Security Cleared Jobs in the East of England

Security Clearance
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 42 56
Rank change year-on-year +21 +14 -12
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 421 322 342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 6.68% 6.39% 5.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.54% 15.00% 13.30%
Number of salaries quoted 271 134 178
10th Percentile £25,575 £32,000 £34,950
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,313 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.38%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 East of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,586 2,146 2,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.18% 42.60% 37.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,093 592 826
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.84% +9.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,563 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £54,894 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.51% +9.09% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the East of England.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the East of England over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the East of England region over the 6 months to 25 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
Hertfordshire +12 279 £55,000 - 114
Cambridgeshire +59 82 £38,000 -31.53% 15
Bedfordshire +16 32 £77,500 +19.23% 19
Suffolk 0 15 £50,750 +51.49% 13
Essex -18 13 £30,000 -55.56% 13
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.71%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.48%) Confluence
3 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
Applications
1 29 (6.89%) Simulink
2 11 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.48%) Abaqus
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) SAP ERP
1 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.24%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 18 (4.28%) Azure
2 7 (1.66%) AWS
3 5 (1.19%) GitHub
3 5 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
4 4 (0.95%) Entra ID
4 4 (0.95%) GCP
4 4 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (0.95%) OneDrive
5 3 (0.71%) PaaS
5 3 (0.71%) SaaS
6 2 (0.48%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (10.45%) Firewall
2 26 (6.18%) LAN
2 26 (6.18%) TCP/IP
3 24 (5.70%) SAN
4 20 (4.75%) Network Security
5 18 (4.28%) DNS
6 16 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (3.09%) Ethernet
7 13 (3.09%) LTE
7 13 (3.09%) WAN
8 8 (1.90%) 3G
8 8 (1.90%) 4G
8 8 (1.90%) Bluetooth
8 8 (1.90%) GPRS
8 8 (1.90%) GSM
9 6 (1.43%) Software-Defined Radio
10 5 (1.19%) 5G
10 5 (1.19%) 5G NR
10 5 (1.19%) 802.11
10 5 (1.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.95%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.48%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.24%) MySQL
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (4.04%) Rational Rhapsody
2 13 (3.09%) Rational DOORS
3 8 (1.90%) JIRA
4 7 (1.66%) Rational Team Concert
5 6 (1.43%) GitLab
6 3 (0.71%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.71%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.71%) LabVIEW
6 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.24%) JMeter
7 1 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 108 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 54 (12.83%) Aerospace
3 46 (10.93%) Electronics
4 31 (7.36%) Finance
5 30 (7.13%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (5.70%) Manufacturing
7 23 (5.46%) Military
8 17 (4.04%) Telecoms
9 15 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.61%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.14%) Police
12 8 (1.90%) Law
13 6 (1.43%) Marketing
14 4 (0.95%) French Language
14 4 (0.95%) Games
15 3 (0.71%) Italian Language
15 3 (0.71%) Welsh Language
16 2 (0.48%) Automotive
16 2 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (11.16%) Systems Engineer
2 45 (10.69%) Lead
3 42 (9.98%) Software Engineer
4 22 (5.23%) Architect
4 22 (5.23%) Embedded Engineer
5 21 (4.99%) Administrator
5 21 (4.99%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 21 (4.99%) IT Administrator
5 21 (4.99%) Network Engineer
5 21 (4.99%) Server Administrator
6 19 (4.51%) Senior
7 15 (3.56%) Analyst
7 15 (3.56%) Network Specialist
7 15 (3.56%) Support Engineer
7 15 (3.56%) Technical Engineer
8 14 (3.33%) Consultant
8 14 (3.33%) Developer
8 14 (3.33%) Security Consultant
9 13 (3.09%) Author
9 13 (3.09%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.85%) Fluent Bit
2 7 (1.66%) .NET
2 7 (1.66%) SGML
3 5 (1.19%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.71%) Qt
5 2 (0.48%) OpenMP
6 1 (0.24%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.24%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.24%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.24%) WinForms
6 1 (0.24%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.98%) Self-Motivation
2 37 (8.79%) Algorithms
3 24 (5.70%) Data Centre
4 19 (4.51%) Cyber Threat
5 14 (3.33%) Driving Licence
5 14 (3.33%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.61%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.90%) NHS
7 8 (1.90%) PCIe
8 7 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.43%) Animation
9 6 (1.43%) Graphic Design
9 6 (1.43%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.95%) Augmented Reality
10 4 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (0.95%) FPGA
10 4 (0.95%) PMI
10 4 (0.95%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.71%) Ray Tracing
Operating Systems
1 83 (19.71%) Windows
2 45 (10.69%) Linux
3 34 (8.08%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.61%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.48%) SUSE
7 2 (0.48%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.24%) Unix
8 1 (0.24%) VxWorks
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (19.95%) Software Engineering
2 71 (16.86%) Systems Engineering
3 70 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (16.39%) Agile
5 52 (12.35%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (11.88%) Validation
7 38 (9.03%) Mentoring
8 37 (8.79%) Mathematics
9 34 (8.08%) Project Management
10 29 (6.89%) Physics
10 29 (6.89%) Verification and Validation
11 27 (6.41%) Signal Processing
12 25 (5.94%) Performance Monitoring
13 23 (5.46%) Benchmarking
14 22 (5.23%) ITIL
14 22 (5.23%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 21 (4.99%) Data Centre Operations
15 21 (4.99%) Digital Signal Processing
15 21 (4.99%) Server Management
15 21 (4.99%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 51 (12.11%) C
2 44 (10.45%) C#
3 42 (9.98%) PowerShell
4 40 (9.50%) Python
5 30 (7.13%) MATLAB
6 20 (4.75%) Bash
7 19 (4.51%) Ada
8 16 (3.80%) Java
9 15 (3.56%) C++
10 11 (2.61%) PHP
11 6 (1.43%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.43%) VB
11 6 (1.43%) VB6
12 5 (1.19%) SQL
13 3 (0.71%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (0.48%) Perl
15 1 (0.24%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 165 (39.19%) BPSS Clearance
2 119 (28.27%) SC Cleared
3 79 (18.76%) Degree
4 60 (14.25%) DV Cleared
5 20 (4.75%) CISSP
6 13 (3.09%) CISM
7 12 (2.85%) CASP
7 12 (2.85%) CRISC
8 11 (2.61%) CEH
9 10 (2.38%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.43%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (0.95%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.24%) CCNA
14 1 (0.24%) GCIH
14 1 (0.24%) HND
14 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.28%) SLA
2 14 (3.33%) NCSC
2 14 (3.33%) PCI DSS
3 10 (2.38%) QA
4 5 (1.19%) Def Stans
5 4 (0.95%) MISRA
6 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.24%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.24%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.24%) NIST
6 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.24%) RMADS
System Software
1 35 (8.31%) Active Directory
2 30 (7.13%) Firmware
3 14 (3.33%) KVM
4 8 (1.90%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.95%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.48%) Lustre
8 2 (0.48%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (2.85%) Fluentd
1 12 (2.85%) logstash
2 4 (0.95%) Ansible
2 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.95%) Progress Chef
2 4 (0.95%) Puppet
3 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.48%) SCCM
3 2 (0.48%) SCOM
3 2 (0.48%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.24%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.24%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 60 (14.25%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.03%) Cisco
3 32 (7.60%) Juniper
4 27 (6.41%) VMware
5 24 (5.70%) Splunk
6 23 (5.46%) NetApp
7 21 (4.99%) Citrix
8 17 (4.04%) IBM
9 16 (3.80%) CheckPoint
9 16 (3.80%) Palo Alto
10 14 (3.33%) Blue Coat
10 14 (3.33%) Dell
10 14 (3.33%) Infoblox
11 13 (3.09%) Riverbed
12 6 (1.43%) Red Hat
13 5 (1.19%) Intel
14 3 (0.71%) Microsemi
14 3 (0.71%) SAP
14 3 (0.71%) Xilinx
15 2 (0.48%) Mellanox