Security Cleared Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 8 12 63
Rank change year-on-year +4 +51 +25
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 936 751 332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.43% 12.81% 4.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.85% 30.64% 13.84%
Number of salaries quoted 586 375 166
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,691 £36,250 £35,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £45,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.23% -17.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £63,749 £61,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,955 £75,000 £86,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £49,875 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.28% -9.32% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,611 2,451 2,398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 37.48% 41.81% 33.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,548 1,010 955
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,250 £28,419
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,119 £36,851
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -5.50%
75th Percentile £67,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,000 £51,000 £52,106
% change year-on-year +1.96% -2.12% +4.21%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +5 758 £52,550 +15.24% 152
Buckinghamshire -3 128 £55,000 +17.55% 37
Oxfordshire +2 50 £51,760 +21.79% 17
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 40 (4.27%) WebLogic
2 38 (4.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (3.10%) ArcGIS
3 29 (3.10%) GeoServer
4 24 (2.56%) OpenStack
5 19 (2.03%) Exchange Server 2010
6 14 (1.50%) Oracle Service Bus
7 13 (1.39%) CMS
8 11 (1.18%) IIS
9 10 (1.07%) Red Hat Fuse
10 9 (0.96%) JBoss
11 8 (0.85%) Confluence
12 7 (0.75%) SharePoint
13 6 (0.64%) Apache
14 4 (0.43%) nginx
15 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 1 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 54 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.14%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.43%) Siemens NX
6 4 (0.43%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (1.82%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.43%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.32%) Primavera
4 3 (0.32%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.21%) C-CURE
5 2 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 185 (19.76%) Azure
2 98 (10.47%) AWS
3 53 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (4.49%) Azure Monitor
5 31 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
6 27 (2.88%) Serverless
7 26 (2.78%) Amazon ECS
7 26 (2.78%) Entra ID
8 22 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (1.82%) Azure Storage
9 17 (1.82%) OCI
10 8 (0.85%) SaaS
11 6 (0.64%) Miro
12 5 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.53%) GitHub
12 5 (0.53%) PaaS
13 4 (0.43%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.43%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 79 (8.44%) Firewall
2 58 (6.20%) DNS
3 49 (5.24%) DHCP
4 31 (3.31%) VPN
5 19 (2.03%) SSL
6 18 (1.92%) WAN
7 17 (1.82%) Cisco Firepower
8 16 (1.71%) LAN
9 15 (1.60%) Network Security
10 14 (1.50%) Wireless
11 13 (1.39%) BGP
11 13 (1.39%) OSPF
11 13 (1.39%) SAN
12 12 (1.28%) SD-WAN
13 11 (1.18%) SNMP
14 9 (0.96%) TCP/IP
15 8 (0.85%) IPsec
16 7 (0.75%) VLAN
16 7 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
17 6 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (6.30%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (5.13%) Relational Database
3 34 (3.63%) GIS
4 29 (3.10%) QGIS
5 24 (2.56%) Oracle Database
5 24 (2.56%) SQL Server
6 22 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (1.82%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.60%) Oracle Database 11g
9 14 (1.50%) Oracle Database 10g
9 14 (1.50%) VLDB
10 5 (0.53%) MySQL
10 5 (0.53%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.21%) NonStop SQL
13 1 (0.11%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 45 (4.81%) Jenkins
2 32 (3.42%) Git
3 28 (2.99%) GitLab
4 21 (2.24%) Visual Studio
5 15 (1.60%) JUnit
6 14 (1.50%) JIRA
7 8 (0.85%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.85%) Rational DOORS
7 8 (0.85%) Selenium
7 8 (0.85%) TestRail
8 7 (0.75%) MSI
8 7 (0.75%) REST Assured
8 7 (0.75%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.64%) AdminStudio
9 6 (0.64%) InstallShield
9 6 (0.64%) TestNG
10 4 (0.43%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (0.43%) Subversion
11 3 (0.32%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.21%) Serenity BDD
General
1 207 (22.12%) Social Skills
2 68 (7.26%) Public Sector
3 66 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
5 34 (3.63%) Finance
6 24 (2.56%) Police
7 12 (1.28%) Back Office
8 11 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (1.07%) Aerospace
10 9 (0.96%) Manufacturing
11 8 (0.85%) Telecoms
12 7 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
13 6 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.53%) Law
14 5 (0.53%) Military
14 5 (0.53%) Publishing
15 4 (0.43%) Electronics
15 4 (0.43%) Legal
15 4 (0.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 171 (18.27%) Senior
2 133 (14.21%) Analyst
3 93 (9.94%) Systems Engineer
4 89 (9.51%) Developer
5 86 (9.19%) Architect
6 64 (6.84%) Software Engineer
7 50 (5.34%) Support Analyst
8 46 (4.91%) Network Engineer
9 44 (4.70%) Applications Support
10 43 (4.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 43 (4.59%) Lead
11 42 (4.49%) Support Specialist
12 38 (4.06%) Senior Analyst
12 38 (4.06%) Senior Software Engineer
13 36 (3.85%) Applications Support Analyst
14 35 (3.74%) Administrator
15 28 (2.99%) Active Directory Specialist
15 28 (2.99%) Azure Specialist
16 27 (2.88%) Java Developer
16 27 (2.88%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.77%) Spring
2 47 (5.02%) React
3 46 (4.91%) .NET
4 45 (4.81%) CSS
5 37 (3.95%) REST
6 32 (3.42%) Leaflet
6 32 (3.42%) Node.js
6 32 (3.42%) OpenLayers
7 31 (3.31%) AngularJS
7 31 (3.31%) Spring Boot
8 30 (3.21%) Web Services
9 29 (3.10%) PostGIS
10 28 (2.99%) Elastic Stack
10 28 (2.99%) J2EE
11 27 (2.88%) .NET Core
11 27 (2.88%) HTML
12 24 (2.56%) Apache Camel
13 22 (2.35%) Java EE
14 20 (2.14%) JSON
14 20 (2.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (5.34%) Management Information System
2 39 (4.17%) Algorithms
2 39 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (2.99%) CMDB
4 24 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 24 (2.56%) PKI
5 23 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (2.35%) Product Ownership
7 16 (1.71%) Driving Licence
8 15 (1.60%) Mainframe
9 14 (1.50%) Private Cloud
10 13 (1.39%) Digital Signage
11 10 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.07%) Security Operations Centre
12 9 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (0.75%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.64%) CUDA
14 6 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
14 6 (0.64%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 150 (16.03%) Windows
2 141 (15.06%) Linux
3 77 (8.23%) Windows Server
4 70 (7.48%) Windows 10
5 66 (7.05%) Unix
6 61 (6.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 60 (6.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 42 (4.49%) Windows 7
8 42 (4.49%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (1.50%) CentOS
9 14 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 14 (1.50%) Solaris
10 12 (1.28%) Windows NT
10 12 (1.28%) Windows XP
11 4 (0.43%) Rocky
11 4 (0.43%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.11%) Debian
12 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (25.00%) Agile
2 194 (20.73%) ITIL
3 191 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
4 145 (15.49%) DevOps
5 140 (14.96%) Actionable Insight
6 96 (10.26%) Service Management
7 91 (9.72%) Customer Service
8 76 (8.12%) Software Engineering
9 72 (7.69%) Project Management
10 68 (7.26%) Decision-Making
10 68 (7.26%) Software Testing
11 63 (6.73%) Computer Science
11 63 (6.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 62 (6.62%) Cybersecurity
13 60 (6.41%) CI/CD
13 60 (6.41%) Scrum
14 57 (6.09%) Release Management
15 56 (5.98%) Physics
16 54 (5.77%) Service Delivery
17 53 (5.66%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 127 (13.57%) Python
2 116 (12.39%) JavaScript
3 86 (9.19%) Java
4 80 (8.55%) C#
5 73 (7.80%) PowerShell
6 70 (7.48%) SQL
7 52 (5.56%) C++
8 50 (5.34%) Fortran
9 31 (3.31%) Bash
10 29 (3.10%) VB
11 28 (2.99%) C
11 28 (2.99%) Shell Script
12 23 (2.46%) VBScript
13 20 (2.14%) PL/SQL
14 17 (1.82%) Bicep
15 15 (1.60%) COBOL
16 13 (1.39%) TypeScript
17 12 (1.28%) MATLAB
18 10 (1.07%) Groovy
19 7 (0.75%) Perl
Qualifications
1 527 (56.30%) SC Cleared
2 309 (33.01%) DV Cleared
3 207 (22.12%) Degree
4 48 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
5 40 (4.27%) CCNA
6 32 (3.42%) Master's Degree
6 32 (3.42%) PhD
7 31 (3.31%) CTC Cleared
8 30 (3.21%) CCNP
9 29 (3.10%) NVQ Level 3
10 28 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
11 23 (2.46%) AWS Certification
11 23 (2.46%) HNC
12 19 (2.03%) A+ Certification
13 17 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 15 (1.60%) Azure Certification
14 15 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
15 14 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (1.39%) MCP
17 9 (0.96%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (6.62%) SLA
2 19 (2.03%) QA
3 14 (1.50%) NIST
4 13 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.07%) PMO
7 6 (0.64%) GRC
7 6 (0.64%) JSP 440
7 6 (0.64%) NCSC
7 6 (0.64%) NIST 800
7 6 (0.64%) RMADS
8 5 (0.53%) WCAG
9 3 (0.32%) COBIT
9 3 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.11%) GDPR
11 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.11%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 121 (12.93%) Active Directory
2 53 (5.66%) Docker
3 37 (3.95%) Firmware
4 36 (3.85%) Hyper-V
4 36 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (1.50%) Oracle RAC
9 12 (1.28%) KVM
10 7 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 108 (11.54%) SCCM
2 71 (7.59%) Kubernetes
3 64 (6.84%) SCOM
4 53 (5.66%) Ansible
5 52 (5.56%) WSUS
6 36 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 36 (3.85%) Terraform
7 23 (2.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 22 (2.35%) OpenSSO
8 22 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
9 19 (2.03%) NetBackup
10 17 (1.82%) vCenter Server
11 16 (1.71%) EMC NetWorker
12 14 (1.50%) Data Guard
12 14 (1.50%) Oracle RMAN
13 12 (1.28%) Sysprep
14 9 (0.96%) Rancher
15 4 (0.43%) Kibana
16 3 (0.32%) Nagios
16 3 (0.32%) OpenView
Vendors
1 272 (29.06%) Microsoft
2 90 (9.62%) Cisco
3 84 (8.97%) Oracle
4 53 (5.66%) Juniper
5 52 (5.56%) VMware
6 44 (4.70%) ServiceNow
7 40 (4.27%) HP
8 39 (4.17%) Remedy
9 29 (3.10%) ESRI
10 24 (2.56%) Dynatrace
10 24 (2.56%) WSO2
11 17 (1.82%) EMC
11 17 (1.82%) F5
12 16 (1.71%) Extreme Networks
12 16 (1.71%) Veeam
13 15 (1.60%) Unisys
14 14 (1.50%) Sun
15 13 (1.39%) Dell
15 13 (1.39%) Riverbed
16 12 (1.28%) 3PAR