SC Cleared Jobs in England

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 60 133
Rank change year-on-year +10 +73 -21
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 3,959 4,274 4,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.27% 5.12% 3.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.77% 15.17% 11.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,447 2,301 2,080
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,913
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +9.65% +3.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,100 28,172 38,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.05% 33.78% 26.77%
Number of salaries quoted 15,757 12,931 17,061
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in England

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in England.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in England

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in England over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in England

SC Cleared
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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
South East +17 1,251 £55,000 - 263
South West -3 934 £55,000 -8.33% 223
London -32 629 £70,000 +3.70% 243
North of England +15 596 £57,500 -8.00% 165
North West +4 415 £55,000 -12.00% 111
Midlands -3 412 £55,000 -8.33% 132
West Midlands -1 275 £55,000 -8.33% 106
Yorkshire +56 152 £60,000 -11.11% 42
East Midlands -20 137 £47,250 -10.00% 26
East of England -33 122 £52,000 -6.31% 76
North East -34 29 £56,900 +19.79% 12
SC Cleared
UK

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 207 (5.23%) ArcGIS
2 196 (4.95%) GeoServer
3 100 (2.53%) Confluence
4 93 (2.35%) SharePoint
5 81 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
6 64 (1.62%) WebLogic
7 50 (1.26%) Apache
8 37 (0.93%) Apache Spark
9 34 (0.86%) OpenStack
10 25 (0.63%) IIS
11 18 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2010
12 14 (0.35%) Oracle Service Bus
13 12 (0.30%) CMS
14 11 (0.28%) SharePoint 2010
14 11 (0.28%) SharePoint 2013
15 9 (0.23%) Red Hat Fuse
16 8 (0.20%) JBoss
17 7 (0.18%) Drupal
18 6 (0.15%) Appian
19 4 (0.10%) TWiki
Applications
1 144 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (1.31%) Simulink
3 50 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 36 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 30 (0.76%) Sketch
6 24 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
7 17 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (0.23%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.10%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.10%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.076%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.051%) Abaqus
11 2 (0.051%) Fireworks
11 2 (0.051%) GNU Octave
11 2 (0.051%) InDesign
11 2 (0.051%) InVision
11 2 (0.051%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.025%) Blender
12 1 (0.025%) Revit
Business Applications
1 64 (1.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 44 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
3 41 (1.04%) Siebel CRM
4 22 (0.56%) Maximo
5 8 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.15%) Primavera
7 5 (0.13%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.13%) SAP HR
7 5 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.13%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.10%) Oracle Cash Management
8 4 (0.10%) Q-Pulse
8 4 (0.10%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.10%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.076%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.076%) SAP WM
10 2 (0.051%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.051%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 983 (24.83%) Azure
2 784 (19.80%) AWS
3 197 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
4 116 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
5 115 (2.90%) GCP
6 110 (2.78%) Amazon EKS
7 101 (2.55%) Power Platform
8 99 (2.50%) Serverless
9 86 (2.17%) SaaS
10 79 (2.00%) OpenShift
11 76 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
12 73 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
13 53 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
14 49 (1.24%) Miro
15 48 (1.21%) Amazon ECS
16 44 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
17 43 (1.09%) Entra ID
18 41 (1.04%) PaaS
19 39 (0.99%) Power Automate
19 39 (0.99%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 239 (6.04%) Firewall
2 143 (3.61%) DNS
3 99 (2.50%) WAN
4 95 (2.40%) TCP/IP
5 81 (2.05%) DHCP
6 71 (1.79%) Network Security
6 71 (1.79%) VPN
7 62 (1.57%) SAN
8 61 (1.54%) Wireless
9 60 (1.52%) BGP
10 58 (1.47%) LAN
11 56 (1.41%) SSL
12 43 (1.09%) Cisco Firepower
13 42 (1.06%) IPsec
13 42 (1.06%) SD-WAN
14 36 (0.91%) MPLS
15 34 (0.86%) AMQP
16 27 (0.68%) Software-Defined Radio
17 26 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
18 25 (0.63%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 295 (7.45%) PostgreSQL
2 208 (5.25%) GIS
3 196 (4.95%) QGIS
4 110 (2.78%) Relational Database
5 104 (2.63%) SQL Server
6 89 (2.25%) NoSQL
7 80 (2.02%) Hadoop
8 67 (1.69%) Big Data
8 67 (1.69%) Power BI
9 61 (1.54%) MongoDB
10 53 (1.34%) Oracle Database
11 49 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
12 40 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
13 36 (0.91%) Oracle BI EE
13 36 (0.91%) RDBMS
13 36 (0.91%) Siebel EIM
14 30 (0.76%) MySQL
15 29 (0.73%) Cloudera CDH
15 29 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
16 25 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 188 (4.75%) Git
2 175 (4.42%) Jenkins
3 172 (4.34%) JIRA
4 89 (2.25%) Visual Studio
5 79 (2.00%) GitLab
6 78 (1.97%) Bitbucket
7 59 (1.49%) Sourcetree
8 36 (0.91%) Rational DOORS
9 29 (0.73%) JUnit
10 27 (0.68%) Cucumber
11 26 (0.66%) Selenium
12 21 (0.53%) Ant
12 21 (0.53%) Subversion
12 21 (0.53%) Vagrant
13 17 (0.43%) SonarQube
14 16 (0.40%) LabVIEW
15 15 (0.38%) REST Assured
16 14 (0.35%) CMake
16 14 (0.35%) TestNG
16 14 (0.35%) WebDriver
General
1 845 (21.34%) Social Skills
2 360 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 294 (7.43%) Aerospace
4 278 (7.02%) Finance
5 222 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 191 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
7 141 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
8 117 (2.96%) Military
9 104 (2.63%) Games
10 93 (2.35%) Telecoms
11 75 (1.89%) Police
12 72 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
13 54 (1.36%) Electronics
14 50 (1.26%) Manufacturing
15 46 (1.16%) Retail
16 43 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
17 40 (1.01%) Law
18 27 (0.68%) Marketing
19 18 (0.45%) Back Office
20 17 (0.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 749 (18.92%) Senior
2 505 (12.76%) Architect
3 437 (11.04%) Developer
4 432 (10.91%) Software Engineer
5 283 (7.15%) Lead
6 250 (6.31%) Analyst
7 206 (5.20%) Senior Software Engineer
8 201 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
9 192 (4.85%) Consultant
9 192 (4.85%) Systems Engineer
10 172 (4.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 165 (4.17%) Project Manager
12 151 (3.81%) Network Engineer
13 132 (3.33%) DevOps Engineer
14 126 (3.18%) Senior Developer
15 91 (2.30%) Support Engineer
15 91 (2.30%) Technical Architect
16 87 (2.20%) Security Consultant
17 85 (2.15%) Business Analyst
17 85 (2.15%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 316 (7.98%) .NET
2 313 (7.91%) React
3 202 (5.10%) CSS
4 199 (5.03%) Leaflet
5 198 (5.00%) OpenLayers
6 196 (4.95%) PostGIS
7 183 (4.62%) .NET Core
8 153 (3.86%) Node.js
9 126 (3.18%) REST
10 123 (3.11%) Spring
11 111 (2.80%) Spring Boot
12 102 (2.58%) AngularJS
13 84 (2.12%) HTML
14 64 (1.62%) RabbitMQ
14 64 (1.62%) Web Services
15 63 (1.59%) Unity (Game Engine)
16 61 (1.54%) XML
17 60 (1.52%) Kafka
18 46 (1.16%) RESTful
19 44 (1.11%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 132 (3.33%) Management Information System
2 107 (2.70%) Data Centre
3 98 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
4 97 (2.45%) Product Ownership
5 85 (2.15%) Driving Licence
6 70 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
7 65 (1.64%) Virtual Reality
8 63 (1.59%) Virtual Team
9 60 (1.52%) Algorithms
10 57 (1.44%) Private Cloud
11 51 (1.29%) Cloud Native
11 51 (1.29%) Operational Technology
12 48 (1.21%) Public Cloud
13 44 (1.11%) CMDB
13 44 (1.11%) Cyberattack
14 41 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
15 38 (0.96%) PKI
16 35 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
17 31 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
18 28 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 584 (14.75%) Windows
2 574 (14.50%) Linux
3 263 (6.64%) Windows Server
4 120 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 97 (2.45%) Windows 10
6 96 (2.42%) Ubuntu
7 92 (2.32%) Unix
8 86 (2.17%) CentOS
9 69 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
10 60 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
11 40 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
12 39 (0.99%) Android
13 30 (0.76%) Windows 7
14 29 (0.73%) Debian
15 27 (0.68%) Solaris
16 16 (0.40%) AIX
17 12 (0.30%) VMS
17 12 (0.30%) Windows NT
17 12 (0.30%) Windows XP
18 11 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,239 (31.30%) Agile
2 864 (21.82%) DevOps
3 828 (20.91%) Actionable Insight
4 697 (17.61%) Software Engineering
5 616 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
6 385 (9.72%) Scrum
7 382 (9.65%) Cybersecurity
8 354 (8.94%) Project Management
9 310 (7.83%) ITIL
10 262 (6.62%) Collaborative Working
11 255 (6.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 254 (6.42%) CI/CD
13 252 (6.37%) Stakeholder Management
14 250 (6.31%) Mentoring
15 225 (5.68%) Service Management
16 203 (5.13%) Web Development
17 197 (4.98%) Artificial Intelligence
18 193 (4.87%) Infrastructure as Code
19 187 (4.72%) Kanban
20 186 (4.70%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 643 (16.24%) Python
2 473 (11.95%) JavaScript
3 466 (11.77%) Java
4 361 (9.12%) SQL
5 320 (8.08%) C#
6 295 (7.45%) PowerShell
7 159 (4.02%) C++
8 91 (2.30%) Bash
9 87 (2.20%) TypeScript
10 82 (2.07%) C
11 63 (1.59%) MATLAB
12 42 (1.06%) Shell Script
13 37 (0.93%) Kotlin
14 25 (0.63%) Bicep
14 25 (0.63%) PL/SQL
14 25 (0.63%) VB
15 22 (0.56%) Go
16 16 (0.40%) VBA
17 15 (0.38%) Groovy
17 15 (0.38%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3,959 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 695 (17.55%) DV Cleared
3 674 (17.02%) Degree
4 193 (4.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 140 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 117 (2.96%) AWS Certification
7 98 (2.48%) CISM
8 97 (2.45%) Azure Certification
9 94 (2.37%) CISSP
10 88 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
11 82 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 63 (1.59%) CCNP
12 63 (1.59%) CESG Certified Professional
12 63 (1.59%) CRISC
13 57 (1.44%) CCNA
14 55 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
15 54 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 36 (0.91%) A+ Certification
17 33 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 31 (0.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 98 (2.48%) SLA
3 85 (2.15%) Accessibility
4 81 (2.05%) NCSC
5 77 (1.94%) QA
6 43 (1.09%) NIST
7 38 (0.96%) GDPR
8 35 (0.88%) WCAG
9 31 (0.78%) PMO
10 27 (0.68%) Def Stans
11 23 (0.58%) Data Quality
12 21 (0.53%) COBIT
12 21 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
13 18 (0.45%) GRC
13 18 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
14 17 (0.43%) ISO 9001
14 17 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 15288
15 16 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 15 (0.38%) JSP 440
17 14 (0.35%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 295 (7.45%) Active Directory
2 246 (6.21%) Docker
3 173 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 126 (3.18%) Hyper-V
5 44 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
6 38 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
7 35 (0.88%) vSphere
8 32 (0.81%) Firmware
9 25 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
10 19 (0.48%) KVM
11 16 (0.40%) pfSense
12 14 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
12 14 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
12 14 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
13 11 (0.28%) VMware NSX
13 11 (0.28%) XenDesktop
14 10 (0.25%) NFS
15 5 (0.13%) XenApp
16 4 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
16 4 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 292 (7.38%) Kubernetes
2 266 (6.72%) Ansible
3 226 (5.71%) Terraform
4 174 (4.40%) SCCM
5 78 (1.97%) Puppet
6 75 (1.89%) SCOM
7 58 (1.47%) WSUS
8 57 (1.44%) vCenter Server
9 52 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
10 35 (0.88%) Grafana
11 34 (0.86%) NetBackup
12 32 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
13 31 (0.78%) EMC NetWorker
14 25 (0.63%) ZABBIX
15 22 (0.56%) OpenSSO
16 21 (0.53%) Nagios
16 21 (0.53%) OpenView
17 20 (0.51%) Prometheus
18 19 (0.48%) Progress Chef
19 16 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 694 (17.53%) Microsoft
2 277 (7.00%) VMware
3 224 (5.66%) Oracle
4 212 (5.35%) Cisco
5 205 (5.18%) ESRI
6 197 (4.98%) Juniper
7 111 (2.80%) ServiceNow
8 99 (2.50%) Red Hat
9 79 (2.00%) Google
10 71 (1.79%) HP
11 66 (1.67%) Remedy
12 64 (1.62%) Sparx
13 49 (1.24%) NetApp
14 48 (1.21%) IBM
15 45 (1.14%) Veeam
16 42 (1.06%) Citrix
17 41 (1.04%) Siebel
18 40 (1.01%) EMC
19 39 (0.99%) F5
20 37 (0.93%) Splunk