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 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 25 41 84
Rank change year-on-year +16 +43 +4
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,237 840 852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.72% 6.27% 4.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.63% 15.67% 11.49%
Number of salaries quoted 820 482 418
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £69,563
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £77,910
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -

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 5,995 5,361 7,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 32.56% 40.00% 35.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,631 2,439 3,179
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,790 £29,138
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £51,350 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +0.69% +2.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +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 9 June 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 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
Thames Valley +16 506 £52,500 +6.06% 97
Berkshire +14 440 £53,000 +0.95% 62
Hampshire -1 424 £55,000 -8.33% 86
Surrey +24 247 £50,000 -4.76% 20
Buckinghamshire -19 47 £50,000 -16.67% 23
West Sussex +34 20 £67,500 +28.57% 7
Oxfordshire -27 19 £51,000 +7.37% 12
Kent -4 12 £72,500 +70.59% 3
Middlesex - 6 £35,000 -
East Sussex +22 5 £92,500 +66.67%
Sussex - 4 £51,250 -
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 38 (3.07%) WebLogic
2 30 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (2.26%) ArcGIS
3 28 (2.26%) GeoServer
4 25 (2.02%) OpenStack
5 18 (1.46%) Exchange Server 2010
6 14 (1.13%) SharePoint
7 13 (1.05%) Oracle Service Bus
8 11 (0.89%) CMS
8 11 (0.89%) Confluence
9 9 (0.73%) IIS
9 9 (0.73%) Red Hat Fuse
10 8 (0.65%) JBoss
11 6 (0.49%) Apache
12 4 (0.32%) TWiki
13 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.081%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 56 (4.53%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (2.02%) Simulink
4 19 (1.54%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.32%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.32%) Sketch
8 2 (0.16%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.16%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 40 (3.23%) Siebel CRM
2 16 (1.29%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.32%) Q-Pulse
3 4 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.24%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.24%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
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%) Primavera
6 1 (0.081%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.081%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 295 (23.85%) Azure
2 216 (17.46%) AWS
3 61 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (3.07%) Serverless
5 33 (2.67%) Amazon EKS
6 29 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
7 25 (2.02%) Amazon ECS
8 21 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
8 21 (1.70%) SaaS
9 20 (1.62%) OCI
10 18 (1.46%) Entra ID
11 16 (1.29%) GitHub
12 15 (1.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 15 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.21%) GCP
13 11 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
13 11 (0.89%) Azure Storage
14 10 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (0.81%) Power Platform
14 10 (0.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 110 (8.89%) Firewall
2 62 (5.01%) DNS
3 55 (4.45%) VPN
4 43 (3.48%) DHCP
5 31 (2.51%) Cisco Firepower
6 28 (2.26%) Network Security
7 27 (2.18%) SSL
8 23 (1.86%) WAN
9 21 (1.70%) Wireless
10 19 (1.54%) BGP
11 17 (1.37%) SAN
12 16 (1.29%) 5G
13 15 (1.21%) SD-WAN
14 13 (1.05%) TCP/IP
14 13 (1.05%) VLAN
15 11 (0.89%) IPsec
15 11 (0.89%) LAN
16 10 (0.81%) OSPF
17 9 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
17 9 (0.73%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (8.97%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (5.09%) NoSQL
3 45 (3.64%) Hadoop
3 45 (3.64%) MongoDB
4 37 (2.99%) Relational Database
5 36 (2.91%) Oracle BI EE
5 36 (2.91%) Siebel EIM
6 30 (2.43%) GIS
7 28 (2.26%) QGIS
8 27 (2.18%) SQL Server
9 21 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (1.62%) Oracle Database
11 14 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (1.13%) Oracle Database 11g
12 13 (1.05%) Oracle Database 10g
12 13 (1.05%) VLDB
13 11 (0.89%) Big Data
14 9 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (0.57%) Power BI
16 6 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 87 (7.03%) Jenkins
2 69 (5.58%) Git
3 28 (2.26%) JIRA
4 20 (1.62%) Ant
4 20 (1.62%) Vagrant
5 17 (1.37%) Subversion
6 16 (1.29%) GitLab
6 16 (1.29%) JUnit
7 14 (1.13%) CMake
8 13 (1.05%) Visual Studio
9 10 (0.81%) MSI
9 10 (0.81%) Trac
10 9 (0.73%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.73%) eggPlant
11 7 (0.57%) AdminStudio
11 7 (0.57%) InstallShield
11 7 (0.57%) REST Assured
11 7 (0.57%) Selenium
11 7 (0.57%) WebDriver
12 6 (0.49%) TestNG
General
1 272 (21.99%) Social Skills
2 122 (9.86%) Aerospace
3 80 (6.47%) Public Sector
4 78 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (3.40%) Finance
6 40 (3.23%) Military
7 35 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (2.10%) Police
9 23 (1.86%) Telecoms
10 22 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (1.70%) Electronics
12 15 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (0.89%) Back Office
14 10 (0.81%) Retail
15 8 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.57%) Advertising
16 7 (0.57%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.49%) Marketing
18 5 (0.40%) Law
19 4 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 198 (16.01%) Senior
2 169 (13.66%) Architect
3 155 (12.53%) Software Engineer
4 115 (9.30%) Developer
5 97 (7.84%) Analyst
6 65 (5.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 62 (5.01%) DevOps Engineer
7 62 (5.01%) Lead
7 62 (5.01%) Senior Software Engineer
8 53 (4.28%) Network Engineer
9 51 (4.12%) Senior Developer
10 48 (3.88%) Consultant
11 43 (3.48%) Systems Engineer
12 42 (3.40%) Integration Engineer
12 42 (3.40%) Network Architect
13 41 (3.31%) Applications Support
14 39 (3.15%) Support Analyst
15 37 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
16 36 (2.91%) Data Architect
16 36 (2.91%) Siebel Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (6.06%) Node.js
2 66 (5.34%) .NET
3 52 (4.20%) REST
3 52 (4.20%) Spring
4 50 (4.04%) React
5 45 (3.64%) Kafka
6 39 (3.15%) Middleware
7 35 (2.83%) AngularJS
8 34 (2.75%) XML
9 33 (2.67%) CSS
9 33 (2.67%) Web Services
10 31 (2.51%) Leaflet
11 30 (2.43%) OpenLayers
12 29 (2.34%) Spring Boot
13 28 (2.26%) J2EE
13 28 (2.26%) PostGIS
14 26 (2.10%) Hibernate
15 25 (2.02%) .NET Core
15 25 (2.02%) Apache Camel
15 25 (2.02%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 42 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
2 40 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 38 (3.07%) Algorithms
3 38 (3.07%) Product Ownership
4 35 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (2.26%) CMDB
6 26 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
7 24 (1.94%) Management Information System
8 23 (1.86%) Client/Server
9 21 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
10 17 (1.37%) Satnav
11 16 (1.29%) FPGA
11 16 (1.29%) PKI
12 15 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
12 15 (1.21%) VHDL
13 13 (1.05%) Analogue Electronics
13 13 (1.05%) Private Cloud
14 12 (0.97%) Driving Licence
15 11 (0.89%) Digital Signage
16 8 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 257 (20.78%) Windows
2 230 (18.59%) Linux
3 129 (10.43%) Windows Server
4 54 (4.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 47 (3.80%) Windows 10
6 45 (3.64%) CentOS
6 45 (3.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 39 (3.15%) Unix
8 36 (2.91%) Ubuntu
9 31 (2.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 25 (2.02%) Windows Server 2012
11 22 (1.78%) Android
12 18 (1.46%) Windows 7
13 13 (1.05%) Solaris
14 12 (0.97%) Windows NT
14 12 (0.97%) Windows XP
15 9 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (0.49%) Rocky
17 3 (0.24%) AIX
18 2 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (29.10%) Agile
2 284 (22.96%) Problem-Solving
3 259 (20.94%) Actionable Insight
4 237 (19.16%) DevOps
5 195 (15.76%) Software Engineering
6 125 (10.11%) Collaborative Working
7 121 (9.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 106 (8.57%) Scrum
8 106 (8.57%) Service Management
9 100 (8.08%) ITIL
9 100 (8.08%) Test Automation
10 97 (7.84%) Project Management
11 80 (6.47%) Computer Science
12 71 (5.74%) Customer Service
13 69 (5.58%) Artificial Intelligence
14 66 (5.34%) Kanban
15 64 (5.17%) Microservices
16 63 (5.09%) Containerisation
17 61 (4.93%) CI/CD
18 60 (4.85%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 237 (19.16%) Java
2 220 (17.78%) SQL
3 201 (16.25%) Python
4 149 (12.05%) PowerShell
5 121 (9.78%) JavaScript
6 105 (8.49%) C++
7 80 (6.47%) C#
8 52 (4.20%) C
9 38 (3.07%) Kotlin
10 24 (1.94%) Shell Script
11 19 (1.54%) PL/SQL
12 18 (1.46%) VB
13 13 (1.05%) TypeScript
14 11 (0.89%) Bicep
14 11 (0.89%) VBScript
15 10 (0.81%) MATLAB
16 9 (0.73%) Groovy
17 8 (0.65%) Ruby
18 7 (0.57%) Bash
18 7 (0.57%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,237 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 315 (25.46%) DV Cleared
3 206 (16.65%) Degree
4 74 (5.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
6 35 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 34 (2.75%) AWS Certification
8 33 (2.67%) CCNP
9 31 (2.51%) CCNA
10 21 (1.70%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.37%) JNCIS
11 17 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (1.37%) PhD
12 16 (1.29%) A+ Certification
12 16 (1.29%) DBS Check
13 13 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 13 (1.05%) MCP
14 11 (0.89%) CISSP
14 11 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 11 (0.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (4.45%) SLA
2 40 (3.23%) QA
3 17 (1.37%) Software Quality Assurance
4 13 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (0.97%) Accessibility
5 12 (0.97%) NIST
6 6 (0.49%) PMO
7 5 (0.40%) JSP 440
7 5 (0.40%) NCSC
7 5 (0.40%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.40%) WCAG
8 4 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (0.32%) RMADS
9 3 (0.24%) COBIT
9 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.24%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.24%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 109 (8.81%) Active Directory
2 86 (6.95%) Docker
3 52 (4.20%) Hyper-V
4 42 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 27 (2.18%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (1.86%) Firmware
7 19 (1.54%) Virtual Servers
8 16 (1.29%) pfSense
8 16 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
9 13 (1.05%) Oracle RAC
9 13 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
10 12 (0.97%) vSphere
11 11 (0.89%) KVM
12 10 (0.81%) NFS
13 8 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
16 1 (0.081%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 102 (8.25%) Kubernetes
2 97 (7.84%) Ansible
3 85 (6.87%) SCCM
4 71 (5.74%) Terraform
5 54 (4.37%) SCOM
6 50 (4.04%) WSUS
7 34 (2.75%) vCenter Server
8 31 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
9 24 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
10 21 (1.70%) OpenSSO
11 19 (1.54%) Grafana
11 19 (1.54%) NetBackup
12 16 (1.29%) EMC NetWorker
12 16 (1.29%) ZABBIX
13 13 (1.05%) Data Guard
13 13 (1.05%) Oracle RMAN
14 12 (0.97%) Sysprep
15 11 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 10 (0.81%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 10 (0.81%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 192 (15.52%) Microsoft
2 116 (9.38%) Oracle
3 110 (8.89%) Juniper
4 103 (8.33%) Cisco
5 90 (7.28%) VMware
6 42 (3.40%) ServiceNow
7 40 (3.23%) Siebel
8 37 (2.99%) Remedy
9 29 (2.34%) F5
10 28 (2.26%) ESRI
11 26 (2.10%) Fortinet
11 26 (2.10%) HP
11 26 (2.10%) Veeam
12 25 (2.02%) WSO2
13 24 (1.94%) Xilinx
14 22 (1.78%) Dynatrace
15 18 (1.46%) Red Hat
16 17 (1.37%) EMC
16 17 (1.37%) McAfee
17 16 (1.29%) Palo Alto