Security Cleared Jobs in England

Security Clearance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 27 76
Rank change year-on-year +5 +49 -8
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 7,123 6,813 6,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.56% 8.24% 4.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.97% 24.42% 17.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,448 3,297 3,225
10th Percentile £34,000 £34,605 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,469 27,896 38,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.04% 33.75% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 15,718 12,868 17,018
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £38,691 £42,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in England

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in England

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in England

Security Cleared
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +5 2,057 £55,000 +10.00% 490
South West +3 1,976 £57,500 +2.31% 492
London +5 1,104 £70,000 +7.69% 389
North of England -3 850 £55,000 -8.33% 258
Midlands -12 677 £55,000 -2.65% 214
North West -7 618 £53,000 -11.67% 179
West Midlands +8 488 £55,000 -4.35% 166
East of England +19 433 £54,000 -1.82% 154
Yorkshire +3 190 £60,000 -9.77% 58
East Midlands -41 189 £42,786 -18.50% 48
North East -32 42 £56,250 +25.00% 22
South Coast - 1 £35,000 -
Security Cleared
UK

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 201 (2.82%) ArcGIS
2 189 (2.65%) GeoServer
3 138 (1.94%) SharePoint
4 117 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 113 (1.59%) Confluence
6 97 (1.36%) Apache
7 75 (1.05%) IIS
8 62 (0.87%) WebLogic
9 56 (0.79%) Apache Spark
10 33 (0.46%) OpenStack
11 27 (0.38%) Tomcat
12 25 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
12 25 (0.35%) nginx
13 16 (0.22%) Jupyter
13 16 (0.22%) SharePoint 2010
13 16 (0.22%) SharePoint 2013
14 13 (0.18%) CMS
14 13 (0.18%) JBoss
14 13 (0.18%) Oracle Service Bus
15 11 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 248 (3.48%) Microsoft Office
2 136 (1.91%) Simulink
3 119 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 73 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 40 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 35 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 32 (0.45%) Sketch
8 10 (0.14%) AutoCAD
9 6 (0.084%) Trello
10 5 (0.070%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.070%) Windchill
11 4 (0.056%) EPLAN
11 4 (0.056%) InVision
11 4 (0.056%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.056%) Siemens NX
11 4 (0.056%) Stateflow
12 3 (0.042%) Revit
12 3 (0.042%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.028%) Abaqus
13 2 (0.028%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 74 (1.04%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 55 (0.77%) NEC Housing
3 54 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
4 40 (0.56%) Siebel CRM
5 39 (0.55%) Primavera
6 28 (0.39%) Maximo
7 25 (0.35%) Workday HCM
8 16 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
9 14 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
10 13 (0.18%) SAP HR
11 12 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
12 10 (0.14%) SAP CO
12 10 (0.14%) SAP FI
12 10 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
13 9 (0.13%) SAP SCM
13 9 (0.13%) Teamcenter
14 8 (0.11%) SAP EWM
15 6 (0.084%) Oracle Applications
15 6 (0.084%) Oracle ERP
15 6 (0.084%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1,376 (19.32%) Azure
2 1,136 (15.95%) AWS
3 289 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
4 161 (2.26%) GCP
5 153 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
6 152 (2.13%) Power Platform
7 144 (2.02%) SaaS
8 122 (1.71%) OpenShift
9 120 (1.68%) Serverless
10 112 (1.57%) Amazon EKS
11 105 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
12 92 (1.29%) Entra ID
13 84 (1.18%) PaaS
14 75 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
15 62 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
16 60 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
16 60 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
17 57 (0.80%) IaaS
18 56 (0.79%) PowerApps
19 55 (0.77%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 441 (6.19%) Firewall
2 236 (3.31%) DNS
3 208 (2.92%) WAN
4 150 (2.11%) Network Security
4 150 (2.11%) TCP/IP
5 137 (1.92%) DHCP
6 136 (1.91%) LAN
7 135 (1.90%) BGP
8 128 (1.80%) VPN
9 78 (1.10%) Wireless
10 76 (1.07%) SAN
11 70 (0.98%) Internet
12 66 (0.93%) Cisco ASA
13 65 (0.91%) SSL
14 61 (0.86%) SD-WAN
15 60 (0.84%) MPLS
16 59 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
17 58 (0.81%) OSPF
18 52 (0.73%) IPsec
19 51 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 324 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
2 217 (3.05%) GIS
3 189 (2.65%) QGIS
4 174 (2.44%) SQL Server
5 134 (1.88%) Relational Database
6 108 (1.52%) Power BI
7 102 (1.43%) Hadoop
8 101 (1.42%) MongoDB
9 100 (1.40%) NoSQL
10 99 (1.39%) Big Data
11 97 (1.36%) Oracle Database
12 49 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
13 42 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
14 36 (0.51%) Oracle BI EE
14 36 (0.51%) RDBMS
14 36 (0.51%) Siebel EIM
15 35 (0.49%) MySQL
15 35 (0.49%) Tableau
16 32 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
17 29 (0.41%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 250 (3.51%) JIRA
2 232 (3.26%) Git
3 217 (3.05%) Jenkins
4 152 (2.13%) GitLab
5 119 (1.67%) Visual Studio
6 98 (1.38%) Rational DOORS
7 84 (1.18%) Bitbucket
8 59 (0.83%) Sourcetree
9 57 (0.80%) Selenium
10 38 (0.53%) Rational Rhapsody
11 31 (0.44%) JUnit
11 31 (0.44%) SonarQube
12 30 (0.42%) Cucumber
13 26 (0.37%) Subversion
14 24 (0.34%) LabVIEW
15 22 (0.31%) Vagrant
16 21 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 21 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
17 20 (0.28%) Ant
18 16 (0.22%) MSI
General
1 1,464 (20.55%) Social Skills
2 664 (9.32%) Public Sector
3 604 (8.48%) Aerospace
4 572 (8.03%) Finance
5 372 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
6 332 (4.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 272 (3.82%) Military
8 165 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
9 164 (2.30%) Manufacturing
9 164 (2.30%) Telecoms
10 159 (2.23%) Police
11 151 (2.12%) Games
12 133 (1.87%) Electronics
13 132 (1.85%) Retail
14 116 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
15 107 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
16 97 (1.36%) Law
17 67 (0.94%) Local Government
18 53 (0.74%) Legal
19 44 (0.62%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1,146 (16.09%) Senior
2 822 (11.54%) Architect
3 749 (10.52%) Software Engineer
4 600 (8.42%) Developer
5 517 (7.26%) Lead
6 489 (6.87%) Systems Engineer
7 465 (6.53%) Consultant
8 447 (6.28%) Analyst
9 351 (4.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 285 (4.00%) Senior Software Engineer
11 279 (3.92%) Network Engineer
12 272 (3.82%) Project Manager
13 256 (3.59%) DevOps Engineer
14 248 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
15 208 (2.92%) Administrator
16 176 (2.47%) Security Consultant
17 169 (2.37%) Support Engineer
18 148 (2.08%) Senior Developer
19 131 (1.84%) Technical Architect
20 113 (1.59%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 380 (5.33%) .NET
2 372 (5.22%) React
3 227 (3.19%) CSS
4 194 (2.72%) .NET Core
5 192 (2.70%) Leaflet
5 192 (2.70%) OpenLayers
6 189 (2.65%) PostGIS
7 172 (2.41%) Node.js
8 145 (2.04%) Spring
9 138 (1.94%) REST
10 137 (1.92%) AngularJS
11 130 (1.83%) HTML
12 121 (1.70%) Spring Boot
13 97 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
14 86 (1.21%) Web Services
15 83 (1.17%) XML
16 80 (1.12%) RabbitMQ
17 74 (1.04%) Kafka
18 69 (0.97%) JSON
19 64 (0.90%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 304 (4.27%) Management Information System
2 218 (3.06%) Driving Licence
3 212 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
4 208 (2.92%) Algorithms
5 150 (2.11%) Product Ownership
6 148 (2.08%) Data Centre
7 137 (1.92%) PKI
8 130 (1.83%) Public Cloud
9 99 (1.39%) Private Cloud
10 88 (1.24%) Cloud Native
11 87 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
12 83 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
13 76 (1.07%) Operational Technology
14 71 (1.00%) Cyberattack
15 70 (0.98%) Virtual Team
16 66 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
16 66 (0.93%) Virtual Reality
17 61 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
18 58 (0.81%) Onboarding
19 46 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1,148 (16.12%) Linux
2 1,037 (14.56%) Windows
3 343 (4.82%) Windows Server
4 182 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 177 (2.48%) Unix
6 159 (2.23%) Windows 10
7 137 (1.92%) CentOS
8 136 (1.91%) Ubuntu
9 135 (1.90%) Windows Server 2016
10 132 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
11 105 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
12 74 (1.04%) Embedded Linux
13 62 (0.87%) Windows 7
14 55 (0.77%) VMS
15 53 (0.74%) Solaris
16 45 (0.63%) Android
17 38 (0.53%) Debian
18 20 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
19 16 (0.22%) AIX
20 12 (0.17%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,021 (28.37%) Agile
2 1,176 (16.51%) Software Engineering
3 1,168 (16.40%) DevOps
4 1,111 (15.60%) Actionable Insight
5 1,064 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
6 797 (11.19%) Cybersecurity
7 644 (9.04%) Project Management
8 565 (7.93%) Scrum
9 536 (7.52%) Mentoring
10 529 (7.43%) Collaborative Working
11 528 (7.41%) ITIL
12 471 (6.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 439 (6.16%) Systems Engineering
14 438 (6.15%) CI/CD
15 390 (5.48%) Stakeholder Management
16 381 (5.35%) Project Delivery
17 328 (4.60%) Computer Science
18 318 (4.46%) Customer Service
19 314 (4.41%) Coaching
20 305 (4.28%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1,152 (16.17%) Python
2 720 (10.11%) Java
3 657 (9.22%) JavaScript
4 489 (6.87%) C#
5 485 (6.81%) SQL
6 449 (6.30%) PowerShell
7 330 (4.63%) C++
8 309 (4.34%) Bash
9 293 (4.11%) C
10 152 (2.13%) MATLAB
11 138 (1.94%) TypeScript
12 97 (1.36%) Shell Script
13 60 (0.84%) Fortran
14 59 (0.83%) Rust
15 57 (0.80%) Embedded C
16 43 (0.60%) Ada
17 39 (0.55%) Kotlin
18 38 (0.53%) VB
19 33 (0.46%) Bicep
20 30 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3,949 (55.44%) SC Cleared
2 1,767 (24.81%) DV Cleared
3 1,202 (16.87%) Degree
4 580 (8.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 192 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 190 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
7 141 (1.98%) CISSP
8 130 (1.83%) CCNP
9 116 (1.63%) AWS Certification
10 112 (1.57%) Azure Certification
10 112 (1.57%) CCNA
11 111 (1.56%) CISM
12 98 (1.38%) Master's Degree
13 96 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
14 85 (1.19%) CESG Certified Professional
15 73 (1.02%) DBS Check
16 68 (0.95%) CRISC
17 67 (0.94%) PhD
18 54 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
19 53 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 188 (2.64%) SLA
3 158 (2.22%) QA
4 145 (2.04%) Accessibility
5 132 (1.85%) NIST
6 111 (1.56%) NCSC
7 66 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
8 58 (0.81%) GDPR
9 51 (0.72%) NIST 800
10 44 (0.62%) ISO 9001
11 42 (0.59%) Def Stans
11 42 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 42 (0.59%) PCI DSS
12 40 (0.56%) PMO
13 36 (0.51%) GRC
13 36 (0.51%) WCAG
14 35 (0.49%) JSP 440
15 29 (0.41%) RMADS
16 28 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 17025
17 23 (0.32%) Data Quality
System Software
1 513 (7.20%) Active Directory
2 415 (5.83%) Docker
3 348 (4.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 177 (2.48%) Hyper-V
5 104 (1.46%) Firmware
6 99 (1.39%) vSphere
7 81 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
8 52 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
9 50 (0.70%) KVM
10 48 (0.67%) VMware NSX
11 28 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
12 25 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
13 16 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
13 16 (0.22%) pfSense
14 15 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
15 13 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
16 11 (0.15%) NFS
16 11 (0.15%) XenDesktop
17 9 (0.13%) Forefront TMG
17 9 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 515 (7.23%) Ansible
2 486 (6.82%) Kubernetes
3 395 (5.55%) Terraform
4 218 (3.06%) SCCM
5 157 (2.20%) Puppet
6 98 (1.38%) SCOM
7 97 (1.36%) WSUS
8 86 (1.21%) vCenter Server
9 76 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
10 56 (0.79%) Grafana
11 43 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
12 41 (0.58%) Prometheus
13 40 (0.56%) FortiGate
14 39 (0.55%) Progress Chef
15 37 (0.52%) NetBackup
16 32 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 32 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
17 28 (0.39%) EnCase
18 26 (0.37%) Nagios
19 25 (0.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1,165 (16.36%) Microsoft
2 508 (7.13%) VMware
3 413 (5.80%) Cisco
4 342 (4.80%) Oracle
5 292 (4.10%) Juniper
6 211 (2.96%) Red Hat
7 198 (2.78%) ESRI
8 138 (1.94%) ServiceNow
9 92 (1.29%) HP
10 91 (1.28%) IBM
11 89 (1.25%) Google
12 82 (1.15%) Dell
13 78 (1.10%) Remedy
14 77 (1.08%) SAP
15 74 (1.04%) Sparx
16 72 (1.01%) NEC
17 62 (0.87%) Fortinet
18 61 (0.86%) SolarWinds
19 59 (0.83%) Splunk
20 57 (0.80%) Veeam