SC Cleared Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 40 53 55
Rank change year-on-year +13 +2 +21
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 3,705 3,343 3,680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.17% 5.65% 5.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.97% 15.36% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,018 1,528 1,642
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £39,449
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +4.50% +1.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,526 21,760 23,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.26% 36.79% 31.93%
Number of salaries quoted 12,218 8,079 10,449
10th Percentile £27,338 £28,175 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,600 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the UK excluding London 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 - 337
South West -1 890 £55,000 -2.48% 256
North of England +23 570 £57,500 -4.17% 178
North West +8 392 £55,000 -8.33% 128
Midlands -6 383 £55,000 -8.33% 141
West Midlands +2 247 £55,000 -8.33% 100
Scotland -43 235 £60,000 +8.26% 80
Wales +11 202 £51,500 +84.29% 23
Yorkshire +67 151 £60,000 -10.45% 32
East Midlands -11 136 £50,000 -4.76% 41
East of England -13 122 £52,000 -6.31% 71
Northern Ireland +28 100 £60,000 +75.18% 18
North East -25 27 £43,072 -9.32% 18
SC Cleared
UK

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 292 (7.88%) ArcGIS
2 284 (7.67%) GeoServer
3 128 (3.45%) Confluence
4 110 (2.97%) WebLogic
5 73 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
6 55 (1.48%) SharePoint
7 44 (1.19%) Oracle Service Bus
8 40 (1.08%) Apache
9 34 (0.92%) OpenStack
10 32 (0.86%) IIS
11 30 (0.81%) Apache Spark
12 19 (0.51%) Red Hat Fuse
13 18 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2010
13 18 (0.49%) JBoss
14 14 (0.38%) Skype for Business
15 13 (0.35%) CMS
16 10 (0.27%) SharePoint 2010
16 10 (0.27%) SharePoint 2013
17 4 (0.11%) Appian
17 4 (0.11%) TWiki
Applications
1 156 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
2 78 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 72 (1.94%) MS Visio
4 46 (1.24%) Simulink
5 40 (1.08%) Sketch
6 22 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
7 17 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (0.24%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.11%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.11%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.081%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.054%) Abaqus
11 2 (0.054%) Fireworks
11 2 (0.054%) GNU Octave
11 2 (0.054%) InDesign
12 1 (0.027%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.027%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.027%) Revit
Business Applications
1 78 (2.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 73 (1.97%) Remedy ITSM
3 41 (1.11%) Siebel CRM
4 19 (0.51%) Maximo
5 8 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.16%) Primavera
7 4 (0.11%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.081%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.081%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.054%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.054%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.054%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.054%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.054%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.054%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.027%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 923 (24.91%) Azure
2 740 (19.97%) AWS
3 159 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
4 104 (2.81%) Amazon EKS
5 85 (2.29%) Serverless
6 71 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
6 71 (1.92%) OpenShift
7 67 (1.81%) SaaS
8 63 (1.70%) GCP
9 60 (1.62%) Miro
10 54 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
11 47 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
12 46 (1.24%) Power Platform
13 45 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
14 41 (1.11%) Amazon SQS
14 41 (1.11%) Figma
15 40 (1.08%) Heroku
16 36 (0.97%) Amazon ECS
17 31 (0.84%) Entra ID
18 28 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 238 (6.42%) Firewall
2 151 (4.08%) DNS
3 108 (2.91%) TCP/IP
4 107 (2.89%) WAN
5 72 (1.94%) DHCP
6 71 (1.92%) Wireless
7 69 (1.86%) BGP
7 69 (1.86%) VPN
8 66 (1.78%) LAN
9 64 (1.73%) SAN
10 63 (1.70%) Network Security
11 62 (1.67%) SSL
12 38 (1.03%) SD-WAN
13 37 (1.00%) MPLS
14 36 (0.97%) Cisco Firepower
14 36 (0.97%) IPsec
14 36 (0.97%) Software-Defined Radio
15 32 (0.86%) AMQP
16 26 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
17 25 (0.67%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 366 (9.88%) PostgreSQL
2 298 (8.04%) GIS
3 284 (7.67%) QGIS
4 97 (2.62%) Relational Database
5 96 (2.59%) Oracle Database
6 86 (2.32%) SQL Server
7 72 (1.94%) NoSQL
8 66 (1.78%) Hadoop
9 57 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
10 55 (1.48%) RDBMS
11 53 (1.43%) Big Data
12 45 (1.21%) MongoDB
12 45 (1.21%) Oracle Database 11g
13 44 (1.19%) Oracle Database 10g
13 44 (1.19%) VLDB
14 38 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
15 33 (0.89%) Oracle BI EE
15 33 (0.89%) Siebel EIM
16 32 (0.86%) MySQL
17 27 (0.73%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 190 (5.13%) JIRA
2 186 (5.02%) Git
3 124 (3.35%) Jenkins
4 102 (2.75%) Visual Studio
5 84 (2.27%) Bitbucket
6 59 (1.59%) Sourcetree
7 56 (1.51%) GitLab
8 35 (0.94%) Rational DOORS
9 24 (0.65%) Ant
10 22 (0.59%) Cucumber
10 22 (0.59%) Selenium
10 22 (0.59%) Subversion
11 21 (0.57%) JUnit
12 16 (0.43%) Vagrant
13 15 (0.40%) CMake
13 15 (0.40%) LabVIEW
14 12 (0.32%) JMeter
15 11 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
16 10 (0.27%) REST Assured
16 10 (0.27%) Trac
General
1 764 (20.62%) Social Skills
2 278 (7.50%) Aerospace
3 242 (6.53%) Finance
4 231 (6.23%) Public Sector
5 190 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
6 174 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 139 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
8 122 (3.29%) Games
9 102 (2.75%) Military
10 95 (2.56%) Telecoms
11 71 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
11 71 (1.92%) Police
12 44 (1.19%) Electronics
13 40 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
14 39 (1.05%) Retail
15 34 (0.92%) Manufacturing
16 22 (0.59%) Law
17 16 (0.43%) Marketing
18 14 (0.38%) Legal
18 14 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 816 (22.02%) Senior
2 495 (13.36%) Software Engineer
3 445 (12.01%) Architect
4 404 (10.90%) Developer
5 285 (7.69%) Lead
6 262 (7.07%) Analyst
7 258 (6.96%) Senior Software Engineer
8 203 (5.48%) Solutions Architect
9 182 (4.91%) Systems Engineer
10 163 (4.40%) Project Manager
11 162 (4.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 159 (4.29%) Network Engineer
13 141 (3.81%) Senior Developer
14 135 (3.64%) Consultant
15 98 (2.65%) Designer
16 92 (2.48%) Business Analyst
17 82 (2.21%) Support Engineer
18 78 (2.11%) Support Analyst
19 77 (2.08%) Applications Support
19 77 (2.08%) Games Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 387 (10.45%) React
2 373 (10.07%) .NET
3 287 (7.75%) Leaflet
4 286 (7.72%) OpenLayers
5 284 (7.67%) PostGIS
6 263 (7.10%) CSS
7 251 (6.77%) .NET Core
8 150 (4.05%) Node.js
9 133 (3.59%) AngularJS
10 131 (3.54%) Spring
11 127 (3.43%) REST
12 112 (3.02%) Spring Boot
13 77 (2.08%) HTML
13 77 (2.08%) Unity (Game Engine)
14 72 (1.94%) RabbitMQ
15 60 (1.62%) XML
16 59 (1.59%) RESTful
16 59 (1.59%) Web Services
17 53 (1.43%) Django
18 47 (1.27%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 119 (3.21%) Data Centre
2 107 (2.89%) Management Information System
3 82 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
4 80 (2.16%) Driving Licence
5 79 (2.13%) Virtual Reality
6 76 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
6 76 (2.05%) Virtual Team
7 69 (1.86%) Product Ownership
8 55 (1.48%) Private Cloud
9 54 (1.46%) Algorithms
10 53 (1.43%) Public Cloud
11 44 (1.19%) CMDB
11 44 (1.19%) Operational Technology
12 43 (1.16%) Cloud Native
13 37 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
14 36 (0.97%) Cyberattack
15 32 (0.86%) Clustering
16 31 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
17 29 (0.78%) PKI
18 26 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 568 (15.33%) Linux
2 526 (14.20%) Windows
3 231 (6.23%) Windows Server
4 124 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 121 (3.27%) Unix
6 98 (2.65%) Ubuntu
7 88 (2.38%) Windows 10
8 83 (2.24%) CentOS
9 60 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 52 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
11 49 (1.32%) Solaris
12 34 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
13 31 (0.84%) Windows 7
14 28 (0.76%) Android
15 27 (0.73%) Debian
16 16 (0.43%) AIX
17 12 (0.32%) Windows XP
18 10 (0.27%) VMS
19 9 (0.24%) Windows NT
19 9 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,220 (32.93%) Agile
2 1,185 (31.98%) Actionable Insight
3 842 (22.73%) DevOps
4 732 (19.76%) Software Engineering
5 652 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
6 351 (9.47%) Scrum
7 345 (9.31%) Project Management
8 305 (8.23%) Cybersecurity
9 300 (8.10%) ITIL
10 290 (7.83%) Web Development
11 260 (7.02%) Stakeholder Management
12 253 (6.83%) Collaborative Working
13 234 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 218 (5.88%) Mentoring
14 218 (5.88%) Service Management
15 183 (4.94%) Open Source
16 181 (4.89%) Change Management
17 174 (4.70%) Artificial Intelligence
17 174 (4.70%) Kanban
18 173 (4.67%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 637 (17.19%) Python
2 494 (13.33%) JavaScript
3 414 (11.17%) Java
4 345 (9.31%) SQL
5 338 (9.12%) C#
6 267 (7.21%) PowerShell
7 149 (4.02%) C++
8 78 (2.11%) C
9 63 (1.70%) TypeScript
10 62 (1.67%) Bash
11 57 (1.54%) PL/SQL
12 56 (1.51%) MATLAB
13 41 (1.11%) Shell Script
14 29 (0.78%) Kotlin
15 22 (0.59%) Go
16 19 (0.51%) VB
17 18 (0.49%) Ruby
18 13 (0.35%) VBA
19 11 (0.30%) Bicep
20 10 (0.27%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 3,705 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 641 (17.30%) Degree
3 532 (14.36%) DV Cleared
4 181 (4.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 95 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
6 92 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 88 (2.38%) AWS Certification
8 81 (2.19%) CISM
9 77 (2.08%) Azure Certification
10 73 (1.97%) CISSP
11 67 (1.81%) CCNA
12 63 (1.70%) CESG Certified Professional
13 62 (1.67%) CCNP
14 59 (1.59%) CRISC
15 56 (1.51%) TOGAF Certification
16 50 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 50 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
17 44 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 35 (0.94%) A+ Certification
19 28 (0.76%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (3.54%) SLA
2 123 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 113 (3.05%) Accessibility
4 74 (2.00%) NCSC
5 69 (1.86%) QA
6 50 (1.35%) WCAG
7 39 (1.05%) NIST
8 34 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 29 (0.78%) COBIT
10 24 (0.65%) GDPR
11 23 (0.62%) Def Stans
12 21 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
13 19 (0.51%) JSP 440
13 19 (0.51%) PMO
14 18 (0.49%) GRC
15 16 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
15 16 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 15 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 14 (0.38%) RMADS
18 13 (0.35%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 276 (7.45%) Active Directory
2 164 (4.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 154 (4.16%) Docker
4 123 (3.32%) Hyper-V
5 44 (1.19%) Oracle RAC
5 44 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
6 31 (0.84%) Firmware
7 29 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
7 29 (0.78%) vSphere
8 22 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
9 16 (0.43%) pfSense
10 13 (0.35%) KVM
11 12 (0.32%) VMware NSX
12 11 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
13 10 (0.27%) NFS
14 9 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
15 8 (0.22%) XenDesktop
16 4 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
16 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 223 (6.02%) Ansible
2 190 (5.13%) Kubernetes
3 153 (4.13%) SCCM
4 140 (3.78%) Terraform
5 64 (1.73%) SCOM
6 59 (1.59%) Puppet
7 57 (1.54%) vCenter Server
8 51 (1.38%) WSUS
9 44 (1.19%) Data Guard
9 44 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 44 (1.19%) Oracle RMAN
10 31 (0.84%) NetBackup
11 30 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
12 29 (0.78%) EMC NetWorker
12 29 (0.78%) OpenView
13 28 (0.76%) Grafana
14 26 (0.70%) OpenSSO
15 24 (0.65%) ZABBIX
16 19 (0.51%) Nagios
17 12 (0.32%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 649 (17.52%) Microsoft
2 289 (7.80%) ESRI
3 268 (7.23%) VMware
4 266 (7.18%) Oracle
5 220 (5.94%) Cisco
6 174 (4.70%) Juniper
7 99 (2.67%) Remedy
8 84 (2.27%) Red Hat
9 78 (2.11%) Sparx
10 77 (2.08%) ServiceNow
11 69 (1.86%) HP
12 51 (1.38%) Google
13 47 (1.27%) NetApp
14 45 (1.21%) Sun
15 42 (1.13%) Fortinet
15 42 (1.13%) IBM
16 41 (1.11%) McAfee
16 41 (1.11%) Siebel
17 39 (1.05%) CheckPoint
17 39 (1.05%) Veeam