SC Cleared Jobs in the South West

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 15 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 +10
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 887 874 1,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.47% 13.08% 13.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.05% 30.88% 34.76%
Number of salaries quoted 586 414 544
10th Percentile £30,385 £36,000 £35,343
25th Percentile £42,139 £42,500 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £56,400 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +5.42% +7.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,250 £81,250 £78,375
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.20% +11.36% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,279 2,830 3,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 34.99% 42.35% 38.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,146 1,259 1,620
10th Percentile £29,775 £30,431 £30,505
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,353 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,022 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% +6.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,600 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £76,275
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the South West

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the South West

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the South West

SC Cleared
Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol +4 278 £68,500 +14.17% 91
Gloucestershire -13 236 £50,000 -25.93% 30
Wiltshire +6 191 £49,000 -2.97% 49
Dorset 0 102 £40,000 -23.81% 18
Somerset +11 55 £30,385 -36.03% 21
Devon -23 10 £50,000 - 30
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 85 (9.58%) Confluence
2 34 (3.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (3.49%) ArcGIS
4 29 (3.27%) SharePoint
5 27 (3.04%) GeoServer
6 23 (2.59%) Apache
7 19 (2.14%) Apache Spark
8 10 (1.13%) SharePoint 2010
8 10 (1.13%) SharePoint 2013
9 4 (0.45%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.23%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.23%) WildFly
11 1 (0.11%) JBoss
11 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 40 (4.51%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.35%) Simulink
3 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.45%) Sketch
5 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.23%) GNU Octave
6 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 42 (4.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 19 (2.14%) Maximo
3 4 (0.45%) Primavera
4 3 (0.34%) Q-Pulse
4 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 191 (21.53%) Azure
2 163 (18.38%) AWS
3 71 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
4 56 (6.31%) OpenShift
5 37 (4.17%) GCP
6 36 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
7 22 (2.48%) SaaS
7 22 (2.48%) Serverless
8 20 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
8 20 (2.25%) AWS CloudFormation
9 17 (1.92%) Power Platform
10 9 (1.01%) PaaS
11 8 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (0.90%) Power Automate
12 7 (0.79%) IaaS
13 6 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (0.68%) Miro
13 6 (0.68%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.56%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.49%) Firewall
2 27 (3.04%) TCP/IP
3 24 (2.71%) DNS
4 21 (2.37%) AMQP
4 21 (2.37%) Wireless
5 19 (2.14%) DHCP
6 18 (2.03%) LAN
6 18 (2.03%) WAN
7 16 (1.80%) HTTP
8 13 (1.47%) SAN
9 10 (1.13%) Network Security
10 9 (1.01%) Ethernet
10 9 (1.01%) iSCSI
11 8 (0.90%) Cisco IPT
11 8 (0.90%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (0.68%) BGP
12 6 (0.68%) RS-232
13 5 (0.56%) IPv4
13 5 (0.56%) VLAN
13 5 (0.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.40%) GIS
2 32 (3.61%) Big Data
3 27 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (3.04%) QGIS
4 22 (2.48%) SQL Server
5 19 (2.14%) Hadoop
6 16 (1.80%) Cloudera CDH
6 16 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.35%) Power BI
7 12 (1.35%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (1.13%) MySQL
9 9 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (1.01%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.56%) InfluxDB
10 5 (0.56%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.56%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.56%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 93 (10.48%) Git
2 91 (10.26%) JIRA
3 87 (9.81%) Visual Studio
4 81 (9.13%) Bitbucket
5 59 (6.65%) Sourcetree
6 15 (1.69%) GitLab
6 15 (1.69%) LabVIEW
6 15 (1.69%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (1.58%) Jenkins
8 8 (0.90%) NetBeans
8 8 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.56%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.45%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.45%) Selenium
11 2 (0.23%) JMeter
11 2 (0.23%) PetaLinux
11 2 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
11 2 (0.23%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 134 (15.11%) Social Skills
2 114 (12.85%) Games
3 113 (12.74%) Aerospace
4 100 (11.27%) Presentation Skills
5 91 (10.26%) Finance
6 49 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (4.40%) Military
8 34 (3.83%) Public Sector
9 32 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
10 28 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (1.69%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.35%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.24%) Electronics
15 8 (0.90%) Retail
16 7 (0.79%) Publishing
17 4 (0.45%) Legal
17 4 (0.45%) Police
18 3 (0.34%) Billing
18 3 (0.34%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 161 (18.15%) Senior
2 138 (15.56%) Developer
3 87 (9.81%) Architect
4 79 (8.91%) 3D Developer
4 79 (8.91%) Games Developer
4 79 (8.91%) Unity 3D Developer
5 72 (8.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 71 (8.00%) Software Engineer
7 69 (7.78%) Solutions Architect
8 63 (7.10%) Support Engineer
9 62 (6.99%) Consultant
10 60 (6.76%) Project Manager
11 52 (5.86%) Lead
12 49 (5.52%) Systems Engineer
13 43 (4.85%) Security Consultant
13 43 (4.85%) Senior Developer
14 40 (4.51%) Information Assurance Manager
14 40 (4.51%) Information Manager
15 34 (3.83%) Analyst
15 34 (3.83%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (8.91%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 71 (8.00%) .NET
3 61 (6.88%) React
4 30 (3.38%) CSS
5 29 (3.27%) AngularJS
6 28 (3.16%) .NET Core
7 27 (3.04%) Leaflet
7 27 (3.04%) OpenLayers
7 27 (3.04%) PostGIS
8 25 (2.82%) RabbitMQ
8 25 (2.82%) REST
9 22 (2.48%) Node.js
10 21 (2.37%) Spring
10 21 (2.37%) Spring Boot
11 16 (1.80%) gRPC
11 16 (1.80%) Material-UI
11 16 (1.80%) OpenAPI
11 16 (1.80%) Swagger
12 11 (1.24%) HTML
13 8 (0.90%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 79 (8.91%) Virtual Reality
2 50 (5.64%) Driving Licence
3 35 (3.95%) Management Information System
4 31 (3.49%) Cyberattack
5 19 (2.14%) Cloud Native
6 18 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (1.80%) Private Cloud
8 14 (1.58%) EMC VNX
9 13 (1.47%) Clustering
9 13 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
10 12 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
10 12 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
10 12 (1.35%) Smartphone
11 11 (1.24%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.13%) Security Operations Centre
13 9 (1.01%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.01%) Replication
14 8 (0.90%) Embedded Systems
14 8 (0.90%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 148 (16.69%) Windows
2 126 (14.21%) Linux
3 51 (5.75%) Windows Server
4 47 (5.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 43 (4.85%) Windows 10
6 26 (2.93%) CentOS
7 20 (2.25%) Ubuntu
8 16 (1.80%) Debian
9 13 (1.47%) AIX
9 13 (1.47%) Unix
10 12 (1.35%) Windows 7
11 9 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
12 8 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
13 7 (0.79%) Android
13 7 (0.79%) CoreOS
13 7 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.34%) zOS
15 2 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.11%) Solaris
16 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (24.46%) DevOps
2 213 (24.01%) Agile
3 191 (21.53%) Software Engineering
4 148 (16.69%) Actionable Insight
5 135 (15.22%) Scrum
6 130 (14.66%) UML
7 120 (13.53%) Cybersecurity
8 96 (10.82%) Information Assurance
8 96 (10.82%) ITIL
9 91 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
10 90 (10.15%) Project Management
11 87 (9.81%) Design Patterns
12 81 (9.13%) Risk Management
13 79 (8.91%) Use Case
14 73 (8.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 70 (7.89%) Collaborative Working
16 68 (7.67%) TOGAF
17 62 (6.99%) Full Stack Development
18 61 (6.88%) ArchiMate
18 61 (6.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 126 (14.21%) Python
2 106 (11.95%) C#
3 89 (10.03%) Java
4 70 (7.89%) JavaScript
5 58 (6.54%) PowerShell
6 45 (5.07%) SQL
7 35 (3.95%) Bash
8 22 (2.48%) C++
8 22 (2.48%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.14%) MATLAB
10 17 (1.92%) C
11 13 (1.47%) Go
12 7 (0.79%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.68%) VBA
14 5 (0.56%) Fortran
15 4 (0.45%) R
16 3 (0.34%) Scala
17 2 (0.23%) Perl
17 2 (0.23%) Ruby
18 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 887 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 233 (26.27%) Degree
3 145 (16.35%) DV Cleared
4 127 (14.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 55 (6.20%) TOGAF Certification
6 49 (5.52%) CESG Certified Professional
6 49 (5.52%) CISM
6 49 (5.52%) CISSP
7 33 (3.72%) CRISC
8 16 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (1.69%) A+ Certification
10 13 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (1.13%) MCSE
12 9 (1.01%) CISA
13 8 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.90%) PMI Certification
14 7 (0.79%) MCITP
15 6 (0.68%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.68%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (5.64%) NCSC
3 26 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 18 (2.03%) SLA
5 13 (1.47%) IEC 61508
6 11 (1.24%) NIST
7 10 (1.13%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.13%) ISO 9001
7 10 (1.13%) JSP 440
8 9 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (1.01%) Def Stans
9 7 (0.79%) GDPR
10 6 (0.68%) QA
10 6 (0.68%) RMADS
10 6 (0.68%) TickIT
11 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 5 (0.56%) WCAG
12 4 (0.45%) GRC
13 3 (0.34%) COBIT
System Software
1 102 (11.50%) Active Directory
2 84 (9.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (6.76%) Hyper-V
4 52 (5.86%) Docker
5 16 (1.80%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.79%) XenDesktop
7 6 (0.68%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (0.45%) XenApp
9 3 (0.34%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.34%) Firmware
10 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 90 (10.15%) Ansible
2 59 (6.65%) Kubernetes
3 56 (6.31%) SCCM
4 44 (4.96%) Puppet
5 37 (4.17%) Terraform
6 16 (1.80%) vCenter Server
7 14 (1.58%) EMC NetWorker
7 14 (1.58%) Nagios
8 12 (1.35%) Backup Exec
8 12 (1.35%) NetBackup
9 9 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.90%) ZABBIX
11 7 (0.79%) Kibana
12 6 (0.68%) Icinga
12 6 (0.68%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
13 5 (0.56%) Grafana
13 5 (0.56%) Prometheus
14 3 (0.34%) OpenView
14 3 (0.34%) WSUS
Vendors
1 263 (29.65%) Microsoft
2 94 (10.60%) VMware
3 48 (5.41%) Red Hat
4 42 (4.74%) Sparx
5 37 (4.17%) Google
6 32 (3.61%) ESRI
7 26 (2.93%) IBM
8 25 (2.82%) Oracle
9 22 (2.48%) Cisco
10 21 (2.37%) NetApp
10 21 (2.37%) SolarWinds
11 16 (1.80%) SaltStack
12 14 (1.58%) EMC
12 14 (1.58%) Veeam
13 13 (1.47%) Citrix
13 13 (1.47%) Hitachi
14 12 (1.35%) McAfee
14 12 (1.35%) MobileIron
14 12 (1.35%) Snow
14 12 (1.35%) Veritas