Security Cleared Jobs in the East of England

Security Clearance
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 44 56
Rank change year-on-year +23 +12 -19
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 421 325 336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 6.81% 6.29% 5.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.20% 14.71% 13.54%
Number of salaries quoted 273 137 178
10th Percentile £25,575 £33,950 £34,950
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.38%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 East of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,607 2,209 2,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 26.01% 42.74% 37.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,106 599 812
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,600 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +8.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £64,919 £66,875 £64,063
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
Hertfordshire +12 281 £55,000 - 81
Cambridgeshire +60 80 £38,000 -31.53% 14
Bedfordshire +14 33 £77,500 +19.23% 18
Essex -25 14 £30,000 -55.56% 7
Suffolk -1 13 £70,000 +108.96% 13
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.71%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.48%) Confluence
3 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
Applications
1 29 (6.89%) Simulink
2 12 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.48%) Abaqus
Business Applications
1 3 (0.71%) SAP ERP
1 3 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.24%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 17 (4.04%) Azure
2 8 (1.90%) AWS
3 5 (1.19%) GCP
3 5 (1.19%) GitHub
3 5 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (0.71%) PaaS
4 3 (0.71%) SaaS
5 2 (0.48%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.48%) IaaS
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.48%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.24%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.24%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.24%) Route 53
6 1 (0.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (10.69%) Firewall
2 26 (6.18%) LAN
2 26 (6.18%) TCP/IP
3 24 (5.70%) SAN
4 20 (4.75%) Network Security
5 18 (4.28%) DNS
6 16 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (3.09%) Ethernet
7 13 (3.09%) LTE
7 13 (3.09%) WAN
8 8 (1.90%) 3G
8 8 (1.90%) 4G
8 8 (1.90%) Bluetooth
8 8 (1.90%) GPRS
8 8 (1.90%) GSM
9 6 (1.43%) Software-Defined Radio
10 5 (1.19%) 5G
10 5 (1.19%) 5G NR
10 5 (1.19%) 802.11
10 5 (1.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.95%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.48%) Hadoop
2 2 (0.48%) MySQL
2 2 (0.48%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (4.04%) Rational Rhapsody
2 13 (3.09%) Rational DOORS
3 8 (1.90%) JIRA
4 7 (1.66%) Rational Team Concert
5 6 (1.43%) GitLab
6 3 (0.71%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.71%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.71%) LabVIEW
6 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.24%) JMeter
7 1 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 108 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 54 (12.83%) Aerospace
3 46 (10.93%) Electronics
4 30 (7.13%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.13%) Finance
5 24 (5.70%) Manufacturing
6 23 (5.46%) Military
7 17 (4.04%) Telecoms
8 15 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.85%) Public Sector
10 9 (2.14%) Law
10 9 (2.14%) Police
11 6 (1.43%) Marketing
12 4 (0.95%) French Language
12 4 (0.95%) Games
13 3 (0.71%) Italian Language
13 3 (0.71%) Welsh Language
14 2 (0.48%) Automotive
14 2 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (11.16%) Systems Engineer
2 45 (10.69%) Lead
3 42 (9.98%) Software Engineer
4 22 (5.23%) Administrator
4 22 (5.23%) Architect
4 22 (5.23%) Embedded Engineer
5 21 (4.99%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 21 (4.99%) IT Administrator
5 21 (4.99%) Network Engineer
5 21 (4.99%) Server Administrator
6 18 (4.28%) Analyst
6 18 (4.28%) Senior
7 15 (3.56%) Network Specialist
7 15 (3.56%) Support Engineer
7 15 (3.56%) Technical Engineer
8 14 (3.33%) Consultant
8 14 (3.33%) Developer
8 14 (3.33%) Security Consultant
9 13 (3.09%) Author
9 13 (3.09%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.85%) Fluent Bit
2 7 (1.66%) .NET
2 7 (1.66%) SGML
3 5 (1.19%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.71%) Qt
5 2 (0.48%) OpenMP
6 1 (0.24%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.24%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.24%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.24%) WinForms
6 1 (0.24%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.98%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (8.55%) Algorithms
3 26 (6.18%) Data Centre
4 19 (4.51%) Cyber Threat
5 14 (3.33%) Driving Licence
5 14 (3.33%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.61%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.90%) NHS
7 8 (1.90%) PCIe
8 7 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.43%) Animation
9 6 (1.43%) Graphic Design
9 6 (1.43%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.95%) Augmented Reality
10 4 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (0.95%) FPGA
10 4 (0.95%) PMI
10 4 (0.95%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.71%) Ray Tracing
Operating Systems
1 80 (19.00%) Windows
2 45 (10.69%) Linux
3 34 (8.08%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.61%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.48%) SUSE
7 2 (0.48%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.24%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (19.95%) Software Engineering
2 71 (16.86%) Systems Engineering
3 70 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (16.15%) Agile
5 52 (12.35%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (11.88%) Validation
7 38 (9.03%) Mentoring
8 37 (8.79%) Mathematics
9 34 (8.08%) Project Management
10 29 (6.89%) Physics
10 29 (6.89%) Verification and Validation
11 27 (6.41%) Signal Processing
12 25 (5.94%) Performance Monitoring
13 23 (5.46%) Benchmarking
14 22 (5.23%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
14 22 (5.23%) SIEM
15 21 (4.99%) Data Centre Operations
15 21 (4.99%) Infrastructure Maintenance
15 21 (4.99%) Security Operations
15 21 (4.99%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (12.11%) C
2 44 (10.45%) C#
3 43 (10.21%) PowerShell
4 41 (9.74%) Python
5 30 (7.13%) MATLAB
6 20 (4.75%) Bash
7 19 (4.51%) Ada
8 16 (3.80%) Java
9 15 (3.56%) C++
10 11 (2.61%) PHP
11 7 (1.66%) SQL
12 6 (1.43%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.43%) VB
12 6 (1.43%) VB6
13 3 (0.71%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (0.48%) Perl
14 2 (0.48%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.24%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 165 (39.19%) BPSS Clearance
2 121 (28.74%) SC Cleared
3 80 (19.00%) Degree
4 56 (13.30%) DV Cleared
5 20 (4.75%) CISSP
6 13 (3.09%) CISM
7 12 (2.85%) CASP
7 12 (2.85%) CRISC
8 11 (2.61%) CEH
9 10 (2.38%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.43%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (0.95%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.24%) GCFA
14 1 (0.24%) GCIH
14 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.24%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.28%) SLA
2 14 (3.33%) NCSC
2 14 (3.33%) PCI DSS
3 10 (2.38%) QA
4 5 (1.19%) Def Stans
5 4 (0.95%) MISRA
6 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.24%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.24%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.24%) NIST
6 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.24%) RMADS
System Software
1 31 (7.36%) Active Directory
2 30 (7.13%) Firmware
3 14 (3.33%) KVM
4 8 (1.90%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.71%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.48%) Lustre
7 2 (0.48%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.48%) vSphere
8 1 (0.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (2.85%) Fluentd
1 12 (2.85%) logstash
2 5 (1.19%) Ansible
3 4 (0.95%) Progress Chef
3 4 (0.95%) Puppet
4 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.48%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.24%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.24%) MAILsweeper
5 1 (0.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.03%) Cisco
3 32 (7.60%) Juniper
4 26 (6.18%) Splunk
4 26 (6.18%) VMware
5 23 (5.46%) NetApp
6 21 (4.99%) Citrix
7 17 (4.04%) IBM
8 16 (3.80%) CheckPoint
8 16 (3.80%) Palo Alto
9 14 (3.33%) Blue Coat
9 14 (3.33%) Dell
9 14 (3.33%) Infoblox
10 13 (3.09%) Riverbed
11 6 (1.43%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.19%) Intel
13 4 (0.95%) SAP
14 3 (0.71%) Microsemi
14 3 (0.71%) Oracle
14 3 (0.71%) Xilinx