Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CTC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 831 947 1171
Rank change year-on-year +116 +224 -258
Permanent jobs citing CTC Cleared 59 30 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.059% 0.030% 0.045%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.092% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 53 24 52
10th Percentile £47,400 £35,375 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £38,094 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,250 £39,322
Median % change year-on-year +27.17% +9.99% -3.15%
75th Percentile £57,500 £47,767 £45,096
90th Percentile £62,500 £56,208 £69,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £43,250 £39,322
% change year-on-year +27.17% +9.99% -0.73%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CTC 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 27,486 32,730 43,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.51% 33.01% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,243 14,736 18,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,483 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.70% +1.01%

CTC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CTC Cleared in the UK

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Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CTC Cleared in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CTC Cleared over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CTC Cleared in the UK

CTC Cleared
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CTC Cleared within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +117 58 £55,000 +27.17% 18
UK excluding London +5 56 £55,000 +27.17% 17
South East +45 49 £55,000 -29.03% 2
Work from Home +97 40 £55,000 +27.17% 12
London +143 38 £55,000 +39.24% 4
East of England - 6 - - 1
West Midlands -2 1 £70,000 +61.85%
Midlands -23 1 £70,000 +61.85%

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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:

Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (1.69%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.69%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (1.69%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 18 (30.51%) Azure
1 18 (30.51%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.69%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.95%) Firewall
2 9 (15.25%) 4G
2 9 (15.25%) 5G
2 9 (15.25%) MPLS
2 9 (15.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (32.20%) Relational Database
2 6 (10.17%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (16.95%) Telecoms
2 6 (10.17%) Marketing
3 5 (8.47%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.39%) Police
5 1 (1.69%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 36 (61.02%) Developer
2 19 (32.20%) COBOL Developer
2 19 (32.20%) Mainframe Developer
3 17 (28.81%) HTML CSS Developer
3 17 (28.81%) HTML Developer
3 17 (28.81%) JavaScript Developer
4 10 (16.95%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) .NET Developer
5 6 (10.17%) ASP.NET Developer
5 6 (10.17%) Author
5 6 (10.17%) C# .NET Developer
5 6 (10.17%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 6 (10.17%) C# Developer
5 6 (10.17%) Technical Author
6 5 (8.47%) IBM Mainframe Developer
7 4 (6.78%) Senior
7 4 (6.78%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 2 (3.39%) Digital Transformation
8 2 (3.39%) Lead
9 1 (1.69%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (30.51%) CSS
1 18 (30.51%) HTML
2 6 (10.17%) .NET
2 6 (10.17%) .NET Framework
2 6 (10.17%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 19 (32.20%) Mainframe
2 12 (20.34%) Management Information System
3 11 (18.64%) Driving Licence
4 9 (15.25%) ARM Cortex
4 9 (15.25%) IoT
5 8 (13.56%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (11.86%) Graphic Design
7 6 (10.17%) Animation
8 5 (8.47%) IBM Mainframe
9 1 (1.69%) CCTV
9 1 (1.69%) Photography
9 1 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (1.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Linux
1 1 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (57.63%) Service Delivery
2 33 (55.93%) ITIL
3 18 (30.51%) DevOps
3 18 (30.51%) MVC
3 18 (30.51%) Web Development
4 13 (22.03%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (20.34%) MVVM
5 12 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (16.95%) Project Management
7 9 (15.25%) Data Management
8 8 (13.56%) Time Management
9 7 (11.86%) Change Control
10 6 (10.17%) CAD
10 6 (10.17%) Customer Service
10 6 (10.17%) Functional Testing
11 4 (6.78%) Patch Management
12 2 (3.39%) Business Case
12 2 (3.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 2 (3.39%) Critical Thinking
12 2 (3.39%) Planning and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 19 (32.20%) COBOL
2 18 (30.51%) JavaScript
3 6 (10.17%) C#
Qualifications
1 59 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (20.34%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (10.17%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.69%) CISM
4 1 (1.69%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (22.03%) GDPR
2 10 (16.95%) COSHH
2 10 (16.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.69%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (16.95%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (16.95%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 19 (32.20%) Unisys
2 12 (20.34%) Oracle
3 10 (16.95%) Cisco
4 9 (15.25%) Darktrace
4 9 (15.25%) HP
4 9 (15.25%) Mitel
4 9 (15.25%) NEC
4 9 (15.25%) Ribbon
5 6 (10.17%) Microsoft
6 5 (8.47%) IBM
7 1 (1.69%) Adobe
7 1 (1.69%) Aruba
7 1 (1.69%) Facebook
7 1 (1.69%) Instagram
7 1 (1.69%) Twitter
7 1 (1.69%) YouTube