Security Cleared Job Trends 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 14 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 29 23
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 412 211 402
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 4.67% 6.42% 6.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.14% 17.70% 23.22%
Number of salaries quoted 280 170 225
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,456 £35,500
25th Percentile £55,262 £53,750 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,038 £68,942 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.14% +14.90% +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - +0.84%

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 1,323 1,192 1,731
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.98% 36.25% 28.70%
Number of salaries quoted 735 582 670
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £26,970
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,925 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -4.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £74,750 £68,750 £66,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,881
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.58% -4.48%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

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 14 September 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 -13 131 £62,500 -12.28% 92
Worcestershire +21 87 £85,000 +6.25% 14
Staffordshire +36 59 £45,000 -40.00% 13
Herefordshire 0 47 £85,000 +21.43% 6
Warwickshire +7 40 £55,000 +2.80% 10
Shropshire -2 33 £70,000 -3.45% 59
Coventry - 4 £85,000 - 5
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 2
Security Cleared
England

Security 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 14 (3.40%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.67%) SAS
3 8 (1.94%) Documentum
4 7 (1.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (1.21%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.97%) IIS
7 3 (0.73%) Apache
7 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.49%) Confluence
9 1 (0.24%) Appian
9 1 (0.24%) nginx
9 1 (0.24%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (3.40%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.46%) Simulink
3 5 (1.21%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (2.91%) Primavera
1 12 (2.91%) SAP EHS
2 9 (2.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.49%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.24%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.24%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 122 (29.61%) Azure
2 90 (21.84%) AWS
3 36 (8.74%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (7.77%) Entra ID
5 16 (3.88%) Microsoft Purview
6 14 (3.40%) Power Platform
7 12 (2.91%) Smartsheet
8 10 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (2.43%) GCP
9 9 (2.18%) Azure AKS
9 9 (2.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 9 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (1.70%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.70%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.46%) dbt
12 5 (1.21%) SaaS
13 4 (0.97%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (0.97%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.83%) Firewall
2 17 (4.13%) Network Security
3 13 (3.16%) VPN
4 9 (2.18%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.21%) DNS
5 5 (1.21%) Skype
5 5 (1.21%) WAN
6 4 (0.97%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.97%) VLAN
7 2 (0.49%) DHCP
7 2 (0.49%) Internet
7 2 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.49%) Wireless
8 1 (0.24%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.24%) HTTP
8 1 (0.24%) IPsec
8 1 (0.24%) LAN
8 1 (0.24%) NGFW
8 1 (0.24%) SSL
8 1 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.40%) Power BI
2 13 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (2.67%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (2.18%) SAP HANA
5 6 (1.46%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.21%) Big Data
7 4 (0.97%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.73%) MySQL
8 3 (0.73%) Pentaho
8 3 (0.73%) Power Query
9 2 (0.49%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.49%) Base SAS
9 2 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.49%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.49%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.24%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 19 (4.61%) JUnit
2 14 (3.40%) Git
3 13 (3.16%) Maven
4 10 (2.43%) Mockito
5 9 (2.18%) Cucumber
5 9 (2.18%) GitLab
5 9 (2.18%) Selenium
6 8 (1.94%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.94%) JIRA
6 8 (1.94%) Postman
7 6 (1.46%) Gatling
8 2 (0.49%) Ant
8 2 (0.49%) Apache Ivy
8 2 (0.49%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.49%) JMeter
8 2 (0.49%) TestNG
9 1 (0.24%) Appium
9 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.24%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 107 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 49 (11.89%) Finance
3 45 (10.92%) Public Sector
4 39 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (7.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (3.88%) Legal
7 10 (2.43%) Electronics
7 10 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (2.43%) Military
7 10 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.18%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.70%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.46%) Law
11 5 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.97%) Games
12 4 (0.97%) Retail
13 1 (0.24%) Banking
13 1 (0.24%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.24%) Police
13 1 (0.24%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (21.36%) Senior
2 56 (13.59%) Developer
3 42 (10.19%) Lead
4 36 (8.74%) Architect
5 27 (6.55%) Analyst
5 27 (6.55%) Data Engineer
6 25 (6.07%) Senior Developer
7 24 (5.83%) Operations Manager
8 20 (4.85%) Systems Engineer
9 18 (4.37%) Administrator
10 17 (4.13%) IT Manager
10 17 (4.13%) Software Developer
11 16 (3.88%) Service Manager
12 15 (3.64%) Azure Engineer
12 15 (3.64%) Technical Architect
13 14 (3.40%) Senior Data Engineer
13 14 (3.40%) Software Engineer
14 13 (3.16%) Cloud Engineer
14 13 (3.16%) Service Operations Manager
14 13 (3.16%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.74%) Terraform
2 19 (4.61%) React
3 17 (4.13%) Playwright
3 17 (4.13%) REST
4 14 (3.40%) Spring
5 13 (3.16%) Kafka
6 10 (2.43%) Keycloak
7 7 (1.70%) LDAP
7 7 (1.70%) XML
8 5 (1.21%) SAP Basis
9 4 (0.97%) COM
9 4 (0.97%) DCOM
9 4 (0.97%) Middleware
9 4 (0.97%) RESTful
9 4 (0.97%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.97%) Web Services
10 3 (0.73%) Ajax
10 3 (0.73%) CSS
10 3 (0.73%) HTML
11 2 (0.49%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.85%) Hybrid Cloud
2 16 (3.88%) Cloud Native
3 15 (3.64%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.91%) PMI
5 9 (2.18%) Operational Technology
6 8 (1.94%) CMDB
6 8 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.94%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.94%) Smartphone
7 6 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.46%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.21%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.21%) Robotics
8 5 (1.21%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (0.97%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.97%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.97%) PKI
9 4 (0.97%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.25%) Linux
2 21 (5.10%) Windows
3 11 (2.67%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.94%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.21%) Unix
6 3 (0.73%) Solaris
7 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (22.57%) Agile
2 83 (20.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 80 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (16.02%) CI/CD
5 60 (14.56%) AI
5 60 (14.56%) Mentoring
6 48 (11.65%) Decision-Making
6 48 (11.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 45 (10.92%) DevOps
8 43 (10.44%) Scrum
9 41 (9.95%) Analytics
10 38 (9.22%) ITIL
10 38 (9.22%) Technical Leadership
11 33 (8.01%) Cybersecurity
12 32 (7.77%) Containerisation
12 32 (7.77%) Service Delivery
13 31 (7.52%) Infrastructure as Code
14 28 (6.80%) SDLC
15 25 (6.07%) Coaching
15 25 (6.07%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 30 (7.28%) Python
2 28 (6.80%) Java
3 24 (5.83%) JavaScript
3 24 (5.83%) SQL
4 17 (4.13%) Bash
5 12 (2.91%) Bicep
5 12 (2.91%) PL/SQL
5 12 (2.91%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.43%) Go
7 9 (2.18%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.46%) MATLAB
9 4 (0.97%) Rust
10 3 (0.73%) C#
10 3 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.73%) R
11 2 (0.49%) C++
12 1 (0.24%) C
12 1 (0.24%) Scala
12 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 305 (74.03%) SC Cleared
2 83 (20.15%) DV Cleared
3 53 (12.86%) Degree
4 25 (6.07%) Azure Certification
5 23 (5.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (3.40%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.70%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.70%) Chartered Engineer
8 6 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.46%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.97%) CISSP
9 4 (0.97%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.73%) CISM
10 3 (0.73%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.28%) QA
2 23 (5.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (3.88%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (1.94%) ISO 9001
6 6 (1.46%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.46%) NIST
6 6 (1.46%) WCAG
7 4 (0.97%) GDPR
7 4 (0.97%) ISO 14001
7 4 (0.97%) NCSC
7 4 (0.97%) SLA
8 3 (0.73%) AQAP
8 3 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.73%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.73%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.24%) JTAG
System Software
1 43 (10.44%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.83%) Docker
3 19 (4.61%) Hyper-V
4 14 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.49%) Firmware
7 1 (0.24%) IAG
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 38 (9.22%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.94%) Ansible
4 5 (1.21%) SCCM
4 5 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.97%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.49%) Argo
6 2 (0.49%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.49%) Puppet
6 2 (0.49%) WSUS
7 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.24%) Grafana
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.24%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 62 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.52%) SAP
3 20 (4.85%) VMware
4 15 (3.64%) Oracle
5 14 (3.40%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.94%) Aruba
6 8 (1.94%) Dell
6 8 (1.94%) HP
6 8 (1.94%) OpenText
7 6 (1.46%) DIgSILENT
7 6 (1.46%) McAfee
7 6 (1.46%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.46%) Sophos
7 6 (1.46%) YouTube
8 5 (1.21%) Cisco
8 5 (1.21%) Workday
9 4 (0.97%) Ariba
9 4 (0.97%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.73%) Avaya
10 3 (0.73%) SolarWinds