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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 10 65
Rank change year-on-year +2 +55 +19
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 944 753 334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.25% 13.20% 4.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.06% 31.32% 13.70%
Number of salaries quoted 585 379 168
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,691 £36,250 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £45,600 £55,038
Median % change year-on-year +16.23% -17.15% -15.33%
75th Percentile £63,748 £61,900 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,046 £75,500 £86,625
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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 2,618 2,404 2,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.76% 42.13% 33.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,537 993 964
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,700 £28,725
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £36,953
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -1.42%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £51,350 £51,750
% change year-on-year +2.24% -0.77% +3.50%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +5 762 £52,550 +15.24% 154
Buckinghamshire -4 130 £55,000 +10.55% 38
Oxfordshire +2 52 £51,760 +21.79% 22
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 (4.24%) WebLogic
2 38 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (3.07%) ArcGIS
3 29 (3.07%) GeoServer
4 21 (2.22%) OpenStack
5 19 (2.01%) Exchange Server 2010
6 14 (1.48%) Oracle Service Bus
7 13 (1.38%) CMS
8 10 (1.06%) IIS
8 10 (1.06%) Red Hat Fuse
9 9 (0.95%) JBoss
9 9 (0.95%) SharePoint
10 8 (0.85%) Confluence
11 6 (0.64%) Apache
12 4 (0.42%) nginx
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 56 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.12%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.42%) Siemens NX
6 4 (0.42%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (1.80%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.42%) 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
1 182 (19.28%) Azure
2 95 (10.06%) AWS
3 53 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (4.45%) Azure Monitor
5 27 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
6 26 (2.75%) Entra ID
7 23 (2.44%) Serverless
8 22 (2.33%) Amazon ECS
8 22 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (1.80%) Azure Storage
9 17 (1.80%) 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 (0.42%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.42%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 78 (8.26%) Firewall
2 57 (6.04%) DNS
3 48 (5.08%) DHCP
4 32 (3.39%) VPN
5 19 (2.01%) SSL
6 18 (1.91%) WAN
7 17 (1.80%) Cisco Firepower
8 16 (1.69%) LAN
9 15 (1.59%) Network Security
10 14 (1.48%) Wireless
11 13 (1.38%) SAN
12 12 (1.27%) BGP
12 12 (1.27%) OSPF
12 12 (1.27%) SD-WAN
13 10 (1.06%) SNMP
14 9 (0.95%) TCP/IP
15 8 (0.85%) IPsec
15 8 (0.85%) VLAN
16 7 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
17 6 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (5.93%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (4.77%) Relational Database
3 34 (3.60%) GIS
4 29 (3.07%) QGIS
5 24 (2.54%) Oracle Database
5 24 (2.54%) SQL Server
6 22 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
7 15 (1.59%) Oracle Database 11g
8 14 (1.48%) Oracle Database 10g
8 14 (1.48%) VLDB
9 13 (1.38%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.53%) MySQL
10 5 (0.53%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.21%) NonStop SQL
14 1 (0.11%) Power BI
14 1 (0.11%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 41 (4.34%) Jenkins
2 29 (3.07%) GitLab
3 28 (2.97%) Git
4 22 (2.33%) Visual Studio
5 15 (1.59%) JIRA
5 15 (1.59%) JUnit
6 8 (0.85%) Cucumber
6 8 (0.85%) Rational DOORS
6 8 (0.85%) Selenium
6 8 (0.85%) TestRail
7 7 (0.74%) MSI
7 7 (0.74%) REST Assured
7 7 (0.74%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.64%) AdminStudio
8 6 (0.64%) InstallShield
8 6 (0.64%) TestNG
9 4 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.42%) Subversion
10 3 (0.32%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.21%) SoapUI
General
1 211 (22.35%) Social Skills
2 67 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (6.99%) Public Sector
4 45 (4.77%) Organisational Skills
5 37 (3.92%) Finance
6 24 (2.54%) Police
7 12 (1.27%) Aerospace
7 12 (1.27%) Back Office
8 10 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (0.95%) Manufacturing
10 7 (0.74%) Fire and Rescue
10 7 (0.74%) Telecoms
11 6 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.53%) Electronics
12 5 (0.53%) Law
12 5 (0.53%) Military
12 5 (0.53%) Publishing
13 4 (0.42%) Legal
13 4 (0.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 172 (18.22%) Senior
2 134 (14.19%) Analyst
3 94 (9.96%) Systems Engineer
4 87 (9.22%) Architect
5 86 (9.11%) Developer
6 65 (6.89%) Software Engineer
7 50 (5.30%) Support Analyst
8 47 (4.98%) Network Engineer
9 44 (4.66%) Applications Support
9 44 (4.66%) Lead
10 43 (4.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 43 (4.56%) Support Specialist
11 38 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
11 38 (4.03%) Senior Software Engineer
12 37 (3.92%) Administrator
13 36 (3.81%) Applications Support Analyst
14 29 (3.07%) Active Directory Specialist
14 29 (3.07%) Azure Specialist
15 27 (2.86%) Senior Systems Engineer
16 25 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.30%) Spring
2 47 (4.98%) React
3 46 (4.87%) .NET
4 45 (4.77%) CSS
5 33 (3.50%) REST
6 32 (3.39%) Leaflet
6 32 (3.39%) OpenLayers
7 29 (3.07%) PostGIS
8 28 (2.97%) J2EE
8 28 (2.97%) Node.js
9 27 (2.86%) .NET Core
9 27 (2.86%) AngularJS
9 27 (2.86%) HTML
9 27 (2.86%) Spring Boot
9 27 (2.86%) Web Services
10 25 (2.65%) Elastic Stack
11 22 (2.33%) Java EE
12 21 (2.22%) Apache Camel
13 18 (1.91%) ARM Templates
14 16 (1.69%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 51 (5.40%) Management Information System
2 41 (4.34%) Algorithms
3 39 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (2.86%) CMDB
5 24 (2.54%) Data Centre
5 24 (2.54%) PKI
6 22 (2.33%) Product Ownership
7 21 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.69%) Driving Licence
9 15 (1.59%) Mainframe
10 14 (1.48%) Private Cloud
11 13 (1.38%) Digital Signage
12 10 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.06%) Security Operations Centre
13 9 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
13 9 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (0.74%) Virtual Team
15 6 (0.64%) CUDA
15 6 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
15 6 (0.64%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 149 (15.78%) Windows
2 144 (15.25%) Linux
3 76 (8.05%) Windows Server
4 70 (7.42%) Windows 10
5 68 (7.20%) Unix
6 61 (6.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 60 (6.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 42 (4.45%) Windows 7
8 42 (4.45%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (1.48%) CentOS
9 14 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 14 (1.48%) Solaris
10 12 (1.27%) Windows NT
10 12 (1.27%) Windows XP
11 4 (0.42%) Rocky
11 4 (0.42%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.11%) Debian
12 1 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (24.58%) Agile
2 193 (20.44%) ITIL
3 192 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
4 143 (15.15%) DevOps
5 140 (14.83%) Actionable Insight
6 96 (10.17%) Service Management
7 91 (9.64%) Customer Service
8 78 (8.26%) Software Engineering
9 76 (8.05%) Project Management
10 70 (7.42%) Software Testing
11 69 (7.31%) Decision-Making
12 65 (6.89%) Computer Science
13 64 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
14 63 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 59 (6.25%) CI/CD
15 59 (6.25%) Physics
16 57 (6.04%) Release Management
17 56 (5.93%) Scrum
18 54 (5.72%) Service Delivery
19 53 (5.61%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 131 (13.88%) Python
2 113 (11.97%) JavaScript
3 82 (8.69%) Java
4 81 (8.58%) C#
5 74 (7.84%) PowerShell
6 67 (7.10%) SQL
7 55 (5.83%) C++
8 52 (5.51%) Fortran
9 35 (3.71%) Bash
10 30 (3.18%) C
11 29 (3.07%) VB
12 27 (2.86%) Shell Script
13 23 (2.44%) VBScript
14 20 (2.12%) PL/SQL
15 17 (1.80%) Bicep
16 15 (1.59%) COBOL
17 14 (1.48%) TypeScript
18 12 (1.27%) MATLAB
19 10 (1.06%) Groovy
20 7 (0.74%) Perl
Qualifications
1 527 (55.83%) SC Cleared
2 310 (32.84%) DV Cleared
3 212 (22.46%) Degree
4 48 (5.08%) Cisco Certification
5 40 (4.24%) CCNA
6 33 (3.50%) Master's Degree
6 33 (3.50%) PhD
7 31 (3.28%) CTC Cleared
8 30 (3.18%) CCNP
9 29 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
9 29 (3.07%) NVQ Level 3
10 23 (2.44%) HNC
11 21 (2.22%) AWS Certification
12 19 (2.01%) A+ Certification
13 17 (1.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 15 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
15 14 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (1.38%) Azure Certification
16 13 (1.38%) MCP
17 9 (0.95%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (6.57%) SLA
2 19 (2.01%) QA
3 14 (1.48%) NIST
4 13 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.17%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.06%) 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 (12.82%) Active Directory
2 50 (5.30%) Docker
3 37 (3.92%) Firmware
4 36 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 32 (3.39%) Hyper-V
6 18 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (1.48%) Oracle RAC
10 12 (1.27%) KVM
11 7 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 108 (11.44%) SCCM
2 68 (7.20%) Kubernetes
3 63 (6.67%) SCOM
4 52 (5.51%) WSUS
5 49 (5.19%) Ansible
6 36 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
7 33 (3.50%) Terraform
8 23 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 22 (2.33%) OpenSSO
9 22 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (2.01%) NetBackup
11 17 (1.80%) vCenter Server
12 16 (1.69%) EMC NetWorker
13 14 (1.48%) Data Guard
13 14 (1.48%) Oracle RMAN
14 12 (1.27%) Sysprep
15 9 (0.95%) Rancher
16 4 (0.42%) Kibana
17 3 (0.32%) Nagios
17 3 (0.32%) OpenView
Vendors
1 276 (29.24%) Microsoft
2 90 (9.53%) Cisco
3 84 (8.90%) Oracle
4 52 (5.51%) Juniper
4 52 (5.51%) VMware
5 44 (4.66%) ServiceNow
6 40 (4.24%) HP
7 39 (4.13%) Remedy
8 29 (3.07%) ESRI
9 23 (2.44%) Dynatrace
10 21 (2.22%) WSO2
11 17 (1.80%) EMC
11 17 (1.80%) F5
12 16 (1.69%) Extreme Networks
12 16 (1.69%) Veeam
13 15 (1.59%) Unisys
14 14 (1.48%) Sun
15 13 (1.38%) Dell
15 13 (1.38%) Riverbed
16 12 (1.27%) Symantec