Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 60 116
Rank change year-on-year +13 +56 -11
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 4,662 5,110 5,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.73% 5.03% 3.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.10% 15.40% 11.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,611 2,586 2,419
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,214 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year - +3.55% +1.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,264 33,185 42,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.68% 32.68% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 17,216 14,890 18,866
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the UK

SC Cleared
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the UK

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the UK

SC Cleared
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +14 3,785 £55,000 -8.33% 1,080
UK excluding London +15 3,695 £55,000 - 911
Work from Home +2 1,883 £60,000 -4.00% 483
South East +24 1,201 £55,000 - 272
South West -2 873 £52,500 -4.55% 239
London -8 606 £71,750 +6.30% 213
North of England +34 569 £57,500 -4.17% 165
North West +9 388 £55,000 -4.35% 130
Midlands +1 385 £52,500 -12.50% 91
West Midlands +4 244 £55,000 -8.33% 64
Scotland -33 243 £60,000 +4.35% 78
Wales +15 214 £51,500 +70.50% 12
Yorkshire +84 154 £60,000 -10.45% 21
East Midlands -5 141 £50,000 -4.76% 26
East of England -9 128 £55,000 - 65
Northern Ireland +35 104 £60,000 +75.18% 13
North East -28 27 £55,000 +15.79% 14

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 338 (7.25%) ArcGIS
2 330 (7.08%) GeoServer
3 156 (3.35%) Confluence
4 120 (2.57%) WebLogic
5 90 (1.93%) SharePoint
6 76 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
7 47 (1.01%) Apache
8 45 (0.97%) Oracle Service Bus
9 39 (0.84%) OpenStack
10 37 (0.79%) IIS
11 36 (0.77%) JBoss
11 36 (0.77%) Red Hat Fuse
12 35 (0.75%) Apache Spark
13 18 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2010
14 15 (0.32%) CMS
15 14 (0.30%) Skype for Business
16 9 (0.19%) SharePoint 2010
16 9 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
17 7 (0.15%) Drupal
18 6 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 169 (3.63%) Microsoft Office
2 84 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 78 (1.67%) MS Visio
4 46 (0.99%) Sketch
5 40 (0.86%) Simulink
6 24 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
7 19 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (0.19%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.086%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.086%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.064%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.043%) Abaqus
11 2 (0.043%) Fireworks
11 2 (0.043%) GNU Octave
11 2 (0.043%) InDesign
12 1 (0.021%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.021%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.021%) Blender
12 1 (0.021%) Revit
Business Applications
1 92 (1.97%) Remedy ITSM
2 89 (1.91%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 39 (0.84%) Siebel CRM
4 18 (0.39%) Maximo
5 12 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
6 11 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
7 10 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
7 10 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
8 9 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
9 8 (0.17%) Elite 3E
10 6 (0.13%) Primavera
10 6 (0.13%) SAP ERP
10 6 (0.13%) SAP WM
11 5 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
11 5 (0.11%) Teamcenter
12 4 (0.086%) SAP CO
12 4 (0.086%) SAP FI
12 4 (0.086%) SAP FI/CO
12 4 (0.086%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 1,214 (26.04%) Azure
2 984 (21.11%) AWS
3 194 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
4 138 (2.96%) Amazon EKS
4 138 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
5 126 (2.70%) Power Platform
6 125 (2.68%) GCP
7 121 (2.60%) Serverless
8 115 (2.47%) SaaS
9 99 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
10 71 (1.52%) Miro
11 69 (1.48%) OpenShift
12 66 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
13 61 (1.31%) PaaS
14 59 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
15 58 (1.24%) OCI
16 54 (1.16%) Amazon ECS
17 51 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
18 48 (1.03%) Amazon SQS
19 47 (1.01%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 288 (6.18%) Firewall
2 165 (3.54%) DNS
3 124 (2.66%) WAN
4 118 (2.53%) TCP/IP
5 90 (1.93%) LAN
6 88 (1.89%) Network Security
7 85 (1.82%) VPN
8 83 (1.78%) Wireless
9 77 (1.65%) BGP
10 73 (1.57%) SSL
11 71 (1.52%) DHCP
12 70 (1.50%) SAN
13 49 (1.05%) SD-WAN
14 40 (0.86%) IPsec
14 40 (0.86%) Software-Defined Radio
15 37 (0.79%) MPLS
16 33 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
17 31 (0.66%) AMQP
18 30 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
19 29 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 419 (8.99%) PostgreSQL
2 347 (7.44%) GIS
3 330 (7.08%) QGIS
4 156 (3.35%) Relational Database
5 116 (2.49%) SQL Server
6 108 (2.32%) Oracle Database
7 87 (1.87%) NoSQL
8 69 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
9 64 (1.37%) Big Data
9 64 (1.37%) Power BI
10 63 (1.35%) RDBMS
11 61 (1.31%) Hadoop
12 50 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
13 48 (1.03%) MongoDB
14 47 (1.01%) Oracle Database 11g
15 45 (0.97%) Oracle Database 10g
15 45 (0.97%) VLDB
16 42 (0.90%) MySQL
17 38 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
18 34 (0.73%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 248 (5.32%) Git
2 243 (5.21%) JIRA
3 202 (4.33%) Jenkins
4 113 (2.42%) Visual Studio
5 105 (2.25%) Bitbucket
6 88 (1.89%) GitLab
7 59 (1.27%) Sourcetree
8 36 (0.77%) Selenium
9 35 (0.75%) Cucumber
9 35 (0.75%) Rational DOORS
10 30 (0.64%) JUnit
11 29 (0.62%) IntelliJ
12 25 (0.54%) Ant
13 23 (0.49%) Subversion
14 17 (0.36%) REST Assured
14 17 (0.36%) TestNG
15 15 (0.32%) CMake
15 15 (0.32%) JMeter
15 15 (0.32%) LabVIEW
16 14 (0.30%) WebDriver
General
1 1,066 (22.87%) Social Skills
2 519 (11.13%) Public Sector
3 331 (7.10%) Finance
4 310 (6.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 273 (5.86%) Aerospace
6 250 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
7 219 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
8 139 (2.98%) Games
9 128 (2.75%) Police
10 107 (2.30%) Telecoms
11 100 (2.15%) Military
12 75 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
13 65 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
14 56 (1.20%) Manufacturing
15 53 (1.14%) Law
16 52 (1.12%) Electronics
17 48 (1.03%) Retail
18 40 (0.86%) Marketing
19 34 (0.73%) Legal
20 17 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,022 (21.92%) Senior
2 691 (14.82%) Architect
3 561 (12.03%) Software Engineer
4 538 (11.54%) Developer
5 347 (7.44%) Analyst
6 343 (7.36%) Lead
7 324 (6.95%) Solutions Architect
8 298 (6.39%) Senior Software Engineer
9 225 (4.83%) Consultant
10 193 (4.14%) Systems Engineer
11 190 (4.08%) Project Manager
12 175 (3.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 175 (3.75%) Senior Developer
13 159 (3.41%) Network Engineer
14 128 (2.75%) DevOps Engineer
15 116 (2.49%) Business Analyst
15 116 (2.49%) Presales Solution Architect
16 115 (2.47%) Designer
17 111 (2.38%) Technical Architect
18 97 (2.08%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 464 (9.95%) .NET
2 444 (9.52%) React
3 333 (7.14%) Leaflet
4 332 (7.12%) OpenLayers
5 331 (7.10%) CSS
6 330 (7.08%) PostGIS
7 305 (6.54%) .NET Core
8 188 (4.03%) Spring
9 179 (3.84%) REST
10 172 (3.69%) Node.js
11 163 (3.50%) AngularJS
12 133 (2.85%) Spring Boot
13 128 (2.75%) HTML
13 128 (2.75%) Web Services
14 116 (2.49%) RESTful
15 106 (2.27%) XML
16 89 (1.91%) SOAP
17 88 (1.89%) Unity (Game Engine)
18 81 (1.74%) JSON
19 79 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 165 (3.54%) Management Information System
2 150 (3.22%) Data Centre
3 111 (2.38%) Product Ownership
4 100 (2.15%) Virtual Team
5 98 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
6 90 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
6 90 (1.93%) Virtual Reality
7 81 (1.74%) Driving Licence
8 72 (1.54%) Onboarding
9 65 (1.39%) Public Cloud
10 62 (1.33%) Operational Technology
11 60 (1.29%) Cyberattack
12 58 (1.24%) Private Cloud
13 55 (1.18%) Cloud Native
14 54 (1.16%) Algorithms
15 53 (1.14%) CMDB
16 41 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
17 39 (0.84%) PKI
18 38 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
19 37 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 623 (13.36%) Linux
2 597 (12.81%) Windows
3 264 (5.66%) Windows Server
4 130 (2.79%) Unix
5 128 (2.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 104 (2.23%) Ubuntu
7 88 (1.89%) Windows 10
8 80 (1.72%) CentOS
9 60 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
10 52 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 45 (0.97%) Solaris
12 30 (0.64%) Windows 7
13 28 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
14 27 (0.58%) Debian
15 22 (0.47%) Android
16 19 (0.41%) VMS
17 18 (0.39%) AIX
18 12 (0.26%) Windows XP
19 10 (0.21%) zOS
20 8 (0.17%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,563 (33.53%) Agile
2 1,393 (29.88%) Actionable Insight
3 1,057 (22.67%) DevOps
4 890 (19.09%) Software Engineering
5 823 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 459 (9.85%) Scrum
7 440 (9.44%) Cybersecurity
8 426 (9.14%) Project Management
9 344 (7.38%) ITIL
10 342 (7.34%) Web Development
11 339 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management
12 305 (6.54%) Mentoring
13 299 (6.41%) Collaborative Working
14 279 (5.98%) CI/CD
15 255 (5.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 255 (5.47%) Service Management
16 247 (5.30%) Presales
17 223 (4.78%) Business Case
18 218 (4.68%) Kanban
19 217 (4.65%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 761 (16.32%) Python
2 614 (13.17%) JavaScript
3 525 (11.26%) Java
4 447 (9.59%) C#
5 414 (8.88%) SQL
6 296 (6.35%) PowerShell
7 152 (3.26%) C++
8 94 (2.02%) Bash
9 83 (1.78%) C
10 71 (1.52%) TypeScript
11 70 (1.50%) PL/SQL
12 58 (1.24%) Shell Script
13 56 (1.20%) MATLAB
14 37 (0.79%) Go
15 25 (0.54%) Bicep
16 21 (0.45%) Kotlin
17 20 (0.43%) Ruby
17 20 (0.43%) VB
18 19 (0.41%) Perl
18 19 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4,662 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 754 (16.17%) Degree
3 617 (13.23%) DV Cleared
4 280 (6.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 138 (2.96%) AWS Certification
6 127 (2.72%) Azure Certification
7 122 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 119 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
8 119 (2.55%) CISM
9 115 (2.47%) CISSP
10 87 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
11 76 (1.63%) CCNA
12 74 (1.59%) CCNP
13 70 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 64 (1.37%) CESG Certified Professional
14 64 (1.37%) CRISC
15 61 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
16 53 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 37 (0.79%) A+ Certification
18 32 (0.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 146 (3.13%) Accessibility
3 139 (2.98%) SLA
4 90 (1.93%) NCSC
5 88 (1.89%) QA
6 59 (1.27%) NIST
7 58 (1.24%) WCAG
8 45 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 39 (0.84%) PMO
10 38 (0.82%) GDPR
11 33 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
12 32 (0.69%) COBIT
13 26 (0.56%) Def Stans
14 24 (0.51%) Data Quality
14 24 (0.51%) GRC
15 23 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 21 (0.45%) JSP 440
16 21 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
17 16 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 15 (0.32%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 334 (7.16%) Active Directory
2 252 (5.41%) Docker
3 193 (4.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 127 (2.72%) Hyper-V
5 47 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
6 45 (0.97%) Oracle RAC
7 36 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
8 33 (0.71%) Firmware
9 32 (0.69%) vSphere
10 23 (0.49%) KVM
11 22 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
12 16 (0.34%) pfSense
13 14 (0.30%) VMware NSX
14 10 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
14 10 (0.21%) NFS
15 9 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
15 9 (0.19%) XenDesktop
16 4 (0.086%) Embedded Firmware
16 4 (0.086%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 3 (0.064%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 272 (5.83%) Kubernetes
2 266 (5.71%) Ansible
3 236 (5.06%) Terraform
4 153 (3.28%) SCCM
5 69 (1.48%) Puppet
6 61 (1.31%) SCOM
6 61 (1.31%) vCenter Server
7 50 (1.07%) WSUS
8 46 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
9 45 (0.97%) Data Guard
9 45 (0.97%) Oracle RMAN
10 41 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
11 35 (0.75%) Grafana
12 32 (0.69%) OpenView
13 31 (0.66%) NetBackup
14 29 (0.62%) EMC NetWorker
14 29 (0.62%) OpenSSO
15 24 (0.51%) ZABBIX
16 19 (0.41%) Prometheus
17 18 (0.39%) Nagios
Vendors
1 803 (17.22%) Microsoft
2 349 (7.49%) Oracle
3 337 (7.23%) ESRI
4 301 (6.46%) VMware
5 256 (5.49%) Cisco
6 206 (4.42%) Juniper
7 121 (2.60%) Remedy
8 114 (2.45%) ServiceNow
9 94 (2.02%) Google
10 89 (1.91%) HP
10 89 (1.91%) Sparx
11 82 (1.76%) Red Hat
12 54 (1.16%) Fortinet
13 53 (1.14%) Palo Alto
14 50 (1.07%) CheckPoint
14 50 (1.07%) NetApp
14 50 (1.07%) Splunk
15 49 (1.05%) BMC
15 49 (1.05%) IBM
16 46 (0.99%) Sun