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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 38 105
Rank change year-on-year +14 +67 +12
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 507 356 230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.92% 6.33% 3.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.33% 14.94% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 317 188 120
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,550 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £34,778
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,500 £48,488
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +2.09% -25.40%
75th Percentile £60,250 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -0.45%

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 2,623 2,383 2,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 35.78% 42.36% 33.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,507 983 992
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,520 £29,025
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £36,953
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £51,500 £51,350 £51,500
% change year-on-year +0.29% -0.29% +3.00%

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 8 June 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 8 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
Berkshire +14 441 £53,000 +0.95% 67
Buckinghamshire -20 47 £50,000 -16.67% 23
Oxfordshire -27 19 £51,000 +7.37% 12
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 38 (7.50%) WebLogic
2 30 (5.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (5.52%) ArcGIS
3 28 (5.52%) GeoServer
4 18 (3.55%) Exchange Server 2010
4 18 (3.55%) OpenStack
5 13 (2.56%) Oracle Service Bus
6 11 (2.17%) CMS
7 9 (1.78%) IIS
7 9 (1.78%) Red Hat Fuse
8 8 (1.58%) Confluence
8 8 (1.58%) JBoss
8 8 (1.58%) SharePoint
9 6 (1.18%) Apache
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 40 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (3.75%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.37%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.79%) Sketch
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (3.16%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 128 (25.25%) Azure
2 68 (13.41%) AWS
3 44 (8.68%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (5.72%) Azure Monitor
5 23 (4.54%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (3.75%) Serverless
7 18 (3.55%) Amazon ECS
8 14 (2.76%) Entra ID
9 13 (2.56%) OCI
10 11 (2.17%) Azure Storage
11 6 (1.18%) Miro
12 5 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.99%) PaaS
13 4 (0.79%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (0.79%) Figma
13 4 (0.79%) GitHub
13 4 (0.79%) Heroku
13 4 (0.79%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 66 (13.02%) Firewall
2 37 (7.30%) DNS
3 33 (6.51%) DHCP
4 29 (5.72%) VPN
5 19 (3.75%) SSL
6 17 (3.35%) Network Security
6 17 (3.35%) WAN
7 16 (3.16%) Cisco Firepower
8 13 (2.56%) SAN
8 13 (2.56%) Wireless
9 11 (2.17%) BGP
10 10 (1.97%) SD-WAN
11 9 (1.78%) SNMP
11 9 (1.78%) VLAN
12 8 (1.58%) LAN
13 7 (1.38%) IPsec
13 7 (1.38%) OSPF
13 7 (1.38%) TCP/IP
13 7 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (1.18%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (10.06%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (5.92%) GIS
3 28 (5.52%) QGIS
4 27 (5.33%) Relational Database
5 21 (4.14%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (3.94%) Oracle Database
7 14 (2.76%) Oracle Database 11g
8 13 (2.56%) Oracle Database 10g
8 13 (2.56%) SQL Server
8 13 (2.56%) VLDB
9 9 (1.78%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.99%) MySQL
10 5 (0.99%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 34 (6.71%) Jenkins
2 23 (4.54%) Git
3 15 (2.96%) JIRA
4 14 (2.76%) JUnit
5 8 (1.58%) MSI
6 7 (1.38%) AdminStudio
6 7 (1.38%) Cucumber
6 7 (1.38%) InstallShield
6 7 (1.38%) REST Assured
6 7 (1.38%) Selenium
6 7 (1.38%) WebDriver
7 6 (1.18%) TestNG
8 5 (0.99%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.79%) Subversion
10 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.20%) GitLab
11 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 154 (30.37%) Social Skills
2 55 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (7.30%) Public Sector
4 35 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (5.13%) Finance
6 21 (4.14%) Police
7 11 (2.17%) Back Office
7 11 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (1.58%) Aerospace
9 5 (0.99%) Law
9 5 (0.99%) Military
10 4 (0.79%) Electronics
10 4 (0.79%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.79%) Retail
11 2 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.39%) Local Government
12 1 (0.20%) Advertising
12 1 (0.20%) Games
12 1 (0.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 91 (17.95%) Senior
2 68 (13.41%) Analyst
3 42 (8.28%) Software Engineer
4 41 (8.09%) Applications Support
4 41 (8.09%) Architect
5 38 (7.50%) Developer
5 38 (7.50%) Support Analyst
6 37 (7.30%) Network Engineer
7 35 (6.90%) Senior Analyst
8 34 (6.71%) Applications Support Analyst
9 32 (6.31%) Support Specialist
10 31 (6.11%) Lead
11 25 (4.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 23 (4.54%) Senior Software Engineer
12 23 (4.54%) Windows Engineer
13 22 (4.34%) Infrastructure Support
14 21 (4.14%) Senior Applications Support
14 21 (4.14%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
14 21 (4.14%) Senior Support Analyst
14 21 (4.14%) ServiceNow Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (8.88%) Spring
2 40 (7.89%) React
3 39 (7.69%) .NET
4 31 (6.11%) Leaflet
5 30 (5.92%) OpenLayers
6 28 (5.52%) PostGIS
7 27 (5.33%) CSS
7 27 (5.33%) J2EE
7 27 (5.33%) REST
8 25 (4.93%) .NET Core
9 23 (4.54%) Node.js
10 22 (4.34%) AngularJS
10 22 (4.34%) Spring Boot
11 21 (4.14%) Java EE
11 21 (4.14%) Web Services
12 18 (3.55%) Apache Camel
12 18 (3.55%) Elastic Stack
13 12 (2.37%) ARM Templates
14 11 (2.17%) JSON
14 11 (2.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (5.13%) CMDB
3 21 (4.14%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.75%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (3.16%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.37%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.37%) PKI
7 11 (2.17%) Digital Signage
8 7 (1.38%) Shadow IT
8 7 (1.38%) Virtual Team
9 5 (0.99%) Client/Server
9 5 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (0.99%) Public Cloud
9 5 (0.99%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (0.79%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.79%) EMC VNX
10 4 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.79%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.59%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.59%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 94 (18.54%) Windows
2 78 (15.38%) Linux
3 63 (12.43%) Windows Server
4 46 (9.07%) Windows 10
5 37 (7.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 36 (7.10%) Unix
6 36 (7.10%) Windows Server 2019
7 25 (4.93%) Windows Server 2012
8 18 (3.55%) Windows 7
9 13 (2.56%) Solaris
10 12 (2.37%) Windows NT
10 12 (2.37%) Windows XP
11 10 (1.97%) CentOS
11 10 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.79%) Rocky
13 3 (0.59%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (32.15%) Agile
2 125 (24.65%) Actionable Insight
3 105 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
4 103 (20.32%) DevOps
5 85 (16.77%) ITIL
5 85 (16.77%) Service Management
6 58 (11.44%) Project Management
7 49 (9.66%) ITSM
8 47 (9.27%) Software Engineering
9 46 (9.07%) Customer Service
10 45 (8.88%) Containerisation
10 45 (8.88%) Scrum
11 41 (8.09%) Incident Management
11 41 (8.09%) Release Management
12 40 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 38 (7.50%) CI/CD
14 34 (6.71%) Analytics
15 29 (5.72%) Identity Management
15 29 (5.72%) Log Analytics
16 28 (5.52%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 74 (14.60%) JavaScript
2 58 (11.44%) Java
3 52 (10.26%) Python
4 46 (9.07%) C#
5 45 (8.88%) PowerShell
6 41 (8.09%) SQL
7 24 (4.73%) Shell Script
8 18 (3.55%) VB
9 17 (3.35%) PL/SQL
10 11 (2.17%) Bicep
10 11 (2.17%) VBScript
11 9 (1.78%) Groovy
12 8 (1.58%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.79%) C
13 4 (0.79%) C++
13 4 (0.79%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.59%) Bash
15 2 (0.39%) Ruby
16 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 507 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 171 (33.73%) DV Cleared
3 95 (18.74%) Degree
4 26 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
5 24 (4.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (4.34%) CCNP
7 20 (3.94%) CCNA
8 18 (3.55%) AWS Certification
9 14 (2.76%) A+ Certification
9 14 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (2.56%) MCP
11 11 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 10 (1.97%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (1.18%) CISSP
14 5 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.99%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 2 (0.39%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (9.27%) SLA
2 12 (2.37%) QA
3 10 (1.97%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.18%) NIST
5 5 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.99%) PMO
5 5 (0.99%) WCAG
6 4 (0.79%) JSP 440
6 4 (0.79%) RMADS
7 3 (0.59%) COBIT
8 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.20%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 87 (17.16%) Active Directory
2 46 (9.07%) Docker
3 29 (5.72%) Hyper-V
4 20 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (3.75%) Firmware
6 16 (3.16%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (2.56%) Oracle RAC
8 11 (2.17%) KVM
8 11 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (1.58%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 79 (15.58%) SCCM
2 54 (10.65%) SCOM
3 51 (10.06%) Kubernetes
4 44 (8.68%) WSUS
5 33 (6.51%) Ansible
6 29 (5.72%) Microsoft Intune
7 23 (4.54%) Terraform
8 21 (4.14%) OpenSSO
8 21 (4.14%) Single Sign-On
9 19 (3.75%) NetBackup
10 17 (3.35%) vCenter Server
11 16 (3.16%) EMC NetWorker
12 13 (2.56%) Data Guard
12 13 (2.56%) Oracle RMAN
13 12 (2.37%) Sysprep
14 11 (2.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (0.59%) Nagios
15 3 (0.59%) OpenView
16 2 (0.39%) Grafana
16 2 (0.39%) Rancher
Vendors
1 131 (25.84%) Microsoft
2 63 (12.43%) Cisco
2 63 (12.43%) Oracle
3 46 (9.07%) Juniper
4 40 (7.89%) ServiceNow
5 37 (7.30%) Remedy
6 32 (6.31%) VMware
7 28 (5.52%) ESRI
8 26 (5.13%) HP
9 20 (3.94%) Dynatrace
10 18 (3.55%) WSO2
11 17 (3.35%) EMC
11 17 (3.35%) F5
12 16 (3.16%) Veeam
13 13 (2.56%) Dell
13 13 (2.56%) Sun
14 12 (2.37%) 3PAR
14 12 (2.37%) Extreme Networks
14 12 (2.37%) Palo Alto
14 12 (2.37%) Symantec