SC Cleared Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 21 47 98
Rank change year-on-year +26 +51 +37
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 532 346 230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.82% 5.89% 3.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.47% 14.05% 9.74%
Number of salaries quoted 349 183 118
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,000 £34,778
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +7.03% -28.85%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £78,438
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year - -0.90% +0.91%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,599 2,463 2,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 38.18% 41.94% 33.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,571 1,012 943
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,250 £28,392
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,400 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,976 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.05% -2.96% -1.90%
75th Percentile £68,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £52,106
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.12% +4.21%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the Thames Valley

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the Thames Valley

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the Thames Valley

SC Cleared
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +22 473 £53,263 +0.50% 79
Buckinghamshire -24 45 £50,000 -4.76% 21
Oxfordshire -23 14 £50,500 +6.32% 13
SC Cleared
South East

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (7.52%) WebLogic
2 29 (5.45%) ArcGIS
2 29 (5.45%) GeoServer
3 27 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 24 (4.51%) OpenStack
5 18 (3.38%) Exchange Server 2010
6 14 (2.63%) Oracle Service Bus
7 13 (2.44%) CMS
8 11 (2.07%) IIS
9 10 (1.88%) Red Hat Fuse
10 9 (1.69%) JBoss
11 8 (1.50%) Confluence
12 6 (1.13%) Apache
12 6 (1.13%) SharePoint
13 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 39 (7.33%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (3.76%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.75%) Sketch
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (3.20%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 131 (24.62%) Azure
2 77 (14.47%) AWS
3 40 (7.52%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (5.64%) Amazon EKS
5 26 (4.89%) Azure Monitor
5 26 (4.89%) Serverless
6 25 (4.70%) Amazon ECS
7 13 (2.44%) OCI
8 10 (1.88%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.50%) Azure Storage
10 7 (1.32%) SaaS
11 6 (1.13%) Miro
12 5 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.94%) GitHub
12 5 (0.94%) PaaS
13 4 (0.75%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (0.75%) Figma
13 4 (0.75%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 65 (12.22%) Firewall
2 36 (6.77%) DNS
3 32 (6.02%) DHCP
4 27 (5.08%) VPN
5 17 (3.20%) SSL
5 17 (3.20%) WAN
6 14 (2.63%) Cisco Firepower
6 14 (2.63%) Network Security
6 14 (2.63%) Wireless
7 13 (2.44%) SAN
8 12 (2.26%) BGP
9 11 (2.07%) SD-WAN
9 11 (2.07%) SNMP
10 8 (1.50%) LAN
10 8 (1.50%) OSPF
11 7 (1.32%) IPsec
11 7 (1.32%) TCP/IP
11 7 (1.32%) VLAN
11 7 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (1.13%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (10.90%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (6.02%) Relational Database
3 31 (5.83%) GIS
4 29 (5.45%) QGIS
5 24 (4.51%) Oracle Database
6 22 (4.14%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (3.20%) NoSQL
8 15 (2.82%) Oracle Database 11g
9 14 (2.63%) Oracle Database 10g
9 14 (2.63%) SQL Server
9 14 (2.63%) VLDB
10 5 (0.94%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.75%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 44 (8.27%) Jenkins
2 31 (5.83%) Git
3 14 (2.63%) JIRA
3 14 (2.63%) JUnit
4 8 (1.50%) Cucumber
4 8 (1.50%) Selenium
5 7 (1.32%) REST Assured
5 7 (1.32%) WebDriver
6 6 (1.13%) TestNG
7 5 (0.94%) AdminStudio
7 5 (0.94%) InstallShield
7 5 (0.94%) MSI
7 5 (0.94%) Oracle APEX
7 5 (0.94%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.75%) Subversion
9 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket Server
10 2 (0.38%) JMeter
10 2 (0.38%) Serenity BDD
10 2 (0.38%) SoapUI
General
1 143 (26.88%) Social Skills
2 55 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (8.08%) Public Sector
4 37 (6.95%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (4.14%) Police
6 13 (2.44%) Back Office
6 13 (2.44%) Finance
7 10 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.13%) Aerospace
9 5 (0.94%) Law
9 5 (0.94%) Local Government
9 5 (0.94%) Military
10 4 (0.75%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.75%) Retail
11 2 (0.38%) Electronics
12 1 (0.19%) Advertising
12 1 (0.19%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.19%) Games
12 1 (0.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 95 (17.86%) Senior
2 69 (12.97%) Analyst
3 50 (9.40%) Developer
4 48 (9.02%) Architect
5 43 (8.08%) Applications Support
5 43 (8.08%) Software Engineer
6 40 (7.52%) Support Analyst
7 36 (6.77%) Applications Support Analyst
7 36 (6.77%) Senior Analyst
8 33 (6.20%) Network Engineer
9 29 (5.45%) Lead
10 26 (4.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 26 (4.89%) Java Developer
10 26 (4.89%) Support Specialist
11 25 (4.70%) Senior Software Engineer
12 23 (4.32%) Administrator
12 23 (4.32%) ServiceNow Administrator
13 22 (4.14%) Senior Applications Support
13 22 (4.14%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
13 22 (4.14%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (10.15%) Spring
2 40 (7.52%) React
3 39 (7.33%) .NET
4 38 (7.14%) REST
5 32 (6.02%) Leaflet
5 32 (6.02%) Web Services
6 31 (5.83%) AngularJS
6 31 (5.83%) Node.js
6 31 (5.83%) OpenLayers
7 30 (5.64%) CSS
7 30 (5.64%) Spring Boot
8 29 (5.45%) PostGIS
9 28 (5.26%) J2EE
10 25 (4.70%) .NET Core
11 24 (4.51%) Apache Camel
11 24 (4.51%) Elastic Stack
12 23 (4.32%) Java EE
13 22 (4.14%) JSON
13 22 (4.14%) XML
14 15 (2.82%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.26%) CMDB
2 23 (4.32%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (4.14%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (3.01%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.44%) Digital Signage
7 10 (1.88%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.69%) PKI
9 7 (1.32%) Virtual Team
10 5 (0.94%) Client/Server
10 5 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.94%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.94%) Public Cloud
10 5 (0.94%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (0.94%) Shadow IT
11 4 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.75%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.56%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.56%) EMC VNX
12 3 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 93 (17.48%) Windows
2 90 (16.92%) Linux
3 60 (11.28%) Windows Server
4 44 (8.27%) Windows 10
5 38 (7.14%) Unix
6 31 (5.83%) Windows Server 2016
7 30 (5.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (4.14%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (3.57%) Windows 7
10 16 (3.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (2.82%) CentOS
12 14 (2.63%) Solaris
13 12 (2.26%) Windows XP
14 9 (1.69%) Windows NT
15 4 (0.75%) Ubuntu
16 3 (0.56%) Rocky
17 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (32.14%) Agile
2 129 (24.25%) Actionable Insight
3 110 (20.68%) DevOps
4 108 (20.30%) Problem-Solving
5 86 (16.17%) ITIL
6 83 (15.60%) Service Management
7 56 (10.53%) Scrum
8 51 (9.59%) Project Management
9 49 (9.21%) ITSM
10 46 (8.65%) Software Engineering
11 45 (8.46%) Containerisation
11 45 (8.46%) Customer Service
12 44 (8.27%) Incident Management
13 40 (7.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 39 (7.33%) CI/CD
15 35 (6.58%) Release Management
16 33 (6.20%) Kanban
17 32 (6.02%) BDD
18 31 (5.83%) Analytics
19 29 (5.45%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 86 (16.17%) JavaScript
2 71 (13.35%) Java
3 54 (10.15%) Python
3 54 (10.15%) SQL
4 41 (7.71%) C#
5 38 (7.14%) PowerShell
6 28 (5.26%) Shell Script
7 21 (3.95%) PL/SQL
8 13 (2.44%) VB
9 10 (1.88%) Groovy
10 8 (1.50%) Bicep
10 8 (1.50%) VBScript
11 6 (1.13%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.94%) Ruby
13 4 (0.75%) C
13 4 (0.75%) C++
13 4 (0.75%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.19%) Bash
14 1 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 532 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 177 (33.27%) DV Cleared
3 83 (15.60%) Degree
4 25 (4.70%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (4.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (4.14%) AWS Certification
6 22 (4.14%) CCNP
7 19 (3.57%) CCNA
8 14 (2.63%) A+ Certification
8 14 (2.63%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (2.44%) MCP
10 9 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (1.13%) CISSP
13 5 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.75%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 2 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (9.21%) SLA
2 10 (1.88%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.69%) NIST
3 9 (1.69%) QA
4 8 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.32%) JSP 440
5 7 (1.32%) RMADS
6 5 (0.94%) PMO
6 5 (0.94%) WCAG
7 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (0.56%) COBIT
9 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.19%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 81 (15.23%) Active Directory
2 52 (9.77%) Docker
3 35 (6.58%) Hyper-V
4 20 (3.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (3.20%) Firmware
6 16 (3.01%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (2.63%) Oracle RAC
8 13 (2.44%) KVM
9 8 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.94%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 69 (12.97%) SCCM
2 58 (10.90%) Kubernetes
3 55 (10.34%) SCOM
4 51 (9.59%) Ansible
5 35 (6.58%) WSUS
6 34 (6.39%) Terraform
7 26 (4.89%) Microsoft Intune
8 22 (4.14%) OpenSSO
8 22 (4.14%) Single Sign-On
9 19 (3.57%) NetBackup
10 17 (3.20%) vCenter Server
11 15 (2.82%) EMC NetWorker
12 14 (2.63%) Data Guard
12 14 (2.63%) Oracle RMAN
13 9 (1.69%) Sysprep
14 8 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 6 (1.13%) Rancher
16 3 (0.56%) OpenView
17 2 (0.38%) Grafana
17 2 (0.38%) Nagios
Vendors
1 129 (24.25%) Microsoft
2 67 (12.59%) Oracle
3 62 (11.65%) Cisco
4 48 (9.02%) Juniper
5 40 (7.52%) ServiceNow
6 39 (7.33%) Remedy
7 31 (5.83%) VMware
8 29 (5.45%) ESRI
8 29 (5.45%) HP
9 24 (4.51%) Dynatrace
9 24 (4.51%) WSO2
10 16 (3.01%) EMC
11 15 (2.82%) Veeam
12 14 (2.63%) F5
12 14 (2.63%) Sun
13 13 (2.44%) Dell
13 13 (2.44%) Riverbed
14 12 (2.26%) 3PAR
14 12 (2.26%) Palo Alto
14 12 (2.26%) Symantec