Security Cleared Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Clearance
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 29 37 64
Rank change year-on-year +8 +27 -32
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 488 401 347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.78% 6.93% 4.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.61% 16.72% 14.00%
Number of salaries quoted 341 271 137
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,258 2,398 2,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 26.74% 41.45% 31.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,294 968 1,305
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,175 £28,850
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +12.90% -4.12%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,610
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham -15 179 £57,500 -8.00% 65
Staffordshire -2 119 £52,500 +31.25% 37
Warwickshire +77 79 £57,500 +15.00% 16
Worcestershire -11 34 £55,000 -1.35% 9
Solihull -6 31 £50,000 +1.01% 12
Herefordshire -2 11 £55,000 +2.80% 7
Shropshire -26 7 £60,000 - 6
Coventry +23 3 £41,536 -18.95% 6
Wolverhampton - 2 - - 3
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 29 (5.94%) IIS
2 12 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.64%) Apache
3 8 (1.64%) Tomcat
4 7 (1.43%) Appian
5 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.82%) Office Communications Server
7 3 (0.61%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 3 (0.61%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (7.79%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (4.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.02%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.82%) EPLAN
6 4 (0.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (3.48%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.61%) Maximo
2 3 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.61%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.41%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.20%) CA PPM
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 101 (20.70%) Azure
2 54 (11.07%) AWS
3 31 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (2.87%) Entra ID
6 13 (2.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 13 (2.66%) GitHub
7 12 (2.46%) PaaS
8 11 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (2.25%) Power Platform
9 10 (2.05%) IaaS
9 10 (2.05%) SaaS
10 8 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.02%) dbt
13 4 (0.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 3 (0.61%) OCI
14 3 (0.61%) PowerApps
15 2 (0.41%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (14.75%) WAN
2 51 (10.45%) Firewall
3 33 (6.76%) MPLS
3 33 (6.76%) SD-WAN
4 31 (6.35%) IPsec
5 19 (3.89%) Wireless
6 14 (2.87%) DNS
6 14 (2.87%) Network Security
7 13 (2.66%) BGP
8 12 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (2.05%) LAN
10 8 (1.64%) DHCP
10 8 (1.64%) VPN
10 8 (1.64%) VSAN
11 7 (1.43%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (1.23%) 5G
13 5 (1.02%) SAN
14 4 (0.82%) HTTP
14 4 (0.82%) VLAN
15 3 (0.61%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (8.40%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.07%) Oracle Database
3 8 (1.64%) NoSQL
4 7 (1.43%) Oracle Database 12c
4 7 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.23%) Power BI
6 4 (0.82%) MySQL
7 3 (0.61%) DB2
8 2 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.20%) GIS
9 1 (0.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 16 (3.28%) GitLab
2 10 (2.05%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.41%) Git
3 2 (0.41%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.20%) Appium
4 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.20%) JIRA
4 1 (0.20%) JUnit
4 1 (0.20%) Postman
4 1 (0.20%) PVCS
4 1 (0.20%) Selenium
4 1 (0.20%) TestNG
4 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 130 (26.64%) Social Skills
2 75 (15.37%) Public Sector
3 69 (14.14%) Finance
4 55 (11.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (6.76%) Police
6 28 (5.74%) Manufacturing
7 26 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (5.12%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (4.92%) Telecoms
10 19 (3.89%) Games
10 19 (3.89%) Local Government
11 14 (2.87%) Retail
12 10 (2.05%) Analytical Skills
13 9 (1.84%) Military
14 7 (1.43%) Back Office
14 7 (1.43%) Legal
15 5 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.02%) Electronics
16 4 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.61%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 71 (14.55%) Senior
2 65 (13.32%) Network Engineer
3 44 (9.02%) Project Manager
4 39 (7.99%) Consultant
5 34 (6.97%) Systems Engineer
6 31 (6.35%) Developer
7 29 (5.94%) Architect
8 24 (4.92%) Software Engineer
9 23 (4.71%) Graduate
9 23 (4.71%) Graduate Consultant
9 23 (4.71%) Research Consultant
9 23 (4.71%) Resource Consultant
10 22 (4.51%) Analyst
11 21 (4.30%) Lead
12 15 (3.07%) WAN Engineer
13 14 (2.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (2.87%) Senior Software Engineer
14 13 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.46%) Administrator
16 11 (2.25%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.87%) .NET
2 13 (2.66%) REST
2 13 (2.66%) WebRTC
3 12 (2.46%) 802.1X
4 11 (2.25%) React
5 10 (2.05%) ARM Templates
5 10 (2.05%) Azure Blueprints
6 9 (1.84%) RESTful
6 9 (1.84%) SOAP
7 8 (1.64%) Web Services
8 4 (0.82%) Node.js
9 3 (0.61%) Django
9 3 (0.61%) Middleware
9 3 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.41%) AWS CDK
10 2 (0.41%) RSS
11 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Graph
11 1 (0.20%) SAP Fiori
11 1 (0.20%) SAPUI5
11 1 (0.20%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 60 (12.30%) Management Information System
2 47 (9.63%) Driving Licence
3 25 (5.12%) Clustering
4 16 (3.28%) Public Cloud
5 15 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.07%) Virtual Team
6 14 (2.87%) Operational Technology
7 11 (2.25%) Data Centre
7 11 (2.25%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (1.84%) SCADA
8 9 (1.84%) Security Operations Centre
9 8 (1.64%) PKI
9 8 (1.64%) Private Cloud
10 7 (1.43%) CMDB
10 7 (1.43%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.41%) Algorithms
13 2 (0.41%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 56 (11.48%) Windows
2 36 (7.38%) Windows Server
3 31 (6.35%) Linux
4 17 (3.48%) Unix
5 8 (1.64%) Solaris
6 7 (1.43%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.23%) Android
8 4 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.61%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.41%) zOS
11 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (20.90%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (14.14%) Mentoring
3 68 (13.93%) Agile
4 67 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
5 64 (13.11%) Project Management
6 63 (12.91%) Software Engineering
7 58 (11.89%) Customer Service
8 53 (10.86%) ITIL
9 45 (9.22%) DevOps
10 39 (7.99%) Systems Engineering
11 38 (7.79%) Project Delivery
12 34 (6.97%) ERP
13 33 (6.76%) Customer Requirements
14 30 (6.15%) Risk Management
15 27 (5.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 24 (4.92%) CI/CD
16 24 (4.92%) High Availability
17 22 (4.51%) Change Management
17 22 (4.51%) Containerisation
17 22 (4.51%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 31 (6.35%) SQL
2 27 (5.53%) Python
3 19 (3.89%) Java
3 19 (3.89%) JavaScript
4 13 (2.66%) C#
5 12 (2.46%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.46%) TypeScript
6 10 (2.05%) C++
7 8 (1.64%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.82%) R
9 3 (0.61%) C
10 2 (0.41%) Bash
11 1 (0.20%) ABAP
11 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.20%) SAPscript
11 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 280 (57.38%) SC Cleared
2 77 (15.78%) Degree
3 61 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 22 (4.51%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (3.48%) CCNA
6 15 (3.07%) CCNP
7 9 (1.84%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.64%) CCSA
8 8 (1.64%) HND
8 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.43%) Oracle Certification
10 6 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.02%) CISSP
11 5 (1.02%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.02%) MCSA
12 4 (0.82%) CISM
12 4 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.82%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.61%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (5.53%) ISO 9001
2 27 (5.53%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 21 (4.30%) Accessibility
3 21 (4.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (2.87%) NCSC
5 13 (2.66%) Def Stans
6 11 (2.25%) NIST
7 8 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 8 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.43%) NIST 800
9 5 (1.02%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.02%) QA
10 4 (0.82%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.61%) PMO
12 2 (0.41%) SLA
13 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.20%) GDPR
13 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 41 (8.40%) Active Directory
2 39 (7.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.48%) VMware NSX
4 15 (3.07%) vSphere
5 14 (2.87%) Docker
6 12 (2.46%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.23%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (5.53%) EnCase
2 19 (3.89%) Ansible
3 18 (3.69%) Kubernetes
4 16 (3.28%) SCCM
5 12 (2.46%) Terraform
6 9 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.43%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.23%) SCOM
8 6 (1.23%) VxRail
9 3 (0.61%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.61%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.61%) Nagios
10 2 (0.41%) Grafana
10 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.41%) Puppet
10 2 (0.41%) WSUS
11 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.20%) Kibana
11 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 113 (23.16%) Microsoft
2 57 (11.68%) VMware
3 49 (10.04%) Cisco
3 49 (10.04%) Juniper
4 25 (5.12%) IFS
5 24 (4.92%) Oracle
6 20 (4.10%) CheckPoint
7 19 (3.89%) NEC
8 17 (3.48%) Workday
9 15 (3.07%) Aruba
10 13 (2.66%) Dell
10 13 (2.66%) Fortinet
11 12 (2.46%) Meraki
12 10 (2.05%) ServiceNow
13 8 (1.64%) EMC
14 7 (1.43%) Cellebrite
15 6 (1.23%) Palo Alto
15 6 (1.23%) SAP
16 5 (1.02%) IBM
17 4 (0.82%) HP