Security Cleared Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Clearance
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Security 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 15 23 31
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 +20
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 6,320 5,490 5,437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.92% 9.21% 7.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.53% 25.18% 23.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,770 2,296 2,448
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,932 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,695 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% +1.43% -2.78%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £67,125
90th Percentile £81,500 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,428 21,804 22,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.42% 36.57% 31.61%
Number of salaries quoted 12,209 8,120 10,332
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,418 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,800 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the UK excluding London

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the UK excluding London

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the UK excluding London

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the UK excluding London 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 +8 1,961 £55,000 +11.11% 547
South West +4 1,882 £55,000 - 486
North of England +11 798 £55,000 -4.35% 279
Midlands -4 626 £53,750 -2.27% 185
North West +2 572 £55,000 -4.35% 208
West Midlands +10 434 £55,000 -2.22% 136
East of England +21 426 £55,000 - 145
Scotland -48 315 £56,500 +7.62% 123
Wales +6 230 £57,291 +89.67% 30
East Midlands -24 192 £44,225 -15.76% 48
Yorkshire +33 187 £60,000 -9.09% 45
Northern Ireland +19 109 £60,000 +80.45% 32
North East -33 39 £43,072 -4.28% 26
Security Cleared
UK

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 293 (4.64%) ArcGIS
2 284 (4.49%) GeoServer
3 143 (2.26%) Confluence
4 112 (1.77%) WebLogic
5 88 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 86 (1.36%) SharePoint
7 84 (1.33%) IIS
8 74 (1.17%) Apache
9 48 (0.76%) Apache Spark
10 44 (0.70%) Oracle Service Bus
11 34 (0.54%) OpenStack
12 24 (0.38%) nginx
13 19 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
13 19 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
14 18 (0.28%) JBoss
14 18 (0.28%) Jupyter
15 16 (0.25%) Tomcat
16 15 (0.24%) CMS
16 15 (0.24%) SharePoint 2010
16 15 (0.24%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 251 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
2 147 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 120 (1.90%) Simulink
4 80 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 77 (1.22%) MS Visio
6 40 (0.63%) Sketch
7 30 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
8 10 (0.16%) AutoCAD
9 6 (0.095%) Trello
9 6 (0.095%) Windchill
10 4 (0.063%) EPLAN
10 4 (0.063%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.063%) Siemens NX
10 4 (0.063%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.063%) Stateflow
11 3 (0.047%) Revit
12 2 (0.032%) Abaqus
12 2 (0.032%) Fireworks
12 2 (0.032%) InDesign
12 2 (0.032%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 90 (1.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 73 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
3 49 (0.78%) Primavera
4 40 (0.63%) Siebel CRM
5 33 (0.52%) NEC Housing
6 22 (0.35%) Maximo
7 11 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
8 9 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
8 9 (0.14%) Teamcenter
9 6 (0.095%) Oracle Applications
10 5 (0.079%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.063%) SAP CO
11 4 (0.063%) SAP ERP
11 4 (0.063%) SAP FI
11 4 (0.063%) SAP FI/CO
12 3 (0.047%) SAP HR
12 3 (0.047%) SAP PM
12 3 (0.047%) Workday HCM
13 2 (0.032%) Oracle Cash Management
13 2 (0.032%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 1,245 (19.70%) Azure
2 1,068 (16.90%) AWS
3 215 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
4 121 (1.91%) SaaS
5 108 (1.71%) OpenShift
6 105 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
7 103 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
8 93 (1.47%) Serverless
9 87 (1.38%) GCP
10 74 (1.17%) Power Platform
11 66 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
12 63 (1.00%) Entra ID
13 61 (0.97%) PaaS
14 60 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
14 60 (0.95%) Miro
15 55 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
16 53 (0.84%) AWS Lambda
17 48 (0.76%) IaaS
18 41 (0.65%) Amazon SQS
18 41 (0.65%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 388 (6.14%) Firewall
2 255 (4.03%) DNS
3 192 (3.04%) WAN
4 172 (2.72%) TCP/IP
5 144 (2.28%) DHCP
6 143 (2.26%) BGP
7 119 (1.88%) Network Security
8 116 (1.84%) LAN
9 88 (1.39%) VPN
10 83 (1.31%) Wireless
11 82 (1.30%) SAN
12 66 (1.04%) SSL
12 66 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
13 65 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
14 61 (0.97%) MPLS
15 54 (0.85%) HTTP
16 51 (0.81%) OSPF
17 48 (0.76%) SD-WAN
18 46 (0.73%) IPsec
19 44 (0.70%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 389 (6.16%) PostgreSQL
2 321 (5.08%) GIS
3 284 (4.49%) QGIS
4 162 (2.56%) SQL Server
5 126 (1.99%) Oracle Database
6 125 (1.98%) Relational Database
7 96 (1.52%) NoSQL
8 81 (1.28%) Big Data
8 81 (1.28%) Hadoop
9 73 (1.16%) MongoDB
10 59 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
11 55 (0.87%) RDBMS
12 54 (0.85%) Power BI
13 45 (0.71%) Oracle Database 11g
14 44 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
14 44 (0.70%) Oracle Database 10g
14 44 (0.70%) VLDB
15 37 (0.59%) MySQL
16 32 (0.51%) Oracle BI EE
16 32 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 262 (4.15%) JIRA
2 225 (3.56%) Git
3 169 (2.67%) Jenkins
4 134 (2.12%) Visual Studio
5 125 (1.98%) GitLab
6 95 (1.50%) Bitbucket
7 92 (1.46%) Rational DOORS
8 59 (0.93%) Sourcetree
9 51 (0.81%) Selenium
10 39 (0.62%) Rational Rhapsody
11 28 (0.44%) Subversion
12 27 (0.43%) Cucumber
13 24 (0.38%) Ant
13 24 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
14 23 (0.36%) LabVIEW
15 21 (0.33%) JUnit
16 18 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 15 (0.24%) CMake
17 15 (0.24%) JMeter
17 15 (0.24%) Vagrant
General
1 1,253 (19.83%) Social Skills
2 528 (8.35%) Aerospace
3 452 (7.15%) Public Sector
4 449 (7.10%) Finance
5 318 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
6 271 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 224 (3.54%) Military
8 188 (2.97%) Games
9 158 (2.50%) Telecoms
10 151 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
11 131 (2.07%) Police
12 128 (2.03%) Manufacturing
13 114 (1.80%) Electronics
14 109 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
15 86 (1.36%) Retail
16 83 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
17 51 (0.81%) Local Government
18 43 (0.68%) Law
19 36 (0.57%) Legal
20 28 (0.44%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1,120 (17.72%) Senior
2 753 (11.91%) Software Engineer
3 733 (11.60%) Architect
4 542 (8.58%) Developer
5 489 (7.74%) Lead
6 441 (6.98%) Systems Engineer
7 437 (6.91%) Analyst
8 316 (5.00%) Senior Software Engineer
9 297 (4.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 286 (4.53%) Network Engineer
11 285 (4.51%) Consultant
12 247 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
13 243 (3.84%) Project Manager
14 175 (2.77%) DevOps Engineer
15 166 (2.63%) Administrator
16 159 (2.52%) Senior Developer
17 155 (2.45%) Support Engineer
18 134 (2.12%) Security Consultant
19 111 (1.76%) Business Analyst
20 108 (1.71%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 434 (6.87%) React
2 417 (6.60%) .NET
3 288 (4.56%) CSS
4 287 (4.54%) Leaflet
4 287 (4.54%) OpenLayers
5 284 (4.49%) PostGIS
6 262 (4.15%) .NET Core
7 163 (2.58%) Node.js
8 162 (2.56%) AngularJS
9 150 (2.37%) Spring
10 139 (2.20%) REST
11 123 (1.95%) Spring Boot
12 119 (1.88%) HTML
13 89 (1.41%) RabbitMQ
14 87 (1.38%) XML
15 83 (1.31%) Unity (Game Engine)
16 74 (1.17%) Web Services
17 72 (1.14%) RESTful
18 68 (1.08%) JSON
19 65 (1.03%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 261 (4.13%) Management Information System
2 205 (3.24%) Driving Licence
3 185 (2.93%) Algorithms
4 179 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
5 160 (2.53%) Data Centre
6 125 (1.98%) Public Cloud
7 102 (1.61%) Cloud Native
7 102 (1.61%) Private Cloud
8 96 (1.52%) Product Ownership
9 90 (1.42%) PKI
9 90 (1.42%) Virtual Reality
10 85 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
11 83 (1.31%) Virtual Team
12 71 (1.12%) Operational Technology
13 67 (1.06%) Security Operations Centre
14 59 (0.93%) Clustering
15 57 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
16 56 (0.89%) Cyberattack
17 55 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
18 48 (0.76%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 1,011 (16.00%) Linux
2 876 (13.86%) Windows
3 317 (5.02%) Windows Server
4 177 (2.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 168 (2.66%) Unix
6 144 (2.28%) Windows 10
7 127 (2.01%) CentOS
8 120 (1.90%) Windows Server 2016
9 117 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
10 105 (1.66%) Ubuntu
11 84 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
12 68 (1.08%) Embedded Linux
13 59 (0.93%) Windows 7
14 58 (0.92%) Solaris
15 31 (0.49%) Debian
16 27 (0.43%) Android
17 16 (0.25%) AIX
18 13 (0.21%) VMS
19 12 (0.19%) Windows NT
19 12 (0.19%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,814 (28.70%) Agile
2 1,491 (23.59%) Actionable Insight
3 1,130 (17.88%) Software Engineering
4 1,089 (17.23%) DevOps
5 1,038 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
6 671 (10.62%) Cybersecurity
7 574 (9.08%) Project Management
8 525 (8.31%) ITIL
9 478 (7.56%) Scrum
10 439 (6.95%) Mentoring
11 430 (6.80%) Collaborative Working
12 419 (6.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 370 (5.85%) Systems Engineering
14 360 (5.70%) Stakeholder Management
15 310 (4.91%) Web Development
16 302 (4.78%) CI/CD
17 294 (4.65%) Validation
18 282 (4.46%) Customer Service
19 271 (4.29%) Service Management
20 261 (4.13%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1,060 (16.77%) Python
2 635 (10.05%) Java
2 635 (10.05%) JavaScript
3 485 (7.67%) C#
4 442 (6.99%) SQL
5 407 (6.44%) PowerShell
6 284 (4.49%) C++
7 260 (4.11%) C
8 246 (3.89%) Bash
9 142 (2.25%) MATLAB
10 100 (1.58%) TypeScript
11 87 (1.38%) Shell Script
12 60 (0.95%) Rust
13 58 (0.92%) PL/SQL
14 53 (0.84%) Embedded C
15 44 (0.70%) Ada
16 42 (0.66%) Fortran
17 31 (0.49%) VB
18 26 (0.41%) Go
18 26 (0.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 3,672 (58.10%) SC Cleared
2 1,321 (20.90%) DV Cleared
3 1,059 (16.76%) Degree
4 543 (8.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 204 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
6 131 (2.07%) CCNP
7 130 (2.06%) CCNA
8 128 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 106 (1.68%) AWS Certification
10 97 (1.53%) CISSP
11 88 (1.39%) CISM
12 82 (1.30%) Azure Certification
13 73 (1.16%) CESG Certified Professional
14 70 (1.11%) DBS Check
15 66 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 62 (0.98%) CRISC
17 58 (0.92%) CTC Cleared
17 58 (0.92%) Master's Degree
17 58 (0.92%) PhD
18 57 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (3.53%) SLA
2 179 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 151 (2.39%) Accessibility
4 124 (1.96%) QA
5 99 (1.57%) NIST
6 98 (1.55%) NCSC
7 71 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 54 (0.85%) ISO 9001
9 51 (0.81%) WCAG
10 47 (0.74%) PCI DSS
11 44 (0.70%) NIST 800
12 43 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 40 (0.63%) GDPR
14 38 (0.60%) Def Stans
14 38 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 37 (0.59%) GRC
16 36 (0.57%) JSP 440
17 31 (0.49%) PMO
18 30 (0.47%) RMADS
19 29 (0.46%) COBIT
System Software
1 435 (6.88%) Active Directory
2 318 (5.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 289 (4.57%) Docker
4 176 (2.78%) Hyper-V
5 103 (1.63%) Firmware
6 73 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
7 72 (1.14%) vSphere
8 57 (0.90%) VMware NSX
9 53 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
10 52 (0.82%) KVM
11 44 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
12 22 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
13 20 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
14 16 (0.25%) pfSense
15 15 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
16 12 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
17 11 (0.17%) NFS
18 8 (0.13%) XenDesktop
19 5 (0.079%) SRDF
20 4 (0.063%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 416 (6.58%) Ansible
2 346 (5.47%) Kubernetes
3 282 (4.46%) Terraform
4 203 (3.21%) SCCM
5 132 (2.09%) Puppet
6 84 (1.33%) vCenter Server
7 81 (1.28%) WSUS
8 78 (1.23%) SCOM
9 66 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
10 49 (0.78%) Grafana
11 44 (0.70%) Data Guard
11 44 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
12 38 (0.60%) EnCase
12 38 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
13 32 (0.51%) FortiGate
14 31 (0.49%) NetBackup
15 29 (0.46%) EMC NetWorker
15 29 (0.46%) OpenView
16 27 (0.43%) Prometheus
17 26 (0.41%) OpenSSO
Vendors
1 1,090 (17.25%) Microsoft
2 479 (7.58%) VMware
3 425 (6.72%) Cisco
4 356 (5.63%) Oracle
5 289 (4.57%) ESRI
6 262 (4.15%) Juniper
7 168 (2.66%) Red Hat
8 102 (1.61%) Remedy
9 98 (1.55%) ServiceNow
10 91 (1.44%) HP
11 90 (1.42%) Sparx
12 83 (1.31%) IBM
13 72 (1.14%) Dell
14 67 (1.06%) Fortinet
15 59 (0.93%) Google
16 55 (0.87%) McAfee
17 54 (0.85%) CheckPoint
18 51 (0.81%) Palo Alto
19 50 (0.79%) Veeam
20 49 (0.78%) Splunk