Security Cleared Jobs in the South West

Security Clearance
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 2 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +9
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,891 1,357 1,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 20.18% 20.31% 19.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.67% 47.95% 51.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,237 621 825
10th Percentile £33,800 £34,605 £32,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,556 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,250 £73,550 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £83,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 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% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the South West

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the South West

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the South West

Security 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 Security 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
Gloucestershire 0 653 £55,000 -15.38% 98
Bristol +10 597 £65,000 +13.04% 154
Wiltshire +5 388 £50,500 -8.18% 85
Dorset -1 141 £42,500 -19.05% 24
Somerset +8 70 £32,193 -28.86% 42
Devon -48 26 £49,000 +28.01% 52
Security Cleared
England

Security 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 93 (4.92%) Confluence
2 43 (2.27%) Apache
3 38 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 37 (1.96%) Apache Spark
4 37 (1.96%) SharePoint
5 31 (1.64%) ArcGIS
6 27 (1.43%) GeoServer
7 18 (0.95%) nginx
8 17 (0.90%) Jupyter
9 15 (0.79%) SharePoint 2010
9 15 (0.79%) SharePoint 2013
10 13 (0.69%) IIS
11 4 (0.21%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.11%) JBoss
12 2 (0.11%) MS Project Server
12 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.11%) WildFly
13 1 (0.053%) Moodle
13 1 (0.053%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 52 (2.75%) Simulink
2 49 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.32%) Trello
6 4 (0.21%) Sketch
6 4 (0.21%) Stateflow
6 4 (0.21%) Windchill
7 2 (0.11%) GNU Octave
7 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.053%) 1Password
8 1 (0.053%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.053%) Revit
Business Applications
1 44 (2.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 19 (1.00%) Maximo
3 4 (0.21%) Primavera
4 3 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
4 3 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.053%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.053%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 361 (19.09%) AWS
2 338 (17.87%) Azure
3 95 (5.02%) OpenShift
4 81 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
5 52 (2.75%) GCP
6 42 (2.22%) SaaS
7 37 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (1.48%) IaaS
8 28 (1.48%) PaaS
9 26 (1.37%) Power Platform
10 25 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (1.32%) Serverless
11 22 (1.16%) Amazon S3
12 20 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
12 20 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
13 17 (0.90%) MinIO
14 9 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (0.42%) Power Automate
16 7 (0.37%) OCI
17 6 (0.32%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 90 (4.76%) Firewall
2 53 (2.80%) WAN
3 51 (2.70%) TCP/IP
4 44 (2.33%) Network Security
5 42 (2.22%) LAN
6 40 (2.12%) DNS
7 35 (1.85%) DHCP
8 32 (1.69%) HTTP
9 28 (1.48%) VSAN
10 26 (1.37%) Wireless
11 23 (1.22%) Cisco ASA
11 23 (1.22%) Software-Defined Networking
12 22 (1.16%) AMQP
13 18 (0.95%) SAN
14 14 (0.74%) BGP
15 13 (0.69%) Ethernet
16 11 (0.58%) SD-WAN
17 9 (0.48%) iSCSI
18 8 (0.42%) Cisco IPT
18 8 (0.42%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (3.17%) Big Data
2 41 (2.17%) GIS
3 39 (2.06%) MongoDB
4 38 (2.01%) Hadoop
4 38 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (1.59%) SQL Server
6 27 (1.43%) QGIS
7 21 (1.11%) Power BI
8 18 (0.95%) Relational Database
9 17 (0.90%) Presto
10 16 (0.85%) Cloudera CDH
10 16 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
11 14 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (0.53%) MySQL
12 10 (0.53%) Tableau
13 9 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (0.48%) NoSQL
14 7 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
15 6 (0.32%) Oracle Database
15 6 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 139 (7.35%) JIRA
2 112 (5.92%) Git
3 89 (4.71%) Visual Studio
4 86 (4.55%) Bitbucket
5 59 (3.12%) Sourcetree
6 51 (2.70%) Rational DOORS
7 45 (2.38%) Jenkins
8 34 (1.80%) GitLab
9 20 (1.06%) LabVIEW
9 20 (1.06%) Rational Rhapsody
10 17 (0.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 8 (0.42%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.42%) NetBeans
11 8 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
12 7 (0.37%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.37%) Selenium
12 7 (0.37%) Subversion
13 6 (0.32%) Eclipse
13 6 (0.32%) Rational Team Concert
14 5 (0.26%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 275 (14.54%) Aerospace
2 274 (14.49%) Social Skills
3 164 (8.67%) Finance
4 135 (7.14%) Games
5 114 (6.03%) Military
6 102 (5.39%) Presentation Skills
7 89 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
8 88 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 87 (4.60%) Public Sector
10 48 (2.54%) Telecoms
11 42 (2.22%) Retail
12 38 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
13 33 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.22%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.06%) Electronics
16 13 (0.69%) Legal
17 10 (0.53%) Aviation
18 8 (0.42%) French Language
19 7 (0.37%) Publishing
20 6 (0.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 324 (17.13%) Senior
2 250 (13.22%) Software Engineer
3 190 (10.05%) Architect
4 165 (8.73%) Developer
5 161 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 143 (7.56%) Systems Engineer
7 142 (7.51%) Consultant
8 139 (7.35%) Lead
9 95 (5.02%) Project Manager
10 87 (4.60%) Security Consultant
11 84 (4.44%) Support Engineer
12 83 (4.39%) DevOps Engineer
13 80 (4.23%) Analyst
14 79 (4.18%) 3D Developer
14 79 (4.18%) Games Developer
14 79 (4.18%) Solutions Architect
14 79 (4.18%) Unity 3D Developer
15 72 (3.81%) Administrator
15 72 (3.81%) Senior Software Engineer
16 67 (3.54%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (4.97%) React
2 83 (4.39%) .NET
3 79 (4.18%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 53 (2.80%) AngularJS
5 42 (2.22%) RabbitMQ
6 36 (1.90%) CSS
6 36 (1.90%) Spring
7 33 (1.75%) Node.js
7 33 (1.75%) REST
8 32 (1.69%) .NET Core
9 30 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
10 28 (1.48%) Spring Boot
11 27 (1.43%) Leaflet
11 27 (1.43%) OpenLayers
11 27 (1.43%) PostGIS
12 26 (1.37%) JSON
12 26 (1.37%) XML
13 24 (1.27%) Apache NiFi
14 21 (1.11%) TensorFlow
15 20 (1.06%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 81 (4.28%) Management Information System
2 79 (4.18%) Virtual Reality
3 68 (3.60%) Driving Licence
4 58 (3.07%) Algorithms
5 54 (2.86%) Cloud Native
6 38 (2.01%) Public Cloud
6 38 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
7 37 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
7 37 (1.96%) Private Cloud
8 36 (1.90%) Cyber Defence
9 34 (1.80%) Data Centre
10 33 (1.75%) Cyberattack
11 32 (1.69%) PKI
11 32 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
12 25 (1.32%) Product Ownership
13 20 (1.06%) Robotics
14 17 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
15 15 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
15 15 (0.79%) FPGA
15 15 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 442 (23.37%) Linux
2 271 (14.33%) Windows
3 96 (5.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 73 (3.86%) Windows Server
5 66 (3.49%) CentOS
6 53 (2.80%) Embedded Linux
7 49 (2.59%) Windows 10
8 42 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 41 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 40 (2.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 24 (1.27%) Ubuntu
12 20 (1.06%) Debian
13 17 (0.90%) Unix
13 17 (0.90%) Windows 7
14 13 (0.69%) AIX
15 10 (0.53%) CoreOS
16 9 (0.48%) Android
17 5 (0.26%) Kali Linux
18 3 (0.16%) zOS
19 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 523 (27.66%) Agile
2 390 (20.62%) Software Engineering
3 347 (18.35%) DevOps
4 346 (18.30%) Actionable Insight
5 283 (14.97%) Cybersecurity
6 216 (11.42%) Scrum
7 194 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
8 184 (9.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 183 (9.68%) Project Management
10 176 (9.31%) Collaborative Working
11 146 (7.72%) UML
12 145 (7.67%) ITIL
13 139 (7.35%) Systems Engineering
14 126 (6.66%) Validation
15 116 (6.13%) Information Assurance
16 115 (6.08%) Mentoring
17 113 (5.98%) Risk Management
18 106 (5.61%) Full Stack Development
19 97 (5.13%) CI/CD
20 94 (4.97%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 426 (22.53%) Python
2 220 (11.63%) Java
3 192 (10.15%) Bash
4 151 (7.99%) JavaScript
5 139 (7.35%) C#
6 136 (7.19%) PowerShell
7 113 (5.98%) C
8 92 (4.87%) SQL
9 69 (3.65%) MATLAB
10 57 (3.01%) C++
11 56 (2.96%) Rust
12 50 (2.64%) Embedded C
13 38 (2.01%) TypeScript
14 30 (1.59%) Shell Script
15 24 (1.27%) Ada
16 14 (0.74%) R
17 13 (0.69%) Go
18 8 (0.42%) Perl
19 6 (0.32%) Ruby
19 6 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 887 (46.91%) SC Cleared
2 591 (31.25%) DV Cleared
3 364 (19.25%) Degree
4 269 (14.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 55 (2.91%) TOGAF Certification
6 51 (2.70%) CESG Certified Professional
6 51 (2.70%) CISSP
7 49 (2.59%) CISM
8 41 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (1.75%) CRISC
10 28 (1.48%) CCNA
11 21 (1.11%) CCNP
12 20 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
13 19 (1.00%) A+ Certification
14 16 (0.85%) HNC
15 15 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
16 14 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
16 14 (0.74%) Master's Degree
17 13 (0.69%) CISMP
17 13 (0.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (2.96%) NCSC
2 56 (2.96%) NIST
3 34 (1.80%) SLA
4 29 (1.53%) NIST 800
5 27 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 23 (1.22%) JSP 440
7 21 (1.11%) RMADS
8 20 (1.06%) QA
9 19 (1.00%) Def Stans
10 17 (0.90%) IEC 61508
11 14 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 11 (0.58%) Accessibility
12 11 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.53%) ISO 9001
14 9 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (0.48%) GRC
15 8 (0.42%) GDPR
16 7 (0.37%) MISRA
16 7 (0.37%) TickIT
System Software
1 190 (10.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 147 (7.77%) Docker
3 140 (7.40%) Active Directory
4 84 (4.44%) Hyper-V
5 42 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
6 41 (2.17%) vSphere
7 24 (1.27%) VMware NSX
8 23 (1.22%) Firmware
9 8 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (0.37%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.21%) XenApp
12 3 (0.16%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.16%) Forefront TMG
12 3 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
12 3 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.053%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 235 (12.43%) Ansible
2 174 (9.20%) Kubernetes
3 115 (6.08%) Terraform
4 113 (5.98%) Puppet
5 62 (3.28%) SCCM
6 38 (2.01%) vCenter Server
7 22 (1.16%) Grafana
7 22 (1.16%) Prometheus
8 17 (0.90%) HAProxy
9 16 (0.85%) Nagios
10 15 (0.79%) Progress Chef
11 14 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
12 12 (0.63%) Backup Exec
12 12 (0.63%) NetBackup
13 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
14 8 (0.42%) ZABBIX
15 7 (0.37%) Kibana
15 7 (0.37%) WSUS
16 6 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
16 6 (0.32%) Icinga
Vendors
1 342 (18.09%) Microsoft
2 222 (11.74%) VMware
3 128 (6.77%) Red Hat
4 101 (5.34%) Cisco
5 64 (3.38%) Oracle
6 46 (2.43%) Google
7 44 (2.33%) IBM
7 44 (2.33%) Sparx
8 33 (1.75%) SolarWinds
9 32 (1.69%) ESRI
10 21 (1.11%) NetApp
11 20 (1.06%) SaltStack
12 18 (0.95%) Citrix
13 17 (0.90%) EMC
13 17 (0.90%) Veeam
14 15 (0.79%) Atlassian
15 13 (0.69%) Hitachi
16 12 (0.63%) McAfee
16 12 (0.63%) Splunk
16 12 (0.63%) Veritas