Security Cleared Jobs in the Midlands

Security Clearance
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 35 28 56
Rank change year-on-year -7 +28 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 630 697 548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.22% 7.68% 4.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.20% 19.25% 15.95%
Number of salaries quoted 396 328 216
10th Percentile £25,625 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,971 3,620 3,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.60% 39.91% 31.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,863 1,244 1,722
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,825 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £73,751 £77,500
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the Midlands

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +12 438 £55,000 -2.22% 149
East Midlands -22 192 £44,225 -15.76% 60
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 33 (5.24%) IIS
2 29 (4.60%) ArcGIS
3 28 (4.44%) GeoServer
4 10 (1.59%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.27%) Apache
5 8 (1.27%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.79%) Confluence
6 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.63%) Appian
7 4 (0.63%) Office Communications Server
7 4 (0.63%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.48%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.48%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 3 (0.48%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.16%) JBoss
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 42 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (4.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.11%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.95%) Simulink
7 5 (0.79%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.63%) EPLAN
8 4 (0.63%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (2.38%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.48%) Maximo
3 3 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.32%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 2 (0.32%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.16%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.16%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 149 (23.65%) Azure
2 91 (14.44%) AWS
3 27 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (2.86%) Entra ID
6 13 (2.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 13 (2.06%) SaaS
7 11 (1.75%) GitHub
7 11 (1.75%) Power Platform
8 10 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (1.59%) PaaS
9 9 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (1.27%) IaaS
11 6 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (0.95%) Miro
12 5 (0.79%) GCP
13 4 (0.63%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (0.63%) Heroku
13 4 (0.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 71 (11.27%) WAN
2 52 (8.25%) Firewall
3 32 (5.08%) SD-WAN
4 31 (4.92%) MPLS
5 29 (4.60%) IPsec
6 25 (3.97%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (3.49%) DNS
8 18 (2.86%) Wireless
9 16 (2.54%) BGP
10 14 (2.22%) DHCP
11 13 (2.06%) Network Security
12 11 (1.75%) TCP/IP
13 8 (1.27%) LAN
14 7 (1.11%) VLAN
14 7 (1.11%) VPN
15 6 (0.95%) 5G
16 5 (0.79%) 802.11
16 5 (0.79%) Cisco Firepower
16 5 (0.79%) VSAN
16 5 (0.79%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (7.46%) SQL Server
2 36 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (4.92%) GIS
4 28 (4.44%) QGIS
5 19 (3.02%) Oracle Database
6 10 (1.59%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.27%) Power BI
8 7 (1.11%) Oracle Database 12c
9 5 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.79%) MySQL
9 5 (0.79%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.79%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.48%) DB2
11 3 (0.48%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.32%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
13 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (3.17%) GitLab
2 16 (2.54%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (1.75%) JIRA
4 8 (1.27%) SonarQube
5 4 (0.63%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.48%) Git
7 2 (0.32%) Postman
7 2 (0.32%) Selenium
7 2 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.16%) Appium
8 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.16%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.16%) JUnit
8 1 (0.16%) PVCS
8 1 (0.16%) TestNG
8 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 176 (27.94%) Social Skills
2 86 (13.65%) Public Sector
3 72 (11.43%) Finance
4 51 (8.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (4.76%) Police
6 26 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
6 26 (4.13%) Manufacturing
6 26 (4.13%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (3.97%) Retail
8 24 (3.81%) Telecoms
9 23 (3.65%) Games
10 20 (3.17%) Military
11 17 (2.70%) Local Government
12 15 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
13 11 (1.75%) Electronics
14 7 (1.11%) Back Office
15 5 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.63%) Banking
16 4 (0.63%) Legal
Job Titles
1 100 (15.87%) Senior
2 68 (10.79%) Architect
3 63 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 48 (7.62%) Software Engineer
5 47 (7.46%) Project Manager
6 44 (6.98%) Lead
6 44 (6.98%) Systems Engineer
7 37 (5.87%) Solutions Architect
8 35 (5.56%) Developer
9 34 (5.40%) Consultant
10 29 (4.60%) Analyst
11 25 (3.97%) Senior Software Engineer
12 24 (3.81%) Graduate
12 24 (3.81%) Graduate Consultant
12 24 (3.81%) Research Consultant
12 24 (3.81%) Resource Consultant
13 17 (2.70%) Administrator
14 15 (2.38%) Security Architect
15 13 (2.06%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 13 (2.06%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (6.19%) React
2 37 (5.87%) .NET
3 28 (4.44%) Leaflet
3 28 (4.44%) OpenLayers
3 28 (4.44%) PostGIS
4 26 (4.13%) .NET Core
5 24 (3.81%) CSS
6 17 (2.70%) 802.1X
7 16 (2.54%) REST
8 15 (2.38%) WebRTC
9 11 (1.75%) RESTful
9 11 (1.75%) Web Services
10 10 (1.59%) SOAP
11 8 (1.27%) ARM Templates
11 8 (1.27%) Azure Blueprints
12 7 (1.11%) HTML
13 6 (0.95%) Django
13 6 (0.95%) Node.js
14 5 (0.79%) AngularJS
14 5 (0.79%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 65 (10.32%) Driving Licence
2 61 (9.68%) Management Information System
3 28 (4.44%) Clustering
4 24 (3.81%) Public Cloud
5 23 (3.65%) Virtual Team
6 16 (2.54%) Private Cloud
7 15 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (2.22%) Operational Technology
9 12 (1.90%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.75%) Security Operations Centre
11 10 (1.59%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.59%) PKI
12 7 (1.11%) CMDB
12 7 (1.11%) SCADA
13 5 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (0.63%) Cloud Native
14 4 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.63%) Low-Code
15 3 (0.48%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 75 (11.90%) Windows
2 40 (6.35%) Linux
3 29 (4.60%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.02%) Unix
5 8 (1.27%) Solaris
6 5 (0.79%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (0.48%) Android
8 3 (0.48%) zOS
9 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (21.59%) Agile
2 117 (18.57%) Cybersecurity
3 95 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 86 (13.65%) Software Engineering
6 82 (13.02%) DevOps
7 80 (12.70%) Project Management
8 68 (10.79%) Mentoring
9 59 (9.37%) Customer Service
10 52 (8.25%) Systems Engineering
11 48 (7.62%) ITIL
12 44 (6.98%) Project Delivery
13 40 (6.35%) Customer Requirements
14 35 (5.56%) Risk Management
15 34 (5.40%) Validation
16 31 (4.92%) Stakeholder Management
17 30 (4.76%) Change Management
17 30 (4.76%) CI/CD
17 30 (4.76%) Continuous Integration
18 29 (4.60%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 63 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 56 (8.89%) Python
3 35 (5.56%) Java
4 32 (5.08%) SQL
5 27 (4.29%) C#
6 21 (3.33%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.70%) MATLAB
7 17 (2.70%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.06%) C++
9 8 (1.27%) C
9 8 (1.27%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.63%) R
11 3 (0.48%) Groovy
11 3 (0.48%) Rust
12 2 (0.32%) Bash
13 1 (0.16%) ABAP
13 1 (0.16%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.16%) SAPscript
13 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 386 (61.27%) SC Cleared
2 105 (16.67%) Degree
3 55 (8.73%) DV Cleared
4 31 (4.92%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (3.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 25 (3.97%) CCNA
6 21 (3.33%) CCNP
7 15 (2.38%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.90%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.27%) CCSA
10 8 (1.27%) HND
11 7 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.11%) Oracle Certification
12 6 (0.95%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (0.79%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.79%) MCSA
14 4 (0.63%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (5.56%) ISO 9001
3 34 (5.40%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 29 (4.60%) Accessibility
5 26 (4.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 17 (2.70%) SLA
7 13 (2.06%) Def Stans
7 13 (2.06%) PCI DSS
8 12 (1.90%) NCSC
9 9 (1.43%) NIST
9 9 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 6 (0.95%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.95%) QA
12 5 (0.79%) Data Quality
12 5 (0.79%) WCAG
13 4 (0.63%) PMO
14 3 (0.48%) COBIT
14 3 (0.48%) MISRA
14 3 (0.48%) MISRA C
System Software
1 40 (6.35%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (2.70%) VMware NSX
4 13 (2.06%) Docker
4 13 (2.06%) KVM
5 11 (1.75%) vSphere
6 6 (0.95%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.48%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (5.40%) EnCase
2 14 (2.22%) SCCM
3 13 (2.06%) Kubernetes
4 12 (1.90%) Terraform
5 10 (1.59%) Ansible
6 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.95%) SCOM
8 4 (0.63%) VxRail
9 3 (0.48%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.48%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.48%) Nagios
9 3 (0.48%) OpenView
10 2 (0.32%) Grafana
10 2 (0.32%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.32%) Puppet
11 1 (0.16%) Kibana
11 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 132 (20.95%) Microsoft
2 57 (9.05%) Cisco
3 53 (8.41%) VMware
4 47 (7.46%) Juniper
5 29 (4.60%) Oracle
6 28 (4.44%) ESRI
7 24 (3.81%) Dell
8 23 (3.65%) IFS
9 21 (3.33%) CheckPoint
10 17 (2.70%) NEC
11 16 (2.54%) Workday
12 14 (2.22%) Aruba
13 13 (2.06%) Meraki
14 12 (1.90%) Fortinet
15 11 (1.75%) ServiceNow
16 8 (1.27%) Cellebrite
16 8 (1.27%) Veeam
17 7 (1.11%) EMC
17 7 (1.11%) HP
17 7 (1.11%) Palo Alto