Security Cleared Jobs in the Midlands

Security Clearance
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Security 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 36 25 59
Rank change year-on-year -11 +34 -9
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 675 698 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.03% 8.21% 4.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.27% 20.29% 15.11%
Number of salaries quoted 405 327 222
10th Percentile £25,950 £31,250 £27,100
25th Percentile £34,000 £41,625 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +6.38% -11.48%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,600 £77,500 £84,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -1.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,173 3,440 3,621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.66% 40.44% 31.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,898 1,239 1,812
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,235 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,125 £37,000 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,201 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.23% +11.31% +2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the Midlands

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +4 479 £55,000 -4.35% 165
East Midlands -29 196 £42,786 -22.21% 46
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 (4.30%) ArcGIS
1 29 (4.30%) IIS
2 28 (4.15%) GeoServer
3 11 (1.63%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.19%) Apache
4 8 (1.19%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.89%) Appian
5 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.59%) Confluence
6 4 (0.59%) Office Communications Server
6 4 (0.59%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.44%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.44%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 3 (0.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 39 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.89%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.89%) Simulink
6 5 (0.74%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.59%) EPLAN
7 4 (0.59%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (2.37%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.44%) Maximo
3 3 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.44%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 3 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.30%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 2 (0.30%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.15%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 154 (22.81%) Azure
2 101 (14.96%) AWS
3 33 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (2.81%) Entra ID
6 17 (2.52%) SaaS
7 13 (1.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 13 (1.93%) GitHub
8 12 (1.78%) PaaS
8 12 (1.78%) Power Platform
9 11 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (1.48%) IaaS
11 9 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.04%) GCP
13 6 (0.89%) Miro
14 5 (0.74%) dbt
15 4 (0.59%) Figma
15 4 (0.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 72 (10.67%) WAN
2 53 (7.85%) Firewall
3 33 (4.89%) MPLS
3 33 (4.89%) SD-WAN
4 31 (4.59%) IPsec
5 25 (3.70%) DNS
5 25 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (2.81%) Wireless
7 17 (2.52%) BGP
8 15 (2.22%) DHCP
8 15 (2.22%) Network Security
9 12 (1.78%) TCP/IP
10 10 (1.48%) LAN
11 9 (1.33%) VLAN
12 8 (1.19%) VPN
12 8 (1.19%) VSAN
13 7 (1.04%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (0.89%) 5G
15 5 (0.74%) SAN
15 5 (0.74%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (6.52%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.19%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (4.59%) GIS
4 28 (4.15%) QGIS
5 19 (2.81%) Oracle Database
6 8 (1.19%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.19%) Power BI
7 7 (1.04%) Oracle Database 12c
8 5 (0.74%) MySQL
8 5 (0.74%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.74%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.44%) DB2
10 3 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.30%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.15%) Redis
12 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (3.56%) GitLab
2 16 (2.37%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (1.63%) JIRA
3 11 (1.63%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.44%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.30%) Git
5 2 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.15%) Appium
6 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.15%) JUnit
6 1 (0.15%) Postman
6 1 (0.15%) PVCS
6 1 (0.15%) Selenium
6 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.15%) TestNG
6 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 175 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 81 (12.00%) Public Sector
3 77 (11.41%) Finance
4 54 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (4.59%) Police
6 28 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
6 28 (4.15%) Manufacturing
7 27 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (3.70%) Retail
9 24 (3.56%) Telecoms
10 22 (3.26%) Games
11 20 (2.96%) Military
12 18 (2.67%) Analytical Skills
12 18 (2.67%) Local Government
13 11 (1.63%) Electronics
14 7 (1.04%) Back Office
14 7 (1.04%) Legal
15 6 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.44%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 116 (17.19%) Senior
2 73 (10.81%) Architect
3 65 (9.63%) Network Engineer
4 59 (8.74%) Software Engineer
5 48 (7.11%) Lead
5 48 (7.11%) Project Manager
6 40 (5.93%) Solutions Architect
6 40 (5.93%) Systems Engineer
7 39 (5.78%) Consultant
8 37 (5.48%) Developer
9 35 (5.19%) Senior Software Engineer
10 30 (4.44%) Analyst
11 23 (3.41%) Graduate
11 23 (3.41%) Graduate Consultant
11 23 (3.41%) Research Consultant
11 23 (3.41%) Resource Consultant
12 18 (2.67%) Administrator
13 15 (2.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (2.22%) WAN Engineer
14 13 (1.93%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.78%) .NET
1 39 (5.78%) React
2 28 (4.15%) Leaflet
2 28 (4.15%) OpenLayers
2 28 (4.15%) PostGIS
3 26 (3.85%) .NET Core
4 24 (3.56%) CSS
5 17 (2.52%) 802.1X
6 13 (1.93%) REST
6 13 (1.93%) WebRTC
7 11 (1.63%) ARM Templates
8 10 (1.48%) Azure Blueprints
8 10 (1.48%) Web Services
9 9 (1.33%) RESTful
9 9 (1.33%) SOAP
10 8 (1.19%) Node.js
11 7 (1.04%) Django
11 7 (1.04%) HTML
12 5 (0.74%) Spring Boot
13 4 (0.59%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 65 (9.63%) Management Information System
2 61 (9.04%) Driving Licence
3 25 (3.70%) Clustering
4 22 (3.26%) Public Cloud
5 20 (2.96%) Virtual Team
6 16 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (2.07%) Data Centre
7 14 (2.07%) Operational Technology
7 14 (2.07%) Private Cloud
8 12 (1.78%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.48%) PKI
10 9 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.33%) SCADA
10 9 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
11 7 (1.04%) CMDB
11 7 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.89%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.74%) Cloud Native
13 5 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (0.59%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 82 (12.15%) Windows
2 50 (7.41%) Linux
3 36 (5.33%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.81%) Unix
5 8 (1.19%) Solaris
6 7 (1.04%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.89%) Android
8 5 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.59%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.59%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.44%) zOS
11 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.15%) VMS
12 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (21.78%) Agile
2 112 (16.59%) Cybersecurity
3 98 (14.52%) Software Engineering
4 90 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 87 (12.89%) DevOps
6 86 (12.74%) Actionable Insight
7 82 (12.15%) Project Management
8 77 (11.41%) Mentoring
9 65 (9.63%) Customer Service
10 56 (8.30%) ITIL
11 54 (8.00%) Systems Engineering
12 44 (6.52%) Project Delivery
13 40 (5.93%) Customer Requirements
14 37 (5.48%) Risk Management
15 34 (5.04%) ERP
16 32 (4.74%) Validation
17 31 (4.59%) Stakeholder Management
18 30 (4.44%) Change Management
18 30 (4.44%) Presales
18 30 (4.44%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 70 (10.37%) Python
2 67 (9.93%) JavaScript
3 35 (5.19%) C#
4 34 (5.04%) SQL
5 30 (4.44%) Java
6 22 (3.26%) PowerShell
6 22 (3.26%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.52%) MATLAB
8 16 (2.37%) C++
9 8 (1.19%) C
9 8 (1.19%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.59%) R
11 3 (0.44%) Groovy
11 3 (0.44%) Rust
12 2 (0.30%) Bash
12 2 (0.30%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.15%) ABAP
13 1 (0.15%) SAPscript
13 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 412 (61.04%) SC Cleared
2 112 (16.59%) Degree
3 71 (10.52%) DV Cleared
4 29 (4.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 29 (4.30%) Cisco Certification
5 24 (3.56%) CCNA
6 20 (2.96%) CCNP
7 16 (2.37%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.78%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.33%) HND
11 8 (1.19%) CCSA
12 7 (1.04%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (0.89%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.89%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.89%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.74%) CISSP
14 5 (0.74%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (4.44%) Accessibility
3 28 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 27 (4.00%) ISO 9001
5 21 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 17 (2.52%) SLA
7 14 (2.07%) NCSC
8 13 (1.93%) Def Stans
8 13 (1.93%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.63%) NIST
10 8 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 8 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (1.04%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.74%) Data Quality
12 5 (0.74%) QA
12 5 (0.74%) WCAG
13 4 (0.59%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.59%) PMO
14 3 (0.44%) COBIT
14 3 (0.44%) MISRA C
System Software
1 44 (6.52%) Active Directory
2 37 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (2.52%) VMware NSX
4 16 (2.37%) vSphere
5 15 (2.22%) Docker
6 13 (1.93%) KVM
7 10 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.89%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
10 3 (0.44%) Firmware
11 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (4.15%) EnCase
2 20 (2.96%) Ansible
2 20 (2.96%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.37%) SCCM
4 15 (2.22%) Terraform
5 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (1.19%) SCOM
7 7 (1.04%) vCenter Server
8 6 (0.89%) VxRail
9 5 (0.74%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.44%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.44%) Nagios
10 3 (0.44%) OpenView
11 2 (0.30%) Grafana
11 2 (0.30%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.30%) Puppet
11 2 (0.30%) WSUS
12 1 (0.15%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.15%) FTK
12 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 133 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.89%) VMware
3 56 (8.30%) Cisco
4 49 (7.26%) Juniper
5 32 (4.74%) Oracle
6 28 (4.15%) ESRI
7 26 (3.85%) Dell
8 25 (3.70%) IFS
9 20 (2.96%) CheckPoint
10 18 (2.67%) NEC
11 17 (2.52%) Workday
12 15 (2.22%) Aruba
13 14 (2.07%) ServiceNow
14 13 (1.93%) Fortinet
15 12 (1.78%) Meraki
16 9 (1.33%) Veeam
17 8 (1.19%) Cellebrite
17 8 (1.19%) EMC
18 7 (1.04%) HP
19 6 (0.89%) IBM