SC Cleared Jobs in the South West

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > South West

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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 13 17
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +13
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 878 899 1,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.47% 13.20% 13.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.62% 31.72% 34.47%
Number of salaries quoted 581 429 545
10th Percentile £30,385 £35,000 £36,975
25th Percentile £41,206 £42,500 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,500 £53,755
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +3.25% +7.51%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,250 £82,500 £78,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,325
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.52% +2.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,298 2,834 3,110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 35.57% 41.60% 38.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,148 1,257 1,607
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £30,505
25th Percentile £39,603 £38,066 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £66,625 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,850 £76,520
England median annual salary £54,995 £59,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.73% +8.36% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the South West

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the South West

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the South West over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the South West

SC Cleared
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the South West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Bristol +2 275 £68,500 +14.17% 91
Gloucestershire -13 241 £50,000 -23.08% 30
Wiltshire +5 188 £49,000 -2.00% 44
Dorset +4 99 £40,000 -23.81% 20
Somerset +10 50 £30,385 -36.03% 23
Devon -26 10 £50,000 - 24
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 93 (10.59%) Confluence
2 31 (3.53%) ArcGIS
2 31 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (3.53%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.08%) GeoServer
4 22 (2.51%) Apache
5 18 (2.05%) Apache Spark
6 10 (1.14%) SharePoint 2010
6 10 (1.14%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (0.46%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.23%) MS Project Server
8 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.23%) WildFly
9 1 (0.11%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 32 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.37%) Simulink
3 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.46%) Sketch
5 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.23%) GNU Octave
6 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 44 (5.01%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 18 (2.05%) Maximo
3 4 (0.46%) Primavera
4 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.23%) Q-Pulse
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 191 (21.75%) Azure
2 160 (18.22%) AWS
3 75 (8.54%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (6.04%) OpenShift
5 40 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (4.10%) GCP
7 21 (2.39%) AWS Lambda
7 21 (2.39%) Serverless
8 20 (2.28%) SaaS
9 19 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
9 19 (2.16%) Power Platform
10 18 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (1.03%) PaaS
12 8 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (0.91%) Power Automate
13 7 (0.80%) IaaS
14 6 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (0.68%) Miro
14 6 (0.68%) PowerApps
15 5 (0.57%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.30%) Firewall
2 24 (2.73%) TCP/IP
3 21 (2.39%) DNS
3 21 (2.39%) Wireless
4 20 (2.28%) AMQP
5 18 (2.05%) LAN
5 18 (2.05%) WAN
6 16 (1.82%) DHCP
7 14 (1.59%) HTTP
8 13 (1.48%) SAN
9 10 (1.14%) Network Security
10 9 (1.03%) Ethernet
10 9 (1.03%) iSCSI
11 8 (0.91%) Cisco IPT
11 8 (0.91%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (0.68%) BGP
12 6 (0.68%) RS-232
13 5 (0.57%) IPv4
13 5 (0.57%) Structured Cabling
13 5 (0.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (4.67%) GIS
2 30 (3.42%) Big Data
3 27 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (3.08%) QGIS
4 24 (2.73%) SQL Server
5 18 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (2.05%) Hadoop
6 15 (1.71%) Cloudera CDH
7 12 (1.37%) Power BI
7 12 (1.37%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.25%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (1.03%) MySQL
11 5 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.57%) InfluxDB
11 5 (0.57%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.57%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.46%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 105 (11.96%) Git
2 99 (11.28%) JIRA
3 96 (10.93%) Visual Studio
4 89 (10.14%) Bitbucket
5 59 (6.72%) Sourcetree
6 15 (1.71%) GitLab
6 15 (1.71%) LabVIEW
6 15 (1.71%) Rational DOORS
7 13 (1.48%) Jenkins
8 10 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
9 8 (0.91%) NetBeans
10 4 (0.46%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.46%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.46%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.46%) Selenium
11 2 (0.23%) PetaLinux
11 2 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
12 1 (0.11%) GDB
12 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
General
1 129 (14.69%) Social Skills
2 123 (14.01%) Games
3 110 (12.53%) Presentation Skills
4 108 (12.30%) Aerospace
5 90 (10.25%) Finance
6 49 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 35 (3.99%) Military
8 33 (3.76%) Public Sector
9 29 (3.30%) Analytical Skills
10 24 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (1.71%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.37%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.25%) Electronics
15 7 (0.80%) Publishing
15 7 (0.80%) Retail
16 4 (0.46%) Legal
16 4 (0.46%) Police
17 3 (0.34%) Billing
17 3 (0.34%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 159 (18.11%) Senior
2 146 (16.63%) Developer
3 92 (10.48%) Architect
4 88 (10.02%) 3D Developer
4 88 (10.02%) Games Developer
4 88 (10.02%) Unity 3D Developer
5 73 (8.31%) Solutions Architect
6 71 (8.09%) Software Engineer
7 70 (7.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 62 (7.06%) Consultant
9 60 (6.83%) Project Manager
10 59 (6.72%) Support Engineer
11 51 (5.81%) Lead
12 46 (5.24%) Systems Engineer
13 44 (5.01%) Security Consultant
14 43 (4.90%) Senior Developer
15 40 (4.56%) Information Assurance Manager
15 40 (4.56%) Information Manager
16 32 (3.64%) Security Manager
17 31 (3.53%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (10.02%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 77 (8.77%) .NET
3 60 (6.83%) React
4 30 (3.42%) .NET Core
4 30 (3.42%) AngularJS
4 30 (3.42%) CSS
5 27 (3.08%) Leaflet
5 27 (3.08%) OpenLayers
5 27 (3.08%) PostGIS
6 26 (2.96%) REST
7 24 (2.73%) RabbitMQ
8 21 (2.39%) Node.js
9 20 (2.28%) Spring
9 20 (2.28%) Spring Boot
10 15 (1.71%) gRPC
10 15 (1.71%) Material-UI
10 15 (1.71%) OpenAPI
10 15 (1.71%) Swagger
11 11 (1.25%) HTML
12 8 (0.91%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 88 (10.02%) Virtual Reality
2 46 (5.24%) Driving Licence
3 34 (3.87%) Management Information System
4 30 (3.42%) Cyberattack
5 18 (2.05%) Cloud Native
5 18 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (1.82%) Private Cloud
7 14 (1.59%) EMC VNX
8 13 (1.48%) Clustering
8 13 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
9 12 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
9 12 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
10 11 (1.25%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
12 9 (1.03%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.03%) Replication
13 8 (0.91%) Embedded Systems
13 8 (0.91%) PMI
13 8 (0.91%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 138 (15.72%) Windows
2 120 (13.67%) Linux
3 50 (5.69%) Windows Server
4 45 (5.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 36 (4.10%) Windows 10
6 26 (2.96%) CentOS
7 19 (2.16%) Ubuntu
8 15 (1.71%) Debian
9 13 (1.48%) AIX
9 13 (1.48%) Unix
10 9 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
11 8 (0.91%) CoreOS
11 8 (0.91%) Windows 7
11 8 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.46%) Android
12 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.34%) zOS
14 2 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (24.94%) DevOps
2 203 (23.12%) Agile
3 200 (22.78%) Software Engineering
4 151 (17.20%) Actionable Insight
5 141 (16.06%) UML
6 140 (15.95%) Scrum
7 119 (13.55%) Cybersecurity
8 96 (10.93%) Design Patterns
8 96 (10.93%) Information Assurance
8 96 (10.93%) ITIL
9 91 (10.36%) Project Management
10 90 (10.25%) Problem-Solving
11 88 (10.02%) Use Case
12 79 (9.00%) Risk Management
13 71 (8.09%) TOGAF
14 70 (7.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 66 (7.52%) Full Stack Development
16 64 (7.29%) Collaborative Working
17 63 (7.18%) ArchiMate
18 59 (6.72%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 123 (14.01%) Python
2 117 (13.33%) C#
3 86 (9.79%) Java
4 70 (7.97%) JavaScript
5 54 (6.15%) PowerShell
6 42 (4.78%) SQL
7 33 (3.76%) Bash
8 23 (2.62%) TypeScript
9 22 (2.51%) C++
10 19 (2.16%) MATLAB
11 17 (1.94%) C
12 13 (1.48%) Go
13 7 (0.80%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.68%) VBA
15 5 (0.57%) Fortran
16 4 (0.46%) R
17 3 (0.34%) Scala
18 2 (0.23%) Perl
18 2 (0.23%) Ruby
19 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 878 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 240 (27.33%) Degree
3 141 (16.06%) BPSS Clearance
3 141 (16.06%) DV Cleared
4 58 (6.61%) TOGAF Certification
5 50 (5.69%) CISSP
6 49 (5.58%) CESG Certified Professional
6 49 (5.58%) CISM
7 33 (3.76%) CRISC
8 15 (1.71%) A+ Certification
9 13 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.03%) CISA
12 8 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.91%) PMI Certification
13 7 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (0.80%) MCITP
13 7 (0.80%) MCSE
14 6 (0.68%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.68%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (5.69%) NCSC
3 35 (3.99%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 18 (2.05%) SLA
5 13 (1.48%) IEC 61508
5 13 (1.48%) NIST
6 10 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.14%) ISO 9001
6 10 (1.14%) JSP 440
7 9 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (1.03%) Def Stans
8 7 (0.80%) GDPR
9 6 (0.68%) QA
9 6 (0.68%) RMADS
9 6 (0.68%) TickIT
10 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 5 (0.57%) WCAG
11 4 (0.46%) GRC
12 3 (0.34%) Data Quality
System Software
1 97 (11.05%) Active Directory
2 82 (9.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (6.72%) Hyper-V
4 49 (5.58%) Docker
5 16 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.80%) XenDesktop
7 6 (0.68%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (0.46%) XenApp
9 3 (0.34%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.34%) Firmware
10 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 86 (9.79%) Ansible
2 54 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 54 (6.15%) SCCM
3 42 (4.78%) Puppet
4 35 (3.99%) Terraform
5 16 (1.82%) vCenter Server
6 14 (1.59%) EMC NetWorker
6 14 (1.59%) Nagios
7 12 (1.37%) Backup Exec
7 12 (1.37%) NetBackup
8 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.91%) ZABBIX
10 7 (0.80%) Kibana
11 6 (0.68%) Icinga
11 6 (0.68%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (0.57%) Grafana
12 5 (0.57%) Prometheus
13 3 (0.34%) OpenView
14 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 268 (30.52%) Microsoft
2 91 (10.36%) VMware
3 45 (5.13%) Red Hat
4 44 (5.01%) Sparx
5 36 (4.10%) Google
6 32 (3.64%) ESRI
7 28 (3.19%) IBM
8 24 (2.73%) Oracle
9 22 (2.51%) Cisco
10 21 (2.39%) NetApp
10 21 (2.39%) SolarWinds
11 15 (1.71%) SaltStack
12 14 (1.59%) EMC
12 14 (1.59%) Veeam
13 13 (1.48%) Citrix
13 13 (1.48%) Hitachi
14 12 (1.37%) Snow
14 12 (1.37%) Veritas
15 10 (1.14%) HP
16 9 (1.03%) Atlassian