SC Cleared Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 19 50 99
Rank change year-on-year +31 +49 +39
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 531 339 231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.90% 5.74% 3.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.50% 13.75% 9.95%
Number of salaries quoted 347 181 120
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £34,778
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -2.56% -25.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £79,063
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,590 2,465 2,321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 38.53% 41.74% 32.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,571 1,014 944
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,250 £28,575
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,071 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,738 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.55% -3.42% -2.83%
75th Percentile £68,500 £68,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.96% -2.86% +5.00%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the Thames Valley

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the Thames Valley

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the Thames Valley

SC Cleared
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +26 472 £53,000 -0.93% 83
Buckinghamshire -25 45 £50,000 -4.76% 27
Oxfordshire -18 14 £50,500 +9.19% 16
SC Cleared
South East

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (7.53%) WebLogic
2 29 (5.46%) ArcGIS
2 29 (5.46%) GeoServer
3 26 (4.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 24 (4.52%) OpenStack
5 18 (3.39%) Exchange Server 2010
6 14 (2.64%) Oracle Service Bus
7 13 (2.45%) CMS
8 12 (2.26%) IIS
9 10 (1.88%) Red Hat Fuse
10 9 (1.69%) Confluence
10 9 (1.69%) JBoss
11 6 (1.13%) Apache
11 6 (1.13%) SharePoint
12 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 39 (7.34%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (3.77%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.75%) Sketch
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (3.20%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 129 (24.29%) Azure
2 75 (14.12%) AWS
3 39 (7.34%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (5.65%) Amazon EKS
5 26 (4.90%) Serverless
6 25 (4.71%) Amazon ECS
6 25 (4.71%) Azure Monitor
7 12 (2.26%) OCI
8 9 (1.69%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.32%) Azure Storage
9 7 (1.32%) SaaS
10 6 (1.13%) Miro
11 5 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.94%) GitHub
11 5 (0.94%) PaaS
12 4 (0.75%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (0.75%) Figma
12 4 (0.75%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 64 (12.05%) Firewall
2 36 (6.78%) DNS
3 32 (6.03%) DHCP
4 27 (5.08%) VPN
5 16 (3.01%) SSL
6 15 (2.82%) WAN
7 13 (2.45%) Cisco Firepower
7 13 (2.45%) Network Security
7 13 (2.45%) SAN
7 13 (2.45%) Wireless
8 12 (2.26%) BGP
8 12 (2.26%) SNMP
9 10 (1.88%) SD-WAN
10 8 (1.51%) OSPF
11 7 (1.32%) IPsec
11 7 (1.32%) LAN
11 7 (1.32%) TCP/IP
11 7 (1.32%) VLAN
11 7 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (1.13%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (10.92%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (6.03%) Relational Database
3 31 (5.84%) GIS
4 29 (5.46%) QGIS
5 24 (4.52%) Oracle Database
6 22 (4.14%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (3.20%) NoSQL
8 15 (2.82%) Oracle Database 11g
9 14 (2.64%) Oracle Database 10g
9 14 (2.64%) SQL Server
9 14 (2.64%) VLDB
10 5 (0.94%) MySQL
10 5 (0.94%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 43 (8.10%) Jenkins
2 32 (6.03%) Git
3 14 (2.64%) JIRA
3 14 (2.64%) JUnit
4 8 (1.51%) Cucumber
4 8 (1.51%) Selenium
5 7 (1.32%) REST Assured
5 7 (1.32%) WebDriver
6 6 (1.13%) TestNG
7 5 (0.94%) AdminStudio
7 5 (0.94%) InstallShield
7 5 (0.94%) MSI
7 5 (0.94%) Oracle APEX
7 5 (0.94%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.75%) Subversion
9 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket Server
10 2 (0.38%) JMeter
10 2 (0.38%) Serenity BDD
10 2 (0.38%) SoapUI
General
1 139 (26.18%) Social Skills
2 55 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (8.10%) Public Sector
4 37 (6.97%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (4.33%) Police
6 13 (2.45%) Back Office
7 11 (2.07%) Finance
8 10 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.13%) Aerospace
10 5 (0.94%) Law
10 5 (0.94%) Local Government
10 5 (0.94%) Military
11 4 (0.75%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.75%) Retail
12 2 (0.38%) Electronics
13 1 (0.19%) Advertising
13 1 (0.19%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.19%) Games
13 1 (0.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 97 (18.27%) Senior
2 69 (12.99%) Analyst
3 51 (9.60%) Developer
4 47 (8.85%) Architect
5 44 (8.29%) Software Engineer
6 43 (8.10%) Applications Support
7 40 (7.53%) Support Analyst
8 36 (6.78%) Applications Support Analyst
8 36 (6.78%) Senior Analyst
9 32 (6.03%) Network Engineer
10 29 (5.46%) Lead
11 27 (5.08%) Java Developer
12 26 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 26 (4.90%) Senior Software Engineer
13 24 (4.52%) Support Specialist
14 23 (4.33%) Administrator
14 23 (4.33%) ServiceNow Administrator
14 23 (4.33%) Systems Engineer
14 23 (4.33%) Windows Engineer
15 22 (4.14%) Windows Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (10.36%) Spring
2 40 (7.53%) .NET
2 40 (7.53%) React
3 38 (7.16%) REST
4 32 (6.03%) Leaflet
4 32 (6.03%) Web Services
5 31 (5.84%) AngularJS
5 31 (5.84%) OpenLayers
6 30 (5.65%) CSS
6 30 (5.65%) Node.js
6 30 (5.65%) Spring Boot
7 29 (5.46%) PostGIS
8 28 (5.27%) J2EE
9 25 (4.71%) .NET Core
10 24 (4.52%) Apache Camel
10 24 (4.52%) Elastic Stack
11 23 (4.33%) Java EE
12 22 (4.14%) JSON
12 22 (4.14%) XML
13 15 (2.82%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.46%) CMDB
2 23 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (3.77%) Product Ownership
3 20 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.01%) Data Centre
5 13 (2.45%) Digital Signage
6 10 (1.88%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.51%) PKI
8 7 (1.32%) Virtual Team
9 5 (0.94%) Client/Server
9 5 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (0.94%) Driving Licence
9 5 (0.94%) Public Cloud
9 5 (0.94%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (0.94%) Shadow IT
10 4 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.75%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.56%) EMC VNX
11 3 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.38%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 95 (17.89%) Windows
2 92 (17.33%) Linux
3 62 (11.68%) Windows Server
4 44 (8.29%) Windows 10
5 38 (7.16%) Unix
6 30 (5.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 29 (5.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (4.14%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (3.58%) Windows 7
10 16 (3.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (2.82%) CentOS
12 14 (2.64%) Solaris
13 12 (2.26%) Windows XP
14 9 (1.69%) Windows NT
15 4 (0.75%) Ubuntu
16 3 (0.56%) Rocky
17 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (32.02%) Agile
2 131 (24.67%) Actionable Insight
3 110 (20.72%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (20.34%) DevOps
5 86 (16.20%) ITIL
6 83 (15.63%) Service Management
7 55 (10.36%) Scrum
8 51 (9.60%) Project Management
9 50 (9.42%) ITSM
10 47 (8.85%) Software Engineering
11 46 (8.66%) Customer Service
11 46 (8.66%) Incident Management
12 44 (8.29%) Containerisation
13 40 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 36 (6.78%) CI/CD
15 34 (6.40%) Release Management
16 33 (6.21%) Kanban
17 32 (6.03%) BDD
18 30 (5.65%) Analytics
19 29 (5.46%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 85 (16.01%) JavaScript
2 73 (13.75%) Java
3 55 (10.36%) SQL
4 53 (9.98%) Python
5 41 (7.72%) C#
6 37 (6.97%) PowerShell
7 28 (5.27%) Shell Script
8 21 (3.95%) PL/SQL
9 12 (2.26%) VB
10 9 (1.69%) Groovy
11 7 (1.32%) Bicep
11 7 (1.32%) VBScript
12 6 (1.13%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.94%) C++
13 5 (0.94%) Ruby
14 4 (0.75%) C
14 4 (0.75%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.19%) Bash
15 1 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 531 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 175 (32.96%) DV Cleared
3 82 (15.44%) Degree
4 25 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (4.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (4.14%) CCNP
7 20 (3.77%) AWS Certification
8 19 (3.58%) CCNA
9 14 (2.64%) A+ Certification
9 14 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (2.45%) Azure Certification
10 13 (2.45%) MCP
11 9 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (1.13%) CISSP
14 5 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.75%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 2 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (9.23%) SLA
2 10 (1.88%) Accessibility
2 10 (1.88%) NIST
3 9 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.69%) QA
4 8 (1.51%) JSP 440
4 8 (1.51%) RMADS
5 5 (0.94%) PMO
5 5 (0.94%) WCAG
6 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 3 (0.56%) COBIT
8 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.19%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 82 (15.44%) Active Directory
2 50 (9.42%) Docker
3 35 (6.59%) Hyper-V
4 21 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (3.20%) Firmware
7 14 (2.64%) Oracle RAC
8 13 (2.45%) KVM
9 7 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.94%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 68 (12.81%) SCCM
2 56 (10.55%) Kubernetes
3 55 (10.36%) SCOM
4 51 (9.60%) Ansible
5 34 (6.40%) WSUS
6 33 (6.21%) Terraform
7 25 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
8 22 (4.14%) OpenSSO
8 22 (4.14%) Single Sign-On
9 19 (3.58%) NetBackup
9 19 (3.58%) vCenter Server
10 15 (2.82%) EMC NetWorker
11 14 (2.64%) Data Guard
11 14 (2.64%) Oracle RMAN
12 9 (1.69%) Sysprep
13 7 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 7 (1.32%) Rancher
14 3 (0.56%) OpenView
15 2 (0.38%) Grafana
15 2 (0.38%) Nagios
Vendors
1 129 (24.29%) Microsoft
2 67 (12.62%) Oracle
3 59 (11.11%) Cisco
4 47 (8.85%) Juniper
5 40 (7.53%) ServiceNow
6 39 (7.34%) Remedy
7 32 (6.03%) VMware
8 29 (5.46%) ESRI
8 29 (5.46%) HP
9 25 (4.71%) Dynatrace
10 24 (4.52%) WSO2
11 16 (3.01%) EMC
12 15 (2.82%) Veeam
13 14 (2.64%) Sun
14 13 (2.45%) Dell
14 13 (2.45%) F5
14 13 (2.45%) Riverbed
15 12 (2.26%) 3PAR
15 12 (2.26%) Palo Alto
15 12 (2.26%) Symantec