Security Cleared Jobs in the North of England

Security Clearance
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 40 33
Rank change year-on-year -3 -7 +65
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 850 1,089 1,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.31% 6.86% 7.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.63% 21.30% 26.39%
Number of salaries quoted 416 318 662
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,700 £26,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,546 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £66,250 £78,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North 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 North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,121 5,112 5,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 20.89% 32.22% 28.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,700 1,694 2,427
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £54,121 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.39% +13.94% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,225 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
North West -7 618 £53,000 -11.67% 179
Yorkshire +3 190 £60,000 -9.77% 58
North East -32 42 £56,250 +25.00% 22
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 86 (10.12%) ArcGIS
2 82 (9.65%) GeoServer
3 19 (2.24%) Apache
4 12 (1.41%) WebLogic
5 11 (1.29%) Apache Spark
6 9 (1.06%) Confluence
6 9 (1.06%) IIS
6 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.94%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.94%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.24%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.12%) CMS
9 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 21 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.41%) Sketch
4 10 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.59%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.24%) Revit
Business Applications
1 29 (3.41%) Primavera
2 22 (2.59%) NEC Housing
3 15 (1.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 9 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
5 7 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.24%) SAP PLM
7 2 (0.24%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.12%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 207 (24.35%) Azure
2 188 (22.12%) AWS
3 27 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
4 23 (2.71%) Amazon EKS
5 20 (2.35%) GCP
6 18 (2.12%) Miro
6 18 (2.12%) SaaS
7 16 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
7 16 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
8 14 (1.65%) Serverless
9 13 (1.53%) Amazon SQS
10 12 (1.41%) Figma
10 12 (1.41%) Heroku
10 12 (1.41%) OpenShift
10 12 (1.41%) PaaS
11 10 (1.18%) Power Platform
12 9 (1.06%) dbt
13 7 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (0.71%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.35%) Firewall
2 22 (2.59%) DNS
2 22 (2.59%) TCP/IP
3 18 (2.12%) BGP
3 18 (2.12%) Wireless
4 14 (1.65%) Software-Defined Radio
5 13 (1.53%) SAN
5 13 (1.53%) WAN
6 12 (1.41%) Network Security
6 12 (1.41%) SSL
7 11 (1.29%) AMQP
7 11 (1.29%) SD-WAN
8 10 (1.18%) VPN
9 9 (1.06%) Internet
10 8 (0.94%) DHCP
11 7 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.71%) LAN
12 6 (0.71%) OSPF
12 6 (0.71%) VLAN
13 4 (0.47%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (10.82%) PostgreSQL
2 88 (10.35%) GIS
3 82 (9.65%) QGIS
4 28 (3.29%) Oracle Database
5 24 (2.82%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.88%) RDBMS
6 16 (1.88%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (1.29%) Big Data
8 11 (1.29%) Cloudera CDH
8 11 (1.29%) Hadoop
9 8 (0.94%) Power BI
10 7 (0.82%) Oracle Database 12c
11 6 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.59%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.59%) Tableau
13 4 (0.47%) MySQL
14 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (4.94%) JIRA
2 18 (2.12%) GitLab
3 8 (0.94%) Selenium
4 7 (0.82%) Git
4 7 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.59%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.47%) HP UFT
6 4 (0.47%) JMeter
6 4 (0.47%) LoadRunner
6 4 (0.47%) MSTest
6 4 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.35%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.35%) JUnit
7 3 (0.35%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.35%) Postman
7 3 (0.35%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.35%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.35%) Terragrunt
General
1 187 (22.00%) Social Skills
2 89 (10.47%) Public Sector
3 83 (9.76%) Finance
4 59 (6.94%) Aerospace
5 44 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (3.65%) Police
8 27 (3.18%) Local Government
9 20 (2.35%) Law
10 18 (2.12%) Manufacturing
11 14 (1.65%) Military
12 13 (1.53%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.18%) Retail
14 8 (0.94%) Avionics
15 7 (0.82%) Back Office
15 7 (0.82%) Electronics
15 7 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.71%) Polish Language
17 5 (0.59%) Games
17 5 (0.59%) Legal
Job Titles
1 162 (19.06%) Senior
2 116 (13.65%) Software Engineer
3 103 (12.12%) Architect
4 99 (11.65%) Lead
5 78 (9.18%) Developer
6 64 (7.53%) Senior Software Engineer
7 58 (6.82%) Analyst
8 55 (6.47%) Systems Engineer
9 54 (6.35%) Solutions Architect
10 27 (3.18%) Project Manager
10 27 (3.18%) Project Planner
11 26 (3.06%) DevOps Engineer
12 23 (2.71%) Designer
13 21 (2.47%) Presales Solution Architect
14 19 (2.24%) Consultant
15 17 (2.00%) Business Analyst
15 17 (2.00%) Network Engineer
15 17 (2.00%) Product Manager
15 17 (2.00%) Senior Analyst
15 17 (2.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (14.12%) React
2 94 (11.06%) .NET
3 82 (9.65%) Leaflet
3 82 (9.65%) OpenLayers
3 82 (9.65%) PostGIS
4 74 (8.71%) CSS
5 73 (8.59%) .NET Core
6 34 (4.00%) Node.js
6 34 (4.00%) Spring Boot
7 29 (3.41%) AngularJS
8 23 (2.71%) RabbitMQ
9 22 (2.59%) Spring
10 17 (2.00%) Django
10 17 (2.00%) HTML
11 13 (1.53%) Swagger
12 12 (1.41%) OpenAPI
13 11 (1.29%) gRPC
13 11 (1.29%) Material-UI
13 11 (1.29%) REST
14 10 (1.18%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (2.94%) Operational Technology
2 24 (2.82%) Cloud Native
3 21 (2.47%) Driving Licence
3 21 (2.47%) Public Cloud
4 20 (2.35%) Private Cloud
5 18 (2.12%) Virtual Team
6 17 (2.00%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (1.65%) Data Centre
8 13 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (1.53%) Management Information System
9 12 (1.41%) SCADA
10 9 (1.06%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 7 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (0.82%) Onboarding
12 6 (0.71%) Cyber Defence
12 6 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.71%) IoT
13 4 (0.47%) Cyberattack
13 4 (0.47%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 106 (12.47%) Linux
2 56 (6.59%) Windows
3 37 (4.35%) Unix
4 26 (3.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (2.47%) Ubuntu
6 15 (1.76%) Solaris
7 11 (1.29%) CentOS
7 11 (1.29%) Debian
8 10 (1.18%) Windows Server
9 6 (0.71%) VMS
10 5 (0.59%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.35%) Android
12 3 (0.35%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.35%) zOS
13 2 (0.24%) FreeBSD
13 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.12%) SUSE
14 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (35.53%) Agile
2 284 (33.41%) Actionable Insight
3 189 (22.24%) DevOps
4 172 (20.24%) Software Engineering
5 94 (11.06%) Problem-Solving
6 88 (10.35%) Stakeholder Management
7 85 (10.00%) Mentoring
8 83 (9.76%) Scrum
9 82 (9.65%) Web Development
10 74 (8.71%) Coaching
10 74 (8.71%) Project Management
11 65 (7.65%) CI/CD
12 64 (7.53%) ITIL
13 61 (7.18%) Kanban
14 59 (6.94%) Open Source
15 58 (6.82%) Cybersecurity
16 56 (6.59%) Collaborative Working
16 56 (6.59%) Continuous Integration
17 49 (5.76%) ITSM
18 46 (5.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 143 (16.82%) JavaScript
1 143 (16.82%) Python
2 70 (8.24%) C#
3 56 (6.59%) Java
4 29 (3.41%) TypeScript
5 14 (1.65%) PowerShell
6 13 (1.53%) C++
6 13 (1.53%) SQL
7 8 (0.94%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.82%) MATLAB
9 5 (0.59%) VB.NET
9 5 (0.59%) VBA
10 4 (0.47%) Bicep
11 3 (0.35%) C
12 2 (0.24%) Bash
12 2 (0.24%) Perl
13 1 (0.12%) JCL
13 1 (0.12%) R
13 1 (0.12%) REXX
13 1 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 600 (70.59%) SC Cleared
2 96 (11.29%) Degree
3 84 (9.88%) DV Cleared
4 24 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (2.71%) Azure Certification
6 20 (2.35%) DBS Check
7 17 (2.00%) AWS Certification
8 14 (1.65%) CISA
8 14 (1.65%) CISM
8 14 (1.65%) CRISC
9 13 (1.53%) BC Cleared
10 12 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 11 (1.29%) CESG Certified Professional
12 10 (1.18%) CCNP
12 10 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.82%) CREST Certified
13 7 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.82%) Oracle Certification
14 6 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.59%) Accessibility
2 36 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (3.41%) SLA
4 15 (1.76%) WCAG
5 14 (1.65%) GDPR
5 14 (1.65%) GRC
6 10 (1.18%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.06%) COBIT
8 8 (0.94%) QA
9 7 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 7 (0.82%) NIST
10 5 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.59%) PMO
11 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.12%) NCSC
11 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 29 (3.41%) Docker
2 23 (2.71%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.82%) KVM
5 5 (0.59%) SRDF
5 5 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.35%) Firmware
7 3 (0.35%) vSphere
8 2 (0.24%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.12%) Lustre
9 1 (0.12%) NFS
9 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Snort
9 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 46 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 38 (4.47%) Terraform
3 37 (4.35%) Ansible
4 16 (1.88%) SCCM
5 11 (1.29%) Puppet
6 9 (1.06%) OpenView
7 8 (0.94%) SCOM
8 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.59%) WSUS
9 4 (0.47%) Grafana
10 3 (0.35%) Nessus
10 3 (0.35%) Nmap
11 2 (0.24%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.12%) Kibana
12 1 (0.12%) logstash
12 1 (0.12%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 111 (13.06%) Microsoft
2 82 (9.65%) ESRI
3 45 (5.29%) Oracle
4 30 (3.53%) Cisco
5 26 (3.06%) VMware
6 23 (2.71%) ServiceNow
7 22 (2.59%) NEC
8 20 (2.35%) Red Hat
9 15 (1.76%) Sparx
10 13 (1.53%) Fortinet
10 13 (1.53%) Juniper
11 11 (1.29%) Google
11 11 (1.29%) HP
11 11 (1.29%) SaltStack
12 10 (1.18%) BMC
13 9 (1.06%) Remedy
14 8 (0.94%) Dell
15 7 (0.82%) Thales
16 6 (0.71%) Brocade
16 6 (0.71%) Splunk