Security Cleared Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security 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 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 16 23 32
Rank change year-on-year +7 +9 +19
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 6,351 5,676 5,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.87% 9.60% 7.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.53% 26.08% 23.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,780 2,295 2,494
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,932 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,535 £38,966 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 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% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the UK excluding London

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the UK excluding London

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the UK excluding London

Security 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 Security 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 +7 1,979 £55,000 +11.11% 638
South West +3 1,896 £56,250 +2.27% 489
North of England +11 807 £55,000 -5.17% 286
Midlands -7 627 £55,000 - 222
North West -3 582 £55,000 -4.35% 214
West Midlands +12 436 £55,000 -2.22% 158
East of England +22 421 £55,000 - 142
Scotland -54 312 £58,000 +16.00% 128
Wales +3 230 £57,291 +97.04% 29
East Midlands -25 191 £44,225 -15.76% 63
Yorkshire +20 186 £60,000 -9.09% 46
Northern Ireland +17 109 £60,000 +80.45% 38
North East -29 39 £43,072 -4.28% 26
Security Cleared
UK

Security 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
1 293 (4.61%) ArcGIS
2 284 (4.47%) GeoServer
3 138 (2.17%) Confluence
4 112 (1.76%) WebLogic
5 92 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 84 (1.32%) SharePoint
7 81 (1.28%) IIS
8 77 (1.21%) Apache
9 49 (0.77%) Apache Spark
10 44 (0.69%) Oracle Service Bus
11 35 (0.55%) OpenStack
12 23 (0.36%) nginx
13 20 (0.31%) JBoss
13 20 (0.31%) Red Hat Fuse
14 19 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
15 18 (0.28%) Jupyter
15 18 (0.28%) Tomcat
16 15 (0.24%) CMS
16 15 (0.24%) SharePoint 2010
16 15 (0.24%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 253 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
2 139 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 125 (1.97%) Simulink
4 77 (1.21%) MS Visio
5 72 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 40 (0.63%) Sketch
7 30 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
8 10 (0.16%) AutoCAD
9 6 (0.094%) Trello
9 6 (0.094%) Windchill
10 4 (0.063%) EPLAN
10 4 (0.063%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.063%) Siemens NX
10 4 (0.063%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.063%) Stateflow
11 3 (0.047%) Revit
12 2 (0.031%) Abaqus
12 2 (0.031%) Fireworks
12 2 (0.031%) InDesign
12 2 (0.031%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 89 (1.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 73 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
3 49 (0.77%) Primavera
4 41 (0.65%) Siebel CRM
5 37 (0.58%) NEC Housing
6 22 (0.35%) Maximo
7 11 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
8 9 (0.14%) Teamcenter
9 8 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
10 6 (0.094%) Oracle Applications
11 5 (0.079%) Oracle ERP
12 4 (0.063%) SAP CO
12 4 (0.063%) SAP ERP
12 4 (0.063%) SAP FI
12 4 (0.063%) SAP FI/CO
13 3 (0.047%) Q-Pulse
13 3 (0.047%) Workday HCM
14 2 (0.031%) C-CURE
14 2 (0.031%) Oracle Cash Management
14 2 (0.031%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 1,253 (19.73%) Azure
2 1,062 (16.72%) AWS
3 212 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
4 123 (1.94%) SaaS
5 112 (1.76%) OpenShift
6 107 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
7 102 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
8 94 (1.48%) Serverless
9 88 (1.39%) GCP
10 72 (1.13%) Power Platform
11 66 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
12 62 (0.98%) Entra ID
13 61 (0.96%) PaaS
14 60 (0.94%) Miro
15 53 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
16 52 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
17 48 (0.76%) IaaS
18 45 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
19 41 (0.65%) Amazon SQS
19 41 (0.65%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 387 (6.09%) Firewall
2 239 (3.76%) DNS
3 188 (2.96%) WAN
4 156 (2.46%) TCP/IP
5 140 (2.20%) BGP
6 129 (2.03%) DHCP
7 121 (1.91%) Network Security
8 111 (1.75%) LAN
9 87 (1.37%) VPN
10 85 (1.34%) Wireless
11 82 (1.29%) SAN
12 69 (1.09%) SSL
13 66 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
13 66 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
14 61 (0.96%) MPLS
15 52 (0.82%) SD-WAN
16 48 (0.76%) OSPF
17 46 (0.72%) IPsec
18 44 (0.69%) Software-Defined Radio
19 43 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 395 (6.22%) PostgreSQL
2 320 (5.04%) GIS
3 284 (4.47%) QGIS
4 161 (2.54%) SQL Server
5 130 (2.05%) Oracle Database
6 126 (1.98%) Relational Database
7 97 (1.53%) NoSQL
8 86 (1.35%) Hadoop
9 82 (1.29%) Big Data
10 80 (1.26%) MongoDB
11 57 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
12 55 (0.87%) RDBMS
13 53 (0.83%) Power BI
14 45 (0.71%) Oracle Database 11g
15 44 (0.69%) Oracle Database 10g
15 44 (0.69%) VLDB
16 43 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
17 38 (0.60%) MySQL
18 33 (0.52%) Oracle BI EE
18 33 (0.52%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 258 (4.06%) JIRA
2 224 (3.53%) Git
3 171 (2.69%) Jenkins
4 132 (2.08%) Visual Studio
5 127 (2.00%) GitLab
6 92 (1.45%) Rational DOORS
7 90 (1.42%) Bitbucket
8 59 (0.93%) Sourcetree
9 51 (0.80%) Selenium
10 39 (0.61%) Rational Rhapsody
11 28 (0.44%) Subversion
12 26 (0.41%) Cucumber
13 24 (0.38%) Ant
14 23 (0.36%) LabVIEW
14 23 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
15 22 (0.35%) JUnit
16 18 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 17 (0.27%) SonarQube
17 17 (0.27%) Vagrant
18 15 (0.24%) CMake
General
1 1,239 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 548 (8.63%) Aerospace
3 450 (7.09%) Public Sector
4 438 (6.90%) Finance
5 320 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
6 254 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 228 (3.59%) Military
8 182 (2.87%) Games
9 159 (2.50%) Telecoms
10 145 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
11 132 (2.08%) Police
12 128 (2.02%) Manufacturing
13 113 (1.78%) Electronics
14 110 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
15 87 (1.37%) Retail
16 83 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
17 55 (0.87%) Local Government
18 43 (0.68%) Law
19 36 (0.57%) Legal
20 28 (0.44%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1,113 (17.52%) Senior
2 770 (12.12%) Software Engineer
3 730 (11.49%) Architect
4 540 (8.50%) Developer
5 490 (7.72%) Lead
6 444 (6.99%) Systems Engineer
7 438 (6.90%) Analyst
8 324 (5.10%) Senior Software Engineer
9 297 (4.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 289 (4.55%) Network Engineer
11 284 (4.47%) Consultant
12 245 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
13 243 (3.83%) Project Manager
14 180 (2.83%) DevOps Engineer
15 172 (2.71%) Administrator
16 159 (2.50%) Senior Developer
17 153 (2.41%) Support Engineer
18 130 (2.05%) Security Consultant
19 113 (1.78%) Business Analyst
20 108 (1.70%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 436 (6.87%) React
2 415 (6.53%) .NET
3 287 (4.52%) CSS
3 287 (4.52%) Leaflet
3 287 (4.52%) OpenLayers
4 284 (4.47%) PostGIS
5 262 (4.13%) .NET Core
6 169 (2.66%) Node.js
7 163 (2.57%) AngularJS
8 152 (2.39%) Spring
9 138 (2.17%) REST
10 125 (1.97%) Spring Boot
11 102 (1.61%) HTML
12 90 (1.42%) RabbitMQ
13 87 (1.37%) XML
14 77 (1.21%) Unity (Game Engine)
15 76 (1.20%) Web Services
16 70 (1.10%) RESTful
17 68 (1.07%) JSON
18 67 (1.05%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 265 (4.17%) Management Information System
2 204 (3.21%) Driving Licence
3 187 (2.94%) Algorithms
4 182 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
5 160 (2.52%) Data Centre
6 124 (1.95%) Public Cloud
7 103 (1.62%) Private Cloud
8 95 (1.50%) Product Ownership
9 92 (1.45%) PKI
10 86 (1.35%) Cloud Native
10 86 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
11 84 (1.32%) Virtual Reality
12 82 (1.29%) Virtual Team
13 68 (1.07%) Operational Technology
14 66 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
15 56 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
15 56 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
16 55 (0.87%) Clustering
17 48 (0.76%) Cyber Defence
18 46 (0.72%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1,030 (16.22%) Linux
2 893 (14.06%) Windows
3 319 (5.02%) Windows Server
4 181 (2.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 177 (2.79%) Unix
6 148 (2.33%) Windows 10
7 130 (2.05%) CentOS
8 123 (1.94%) Windows Server 2016
9 119 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
10 108 (1.70%) Ubuntu
11 90 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
12 70 (1.10%) Embedded Linux
13 65 (1.02%) Solaris
14 60 (0.94%) Windows 7
15 32 (0.50%) Android
15 32 (0.50%) Debian
16 16 (0.25%) AIX
17 13 (0.20%) VMS
18 12 (0.19%) Windows NT
18 12 (0.19%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,836 (28.91%) Agile
2 1,491 (23.48%) Actionable Insight
3 1,146 (18.04%) Software Engineering
4 1,103 (17.37%) DevOps
5 1,030 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
6 662 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
7 578 (9.10%) Project Management
8 524 (8.25%) ITIL
9 481 (7.57%) Scrum
10 455 (7.16%) Collaborative Working
11 444 (6.99%) Mentoring
12 419 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 377 (5.94%) Systems Engineering
14 361 (5.68%) Stakeholder Management
15 308 (4.85%) Web Development
16 303 (4.77%) CI/CD
17 295 (4.64%) Validation
18 284 (4.47%) Customer Service
19 274 (4.31%) Service Management
20 262 (4.13%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1,075 (16.93%) Python
2 651 (10.25%) Java
3 641 (10.09%) JavaScript
4 484 (7.62%) C#
5 453 (7.13%) SQL
6 409 (6.44%) PowerShell
7 296 (4.66%) C++
8 265 (4.17%) C
9 248 (3.90%) Bash
10 144 (2.27%) MATLAB
11 103 (1.62%) TypeScript
12 89 (1.40%) Shell Script
13 60 (0.94%) Rust
14 57 (0.90%) PL/SQL
15 53 (0.83%) Embedded C
16 44 (0.69%) Ada
16 44 (0.69%) Fortran
17 32 (0.50%) VB
18 30 (0.47%) Kotlin
19 26 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 3,705 (58.34%) SC Cleared
2 1,340 (21.10%) DV Cleared
3 1,067 (16.80%) Degree
4 535 (8.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 201 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
6 134 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 130 (2.05%) CCNA
8 128 (2.02%) CCNP
9 96 (1.51%) CISSP
10 91 (1.43%) AWS Certification
11 87 (1.37%) CISM
12 80 (1.26%) Azure Certification
13 73 (1.15%) CESG Certified Professional
14 71 (1.12%) DBS Check
15 61 (0.96%) CRISC
16 58 (0.91%) Master's Degree
17 57 (0.90%) PhD
18 56 (0.88%) CTC Cleared
18 56 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
18 56 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 224 (3.53%) SLA
2 176 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 155 (2.44%) Accessibility
4 132 (2.08%) QA
5 98 (1.54%) NIST
6 97 (1.53%) NCSC
7 65 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 51 (0.80%) WCAG
9 48 (0.76%) ISO 9001
10 47 (0.74%) PCI DSS
11 45 (0.71%) NIST 800
12 39 (0.61%) GDPR
13 38 (0.60%) Def Stans
14 37 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 37 (0.58%) JSP 440
15 36 (0.57%) GRC
16 32 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 17025
17 30 (0.47%) PMO
17 30 (0.47%) RMADS
18 29 (0.46%) COBIT
System Software
1 433 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 317 (4.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 294 (4.63%) Docker
4 177 (2.79%) Hyper-V
5 102 (1.61%) Firmware
6 75 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
7 74 (1.17%) vSphere
8 57 (0.90%) VMware NSX
9 53 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
10 51 (0.80%) KVM
11 44 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
12 22 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
13 21 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
14 16 (0.25%) pfSense
15 15 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
16 13 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
17 11 (0.17%) NFS
18 8 (0.13%) XenDesktop
19 5 (0.079%) SRDF
20 4 (0.063%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 423 (6.66%) Ansible
2 355 (5.59%) Kubernetes
3 268 (4.22%) Terraform
4 204 (3.21%) SCCM
5 133 (2.09%) Puppet
6 84 (1.32%) WSUS
7 83 (1.31%) vCenter Server
8 80 (1.26%) SCOM
9 66 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
10 48 (0.76%) Grafana
11 44 (0.69%) Data Guard
11 44 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
12 39 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
13 32 (0.50%) EnCase
13 32 (0.50%) FortiGate
14 31 (0.49%) NetBackup
15 29 (0.46%) EMC NetWorker
15 29 (0.46%) OpenView
16 27 (0.43%) Prometheus
17 26 (0.41%) OpenSSO
Vendors
1 1,080 (17.01%) Microsoft
2 480 (7.56%) VMware
3 426 (6.71%) Cisco
4 362 (5.70%) Oracle
5 289 (4.55%) ESRI
6 262 (4.13%) Juniper
7 178 (2.80%) Red Hat
8 102 (1.61%) Remedy
9 98 (1.54%) ServiceNow
10 91 (1.43%) HP
11 89 (1.40%) Sparx
12 83 (1.31%) IBM
13 75 (1.18%) Dell
14 66 (1.04%) Fortinet
15 60 (0.94%) Google
16 58 (0.91%) McAfee
17 53 (0.83%) CheckPoint
17 53 (0.83%) NEC
18 50 (0.79%) Palo Alto
18 50 (0.79%) Veeam