SC Cleared Jobs in England

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 62 122
Rank change year-on-year +13 +60 -20
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 3,777 4,302 4,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.41% 4.82% 3.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.50% 14.72% 11.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,349 2,362 2,096
10th Percentile £31,500 £35,263 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,214 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +8.11% +0.91%
75th Percentile £70,250 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,700 £57,100
% change year-on-year -6.81% +8.06% +3.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

SC Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,370 29,220 35,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.43% 32.72% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15,757 13,335 16,761
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,019 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in England

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in England.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in England

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in England

SC Cleared
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the England region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
South East +23 1,211 £55,000 - 291
South West -1 874 £52,500 -5.41% 268
London -18 599 £70,000 +3.70% 220
North of England +26 564 £57,500 -4.17% 176
North West +12 385 £55,000 -8.33% 130
Midlands -1 381 £53,750 -10.42% 100
West Midlands -5 244 £55,000 -8.33% 69
Yorkshire +82 152 £60,000 -10.45% 29
East Midlands -5 137 £50,000 -4.76% 31
East of England -14 127 £55,000 -0.90% 74
North East -29 27 £43,072 -9.32% 17
SC Cleared
UK

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 204 (5.40%) ArcGIS
2 196 (5.19%) GeoServer
3 124 (3.28%) Confluence
4 89 (2.36%) SharePoint
5 73 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 64 (1.69%) WebLogic
7 47 (1.24%) Apache
8 39 (1.03%) OpenStack
9 34 (0.90%) Apache Spark
10 30 (0.79%) IIS
11 18 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
12 16 (0.42%) Red Hat Fuse
13 15 (0.40%) CMS
13 15 (0.40%) JBoss
14 14 (0.37%) Oracle Service Bus
15 10 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
15 10 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
16 7 (0.19%) Drupal
17 5 (0.13%) nginx
18 4 (0.11%) Appian
Applications
1 128 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 43 (1.14%) Simulink
4 36 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 28 (0.74%) Sketch
6 22 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 16 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (0.24%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.11%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.11%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.053%) Abaqus
11 2 (0.053%) Fireworks
11 2 (0.053%) GNU Octave
11 2 (0.053%) InDesign
12 1 (0.026%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.026%) Blender
12 1 (0.026%) Revit
Business Applications
1 68 (1.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 48 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 40 (1.06%) Siebel CRM
4 19 (0.50%) Maximo
5 9 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 7 (0.19%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.13%) Primavera
8 5 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.11%) Oracle Cash Management
9 4 (0.11%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.11%) SAP HR
9 4 (0.11%) SAP WM
10 3 (0.079%) SAP CRM
10 3 (0.079%) SAP CX
10 3 (0.079%) SAP GTS
10 3 (0.079%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 935 (24.76%) Azure
2 755 (19.99%) AWS
3 188 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
4 116 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
5 114 (3.02%) Amazon EKS
6 104 (2.75%) Serverless
7 99 (2.62%) Power Platform
8 97 (2.57%) GCP
9 93 (2.46%) SaaS
10 76 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
11 69 (1.83%) OpenShift
12 63 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
13 55 (1.46%) Amazon ECS
14 51 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
15 49 (1.30%) PaaS
16 44 (1.16%) Miro
17 39 (1.03%) Entra ID
18 37 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
18 37 (0.98%) GitHub
18 37 (0.98%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 226 (5.98%) Firewall
2 132 (3.49%) DNS
3 94 (2.49%) WAN
4 86 (2.28%) TCP/IP
5 73 (1.93%) VPN
6 72 (1.91%) DHCP
7 69 (1.83%) Network Security
8 61 (1.62%) SAN
9 60 (1.59%) Wireless
10 58 (1.54%) LAN
11 56 (1.48%) BGP
12 53 (1.40%) SSL
13 39 (1.03%) SD-WAN
14 38 (1.01%) IPsec
15 34 (0.90%) MPLS
16 32 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
17 31 (0.82%) AMQP
18 27 (0.71%) Software-Defined Radio
19 26 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
20 22 (0.58%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 288 (7.63%) PostgreSQL
2 212 (5.61%) GIS
3 196 (5.19%) QGIS
4 111 (2.94%) Relational Database
5 104 (2.75%) SQL Server
6 85 (2.25%) NoSQL
7 65 (1.72%) Hadoop
8 62 (1.64%) Big Data
9 61 (1.62%) Power BI
10 56 (1.48%) Oracle Database
11 50 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
12 47 (1.24%) MongoDB
13 42 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
14 36 (0.95%) RDBMS
15 35 (0.93%) Oracle BI EE
16 34 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
17 32 (0.85%) Siebel EIM
18 29 (0.77%) MySQL
19 26 (0.69%) Cloudera CDH
20 20 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 213 (5.64%) Git
2 187 (4.95%) JIRA
3 185 (4.90%) Jenkins
4 106 (2.81%) Visual Studio
5 100 (2.65%) Bitbucket
6 79 (2.09%) GitLab
7 59 (1.56%) Sourcetree
8 35 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
9 32 (0.85%) Cucumber
9 32 (0.85%) Selenium
10 28 (0.74%) JUnit
11 25 (0.66%) Ant
12 23 (0.61%) Subversion
13 16 (0.42%) REST Assured
13 16 (0.42%) TestNG
14 15 (0.40%) CMake
14 15 (0.40%) LabVIEW
14 15 (0.40%) Vagrant
15 14 (0.37%) WebDriver
16 13 (0.34%) JMeter
General
1 804 (21.29%) Social Skills
2 375 (9.93%) Public Sector
3 271 (7.18%) Aerospace
4 252 (6.67%) Finance
5 227 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 179 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
7 169 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
8 126 (3.34%) Games
9 102 (2.70%) Military
10 96 (2.54%) Telecoms
11 84 (2.22%) Police
12 73 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
13 51 (1.35%) Electronics
13 51 (1.35%) Manufacturing
14 47 (1.24%) Law
15 46 (1.22%) Retail
16 43 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
17 37 (0.98%) Marketing
18 22 (0.58%) Legal
19 15 (0.40%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 715 (18.93%) Senior
2 497 (13.16%) Architect
3 445 (11.78%) Developer
4 401 (10.62%) Software Engineer
5 269 (7.12%) Lead
6 244 (6.46%) Analyst
7 204 (5.40%) Solutions Architect
8 192 (5.08%) Senior Software Engineer
9 188 (4.98%) Consultant
10 167 (4.42%) Systems Engineer
11 165 (4.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 161 (4.26%) Project Manager
13 142 (3.76%) Network Engineer
14 124 (3.28%) Senior Developer
15 122 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
16 93 (2.46%) Security Consultant
17 85 (2.25%) Support Engineer
18 83 (2.20%) 3D Developer
18 83 (2.20%) Games Developer
18 83 (2.20%) Unity 3D Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 320 (8.47%) .NET
2 301 (7.97%) React
3 199 (5.27%) Leaflet
4 198 (5.24%) OpenLayers
5 196 (5.19%) CSS
5 196 (5.19%) PostGIS
6 183 (4.85%) .NET Core
7 145 (3.84%) REST
8 139 (3.68%) Spring
9 131 (3.47%) Node.js
10 116 (3.07%) AngularJS
11 114 (3.02%) Spring Boot
12 83 (2.20%) Unity (Game Engine)
13 82 (2.17%) HTML
13 82 (2.17%) Web Services
14 75 (1.99%) XML
15 63 (1.67%) RESTful
16 61 (1.62%) RabbitMQ
17 60 (1.59%) SOAP
18 54 (1.43%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 125 (3.31%) Management Information System
2 101 (2.67%) Data Centre
3 93 (2.46%) Product Ownership
4 91 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
5 85 (2.25%) Virtual Reality
6 75 (1.99%) Driving Licence
7 66 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 66 (1.75%) Virtual Team
8 55 (1.46%) Private Cloud
9 54 (1.43%) Algorithms
10 51 (1.35%) Operational Technology
11 48 (1.27%) Cloud Native
11 48 (1.27%) Public Cloud
12 47 (1.24%) CMDB
13 42 (1.11%) Cyberattack
14 40 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
15 37 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
16 35 (0.93%) PKI
17 29 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
17 29 (0.77%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 560 (14.83%) Windows
2 539 (14.27%) Linux
3 255 (6.75%) Windows Server
4 111 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 86 (2.28%) Ubuntu
5 86 (2.28%) Windows 10
6 81 (2.14%) CentOS
7 77 (2.04%) Unix
8 59 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 50 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
10 30 (0.79%) Windows 7
11 29 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
12 27 (0.71%) Debian
13 23 (0.61%) Android
14 16 (0.42%) AIX
15 14 (0.37%) Solaris
15 14 (0.37%) VMS
16 12 (0.32%) Windows XP
17 9 (0.24%) zOS
18 8 (0.21%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,190 (31.51%) Agile
2 854 (22.61%) Actionable Insight
3 830 (21.98%) DevOps
4 675 (17.87%) Software Engineering
5 617 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
6 389 (10.30%) Scrum
7 381 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
8 352 (9.32%) Project Management
9 294 (7.78%) ITIL
10 245 (6.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 241 (6.38%) Collaborative Working
12 238 (6.30%) Stakeholder Management
13 237 (6.27%) Mentoring
14 234 (6.20%) CI/CD
15 215 (5.69%) Service Management
16 202 (5.35%) Web Development
17 195 (5.16%) Project Delivery
18 187 (4.95%) Microservices
19 181 (4.79%) Kanban
20 178 (4.71%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 591 (15.65%) Python
2 454 (12.02%) Java
3 451 (11.94%) JavaScript
4 351 (9.29%) SQL
5 325 (8.60%) C#
6 291 (7.70%) PowerShell
7 154 (4.08%) C++
8 93 (2.46%) Bash
9 82 (2.17%) C
10 66 (1.75%) TypeScript
11 57 (1.51%) MATLAB
12 44 (1.16%) Shell Script
13 33 (0.87%) PL/SQL
14 25 (0.66%) Kotlin
15 23 (0.61%) Go
16 22 (0.58%) Bicep
17 18 (0.48%) Groovy
17 18 (0.48%) Perl
17 18 (0.48%) VB
18 17 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3,777 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 643 (17.02%) Degree
3 613 (16.23%) DV Cleared
4 212 (5.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 122 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 101 (2.67%) CISM
7 100 (2.65%) AWS Certification
8 95 (2.52%) CISSP
9 91 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
10 86 (2.28%) Azure Certification
11 83 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 64 (1.69%) CESG Certified Professional
12 64 (1.69%) CRISC
13 63 (1.67%) CCNP
14 61 (1.62%) CCNA
15 57 (1.51%) TOGAF Certification
16 51 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 37 (0.98%) A+ Certification
18 33 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
19 30 (0.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 98 (2.59%) SLA
3 82 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 82 (2.17%) NCSC
4 72 (1.91%) QA
5 53 (1.40%) NIST
6 37 (0.98%) GDPR
6 37 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 35 (0.93%) WCAG
8 30 (0.79%) PMO
9 26 (0.69%) Def Stans
10 24 (0.64%) Data Quality
10 24 (0.64%) GRC
11 22 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
12 21 (0.56%) COBIT
12 21 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
13 19 (0.50%) JSP 440
14 16 (0.42%) ISO 9001
14 16 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 15 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 288 (7.63%) Active Directory
2 239 (6.33%) Docker
3 172 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 123 (3.26%) Hyper-V
5 45 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
6 36 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
7 32 (0.85%) vSphere
8 31 (0.82%) Firmware
9 22 (0.58%) KVM
9 22 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
10 16 (0.42%) pfSense
11 14 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
12 10 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
12 10 (0.26%) NFS
12 10 (0.26%) XenDesktop
13 9 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
14 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
15 4 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
15 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 263 (6.96%) Kubernetes
2 253 (6.70%) Ansible
3 219 (5.80%) Terraform
4 149 (3.94%) SCCM
5 70 (1.85%) Puppet
6 62 (1.64%) SCOM
7 59 (1.56%) vCenter Server
8 45 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 45 (1.19%) WSUS
9 35 (0.93%) Grafana
9 35 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
10 32 (0.85%) NetBackup
11 29 (0.77%) EMC NetWorker
12 24 (0.64%) ZABBIX
13 22 (0.58%) OpenSSO
14 21 (0.56%) OpenView
15 20 (0.53%) Prometheus
16 18 (0.48%) Nagios
16 18 (0.48%) Progress Chef
17 16 (0.42%) Kibana
Vendors
1 708 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 266 (7.04%) VMware
3 229 (6.06%) Oracle
4 202 (5.35%) Cisco
4 202 (5.35%) ESRI
5 193 (5.11%) Juniper
6 98 (2.59%) ServiceNow
7 80 (2.12%) Red Hat
8 76 (2.01%) HP
9 75 (1.99%) Google
10 70 (1.85%) Remedy
11 68 (1.80%) Sparx
12 50 (1.32%) NetApp
13 46 (1.22%) IBM
14 42 (1.11%) Splunk
15 41 (1.09%) Veeam
16 40 (1.06%) Siebel
17 39 (1.03%) Citrix
18 37 (0.98%) EMC
19 36 (0.95%) BMC