Security Cleared Jobs in the South West

Security Clearance
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +11
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,930 1,391 1,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 19.87% 20.71% 19.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.06% 48.40% 49.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,256 616 825
10th Percentile £34,000 £34,605 £32,000
25th Percentile £46,438 £41,875 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,250 £73,600 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £81,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

Security 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 the South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,324 2,874 3,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 34.22% 42.78% 38.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,174 1,261 1,659
10th Percentile £29,685 £30,932 £30,450
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.73% +9.20% +3.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,600 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,786 £81,250 £76,250
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the South West

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the South West

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the South West over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the South West

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Gloucestershire 0 664 £55,000 -15.38% 93
Bristol +8 619 £64,000 +11.30% 162
Wiltshire +4 394 £51,000 -7.27% 103
Dorset +4 143 £42,500 -19.05% 30
Somerset +12 71 £30,385 -32.80% 40
Devon -58 21 £49,000 +29.46% 47
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 87 (4.51%) Confluence
2 44 (2.28%) Apache
3 38 (1.97%) Apache Spark
4 37 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 36 (1.87%) SharePoint
6 33 (1.71%) ArcGIS
7 27 (1.40%) GeoServer
8 18 (0.93%) nginx
9 17 (0.88%) Jupyter
10 15 (0.78%) SharePoint 2010
10 15 (0.78%) SharePoint 2013
11 14 (0.73%) IIS
12 4 (0.21%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.10%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.10%) WildFly
14 1 (0.052%) JBoss
14 1 (0.052%) Moodle
Applications
1 53 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (2.69%) Simulink
3 15 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.31%) Trello
6 4 (0.21%) Sketch
6 4 (0.21%) Stateflow
6 4 (0.21%) Windchill
7 2 (0.10%) GNU Octave
7 2 (0.10%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.052%) 1Password
8 1 (0.052%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.052%) Revit
Business Applications
1 43 (2.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 21 (1.09%) Maximo
3 4 (0.21%) Primavera
3 4 (0.21%) Q-Pulse
4 3 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.052%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.052%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 374 (19.38%) AWS
2 353 (18.29%) Azure
3 100 (5.18%) OpenShift
4 78 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
5 54 (2.80%) GCP
6 44 (2.28%) SaaS
7 34 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (1.40%) IaaS
9 26 (1.35%) PaaS
10 25 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (1.30%) Serverless
11 24 (1.24%) Power Platform
12 23 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
13 22 (1.14%) Amazon S3
14 21 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
15 17 (0.88%) MinIO
16 9 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
17 8 (0.41%) Miro
17 8 (0.41%) OCI
17 8 (0.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 89 (4.61%) Firewall
2 56 (2.90%) TCP/IP
3 49 (2.54%) WAN
4 45 (2.33%) DNS
5 44 (2.28%) Network Security
6 39 (2.02%) DHCP
7 35 (1.81%) HTTP
7 35 (1.81%) LAN
8 28 (1.45%) VSAN
9 26 (1.35%) Software-Defined Networking
9 26 (1.35%) Wireless
10 24 (1.24%) Cisco ASA
11 23 (1.19%) AMQP
12 19 (0.98%) SAN
13 14 (0.73%) SD-WAN
14 13 (0.67%) Ethernet
15 12 (0.62%) BGP
16 10 (0.52%) Internet
16 10 (0.52%) iSCSI
17 9 (0.47%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (3.16%) Big Data
2 43 (2.23%) MongoDB
3 39 (2.02%) GIS
3 39 (2.02%) Hadoop
4 38 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
5 29 (1.50%) SQL Server
6 27 (1.40%) QGIS
7 21 (1.09%) Power BI
8 20 (1.04%) Relational Database
9 17 (0.88%) Cloudera CDH
9 17 (0.88%) Presto
10 14 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (0.57%) MySQL
13 10 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.52%) Tableau
14 7 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
14 7 (0.36%) NoSQL
15 6 (0.31%) Oracle Database
15 6 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 141 (7.31%) JIRA
2 106 (5.49%) Git
3 84 (4.35%) Visual Studio
4 82 (4.25%) Bitbucket
5 59 (3.06%) Sourcetree
6 51 (2.64%) Rational DOORS
7 47 (2.44%) Jenkins
8 37 (1.92%) GitLab
9 20 (1.04%) LabVIEW
9 20 (1.04%) Rational Rhapsody
10 17 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 8 (0.41%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.41%) NetBeans
12 7 (0.36%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.36%) Eclipse
12 7 (0.36%) Selenium
12 7 (0.36%) SonarQube
12 7 (0.36%) Subversion
13 6 (0.31%) Rational Team Concert
13 6 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 291 (15.08%) Aerospace
2 279 (14.46%) Social Skills
3 171 (8.86%) Finance
4 128 (6.63%) Games
5 115 (5.96%) Military
6 97 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
7 90 (4.66%) Analytical Skills
8 88 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 88 (4.56%) Public Sector
9 48 (2.49%) Telecoms
10 43 (2.23%) Retail
11 38 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
12 33 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (1.24%) Manufacturing
14 20 (1.04%) Electronics
15 13 (0.67%) Legal
16 10 (0.52%) Aviation
17 8 (0.41%) French Language
18 7 (0.36%) Publishing
19 6 (0.31%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 322 (16.68%) Senior
2 255 (13.21%) Software Engineer
3 189 (9.79%) Architect
4 163 (8.45%) Developer
5 162 (8.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 147 (7.62%) Consultant
6 147 (7.62%) Systems Engineer
7 142 (7.36%) Lead
8 98 (5.08%) Project Manager
9 89 (4.61%) DevOps Engineer
10 88 (4.56%) Security Consultant
11 83 (4.30%) Support Engineer
12 82 (4.25%) Analyst
13 81 (4.20%) Administrator
14 77 (3.99%) Solutions Architect
15 74 (3.83%) 3D Developer
15 74 (3.83%) Games Developer
15 74 (3.83%) Unity 3D Developer
16 72 (3.73%) Senior Software Engineer
17 59 (3.06%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (5.08%) React
2 82 (4.25%) .NET
3 74 (3.83%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 51 (2.64%) AngularJS
5 43 (2.23%) RabbitMQ
6 38 (1.97%) CSS
7 35 (1.81%) Node.js
8 34 (1.76%) Spring
9 33 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
9 33 (1.71%) REST
10 32 (1.66%) .NET Core
11 28 (1.45%) Spring Boot
12 27 (1.40%) Leaflet
12 27 (1.40%) OpenLayers
12 27 (1.40%) PostGIS
13 25 (1.30%) Apache NiFi
13 25 (1.30%) JSON
13 25 (1.30%) XML
14 22 (1.14%) TensorFlow
15 21 (1.09%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 84 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 74 (3.83%) Virtual Reality
3 71 (3.68%) Driving Licence
4 59 (3.06%) Algorithms
5 52 (2.69%) Cloud Native
6 40 (2.07%) Private Cloud
7 38 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 37 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
8 37 (1.92%) Public Cloud
9 35 (1.81%) Data Centre
9 35 (1.81%) PKI
10 33 (1.71%) Cyberattack
10 33 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
11 32 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
12 27 (1.40%) Product Ownership
13 20 (1.04%) Robotics
14 17 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
15 16 (0.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 15 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
16 15 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 460 (23.83%) Linux
2 280 (14.51%) Windows
3 98 (5.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 70 (3.63%) CentOS
5 67 (3.47%) Windows Server
6 53 (2.75%) Embedded Linux
7 51 (2.64%) Windows 10
8 45 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 44 (2.28%) Windows Server 2016
10 43 (2.23%) Windows Server 2019
11 25 (1.30%) Ubuntu
12 21 (1.09%) Debian
13 20 (1.04%) Unix
14 17 (0.88%) Windows 7
15 13 (0.67%) AIX
16 11 (0.57%) Android
17 10 (0.52%) CoreOS
18 6 (0.31%) Kali Linux
19 4 (0.21%) Solaris
20 3 (0.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 555 (28.76%) Agile
2 393 (20.36%) Software Engineering
3 357 (18.50%) DevOps
4 334 (17.31%) Actionable Insight
5 283 (14.66%) Cybersecurity
6 224 (11.61%) Scrum
7 198 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
8 192 (9.95%) Collaborative Working
9 186 (9.64%) Project Management
10 183 (9.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 146 (7.56%) Systems Engineering
12 144 (7.46%) ITIL
13 143 (7.41%) UML
14 126 (6.53%) Validation
15 116 (6.01%) Mentoring
16 114 (5.91%) Information Assurance
17 113 (5.85%) Risk Management
18 107 (5.54%) CI/CD
19 104 (5.39%) Full Stack Development
20 96 (4.97%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 432 (22.38%) Python
2 231 (11.97%) Java
3 197 (10.21%) Bash
4 159 (8.24%) JavaScript
5 138 (7.15%) PowerShell
6 136 (7.05%) C#
7 113 (5.85%) C
8 97 (5.03%) SQL
9 70 (3.63%) MATLAB
10 59 (3.06%) C++
11 56 (2.90%) Rust
12 50 (2.59%) Embedded C
13 42 (2.18%) TypeScript
14 30 (1.55%) Shell Script
15 24 (1.24%) Ada
16 14 (0.73%) R
17 13 (0.67%) Go
18 8 (0.41%) Perl
19 6 (0.31%) T-SQL
19 6 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 917 (47.51%) SC Cleared
2 611 (31.66%) DV Cleared
3 367 (19.02%) Degree
4 265 (13.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 54 (2.80%) TOGAF Certification
6 52 (2.69%) CISSP
7 51 (2.64%) CESG Certified Professional
8 50 (2.59%) CISM
9 35 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (1.71%) CRISC
11 24 (1.24%) CCNA
12 21 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
13 19 (0.98%) A+ Certification
13 19 (0.98%) CCNP
14 16 (0.83%) HNC
15 15 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
16 14 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
16 14 (0.73%) Master's Degree
17 13 (0.67%) CISMP
17 13 (0.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 59 (3.06%) NIST
3 57 (2.95%) NCSC
4 34 (1.76%) SLA
5 30 (1.55%) NIST 800
6 23 (1.19%) JSP 440
7 22 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 21 (1.09%) RMADS
9 20 (1.04%) QA
10 19 (0.98%) Def Stans
11 17 (0.88%) IEC 61508
12 14 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 12 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
14 11 (0.57%) Accessibility
15 10 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 10 (0.52%) ISO 9001
16 9 (0.47%) GRC
17 8 (0.41%) GDPR
18 7 (0.36%) MISRA
18 7 (0.36%) TickIT
System Software
1 193 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 156 (8.08%) Docker
3 137 (7.10%) Active Directory
4 86 (4.46%) Hyper-V
5 42 (2.18%) VMware ESXi
5 42 (2.18%) vSphere
6 27 (1.40%) VMware NSX
7 22 (1.14%) Firmware
8 8 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (0.36%) XenDesktop
10 4 (0.21%) XenApp
11 3 (0.16%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.16%) Forefront TMG
11 3 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
12 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.052%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 245 (12.69%) Ansible
2 186 (9.64%) Kubernetes
3 121 (6.27%) Terraform
4 116 (6.01%) Puppet
5 60 (3.11%) SCCM
6 38 (1.97%) vCenter Server
7 23 (1.19%) Grafana
7 23 (1.19%) Prometheus
8 17 (0.88%) HAProxy
8 17 (0.88%) Nagios
9 15 (0.78%) EMC NetWorker
9 15 (0.78%) Progress Chef
10 12 (0.62%) Backup Exec
10 12 (0.62%) NetBackup
11 9 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (0.47%) ZABBIX
12 7 (0.36%) Icinga
12 7 (0.36%) Kibana
12 7 (0.36%) SCOM
12 7 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 338 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 224 (11.61%) VMware
3 136 (7.05%) Red Hat
4 90 (4.66%) Cisco
5 68 (3.52%) Oracle
6 47 (2.44%) Google
7 45 (2.33%) IBM
8 43 (2.23%) Sparx
9 36 (1.87%) SolarWinds
10 34 (1.76%) ESRI
11 22 (1.14%) NetApp
12 21 (1.09%) SaltStack
13 19 (0.98%) Veeam
14 18 (0.93%) Citrix
14 18 (0.93%) EMC
15 16 (0.83%) Atlassian
16 14 (0.73%) Splunk
17 13 (0.67%) Hitachi
17 13 (0.67%) ServiceNow
18 12 (0.62%) Veritas