SC Cleared Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 56 53
Rank change year-on-year +15 -3 +24
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 3,681 3,277 3,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.18% 5.45% 5.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.86% 14.91% 16.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,010 1,548 1,615
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £31,100
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year - +3.55% +1.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,700 £57,467
% change year-on-year -6.81% +7.37% +4.49%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,515 21,982 22,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.48% 36.54% 31.69%
Number of salaries quoted 12,241 8,204 10,270
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,603 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +3.21% +1.42%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +22 1,212 £55,000 - 271
South West -1 880 £52,500 -4.55% 254
North of England +29 562 £57,500 -4.17% 167
North West +9 383 £55,000 -6.38% 124
Midlands 0 383 £52,500 -12.50% 90
West Midlands +9 246 £55,000 -8.33% 60
Scotland -38 237 £60,000 +2.13% 72
Wales +15 203 £50,750 +68.02% 11
Yorkshire +72 152 £60,000 -10.45% 28
East Midlands -4 137 £50,000 -4.76% 30
East of England -8 127 £55,000 -0.90% 69
Northern Ireland +28 100 £60,000 +75.18% 9
North East -29 27 £55,000 +15.79% 15
SC Cleared
UK

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 292 (7.93%) ArcGIS
2 284 (7.72%) GeoServer
3 136 (3.69%) Confluence
4 110 (2.99%) WebLogic
5 69 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
6 58 (1.58%) SharePoint
7 44 (1.20%) Oracle Service Bus
8 39 (1.06%) Apache
9 37 (1.01%) IIS
10 34 (0.92%) OpenStack
11 29 (0.79%) Apache Spark
12 19 (0.52%) Red Hat Fuse
13 18 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2010
13 18 (0.49%) JBoss
14 14 (0.38%) Skype for Business
15 13 (0.35%) CMS
16 10 (0.27%) SharePoint 2010
16 10 (0.27%) SharePoint 2013
17 4 (0.11%) Appian
17 4 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 149 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 78 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 72 (1.96%) MS Visio
4 43 (1.17%) Simulink
5 40 (1.09%) Sketch
6 23 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 17 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (0.24%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.11%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.11%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.081%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.054%) Abaqus
11 2 (0.054%) Fireworks
11 2 (0.054%) GNU Octave
11 2 (0.054%) InDesign
12 1 (0.027%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.027%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.027%) Revit
Business Applications
1 80 (2.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 73 (1.98%) Remedy ITSM
3 40 (1.09%) Siebel CRM
4 20 (0.54%) Maximo
5 8 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.16%) Primavera
6 6 (0.16%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.11%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.081%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.054%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.054%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.054%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.054%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.054%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.054%) Q-Pulse
9 2 (0.054%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.027%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 918 (24.94%) Azure
2 733 (19.91%) AWS
3 164 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
4 103 (2.80%) Amazon EKS
5 85 (2.31%) Serverless
6 73 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
7 68 (1.85%) OpenShift
8 66 (1.79%) SaaS
9 62 (1.68%) GCP
10 60 (1.63%) Miro
11 54 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
12 49 (1.33%) Power Platform
13 47 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
14 44 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
15 41 (1.11%) Amazon SQS
15 41 (1.11%) Figma
16 40 (1.09%) Heroku
17 36 (0.98%) Amazon ECS
18 32 (0.87%) Entra ID
19 28 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 239 (6.49%) Firewall
2 149 (4.05%) DNS
3 110 (2.99%) WAN
4 107 (2.91%) TCP/IP
5 70 (1.90%) VPN
6 69 (1.87%) BGP
6 69 (1.87%) DHCP
7 68 (1.85%) LAN
7 68 (1.85%) Wireless
8 64 (1.74%) SAN
9 62 (1.68%) Network Security
10 59 (1.60%) SSL
11 37 (1.01%) MPLS
11 37 (1.01%) SD-WAN
12 36 (0.98%) IPsec
12 36 (0.98%) Software-Defined Radio
13 33 (0.90%) Cisco Firepower
14 31 (0.84%) AMQP
15 26 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
16 25 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 360 (9.78%) PostgreSQL
2 300 (8.15%) GIS
3 284 (7.72%) QGIS
4 97 (2.64%) Relational Database
5 96 (2.61%) Oracle Database
6 88 (2.39%) SQL Server
7 69 (1.87%) NoSQL
8 59 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
8 59 (1.60%) Hadoop
9 55 (1.49%) RDBMS
10 52 (1.41%) Big Data
11 45 (1.22%) Oracle Database 11g
12 44 (1.20%) Oracle Database 10g
12 44 (1.20%) VLDB
13 39 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
14 38 (1.03%) MongoDB
15 32 (0.87%) Oracle BI EE
15 32 (0.87%) Siebel EIM
16 31 (0.84%) MySQL
17 28 (0.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 200 (5.43%) JIRA
2 193 (5.24%) Git
3 124 (3.37%) Jenkins
4 108 (2.93%) Visual Studio
5 92 (2.50%) Bitbucket
6 59 (1.60%) Sourcetree
7 57 (1.55%) GitLab
8 35 (0.95%) Rational DOORS
9 24 (0.65%) Ant
9 24 (0.65%) Selenium
10 23 (0.62%) Cucumber
11 22 (0.60%) Subversion
12 21 (0.57%) JUnit
13 15 (0.41%) CMake
13 15 (0.41%) LabVIEW
14 14 (0.38%) Vagrant
15 13 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
16 12 (0.33%) JMeter
17 10 (0.27%) IntelliJ
17 10 (0.27%) Trac
General
1 761 (20.67%) Social Skills
2 270 (7.33%) Aerospace
3 244 (6.63%) Finance
4 229 (6.22%) Public Sector
5 189 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
6 176 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 146 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
8 130 (3.53%) Games
9 96 (2.61%) Telecoms
10 95 (2.58%) Military
11 71 (1.93%) Police
12 70 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
13 45 (1.22%) Electronics
14 40 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
15 38 (1.03%) Retail
16 35 (0.95%) Manufacturing
17 23 (0.62%) Law
18 16 (0.43%) Marketing
19 15 (0.41%) Legal
20 14 (0.38%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 808 (21.95%) Senior
2 484 (13.15%) Software Engineer
3 444 (12.06%) Architect
4 408 (11.08%) Developer
5 285 (7.74%) Lead
6 262 (7.12%) Analyst
7 250 (6.79%) Senior Software Engineer
8 204 (5.54%) Solutions Architect
9 179 (4.86%) Systems Engineer
10 165 (4.48%) Project Manager
11 162 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 155 (4.21%) Network Engineer
13 140 (3.80%) Senior Developer
14 137 (3.72%) Consultant
15 98 (2.66%) Designer
16 90 (2.44%) Business Analyst
17 85 (2.31%) 3D Developer
17 85 (2.31%) Games Developer
17 85 (2.31%) Unity 3D Developer
18 84 (2.28%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 386 (10.49%) React
2 377 (10.24%) .NET
3 287 (7.80%) Leaflet
4 286 (7.77%) OpenLayers
5 284 (7.72%) PostGIS
6 262 (7.12%) CSS
7 253 (6.87%) .NET Core
8 143 (3.88%) Node.js
9 134 (3.64%) AngularJS
10 132 (3.59%) REST
11 129 (3.50%) Spring
12 110 (2.99%) Spring Boot
13 85 (2.31%) Unity (Game Engine)
14 76 (2.06%) HTML
15 71 (1.93%) RabbitMQ
16 61 (1.66%) RESTful
17 60 (1.63%) Web Services
17 60 (1.63%) XML
18 53 (1.44%) Django
19 45 (1.22%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 117 (3.18%) Data Centre
2 106 (2.88%) Management Information System
3 87 (2.36%) Virtual Reality
4 82 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
5 78 (2.12%) Driving Licence
5 78 (2.12%) Virtual Team
6 75 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
7 70 (1.90%) Product Ownership
8 54 (1.47%) Private Cloud
9 53 (1.44%) Algorithms
9 53 (1.44%) Public Cloud
10 47 (1.28%) Operational Technology
11 44 (1.20%) CMDB
12 42 (1.14%) Cloud Native
13 38 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
14 36 (0.98%) Clustering
15 35 (0.95%) Cyberattack
16 31 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
17 28 (0.76%) PKI
18 26 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 557 (15.13%) Linux
2 516 (14.02%) Windows
3 228 (6.19%) Windows Server
4 119 (3.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 116 (3.15%) Unix
6 95 (2.58%) Ubuntu
7 84 (2.28%) Windows 10
8 82 (2.23%) CentOS
9 58 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
10 51 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
11 44 (1.20%) Solaris
12 30 (0.81%) Windows 7
13 28 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
14 26 (0.71%) Debian
15 23 (0.62%) Android
16 16 (0.43%) AIX
17 12 (0.33%) Windows XP
18 10 (0.27%) VMS
19 9 (0.24%) zOS
20 8 (0.22%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,202 (32.65%) Agile
2 1,185 (32.19%) Actionable Insight
3 834 (22.66%) DevOps
4 726 (19.72%) Software Engineering
5 654 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
6 352 (9.56%) Scrum
7 347 (9.43%) Project Management
8 310 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
9 302 (8.20%) ITIL
10 290 (7.88%) Web Development
11 260 (7.06%) Stakeholder Management
12 239 (6.49%) Collaborative Working
13 232 (6.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 219 (5.95%) Mentoring
15 215 (5.84%) Service Management
16 182 (4.94%) Open Source
17 181 (4.92%) Change Management
18 172 (4.67%) ITSM
19 169 (4.59%) Kanban
20 168 (4.56%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 628 (17.06%) Python
2 490 (13.31%) JavaScript
3 397 (10.79%) Java
4 344 (9.35%) C#
5 335 (9.10%) SQL
6 266 (7.23%) PowerShell
7 143 (3.88%) C++
8 77 (2.09%) C
9 63 (1.71%) Bash
10 61 (1.66%) TypeScript
11 58 (1.58%) PL/SQL
12 55 (1.49%) MATLAB
13 41 (1.11%) Shell Script
14 24 (0.65%) Kotlin
15 22 (0.60%) Go
16 18 (0.49%) Ruby
16 18 (0.49%) VB
17 13 (0.35%) VBA
18 11 (0.30%) Bicep
18 11 (0.30%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 3,681 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 645 (17.52%) Degree
3 510 (13.85%) DV Cleared
4 196 (5.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 96 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
6 88 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 87 (2.36%) AWS Certification
8 82 (2.23%) CISM
9 78 (2.12%) Azure Certification
10 75 (2.04%) CISSP
11 67 (1.82%) CCNA
12 63 (1.71%) CCNP
12 63 (1.71%) CESG Certified Professional
13 60 (1.63%) CRISC
14 58 (1.58%) TOGAF Certification
15 50 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 47 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
17 44 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 36 (0.98%) A+ Certification
19 27 (0.73%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (3.56%) SLA
2 122 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 113 (3.07%) Accessibility
4 77 (2.09%) NCSC
5 65 (1.77%) QA
6 50 (1.36%) WCAG
7 42 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 42 (1.14%) NIST
8 29 (0.79%) COBIT
9 24 (0.65%) GDPR
10 23 (0.62%) Def Stans
11 21 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
12 20 (0.54%) PMO
13 19 (0.52%) GRC
13 19 (0.52%) JSP 440
14 16 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
14 16 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 15 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 14 (0.38%) RMADS
17 13 (0.35%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 281 (7.63%) Active Directory
2 170 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 155 (4.21%) Docker
4 120 (3.26%) Hyper-V
5 44 (1.20%) Oracle RAC
6 42 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
7 31 (0.84%) Firmware
8 30 (0.81%) vSphere
9 29 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
10 22 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
11 16 (0.43%) pfSense
12 14 (0.38%) KVM
12 14 (0.38%) VMware NSX
13 10 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
13 10 (0.27%) NFS
14 9 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
15 8 (0.22%) XenDesktop
16 4 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
16 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 218 (5.92%) Ansible
2 187 (5.08%) Kubernetes
3 150 (4.07%) SCCM
4 141 (3.83%) Terraform
5 61 (1.66%) SCOM
6 58 (1.58%) vCenter Server
7 57 (1.55%) Puppet
8 47 (1.28%) WSUS
9 44 (1.20%) Data Guard
9 44 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
9 44 (1.20%) Oracle RMAN
10 31 (0.84%) NetBackup
11 30 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
12 29 (0.79%) EMC NetWorker
12 29 (0.79%) OpenView
13 28 (0.76%) Grafana
14 26 (0.71%) OpenSSO
15 24 (0.65%) ZABBIX
16 18 (0.49%) Nagios
17 13 (0.35%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 663 (18.01%) Microsoft
2 289 (7.85%) ESRI
3 272 (7.39%) VMware
4 265 (7.20%) Oracle
5 217 (5.90%) Cisco
6 173 (4.70%) Juniper
7 99 (2.69%) Remedy
8 80 (2.17%) Sparx
9 79 (2.15%) ServiceNow
10 77 (2.09%) Red Hat
11 69 (1.87%) HP
12 50 (1.36%) Google
13 47 (1.28%) NetApp
14 45 (1.22%) Sun
15 43 (1.17%) IBM
16 42 (1.14%) Fortinet
17 41 (1.11%) CheckPoint
18 40 (1.09%) Siebel
19 39 (1.06%) Veeam
20 38 (1.03%) McAfee