SC Cleared Jobs in England

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 61 123
Rank change year-on-year +11 +62 -18
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 3,809 4,337 4,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.40% 4.90% 3.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.56% 14.91% 11.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,365 2,352 2,104
10th Percentile £31,500 £35,410 £32,092
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,214 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £76,250 £71,756
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,000 £57,100
% change year-on-year -7.26% +8.58% +3.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,484 29,082 36,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.31% 32.87% 26.52%
Number of salaries quoted 15,742 13,274 16,890
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,712 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,000
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 £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in England

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for SC Cleared in England

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in England

SC 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 SC Cleared within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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 +21 1,229 £55,000 - 332
South West -1 890 £55,000 -2.48% 262
London -26 601 £70,000 +3.70% 247
North of England +23 570 £57,500 -4.17% 175
North West +8 392 £55,000 -8.33% 125
Midlands -6 383 £55,000 -8.33% 140
West Midlands +2 247 £55,000 -8.33% 99
Yorkshire +67 151 £60,000 -10.45% 33
East Midlands -11 136 £50,000 -4.76% 41
East of England -13 122 £52,000 -6.31% 70
North East -25 27 £43,072 -9.32% 17
SC Cleared
UK

SC 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
1 204 (5.36%) ArcGIS
2 196 (5.15%) GeoServer
3 120 (3.15%) Confluence
4 89 (2.34%) SharePoint
5 77 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
6 64 (1.68%) WebLogic
7 48 (1.26%) Apache
8 39 (1.02%) OpenStack
9 35 (0.92%) Apache Spark
10 28 (0.74%) IIS
11 18 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2010
12 16 (0.42%) Red Hat Fuse
13 15 (0.39%) JBoss
14 14 (0.37%) CMS
14 14 (0.37%) Oracle Service Bus
15 10 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
15 10 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
16 7 (0.18%) Drupal
17 4 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
17 4 (0.11%) TWiki
Applications
1 136 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 46 (1.21%) Simulink
4 36 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 28 (0.74%) Sketch
6 22 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 16 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (0.24%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.11%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.11%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.053%) Abaqus
11 2 (0.053%) Fireworks
11 2 (0.053%) GNU Octave
11 2 (0.053%) InDesign
12 1 (0.026%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.026%) Blender
12 1 (0.026%) Revit
Business Applications
1 67 (1.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 46 (1.21%) Remedy ITSM
3 41 (1.08%) Siebel CRM
4 19 (0.50%) Maximo
5 8 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
7 6 (0.16%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.13%) Primavera
8 5 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.11%) Oracle Cash Management
9 4 (0.11%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.11%) SAP HR
9 4 (0.11%) SAP WM
10 3 (0.079%) Dynamics CRM
10 3 (0.079%) Q-Pulse
10 3 (0.079%) SAP CX
10 3 (0.079%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 943 (24.76%) Azure
2 759 (19.93%) AWS
3 186 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
4 116 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
5 115 (3.02%) Amazon EKS
6 102 (2.68%) Serverless
7 98 (2.57%) GCP
8 95 (2.49%) Power Platform
9 93 (2.44%) SaaS
10 74 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
11 72 (1.89%) OpenShift
12 63 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
13 55 (1.44%) Amazon ECS
14 50 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
15 49 (1.29%) PaaS
16 44 (1.16%) Miro
17 38 (1.00%) Entra ID
18 37 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
18 37 (0.97%) PowerApps
19 36 (0.95%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 225 (5.91%) Firewall
2 134 (3.52%) DNS
3 93 (2.44%) WAN
4 87 (2.28%) TCP/IP
5 74 (1.94%) DHCP
6 71 (1.86%) VPN
7 68 (1.79%) Network Security
8 61 (1.60%) SAN
8 61 (1.60%) Wireless
9 56 (1.47%) BGP
10 55 (1.44%) LAN
11 54 (1.42%) SSL
12 40 (1.05%) SD-WAN
13 38 (1.00%) IPsec
14 34 (0.89%) Cisco Firepower
14 34 (0.89%) MPLS
15 32 (0.84%) AMQP
16 27 (0.71%) Software-Defined Radio
16 27 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
17 22 (0.58%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 291 (7.64%) PostgreSQL
2 211 (5.54%) GIS
3 196 (5.15%) QGIS
4 111 (2.91%) Relational Database
5 104 (2.73%) SQL Server
6 88 (2.31%) NoSQL
7 70 (1.84%) Hadoop
8 63 (1.65%) Big Data
9 60 (1.58%) Power BI
10 55 (1.44%) Oracle Database
11 52 (1.37%) MongoDB
12 48 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
13 41 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
14 36 (0.95%) RDBMS
15 33 (0.87%) Oracle BI EE
15 33 (0.87%) Siebel EIM
16 31 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
17 29 (0.76%) MySQL
18 27 (0.71%) Cloudera CDH
19 19 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 209 (5.49%) Git
2 184 (4.83%) Jenkins
3 181 (4.75%) JIRA
4 102 (2.68%) Visual Studio
5 93 (2.44%) Bitbucket
6 79 (2.07%) GitLab
7 59 (1.55%) Sourcetree
8 35 (0.92%) Rational DOORS
9 29 (0.76%) Cucumber
10 28 (0.74%) JUnit
10 28 (0.74%) Selenium
11 24 (0.63%) Ant
12 22 (0.58%) Subversion
13 17 (0.45%) Vagrant
14 16 (0.42%) REST Assured
15 15 (0.39%) CMake
15 15 (0.39%) LabVIEW
15 15 (0.39%) TestNG
16 14 (0.37%) WebDriver
17 12 (0.32%) JMeter
General
1 810 (21.27%) Social Skills
2 374 (9.82%) Public Sector
3 280 (7.35%) Aerospace
4 248 (6.51%) Finance
5 221 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 183 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
7 160 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
8 120 (3.15%) Games
9 106 (2.78%) Military
10 95 (2.49%) Telecoms
11 83 (2.18%) Police
12 74 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
13 50 (1.31%) Electronics
14 49 (1.29%) Manufacturing
15 46 (1.21%) Retail
16 45 (1.18%) Law
17 43 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
18 32 (0.84%) Marketing
19 21 (0.55%) Legal
20 15 (0.39%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 727 (19.09%) Senior
2 494 (12.97%) Architect
3 443 (11.63%) Developer
4 415 (10.90%) Software Engineer
5 270 (7.09%) Lead
6 247 (6.48%) Analyst
7 204 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
8 201 (5.28%) Senior Software Engineer
9 184 (4.83%) Consultant
10 173 (4.54%) Systems Engineer
11 164 (4.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 160 (4.20%) Project Manager
13 144 (3.78%) Network Engineer
14 125 (3.28%) Senior Developer
15 124 (3.26%) DevOps Engineer
16 87 (2.28%) Security Consultant
17 85 (2.23%) Support Engineer
18 84 (2.21%) Business Analyst
19 81 (2.13%) Designer
20 77 (2.02%) 3D Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 319 (8.37%) .NET
2 302 (7.93%) React
3 199 (5.22%) Leaflet
4 198 (5.20%) OpenLayers
5 196 (5.15%) PostGIS
6 195 (5.12%) CSS
7 183 (4.80%) .NET Core
8 142 (3.73%) REST
9 140 (3.68%) Spring
10 136 (3.57%) Node.js
11 116 (3.05%) AngularJS
12 115 (3.02%) Spring Boot
13 80 (2.10%) HTML
14 77 (2.02%) Unity (Game Engine)
14 77 (2.02%) Web Services
15 73 (1.92%) XML
16 62 (1.63%) RabbitMQ
17 61 (1.60%) RESTful
18 55 (1.44%) SOAP
19 54 (1.42%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 126 (3.31%) Management Information System
2 102 (2.68%) Data Centre
3 92 (2.42%) Product Ownership
3 92 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
4 79 (2.07%) Virtual Reality
5 77 (2.02%) Driving Licence
6 67 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
7 66 (1.73%) Virtual Team
8 56 (1.47%) Private Cloud
9 55 (1.44%) Algorithms
10 49 (1.29%) Operational Technology
11 48 (1.26%) Cloud Native
11 48 (1.26%) Public Cloud
12 46 (1.21%) CMDB
13 43 (1.13%) Cyberattack
14 39 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
15 37 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
15 37 (0.97%) PKI
16 28 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
16 28 (0.74%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 574 (15.07%) Windows
2 552 (14.49%) Linux
3 260 (6.83%) Windows Server
4 115 (3.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 90 (2.36%) Windows 10
6 89 (2.34%) Ubuntu
7 83 (2.18%) CentOS
7 83 (2.18%) Unix
8 60 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
9 52 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 34 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
11 31 (0.81%) Windows 7
12 28 (0.74%) Android
12 28 (0.74%) Debian
13 19 (0.50%) Solaris
14 16 (0.42%) AIX
15 13 (0.34%) VMS
16 12 (0.32%) Windows XP
17 9 (0.24%) Windows NT
17 9 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,202 (31.56%) Agile
2 854 (22.42%) Actionable Insight
3 841 (22.08%) DevOps
4 682 (17.90%) Software Engineering
5 621 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
6 386 (10.13%) Scrum
7 377 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
8 352 (9.24%) Project Management
9 295 (7.74%) ITIL
10 254 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
11 246 (6.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 238 (6.25%) Mentoring
12 238 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
13 235 (6.17%) CI/CD
14 218 (5.72%) Service Management
15 202 (5.30%) Web Development
16 191 (5.01%) Project Delivery
17 188 (4.94%) Microservices
18 184 (4.83%) Kanban
19 180 (4.73%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 598 (15.70%) Python
2 466 (12.23%) Java
3 453 (11.89%) JavaScript
4 358 (9.40%) SQL
5 322 (8.45%) C#
6 291 (7.64%) PowerShell
7 158 (4.15%) C++
8 92 (2.42%) Bash
9 83 (2.18%) C
10 70 (1.84%) TypeScript
11 58 (1.52%) MATLAB
12 44 (1.16%) Shell Script
13 29 (0.76%) Kotlin
13 29 (0.76%) PL/SQL
14 23 (0.60%) Go
15 21 (0.55%) Bicep
16 19 (0.50%) VB
17 17 (0.45%) Groovy
17 17 (0.45%) Perl
17 17 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3,809 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 646 (16.96%) Degree
3 636 (16.70%) DV Cleared
4 203 (5.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 127 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 106 (2.78%) AWS Certification
7 100 (2.63%) CISM
8 94 (2.47%) CISSP
9 89 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
10 85 (2.23%) Azure Certification
11 82 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
12 64 (1.68%) CESG Certified Professional
13 63 (1.65%) CRISC
14 62 (1.63%) CCNP
15 60 (1.58%) CCNA
16 56 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
17 52 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 36 (0.95%) A+ Certification
19 33 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
20 30 (0.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 98 (2.57%) SLA
3 82 (2.15%) Accessibility
4 80 (2.10%) NCSC
5 77 (2.02%) QA
6 51 (1.34%) NIST
7 37 (0.97%) GDPR
8 35 (0.92%) WCAG
9 31 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 30 (0.79%) PMO
11 26 (0.68%) Def Stans
12 23 (0.60%) GRC
13 22 (0.58%) Data Quality
14 21 (0.55%) COBIT
14 21 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
14 21 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
15 19 (0.50%) JSP 440
16 16 (0.42%) ISO 9001
16 16 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 15 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 287 (7.53%) Active Directory
2 240 (6.30%) Docker
3 172 (4.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 126 (3.31%) Hyper-V
5 46 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
6 35 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
7 31 (0.81%) Firmware
7 31 (0.81%) vSphere
8 22 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
9 21 (0.55%) KVM
10 16 (0.42%) pfSense
11 14 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
12 11 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
13 10 (0.26%) NFS
13 10 (0.26%) XenDesktop
14 9 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
15 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
16 4 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
16 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 271 (7.11%) Kubernetes
2 261 (6.85%) Ansible
3 219 (5.75%) Terraform
4 152 (3.99%) SCCM
5 73 (1.92%) Puppet
6 64 (1.68%) SCOM
7 57 (1.50%) vCenter Server
8 48 (1.26%) WSUS
9 45 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
10 35 (0.92%) Grafana
10 35 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
11 33 (0.87%) NetBackup
12 29 (0.76%) EMC NetWorker
13 24 (0.63%) ZABBIX
14 22 (0.58%) OpenSSO
15 21 (0.55%) OpenView
16 20 (0.53%) Prometheus
17 19 (0.50%) Nagios
17 19 (0.50%) Progress Chef
18 15 (0.39%) Kibana
Vendors
1 701 (18.40%) Microsoft
2 268 (7.04%) VMware
3 227 (5.96%) Oracle
4 202 (5.30%) Cisco
4 202 (5.30%) ESRI
5 196 (5.15%) Juniper
6 98 (2.57%) ServiceNow
7 86 (2.26%) Red Hat
8 75 (1.97%) Google
9 74 (1.94%) HP
10 68 (1.79%) Remedy
11 67 (1.76%) Sparx
12 49 (1.29%) NetApp
13 46 (1.21%) IBM
14 41 (1.08%) Siebel
14 41 (1.08%) Veeam
15 39 (1.02%) Citrix
15 39 (1.02%) Splunk
16 37 (0.97%) EMC
17 36 (0.95%) WSO2