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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 45 84
Rank change year-on-year +22 +39 +3
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,234 854 819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.23% 6.03% 4.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.15% 15.17% 11.95%
Number of salaries quoted 819 496 404
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,938 £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 £82,500 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,700 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.86% +12.18% -

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 5,834 5,630 6,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.18% 39.74% 33.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,632 2,520 3,147
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,083
25th Percentile £38,125 £36,713 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £52,106
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.12% +4.21%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,995 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.34% +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 23 May 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 23 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
Thames Valley +26 532 £52,500 +6.06% 115
Berkshire +22 473 £53,263 +0.50% 78
Hampshire -3 402 £55,000 -6.38% 109
Surrey +22 245 £48,750 -7.14% 24
Buckinghamshire -24 45 £50,000 -4.76% 23
West Sussex +36 20 £67,500 +14.89% 8
Oxfordshire -23 14 £50,500 +6.32% 14
Kent -3 11 £91,250 +114.71% 2
Middlesex - 6 £35,000 - 1
Sussex - 4 £51,250 - 1
East Sussex +16 2 £92,500 +66.67% 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 (3.24%) WebLogic
2 31 (2.51%) OpenStack
3 29 (2.35%) ArcGIS
3 29 (2.35%) GeoServer
4 27 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.46%) Exchange Server 2010
6 14 (1.13%) Oracle Service Bus
7 13 (1.05%) CMS
8 12 (0.97%) SharePoint
9 11 (0.89%) Confluence
9 11 (0.89%) IIS
10 10 (0.81%) Red Hat Fuse
11 9 (0.73%) JBoss
12 6 (0.49%) Apache
13 4 (0.32%) TWiki
14 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
15 1 (0.081%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 55 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.70%) Simulink
4 20 (1.62%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.65%) 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 (3.32%) Siebel CRM
2 17 (1.38%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.32%) Q-Pulse
3 4 (0.32%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.32%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.16%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.081%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.081%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 287 (23.26%) Azure
2 212 (17.18%) AWS
3 57 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (3.65%) Serverless
5 40 (3.24%) Amazon EKS
6 32 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
7 29 (2.35%) SaaS
8 26 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
9 22 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (1.62%) OCI
11 17 (1.38%) GitHub
12 15 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 15 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (1.13%) Entra ID
14 11 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (0.89%) Power Platform
15 10 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (0.81%) CloudFront
15 10 (0.81%) Route 53
15 10 (0.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 109 (8.83%) Firewall
2 62 (5.02%) DNS
3 53 (4.29%) VPN
4 42 (3.40%) DHCP
5 28 (2.27%) Cisco Firepower
6 25 (2.03%) Network Security
6 25 (2.03%) SSL
7 22 (1.78%) WAN
8 21 (1.70%) Wireless
9 19 (1.54%) BGP
10 17 (1.38%) SAN
11 16 (1.30%) 5G
11 16 (1.30%) SD-WAN
12 13 (1.05%) TCP/IP
13 11 (0.89%) SNMP
13 11 (0.89%) VLAN
14 10 (0.81%) IPsec
14 10 (0.81%) LAN
14 10 (0.81%) OSPF
15 8 (0.65%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (8.83%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (4.86%) NoSQL
3 39 (3.16%) Relational Database
4 36 (2.92%) Hadoop
4 36 (2.92%) MongoDB
5 34 (2.76%) Oracle BI EE
5 34 (2.76%) Siebel EIM
6 31 (2.51%) GIS
7 29 (2.35%) QGIS
7 29 (2.35%) SQL Server
8 24 (1.94%) Oracle Database
9 22 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (1.22%) Oracle Database 11g
11 14 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (1.13%) Oracle Database 10g
11 14 (1.13%) VLDB
12 9 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (0.65%) Big Data
13 8 (0.65%) Power BI
14 7 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 101 (8.18%) Jenkins
2 73 (5.92%) Git
3 27 (2.19%) JIRA
4 23 (1.86%) Ant
5 19 (1.54%) Subversion
6 17 (1.38%) GitLab
7 16 (1.30%) JUnit
7 16 (1.30%) Vagrant
8 15 (1.22%) CMake
9 13 (1.05%) Visual Studio
10 10 (0.81%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.81%) Trac
11 9 (0.73%) eggPlant
12 8 (0.65%) Selenium
13 7 (0.57%) MSI
13 7 (0.57%) REST Assured
13 7 (0.57%) WebDriver
14 6 (0.49%) JMeter
14 6 (0.49%) TestNG
15 5 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
General
1 262 (21.23%) Social Skills
2 120 (9.72%) Aerospace
3 83 (6.73%) Public Sector
4 77 (6.24%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (3.08%) Military
6 37 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (2.27%) Finance
8 27 (2.19%) Police
9 25 (2.03%) Telecoms
10 23 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (1.46%) Electronics
12 15 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (1.05%) Back Office
14 10 (0.81%) Retail
15 7 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.57%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.49%) Advertising
16 6 (0.49%) Marketing
17 5 (0.41%) Law
17 5 (0.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 197 (15.96%) Senior
2 169 (13.70%) Architect
3 151 (12.24%) Software Engineer
4 128 (10.37%) Developer
5 98 (7.94%) Analyst
6 66 (5.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 62 (5.02%) Senior Software Engineer
8 60 (4.86%) Lead
9 57 (4.62%) DevOps Engineer
10 50 (4.05%) Senior Developer
11 49 (3.97%) Network Engineer
12 46 (3.73%) Integration Engineer
13 44 (3.57%) Consultant
13 44 (3.57%) Network Architect
14 43 (3.48%) Applications Support
15 42 (3.40%) Systems Engineer
16 41 (3.32%) Support Analyst
17 40 (3.24%) C++ Software Engineer
18 38 (3.08%) Senior Analyst
19 36 (2.92%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (6.00%) Node.js
2 70 (5.67%) .NET
3 64 (5.19%) REST
4 61 (4.94%) Spring
5 50 (4.05%) React
6 46 (3.73%) XML
7 44 (3.57%) AngularJS
7 44 (3.57%) Web Services
8 37 (3.00%) Spring Boot
9 36 (2.92%) CSS
9 36 (2.92%) Kafka
10 32 (2.59%) Leaflet
11 31 (2.51%) Apache Camel
11 31 (2.51%) Elastic Stack
11 31 (2.51%) Middleware
11 31 (2.51%) OpenLayers
12 30 (2.43%) Hibernate
13 29 (2.35%) J2EE
13 29 (2.35%) JSON
13 29 (2.35%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 40 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
2 38 (3.08%) Data Centre
3 37 (3.00%) Product Ownership
4 35 (2.84%) Algorithms
5 30 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
6 29 (2.35%) CMDB
7 28 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
8 23 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 22 (1.78%) Client/Server
10 20 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
10 20 (1.62%) Satnav
11 15 (1.22%) FPGA
12 14 (1.13%) Private Cloud
12 14 (1.13%) VHDL
13 13 (1.05%) Digital Signage
13 13 (1.05%) PKI
14 12 (0.97%) Analogue Electronics
14 12 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (0.73%) Driving Licence
16 8 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 261 (21.15%) Windows
2 239 (19.37%) Linux
3 126 (10.21%) Windows Server
4 48 (3.89%) Windows Server 2016
5 46 (3.73%) CentOS
6 45 (3.65%) Windows 10
7 41 (3.32%) Unix
8 39 (3.16%) Windows Server 2019
9 33 (2.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 33 (2.67%) Ubuntu
10 22 (1.78%) Windows Server 2012
11 19 (1.54%) Windows 7
12 18 (1.46%) Android
13 14 (1.13%) Solaris
14 12 (0.97%) Windows XP
15 9 (0.73%) Windows NT
15 9 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
16 5 (0.41%) Rocky
17 3 (0.24%) AIX
18 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (29.50%) Agile
2 296 (23.99%) Problem-Solving
3 277 (22.45%) Actionable Insight
4 236 (19.12%) DevOps
5 182 (14.75%) Software Engineering
6 122 (9.89%) Collaborative Working
6 122 (9.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 110 (8.91%) Scrum
8 109 (8.83%) Test Automation
9 105 (8.51%) Service Management
10 102 (8.27%) ITIL
11 92 (7.46%) Project Management
12 72 (5.83%) Computer Science
13 70 (5.67%) Customer Service
13 70 (5.67%) Kanban
14 69 (5.59%) Microservices
15 64 (5.19%) Containerisation
16 63 (5.11%) Artificial Intelligence
17 62 (5.02%) CI/CD
18 60 (4.86%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 239 (19.37%) Java
2 226 (18.31%) SQL
3 183 (14.83%) Python
4 148 (11.99%) PowerShell
5 129 (10.45%) JavaScript
6 106 (8.59%) C++
7 79 (6.40%) C#
8 53 (4.29%) C
9 30 (2.43%) Kotlin
10 28 (2.27%) Shell Script
11 23 (1.86%) PL/SQL
12 13 (1.05%) VB
13 12 (0.97%) Ruby
14 10 (0.81%) Groovy
15 8 (0.65%) Bicep
15 8 (0.65%) Go
15 8 (0.65%) MATLAB
15 8 (0.65%) TypeScript
15 8 (0.65%) VBScript
16 6 (0.49%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1,234 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 312 (25.28%) DV Cleared
3 185 (14.99%) Degree
4 67 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (3.16%) AWS Certification
5 39 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
6 34 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (2.67%) CCNP
8 30 (2.43%) CCNA
9 25 (2.03%) Azure Certification
10 18 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (1.38%) JNCIS
12 16 (1.30%) A+ Certification
12 16 (1.30%) DBS Check
12 16 (1.30%) PhD
13 14 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 13 (1.05%) MCP
15 11 (0.89%) CISSP
16 10 (0.81%) Master's Degree
17 9 (0.73%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (4.54%) SLA
2 41 (3.32%) QA
3 20 (1.62%) Software Quality Assurance
4 16 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.22%) NIST
6 12 (0.97%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 8 (0.65%) JSP 440
8 7 (0.57%) RMADS
9 6 (0.49%) PMO
10 5 (0.41%) NCSC
10 5 (0.41%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.41%) WCAG
11 3 (0.24%) COBIT
11 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.24%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.24%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 104 (8.43%) Active Directory
2 93 (7.54%) Docker
3 58 (4.70%) Hyper-V
4 42 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (1.70%) Firmware
7 20 (1.62%) Virtual Servers
8 16 (1.30%) pfSense
8 16 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (1.13%) Oracle RAC
10 13 (1.05%) KVM
11 12 (0.97%) vSphere
12 10 (0.81%) NFS
12 10 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
13 5 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
16 1 (0.081%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 114 (9.24%) Ansible
2 107 (8.67%) Kubernetes
3 78 (6.32%) Terraform
4 75 (6.08%) SCCM
5 55 (4.46%) SCOM
6 41 (3.32%) WSUS
7 34 (2.76%) vCenter Server
8 28 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 25 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
10 22 (1.78%) OpenSSO
11 19 (1.54%) Grafana
11 19 (1.54%) NetBackup
12 16 (1.30%) ZABBIX
13 15 (1.22%) EMC NetWorker
14 14 (1.13%) Data Guard
14 14 (1.13%) Oracle RMAN
15 10 (0.81%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 10 (0.81%) SCDPM
16 9 (0.73%) Sysprep
17 8 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 191 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 121 (9.81%) Oracle
3 111 (9.00%) Juniper
4 99 (8.02%) Cisco
5 88 (7.13%) VMware
6 42 (3.40%) ServiceNow
7 41 (3.32%) Siebel
8 39 (3.16%) Remedy
9 31 (2.51%) WSO2
10 29 (2.35%) ESRI
10 29 (2.35%) HP
11 27 (2.19%) Fortinet
12 26 (2.11%) Dynatrace
12 26 (2.11%) F5
13 25 (2.03%) Veeam
14 20 (1.62%) Xilinx
15 19 (1.54%) Red Hat
16 17 (1.38%) McAfee
17 16 (1.30%) EMC
18 14 (1.13%) Sun