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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 39 83
Rank change year-on-year +14 +44 +6
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,243 858 832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.98% 6.24% 4.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.98% 15.63% 11.75%
Number of salaries quoted 826 489 412
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - -0.90% +0.91%
75th Percentile £70,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £78,750
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 5,926 5,488 7,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 33.27% 39.91% 34.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,633 2,472 3,151
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,138
25th Percentile £38,125 £36,713 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,350 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% -0.29% +3.00%
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 1 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 1 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 +23 527 £52,500 +5.53% 105
Berkshire +19 465 £53,631 +2.15% 66
Hampshire -2 415 £55,000 -8.33% 88
Surrey +23 244 £50,000 -4.76% 28
Buckinghamshire -24 45 £50,000 -16.67% 23
West Sussex +36 20 £67,500 +28.57% 6
Oxfordshire -20 17 £51,000 +7.37% 16
Kent -3 11 £91,250 +114.71% 6
Middlesex - 6 £35,000 -
East Sussex +15 4 £92,500 +66.67% 1
Sussex - 4 £51,250 - 1
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 (3.22%) WebLogic
2 29 (2.33%) ArcGIS
2 29 (2.33%) GeoServer
2 29 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (2.17%) OpenStack
4 18 (1.45%) Exchange Server 2010
5 14 (1.13%) Oracle Service Bus
6 13 (1.05%) CMS
6 13 (1.05%) SharePoint
7 11 (0.88%) Confluence
8 10 (0.80%) IIS
9 9 (0.72%) Red Hat Fuse
10 8 (0.64%) JBoss
11 6 (0.48%) Apache
12 4 (0.32%) TWiki
13 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.080%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 56 (4.51%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (1.85%) Simulink
4 20 (1.61%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.64%) 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 41 (3.30%) Siebel CRM
2 17 (1.37%) 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 (0.080%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.080%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 292 (23.49%) Azure
2 216 (17.38%) AWS
3 60 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (3.22%) Serverless
5 35 (2.82%) Amazon EKS
6 28 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
7 27 (2.17%) Amazon ECS
8 26 (2.09%) SaaS
9 22 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (1.61%) OCI
11 17 (1.37%) Entra ID
11 17 (1.37%) GitHub
12 15 (1.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 15 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (1.13%) GCP
14 11 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (0.80%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (0.80%) Azure Storage
15 10 (0.80%) Power Platform
15 10 (0.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 110 (8.85%) Firewall
2 63 (5.07%) DNS
3 54 (4.34%) VPN
4 43 (3.46%) DHCP
5 29 (2.33%) Cisco Firepower
6 26 (2.09%) Network Security
6 26 (2.09%) SSL
7 23 (1.85%) WAN
8 21 (1.69%) Wireless
9 18 (1.45%) BGP
10 17 (1.37%) SAN
11 16 (1.29%) 5G
11 16 (1.29%) SD-WAN
12 13 (1.05%) TCP/IP
13 12 (0.97%) VLAN
14 10 (0.80%) IPsec
14 10 (0.80%) LAN
14 10 (0.80%) SNMP
15 9 (0.72%) OSPF
16 8 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (8.69%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (4.83%) NoSQL
3 39 (3.14%) Hadoop
3 39 (3.14%) MongoDB
4 36 (2.90%) Oracle BI EE
4 36 (2.90%) Relational Database
4 36 (2.90%) Siebel EIM
5 31 (2.49%) GIS
6 29 (2.33%) QGIS
6 29 (2.33%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.85%) Oracle Database
8 22 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
9 15 (1.21%) Oracle Database 11g
10 14 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (1.13%) Oracle Database 10g
10 14 (1.13%) VLDB
11 9 (0.72%) Big Data
11 9 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (0.56%) Power BI
13 6 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 94 (7.56%) Jenkins
2 70 (5.63%) Git
3 28 (2.25%) JIRA
4 21 (1.69%) Ant
5 18 (1.45%) Subversion
5 18 (1.45%) Vagrant
6 17 (1.37%) GitLab
7 16 (1.29%) JUnit
8 14 (1.13%) CMake
9 13 (1.05%) Visual Studio
10 10 (0.80%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.80%) Trac
11 9 (0.72%) eggPlant
11 9 (0.72%) MSI
12 8 (0.64%) Selenium
13 7 (0.56%) REST Assured
13 7 (0.56%) WebDriver
14 6 (0.48%) AdminStudio
14 6 (0.48%) InstallShield
14 6 (0.48%) TestNG
General
1 267 (21.48%) Social Skills
2 122 (9.81%) Aerospace
3 81 (6.52%) Public Sector
4 78 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (3.06%) Military
6 36 (2.90%) Finance
7 35 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (2.17%) Police
9 24 (1.93%) Telecoms
10 22 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (1.45%) Electronics
12 15 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (0.97%) Back Office
14 10 (0.80%) Retail
15 8 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.56%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.48%) Advertising
17 6 (0.48%) Marketing
18 5 (0.40%) Law
19 4 (0.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 199 (16.01%) Senior
2 174 (14.00%) Architect
3 151 (12.15%) Software Engineer
4 122 (9.81%) Developer
5 98 (7.88%) Analyst
6 66 (5.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 62 (4.99%) Senior Software Engineer
8 61 (4.91%) Lead
9 59 (4.75%) DevOps Engineer
10 51 (4.10%) Network Engineer
10 51 (4.10%) Senior Developer
11 46 (3.70%) Consultant
12 44 (3.54%) Integration Engineer
12 44 (3.54%) Network Architect
13 43 (3.46%) Applications Support
14 42 (3.38%) Systems Engineer
15 41 (3.30%) Support Analyst
16 38 (3.06%) Senior Analyst
17 37 (2.98%) C++ Software Engineer
18 36 (2.90%) Siebel Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (5.79%) Node.js
2 68 (5.47%) .NET
3 57 (4.59%) REST
4 55 (4.42%) Spring
5 50 (4.02%) React
6 39 (3.14%) Kafka
7 38 (3.06%) AngularJS
7 38 (3.06%) Web Services
7 38 (3.06%) XML
8 35 (2.82%) CSS
8 35 (2.82%) Middleware
9 32 (2.57%) Leaflet
9 32 (2.57%) Spring Boot
10 31 (2.49%) OpenLayers
11 29 (2.33%) J2EE
11 29 (2.33%) PostGIS
12 27 (2.17%) Apache Camel
12 27 (2.17%) Elastic Stack
12 27 (2.17%) Hibernate
13 25 (2.01%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 42 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
2 40 (3.22%) Data Centre
3 39 (3.14%) Product Ownership
4 35 (2.82%) Algorithms
5 32 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
6 29 (2.33%) CMDB
7 27 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
8 24 (1.93%) Management Information System
9 23 (1.85%) Client/Server
10 20 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
11 18 (1.45%) Satnav
12 15 (1.21%) FPGA
12 15 (1.21%) PKI
13 14 (1.13%) Private Cloud
13 14 (1.13%) VHDL
14 13 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (1.05%) Digital Signage
15 12 (0.97%) Analogue Electronics
16 10 (0.80%) Driving Licence
17 8 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 258 (20.76%) Windows
2 238 (19.15%) Linux
3 128 (10.30%) Windows Server
4 52 (4.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 47 (3.78%) CentOS
6 46 (3.70%) Windows 10
7 43 (3.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 41 (3.30%) Unix
9 35 (2.82%) Ubuntu
10 33 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 24 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
12 20 (1.61%) Android
13 18 (1.45%) Windows 7
14 14 (1.13%) Solaris
15 12 (0.97%) Windows XP
16 11 (0.88%) Windows NT
17 9 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
18 6 (0.48%) Rocky
19 3 (0.24%) AIX
20 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (29.44%) Agile
2 288 (23.17%) Problem-Solving
3 268 (21.56%) Actionable Insight
4 237 (19.07%) DevOps
5 188 (15.12%) Software Engineering
6 124 (9.98%) Collaborative Working
7 122 (9.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 110 (8.85%) Scrum
9 108 (8.69%) Service Management
10 103 (8.29%) ITIL
10 103 (8.29%) Test Automation
11 95 (7.64%) Project Management
12 74 (5.95%) Computer Science
13 70 (5.63%) Customer Service
14 67 (5.39%) Artificial Intelligence
14 67 (5.39%) Kanban
15 66 (5.31%) Microservices
16 64 (5.15%) Containerisation
17 63 (5.07%) CI/CD
18 58 (4.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 234 (18.83%) Java
2 222 (17.86%) SQL
3 188 (15.12%) Python
4 147 (11.83%) PowerShell
5 126 (10.14%) JavaScript
6 103 (8.29%) C++
7 79 (6.36%) C#
8 51 (4.10%) C
9 34 (2.74%) Kotlin
10 26 (2.09%) Shell Script
11 22 (1.77%) PL/SQL
12 16 (1.29%) VB
13 11 (0.88%) TypeScript
14 10 (0.80%) Bicep
14 10 (0.80%) Groovy
14 10 (0.80%) Ruby
14 10 (0.80%) VBScript
15 8 (0.64%) MATLAB
16 7 (0.56%) Go
17 6 (0.48%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1,243 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 320 (25.74%) DV Cleared
3 195 (15.69%) Degree
4 69 (5.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
6 37 (2.98%) AWS Certification
7 35 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 33 (2.65%) CCNP
9 30 (2.41%) CCNA
10 23 (1.85%) Azure Certification
11 18 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (1.37%) JNCIS
13 16 (1.29%) A+ Certification
13 16 (1.29%) DBS Check
13 16 (1.29%) PhD
14 14 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 13 (1.05%) MCP
16 11 (0.88%) CISSP
17 10 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 10 (0.80%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (4.59%) SLA
2 40 (3.22%) QA
3 18 (1.45%) Software Quality Assurance
4 15 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.13%) NIST
6 12 (0.97%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.56%) JSP 440
8 6 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 6 (0.48%) PMO
8 6 (0.48%) RMADS
9 5 (0.40%) NCSC
9 5 (0.40%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.40%) 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
1 107 (8.61%) Active Directory
2 90 (7.24%) Docker
3 54 (4.34%) Hyper-V
4 41 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 26 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (1.77%) Firmware
7 20 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
8 16 (1.29%) pfSense
8 16 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (1.13%) Oracle RAC
10 12 (0.97%) KVM
10 12 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
10 12 (0.97%) vSphere
11 10 (0.80%) NFS
12 7 (0.56%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
15 1 (0.080%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 107 (8.61%) Kubernetes
2 106 (8.53%) Ansible
3 82 (6.60%) SCCM
4 75 (6.03%) Terraform
5 56 (4.51%) SCOM
6 47 (3.78%) WSUS
7 34 (2.74%) vCenter Server
8 30 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
9 25 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
10 22 (1.77%) OpenSSO
11 19 (1.53%) Grafana
11 19 (1.53%) NetBackup
12 16 (1.29%) EMC NetWorker
12 16 (1.29%) ZABBIX
13 14 (1.13%) Data Guard
13 14 (1.13%) Oracle RMAN
14 11 (0.88%) Sysprep
15 10 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 10 (0.80%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 10 (0.80%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 194 (15.61%) Microsoft
2 121 (9.73%) Oracle
3 111 (8.93%) Juniper
4 102 (8.21%) Cisco
5 89 (7.16%) VMware
6 43 (3.46%) ServiceNow
7 41 (3.30%) Siebel
8 39 (3.14%) Remedy
9 29 (2.33%) ESRI
10 28 (2.25%) HP
11 27 (2.17%) F5
11 27 (2.17%) Fortinet
11 27 (2.17%) WSO2
12 26 (2.09%) Veeam
13 25 (2.01%) Dynatrace
14 22 (1.77%) Xilinx
15 19 (1.53%) Red Hat
16 17 (1.37%) EMC
16 17 (1.37%) McAfee
17 15 (1.21%) Palo Alto