Security Cleared Jobs in the South East

Security Clearance
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Security 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 11 18 49
Rank change year-on-year +7 +31 +7
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,979 1,521 1,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 11.72% 10.61% 5.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.00% 26.74% 17.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,351 813 581
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,280 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,713 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,550
England median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,820 5,689 6,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.47% 39.68% 33.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,640 2,535 3,155
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the South East

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the South East.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the South East

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the South East

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the South East 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
Thames Valley +5 922 £53,000 +16.23% 246
Berkshire +5 751 £52,550 +15.24% 170
Hampshire +2 677 £57,500 +4.55% 223
Surrey +5 286 £52,500 +5.00% 42
Buckinghamshire 0 122 £55,000 +19.59% 52
Oxfordshire +3 49 £52,500 +23.53% 24
Kent +21 37 £45,250 +6.47% 5
West Sussex +28 24 £67,500 +28.57% 20
Middlesex - 11 £35,000 - 1
Sussex - 5 £60,000 - 1
East Sussex +14 2 £92,500 +66.67% 2
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (2.02%) WebLogic
2 34 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (1.62%) OpenStack
4 29 (1.47%) ArcGIS
4 29 (1.47%) GeoServer
5 28 (1.41%) SharePoint
6 19 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2010
7 14 (0.71%) CMS
7 14 (0.71%) Oracle Service Bus
8 12 (0.61%) Confluence
8 12 (0.61%) IIS
9 11 (0.56%) Red Hat Fuse
10 10 (0.51%) JBoss
11 6 (0.30%) Apache
12 4 (0.20%) nginx
12 4 (0.20%) TWiki
13 2 (0.10%) Documentum
13 2 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.051%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.051%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 88 (4.45%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (1.92%) Simulink
3 20 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.20%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.20%) Siemens NX
6 4 (0.20%) Sketch
7 2 (0.10%) Fireworks
7 2 (0.10%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 41 (2.07%) Siebel CRM
2 17 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.20%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.20%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.20%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.15%) Primavera
6 3 (0.15%) Q-Pulse
6 3 (0.15%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.10%) C-CURE
7 2 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.10%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.051%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 357 (18.04%) Azure
2 238 (12.03%) AWS
3 84 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (2.43%) Serverless
5 43 (2.17%) Amazon EKS
6 39 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
7 37 (1.87%) SaaS
8 36 (1.82%) Entra ID
9 35 (1.77%) Amazon ECS
10 33 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
11 23 (1.16%) OCI
12 17 (0.86%) GitHub
13 16 (0.81%) Azure Storage
14 15 (0.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (0.56%) Power Platform
16 10 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
16 10 (0.51%) Route 53
16 10 (0.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 156 (7.88%) Firewall
2 109 (5.51%) DNS
3 77 (3.89%) BGP
4 70 (3.54%) DHCP
5 63 (3.18%) VPN
6 38 (1.92%) OSPF
7 34 (1.72%) Cisco Firepower
8 33 (1.67%) WAN
9 30 (1.52%) SSL
10 28 (1.41%) Network Security
11 26 (1.31%) 5G
12 25 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
13 22 (1.11%) Wireless
14 19 (0.96%) DMVPN
14 19 (0.96%) EIGRP
14 19 (0.96%) LAN
15 18 (0.91%) SAN
16 17 (0.86%) MPLS
16 17 (0.86%) TCP/IP
16 17 (0.86%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
2 62 (3.13%) NoSQL
3 61 (3.08%) Relational Database
4 44 (2.22%) SQL Server
5 34 (1.72%) GIS
5 34 (1.72%) Hadoop
5 34 (1.72%) MongoDB
6 33 (1.67%) Oracle BI EE
6 33 (1.67%) Siebel EIM
7 29 (1.47%) QGIS
8 25 (1.26%) Oracle Database
9 22 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (0.76%) Oracle Database 11g
11 14 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (0.71%) Oracle Database 10g
11 14 (0.71%) VLDB
12 9 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (0.40%) Big Data
13 8 (0.40%) Power BI
14 7 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 102 (5.15%) Jenkins
2 89 (4.50%) Git
3 42 (2.12%) GitLab
4 38 (1.92%) Visual Studio
5 31 (1.57%) Selenium
6 27 (1.36%) JIRA
7 24 (1.21%) Ant
8 19 (0.96%) Subversion
9 17 (0.86%) JUnit
9 17 (0.86%) Vagrant
10 15 (0.76%) CMake
11 12 (0.61%) TestRail
12 11 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
13 10 (0.51%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.51%) MSI
13 10 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
13 10 (0.51%) Trac
14 8 (0.40%) eggPlant
15 7 (0.35%) REST Assured
15 7 (0.35%) Robot Framework
General
1 361 (18.24%) Social Skills
2 156 (7.88%) Aerospace
3 131 (6.62%) Public Sector
4 89 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (2.88%) Military
6 50 (2.53%) Finance
7 46 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
8 44 (2.22%) Telecoms
9 41 (2.07%) Police
10 32 (1.62%) Manufacturing
11 30 (1.52%) Electronics
12 24 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (0.66%) Back Office
15 12 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (0.61%) Marketing
15 12 (0.61%) Retail
16 10 (0.51%) Law
17 9 (0.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 294 (14.86%) Senior
2 257 (12.99%) Architect
3 215 (10.86%) Developer
4 182 (9.20%) Analyst
5 179 (9.04%) Software Engineer
6 129 (6.52%) Systems Engineer
7 109 (5.51%) Network Engineer
8 100 (5.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 98 (4.95%) Lead
10 75 (3.79%) Senior Software Engineer
11 66 (3.34%) Integration Engineer
12 63 (3.18%) Support Analyst
13 59 (2.98%) Consultant
13 59 (2.98%) DevOps Engineer
14 57 (2.88%) Senior Developer
15 49 (2.48%) Administrator
15 49 (2.48%) Network Architect
16 44 (2.22%) Applications Support
16 44 (2.22%) C++ Software Engineer
17 42 (2.12%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (4.75%) .NET
2 74 (3.74%) Node.js
3 67 (3.39%) REST
4 65 (3.28%) Spring
5 57 (2.88%) React
6 54 (2.73%) CSS
7 48 (2.43%) XML
8 47 (2.37%) AngularJS
9 45 (2.27%) Web Services
10 40 (2.02%) HTML
10 40 (2.02%) Spring Boot
11 36 (1.82%) Elastic Stack
12 34 (1.72%) Kafka
13 32 (1.62%) .NET Core
13 32 (1.62%) Apache Camel
13 32 (1.62%) Leaflet
13 32 (1.62%) OpenLayers
14 31 (1.57%) Hibernate
14 31 (1.57%) JSON
14 31 (1.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 84 (4.24%) Algorithms
2 80 (4.04%) Management Information System
3 63 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
4 46 (2.32%) Data Centre
5 45 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
5 45 (2.27%) PKI
6 38 (1.92%) Product Ownership
7 31 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
7 31 (1.57%) Driving Licence
8 30 (1.52%) CMDB
9 24 (1.21%) Private Cloud
10 21 (1.06%) Mainframe
10 21 (1.06%) Satnav
11 20 (1.01%) Client/Server
12 19 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
13 17 (0.86%) FPGA
13 17 (0.86%) IoT
14 15 (0.76%) VHDL
15 13 (0.66%) Digital Signage
16 12 (0.61%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 374 (18.90%) Windows
2 320 (16.17%) Linux
3 156 (7.88%) Windows Server
4 85 (4.30%) Windows 10
5 78 (3.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 70 (3.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 60 (3.03%) Unix
8 53 (2.68%) CentOS
9 43 (2.17%) Windows 7
9 43 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 39 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 39 (1.97%) Ubuntu
11 19 (0.96%) Android
12 16 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
13 14 (0.71%) Solaris
14 12 (0.61%) Windows NT
14 12 (0.61%) Windows XP
15 8 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
16 5 (0.25%) Rocky
17 3 (0.15%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 511 (25.82%) Agile
2 450 (22.74%) Problem-Solving
3 320 (16.17%) Actionable Insight
4 292 (14.75%) DevOps
5 266 (13.44%) Software Engineering
6 215 (10.86%) ITIL
7 167 (8.44%) Collaborative Working
8 165 (8.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 155 (7.83%) Test Automation
10 142 (7.18%) Customer Service
11 135 (6.82%) Computer Science
12 130 (6.57%) Project Delivery
13 128 (6.47%) Service Management
14 127 (6.42%) Project Management
15 124 (6.27%) Cybersecurity
16 117 (5.91%) Scrum
17 107 (5.41%) Mentoring
18 93 (4.70%) Artificial Intelligence
19 92 (4.65%) Mathematics
20 88 (4.45%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 279 (14.10%) Java
2 277 (14.00%) Python
3 249 (12.58%) SQL
4 200 (10.11%) PowerShell
5 193 (9.75%) C++
6 169 (8.54%) JavaScript
7 134 (6.77%) C#
8 89 (4.50%) C
9 39 (1.97%) Fortran
10 32 (1.62%) Shell Script
11 30 (1.52%) Kotlin
12 29 (1.47%) Bash
13 25 (1.26%) VB
14 23 (1.16%) PL/SQL
15 22 (1.11%) VBScript
16 21 (1.06%) MATLAB
17 19 (0.96%) COBOL
18 15 (0.76%) TypeScript
19 14 (0.71%) Bicep
20 13 (0.66%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,229 (62.10%) SC Cleared
2 539 (27.24%) DV Cleared
3 329 (16.62%) Degree
4 104 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
5 93 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 77 (3.89%) CCNP
7 58 (2.93%) CCNA
8 51 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 49 (2.48%) CTC Cleared
10 41 (2.07%) PhD
11 39 (1.97%) AWS Certification
12 31 (1.57%) Master's Degree
13 29 (1.47%) NVQ Level 3
14 26 (1.31%) Azure Certification
15 23 (1.16%) HNC
16 22 (1.11%) DBS Check
17 21 (1.06%) A+ Certification
18 19 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
19 18 (0.91%) CISSP
20 17 (0.86%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (4.24%) SLA
2 80 (4.04%) QA
3 32 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (1.11%) NIST
5 21 (1.06%) Software Quality Assurance
6 14 (0.71%) GDPR
7 13 (0.66%) Accessibility
7 13 (0.66%) GRC
8 11 (0.56%) NCSC
9 10 (0.51%) COSHH
9 10 (0.51%) PMO
10 9 (0.45%) JSP 440
10 9 (0.45%) NIST 800
11 8 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 8 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 8 (0.40%) RMADS
12 5 (0.25%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.25%) WCAG
13 3 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 183 (9.25%) Active Directory
2 101 (5.10%) Docker
3 80 (4.04%) Hyper-V
4 71 (3.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 43 (2.17%) Firmware
6 32 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
8 19 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (0.81%) pfSense
9 16 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (0.76%) vSphere
11 14 (0.71%) Oracle RAC
12 13 (0.66%) KVM
13 10 (0.51%) NFS
14 5 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
15 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
16 2 (0.10%) VMware NSX
17 1 (0.051%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 130 (6.57%) Ansible
2 121 (6.11%) Kubernetes
3 111 (5.61%) SCCM
4 93 (4.70%) Terraform
5 67 (3.39%) WSUS
6 65 (3.28%) SCOM
7 43 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 40 (2.02%) vCenter Server
9 33 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
10 28 (1.41%) FortiGate
11 22 (1.11%) OpenSSO
12 20 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 19 (0.96%) Grafana
13 19 (0.96%) NetBackup
14 16 (0.81%) ZABBIX
15 15 (0.76%) EMC NetWorker
16 14 (0.71%) Data Guard
16 14 (0.71%) Oracle RMAN
17 12 (0.61%) Sysprep
18 11 (0.56%) Rancher
Vendors
1 370 (18.70%) Microsoft
2 197 (9.95%) Cisco
3 175 (8.84%) Juniper
4 139 (7.02%) Oracle
5 124 (6.27%) VMware
6 50 (2.53%) HP
7 48 (2.43%) ServiceNow
8 45 (2.27%) Fortinet
9 42 (2.12%) Remedy
10 41 (2.07%) Siebel
11 37 (1.87%) Xilinx
12 32 (1.62%) McAfee
12 32 (1.62%) WSO2
13 31 (1.57%) F5
14 29 (1.47%) ESRI
15 27 (1.36%) Dynatrace
16 25 (1.26%) Veeam
17 24 (1.21%) Red Hat
18 19 (0.96%) Unisys
19 16 (0.81%) EMC