Security Cleared Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Security 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 8 9 64
Rank change year-on-year +1 +55 +8
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 930 763 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.69% 13.56% 4.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.46% 32.02% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 558 383 176
10th Percentile £30,875 £25,920 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,738 £36,250 £36,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,775 £45,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.36% -16.82% -15.38%
75th Percentile £62,313 £61,275 £76,563
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £85,625
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 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%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

Security 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 Security 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 +4 750 £52,550 +14.86% 160
Buckinghamshire +2 126 £55,000 +10.55% 36
Oxfordshire -5 54 £51,760 +21.79% 16
Security Cleared
South East

Security 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 41 (4.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (4.09%) WebLogic
3 28 (3.01%) ArcGIS
3 28 (3.01%) GeoServer
4 19 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2010
4 19 (2.04%) OpenStack
5 13 (1.40%) Oracle Service Bus
5 13 (1.40%) SharePoint
6 11 (1.18%) CMS
7 10 (1.08%) Red Hat Fuse
8 9 (0.97%) Confluence
8 9 (0.97%) IIS
8 9 (0.97%) JBoss
9 6 (0.65%) Apache
10 4 (0.43%) nginx
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 58 (6.24%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.04%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.43%) Siemens NX
6 4 (0.43%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.54%) Primavera
2 5 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.43%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.32%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.22%) C-CURE
5 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 177 (19.03%) Azure
2 89 (9.57%) AWS
3 56 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (4.62%) Azure Monitor
5 27 (2.90%) Entra ID
6 24 (2.58%) Amazon EKS
7 20 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (2.15%) Serverless
8 19 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
9 18 (1.94%) Azure Storage
10 17 (1.83%) OCI
11 6 (0.65%) Miro
12 5 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.54%) PaaS
12 5 (0.54%) Power Platform
12 5 (0.54%) SaaS
13 4 (0.43%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.43%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 79 (8.49%) Firewall
2 57 (6.13%) DNS
3 48 (5.16%) DHCP
4 33 (3.55%) VPN
5 20 (2.15%) SSL
6 19 (2.04%) WAN
7 18 (1.94%) Cisco Firepower
8 17 (1.83%) Network Security
9 16 (1.72%) LAN
10 13 (1.40%) OSPF
10 13 (1.40%) SAN
10 13 (1.40%) Wireless
11 12 (1.29%) BGP
12 11 (1.18%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.97%) SNMP
13 9 (0.97%) TCP/IP
13 9 (0.97%) VLAN
14 8 (0.86%) IPsec
15 7 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
16 6 (0.65%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (5.59%) PostgreSQL
2 42 (4.52%) Relational Database
3 33 (3.55%) GIS
4 28 (3.01%) QGIS
5 22 (2.37%) SQL Server
6 21 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (2.26%) Oracle Database
7 14 (1.51%) Oracle Database 11g
8 13 (1.40%) Oracle Database 10g
8 13 (1.40%) VLDB
9 9 (0.97%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.65%) MySQL
11 5 (0.54%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.22%) NonStop SQL
13 2 (0.22%) Power BI
14 1 (0.11%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 35 (3.76%) Jenkins
2 29 (3.12%) GitLab
3 24 (2.58%) Git
4 22 (2.37%) Visual Studio
5 17 (1.83%) JIRA
6 15 (1.61%) JUnit
7 10 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
8 8 (0.86%) MSI
8 8 (0.86%) Selenium
8 8 (0.86%) TestRail
8 8 (0.86%) WebDriver
9 7 (0.75%) AdminStudio
9 7 (0.75%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.75%) InstallShield
9 7 (0.75%) REST Assured
10 6 (0.65%) TestNG
11 4 (0.43%) Subversion
12 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
13 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
General
1 221 (23.76%) Social Skills
2 71 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (7.10%) Public Sector
4 45 (4.84%) Finance
4 45 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (2.47%) Police
6 18 (1.94%) Aerospace
7 11 (1.18%) Back Office
7 11 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (1.08%) Manufacturing
9 8 (0.86%) Electronics
9 8 (0.86%) Telecoms
10 7 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
11 6 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.54%) Law
12 5 (0.54%) Military
12 5 (0.54%) Publishing
13 4 (0.43%) Advertising
13 4 (0.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 172 (18.49%) Senior
2 128 (13.76%) Analyst
3 99 (10.65%) Systems Engineer
4 82 (8.82%) Architect
5 76 (8.17%) Developer
6 68 (7.31%) Software Engineer
7 50 (5.38%) Network Engineer
8 46 (4.95%) Lead
8 46 (4.95%) Support Analyst
9 43 (4.62%) Support Specialist
10 42 (4.52%) Applications Support
10 42 (4.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 38 (4.09%) Senior Software Engineer
12 37 (3.98%) Senior Analyst
13 36 (3.87%) Administrator
14 34 (3.66%) Applications Support Analyst
15 31 (3.33%) Active Directory Specialist
15 31 (3.33%) Azure Specialist
16 27 (2.90%) Senior Systems Engineer
17 25 (2.69%) Active Directory Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.05%) React
2 46 (4.95%) Spring
3 45 (4.84%) .NET
4 41 (4.41%) CSS
5 31 (3.33%) Leaflet
5 31 (3.33%) OpenLayers
6 28 (3.01%) PostGIS
6 28 (3.01%) REST
7 27 (2.90%) .NET Core
7 27 (2.90%) J2EE
8 24 (2.58%) Node.js
9 23 (2.47%) AngularJS
9 23 (2.47%) Elastic Stack
9 23 (2.47%) HTML
9 23 (2.47%) Spring Boot
10 22 (2.37%) Web Services
11 21 (2.26%) Java EE
12 19 (2.04%) Apache Camel
12 19 (2.04%) ARM Templates
13 11 (1.18%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 53 (5.70%) Management Information System
2 46 (4.95%) Algorithms
3 43 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (2.80%) CMDB
5 25 (2.69%) PKI
6 24 (2.58%) Data Centre
7 21 (2.26%) Product Ownership
8 20 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
9 16 (1.72%) Driving Licence
10 14 (1.51%) Mainframe
10 14 (1.51%) Private Cloud
11 11 (1.18%) Digital Signage
12 10 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
13 9 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
13 9 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (0.75%) Shadow IT
14 7 (0.75%) Virtual Team
15 6 (0.65%) CUDA
15 6 (0.65%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 147 (15.81%) Windows
2 139 (14.95%) Linux
3 76 (8.17%) Windows Server
4 69 (7.42%) Unix
4 69 (7.42%) Windows 10
5 62 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 61 (6.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 42 (4.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 41 (4.41%) Windows 7
9 13 (1.40%) Solaris
10 12 (1.29%) Windows NT
10 12 (1.29%) Windows XP
11 10 (1.08%) CentOS
11 10 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.43%) Rocky
13 3 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
13 3 (0.32%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.11%) Debian
14 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (24.52%) Agile
2 186 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 177 (19.03%) ITIL
4 137 (14.73%) Actionable Insight
5 135 (14.52%) DevOps
6 93 (10.00%) Service Management
7 87 (9.35%) Project Management
8 82 (8.82%) Customer Service
8 82 (8.82%) Software Engineering
9 75 (8.06%) Decision-Making
10 72 (7.74%) Computer Science
11 70 (7.53%) Cybersecurity
11 70 (7.53%) Software Testing
12 66 (7.10%) Physics
13 62 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 58 (6.24%) Release Management
15 57 (6.13%) CI/CD
16 54 (5.81%) Analytics
17 51 (5.48%) Mathematics
17 51 (5.48%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 135 (14.52%) Python
2 105 (11.29%) JavaScript
3 83 (8.92%) C#
4 77 (8.28%) PowerShell
5 76 (8.17%) Java
6 59 (6.34%) C++
6 59 (6.34%) SQL
7 54 (5.81%) Fortran
8 40 (4.30%) Bash
9 34 (3.66%) C
10 31 (3.33%) VB
11 25 (2.69%) Shell Script
12 24 (2.58%) VBScript
13 18 (1.94%) Bicep
14 17 (1.83%) PL/SQL
15 16 (1.72%) TypeScript
16 14 (1.51%) COBOL
17 13 (1.40%) MATLAB
18 9 (0.97%) Groovy
19 8 (0.86%) Perl
Qualifications
1 507 (54.52%) SC Cleared
2 295 (31.72%) DV Cleared
3 228 (24.52%) Degree
4 49 (5.27%) Cisco Certification
5 41 (4.41%) CCNA
6 38 (4.09%) Master's Degree
7 35 (3.76%) PhD
8 30 (3.23%) CCNP
9 29 (3.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 28 (3.01%) CTC Cleared
11 23 (2.47%) HNC
12 21 (2.26%) NVQ Level 3
13 19 (2.04%) A+ Certification
14 18 (1.94%) AWS Certification
14 18 (1.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 17 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
16 14 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
17 13 (1.40%) MCP
18 10 (1.08%) Azure Certification
19 9 (0.97%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (6.67%) SLA
2 21 (2.26%) QA
3 12 (1.29%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.29%) NIST
4 11 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.18%) PMO
5 6 (0.65%) GRC
5 6 (0.65%) NCSC
5 6 (0.65%) NIST 800
6 5 (0.54%) WCAG
7 4 (0.43%) JSP 440
7 4 (0.43%) RMADS
8 3 (0.32%) COBIT
8 3 (0.32%) GDPR
8 3 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.11%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.11%) PMBOK
System Software
1 122 (13.12%) Active Directory
2 47 (5.05%) Docker
3 39 (4.19%) Firmware
4 37 (3.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 29 (3.12%) Hyper-V
6 19 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
9 13 (1.40%) Oracle RAC
10 11 (1.18%) KVM
11 8 (0.86%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 109 (11.72%) SCCM
2 63 (6.77%) Kubernetes
3 61 (6.56%) SCOM
4 54 (5.81%) WSUS
5 38 (4.09%) Ansible
6 37 (3.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 27 (2.90%) Terraform
8 24 (2.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 21 (2.26%) OpenSSO
9 21 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (2.04%) NetBackup
11 17 (1.83%) vCenter Server
12 16 (1.72%) EMC NetWorker
13 13 (1.40%) Data Guard
13 13 (1.40%) Oracle RMAN
14 12 (1.29%) Sysprep
15 6 (0.65%) Rancher
16 4 (0.43%) Kibana
17 3 (0.32%) Nagios
17 3 (0.32%) OpenView
Vendors
1 273 (29.35%) Microsoft
2 90 (9.68%) Cisco
3 79 (8.49%) Oracle
4 53 (5.70%) VMware
5 52 (5.59%) Juniper
6 43 (4.62%) ServiceNow
7 37 (3.98%) HP
7 37 (3.98%) Remedy
8 28 (3.01%) ESRI
9 20 (2.15%) Dynatrace
10 19 (2.04%) F5
10 19 (2.04%) WSO2
11 18 (1.94%) EMC
12 17 (1.83%) Extreme Networks
13 16 (1.72%) Veeam
14 14 (1.51%) Unisys
15 13 (1.40%) Dell
15 13 (1.40%) Sun
16 12 (1.29%) 3PAR
16 12 (1.29%) Symantec