SC Cleared Jobs in the South East

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for SC 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 24 47 86
Rank change year-on-year +23 +39 -3
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,227 837 809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.27% 5.86% 4.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.13% 14.76% 12.24%
Number of salaries quoted 814 490 405
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,613 £31,550
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,250 £72,188 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,875 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.20% +11.36% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,807 5,669 6,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.38% 39.68% 33.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,632 2,521 3,144
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £29,288
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,063
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the South East

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the South East.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the South East

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the South East

SC Cleared
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the South East 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
Thames Valley +32 531 £52,500 +10.53% 123
Berkshire +30 472 £53,000 -0.93% 79
Hampshire -1 397 £55,000 -4.35% 105
Surrey +29 243 £50,000 -4.76% 18
Buckinghamshire -27 45 £50,000 -4.76% 27
West Sussex +41 21 £67,500 +3.85% 12
Oxfordshire -22 14 £50,500 +6.32% 17
Kent +3 11 £91,250 +114.71% 2
Middlesex - 6 £35,000 -
Sussex - 4 £51,250 -
East Sussex +20 2 £92,500 +66.67%
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 40 (3.26%) WebLogic
2 31 (2.53%) OpenStack
3 29 (2.36%) ArcGIS
3 29 (2.36%) GeoServer
4 26 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.47%) Exchange Server 2010
6 14 (1.14%) Oracle Service Bus
7 13 (1.06%) CMS
8 12 (0.98%) Confluence
8 12 (0.98%) IIS
8 12 (0.98%) SharePoint
9 10 (0.81%) Red Hat Fuse
10 9 (0.73%) JBoss
11 6 (0.49%) Apache
12 4 (0.33%) TWiki
13 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.081%) nginx
14 1 (0.081%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 55 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.71%) Simulink
4 20 (1.63%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.33%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.33%) Sketch
8 2 (0.16%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.16%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 41 (3.34%) Siebel CRM
2 17 (1.39%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.33%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.33%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.24%) Q-Pulse
5 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.16%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.081%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.081%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 281 (22.90%) Azure
2 209 (17.03%) AWS
3 56 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (3.75%) Serverless
5 40 (3.26%) Amazon EKS
6 32 (2.61%) Amazon ECS
7 30 (2.44%) SaaS
8 25 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
9 21 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
10 19 (1.55%) OCI
11 17 (1.39%) GitHub
12 15 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 14 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (1.06%) Entra ID
15 12 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
16 11 (0.90%) CloudFront
16 11 (0.90%) Power Platform
16 11 (0.90%) Route 53
16 11 (0.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 108 (8.80%) Firewall
2 63 (5.13%) DNS
3 53 (4.32%) VPN
4 43 (3.50%) DHCP
5 26 (2.12%) Cisco Firepower
6 25 (2.04%) Network Security
7 23 (1.87%) SSL
8 20 (1.63%) WAN
8 20 (1.63%) Wireless
9 19 (1.55%) BGP
10 17 (1.39%) SAN
11 16 (1.30%) 5G
12 15 (1.22%) SD-WAN
13 13 (1.06%) SNMP
13 13 (1.06%) TCP/IP
14 11 (0.90%) VLAN
15 10 (0.81%) IPsec
15 10 (0.81%) LAN
15 10 (0.81%) OSPF
16 8 (0.65%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (8.56%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (4.73%) NoSQL
3 39 (3.18%) Relational Database
4 33 (2.69%) Oracle BI EE
4 33 (2.69%) Siebel EIM
5 32 (2.61%) Hadoop
5 32 (2.61%) MongoDB
6 31 (2.53%) GIS
7 29 (2.36%) QGIS
8 28 (2.28%) SQL Server
9 24 (1.96%) Oracle Database
10 22 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (1.22%) Oracle Database 11g
12 14 (1.14%) Oracle Database 10g
12 14 (1.14%) VLDB
13 9 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (0.65%) Big Data
14 8 (0.65%) Power BI
15 7 (0.57%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 99 (8.07%) Jenkins
2 73 (5.95%) Git
3 27 (2.20%) JIRA
4 24 (1.96%) Ant
5 19 (1.55%) Subversion
6 18 (1.47%) GitLab
7 16 (1.30%) JUnit
7 16 (1.30%) Vagrant
8 15 (1.22%) CMake
9 13 (1.06%) Visual Studio
10 10 (0.81%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.81%) Trac
11 8 (0.65%) eggPlant
11 8 (0.65%) Selenium
12 7 (0.57%) REST Assured
12 7 (0.57%) WebDriver
13 6 (0.49%) JMeter
13 6 (0.49%) MSI
13 6 (0.49%) TestNG
14 5 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
General
1 259 (21.11%) Social Skills
2 115 (9.37%) Aerospace
3 83 (6.76%) Public Sector
4 76 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (3.10%) Military
5 38 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (2.28%) Police
7 25 (2.04%) Telecoms
8 24 (1.96%) Finance
9 22 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (1.47%) Electronics
11 15 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (1.14%) Back Office
13 9 (0.73%) Retail
14 7 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (0.57%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.49%) Advertising
15 6 (0.49%) Marketing
16 5 (0.41%) Law
16 5 (0.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 198 (16.14%) Senior
2 166 (13.53%) Architect
3 152 (12.39%) Software Engineer
4 129 (10.51%) Developer
5 98 (7.99%) Analyst
6 67 (5.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 63 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
8 58 (4.73%) Lead
9 53 (4.32%) DevOps Engineer
10 50 (4.07%) Senior Developer
11 47 (3.83%) Network Engineer
12 46 (3.75%) Integration Engineer
13 45 (3.67%) Consultant
14 44 (3.59%) Network Architect
15 43 (3.50%) Applications Support
15 43 (3.50%) Systems Engineer
16 41 (3.34%) C++ Software Engineer
16 41 (3.34%) Support Analyst
17 38 (3.10%) Senior Analyst
18 36 (2.93%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (5.70%) .NET
2 69 (5.62%) Node.js
3 64 (5.22%) REST
4 62 (5.05%) Spring
5 50 (4.07%) React
6 46 (3.75%) XML
7 44 (3.59%) AngularJS
7 44 (3.59%) Web Services
8 37 (3.02%) Spring Boot
9 36 (2.93%) CSS
10 32 (2.61%) Elastic Stack
10 32 (2.61%) Kafka
10 32 (2.61%) Leaflet
11 31 (2.53%) Apache Camel
11 31 (2.53%) Hibernate
11 31 (2.53%) OpenLayers
12 29 (2.36%) J2EE
12 29 (2.36%) JSON
12 29 (2.36%) Middleware
12 29 (2.36%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 39 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
2 38 (3.10%) Data Centre
3 35 (2.85%) Product Ownership
4 34 (2.77%) Algorithms
5 30 (2.44%) CMDB
5 30 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
6 26 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (1.87%) Management Information System
8 21 (1.71%) Satnav
9 20 (1.63%) Client/Server
10 19 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
11 14 (1.14%) FPGA
11 14 (1.14%) Private Cloud
12 13 (1.06%) Digital Signage
12 13 (1.06%) VHDL
13 12 (0.98%) PKI
14 11 (0.90%) Analogue Electronics
14 11 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (0.73%) Driving Licence
16 8 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 263 (21.43%) Windows
2 240 (19.56%) Linux
3 126 (10.27%) Windows Server
4 46 (3.75%) CentOS
4 46 (3.75%) Windows Server 2016
5 45 (3.67%) Windows 10
6 41 (3.34%) Unix
7 37 (3.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 33 (2.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 33 (2.69%) Ubuntu
9 21 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
10 20 (1.63%) Windows 7
11 18 (1.47%) Android
12 14 (1.14%) Solaris
13 12 (0.98%) Windows XP
14 8 (0.65%) Windows NT
14 8 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (0.41%) Rocky
16 3 (0.24%) AIX
17 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (29.01%) Agile
2 301 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
3 282 (22.98%) Actionable Insight
4 229 (18.66%) DevOps
5 181 (14.75%) Software Engineering
6 123 (10.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 117 (9.54%) Collaborative Working
8 108 (8.80%) Test Automation
9 105 (8.56%) Scrum
10 103 (8.39%) Service Management
11 101 (8.23%) ITIL
12 91 (7.42%) Project Management
13 73 (5.95%) Computer Science
14 71 (5.79%) Customer Service
15 69 (5.62%) Microservices
16 68 (5.54%) Kanban
17 64 (5.22%) Artificial Intelligence
17 64 (5.22%) Containerisation
18 59 (4.81%) CI/CD
18 59 (4.81%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 235 (19.15%) Java
2 223 (18.17%) SQL
3 182 (14.83%) Python
4 148 (12.06%) PowerShell
5 129 (10.51%) JavaScript
6 112 (9.13%) C++
7 78 (6.36%) C#
8 53 (4.32%) C
9 28 (2.28%) Kotlin
9 28 (2.28%) Shell Script
10 23 (1.87%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.06%) Ruby
12 11 (0.90%) VB
13 10 (0.81%) Groovy
14 8 (0.65%) Bash
14 8 (0.65%) Go
14 8 (0.65%) MATLAB
14 8 (0.65%) TypeScript
15 7 (0.57%) Bicep
15 7 (0.57%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1,227 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 304 (24.78%) DV Cleared
3 182 (14.83%) Degree
4 67 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
6 37 (3.02%) AWS Certification
7 34 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 33 (2.69%) CCNP
9 30 (2.44%) CCNA
10 24 (1.96%) Azure Certification
11 18 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (1.39%) JNCIS
13 16 (1.30%) A+ Certification
13 16 (1.30%) DBS Check
14 15 (1.22%) PhD
15 14 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 13 (1.06%) MCP
17 11 (0.90%) CISSP
18 10 (0.81%) Master's Degree
19 9 (0.73%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (4.56%) SLA
2 40 (3.26%) QA
3 21 (1.71%) Software Quality Assurance
4 17 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.30%) NIST
6 12 (0.98%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.73%) JSP 440
8 8 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 8 (0.65%) RMADS
9 5 (0.41%) NCSC
9 5 (0.41%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.41%) PMO
9 5 (0.41%) WCAG
10 3 (0.24%) COBIT
10 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.24%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.24%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 105 (8.56%) Active Directory
2 92 (7.50%) Docker
3 58 (4.73%) Hyper-V
4 44 (3.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 23 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (1.79%) Firmware
7 20 (1.63%) Virtual Servers
8 18 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (1.30%) pfSense
10 14 (1.14%) KVM
10 14 (1.14%) Oracle RAC
11 12 (0.98%) vSphere
12 10 (0.81%) NFS
13 9 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
14 4 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
16 1 (0.081%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 114 (9.29%) Ansible
2 107 (8.72%) Kubernetes
3 79 (6.44%) Terraform
4 73 (5.95%) SCCM
5 55 (4.48%) SCOM
6 38 (3.10%) WSUS
7 36 (2.93%) vCenter Server
8 27 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
9 25 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
10 22 (1.79%) OpenSSO
11 19 (1.55%) Grafana
11 19 (1.55%) NetBackup
12 16 (1.30%) ZABBIX
13 15 (1.22%) EMC NetWorker
14 14 (1.14%) Data Guard
14 14 (1.14%) Oracle RMAN
15 10 (0.81%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 10 (0.81%) SCDPM
16 8 (0.65%) Rancher
16 8 (0.65%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 190 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 121 (9.86%) Oracle
3 110 (8.96%) Juniper
4 95 (7.74%) Cisco
5 89 (7.25%) VMware
6 41 (3.34%) ServiceNow
6 41 (3.34%) Siebel
7 39 (3.18%) Remedy
8 31 (2.53%) WSO2
9 30 (2.44%) HP
10 29 (2.36%) ESRI
11 27 (2.20%) Dynatrace
12 26 (2.12%) Fortinet
13 25 (2.04%) Veeam
14 24 (1.96%) F5
15 20 (1.63%) Xilinx
16 19 (1.55%) Red Hat
17 17 (1.39%) McAfee
18 16 (1.30%) EMC
19 14 (1.14%) Sun