%) Network Design
11 19 (8.26%) Change Management
11 19 (8.26%) Containerisation
11 19 (8.26%) Software Engineering
11 19 (8.26%) Technical Leadership
12 17 (7.39%) Agile
13 15 (6.52%) Analytics
13 15 (6.52%) Artificial Intelligence
13 15 (6.52%) Coaching
13 15 (6.52%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 29 (12.61%) SQL
2 22 (9.57%) Python
3 13 (5.65%) Java
4 11 (4.78%) PowerShell
5 7 (3.04%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.61%) ABAP
7 3 (1.30%) Bash
7 3 (1.30%) C++
8 2 (0.87%) C
8 2 (0.87%) C#
8 2 (0.87%) Go
8 2 (0.87%) Perl
8 2 (0.87%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.87%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.43%) CodeQL
9 1 (0.43%) PHP
9 1 (0.43%) R
9 1 (0.43%) Rust
9 1 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 136 (59.13%) SC Cleared
2 25 (10.87%) CCNA
2 25 (10.87%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (10.87%) Degree
3 23 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 20 (8.70%) CCNP
5 18 (7.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (7.83%) JNCIS
6 10 (4.35%) CISM
7 9 (3.91%) CISA
7 9 (3.91%) CISSP
7 9 (3.91%) GIAC
7 9 (3.91%) ISACA
7 9 (3.91%) SANS
8 3 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.87%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.87%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.87%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.39%) NCSC
2 13 (5.65%) SLA
3 10 (4.35%) GRC
4 8 (3.48%) JSP 440
5 5 (2.17%) QA
6 4 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.74%) PMO
7 1 (0.43%) COBIT
7 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.43%) NIST
7 1 (0.43%) PMBOK
System Software
1 24 (10.43%) Docker
2 16 (6.96%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.30%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.43%) Xen
Systems Management
1 21 (9.13%) Kubernetes
2 19 (8.26%) Ansible
3 18 (7.83%) Terraform
4 7 (3.04%) Nessus
5 6 (2.61%) Grafana
5 6 (2.61%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.17%) SCOM
7 4 (1.74%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.30%) Puppet
8 3 (1.30%) SCCM
9 2 (0.87%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.87%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.87%) SCSM
9 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.43%) Argo
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.43%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 93 (40.43%) Cisco
2 76 (33.04%) Juniper
3 38 (16.52%) SAP
4 25 (10.87%) Microsoft
5 17 (7.39%) VMware
6 12 (5.22%) Oracle
7 11 (4.78%) ServiceNow
8 10 (4.35%) Dell
8 10 (4.35%) SevOne
8 10 (4.35%) SolarWinds
9 9 (3.91%) Google
10 8 (3.48%) Red Hat
11 6 (2.61%) Tenable
12 4 (1.74%) DocuSign
12 4 (1.74%) F5
12 4 (1.74%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.74%) Hyperion
12 4 (1.74%) JD Edwards
12 4 (1.74%) PeopleSoft
13 3 (1.30%) Splunk