Security Cleared Jobs in the Midlands

Security Clearance
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 26 56
Rank change year-on-year -9 +30 -1
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 646 704 544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.21% 7.83% 4.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.17% 19.82% 15.65%
Number of salaries quoted 404 328 215
10th Percentile £25,950 £31,250 £26,700
25th Percentile £34,688 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,000 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,052 3,552 3,475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.60% 39.50% 31.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,882 1,237 1,744
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £74,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,725 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.79% +9.09% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the Midlands

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 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
West Midlands +12 454 £55,000 - 140
East Midlands -27 192 £44,225 -15.76% 59
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 33 (5.11%) IIS
2 29 (4.49%) ArcGIS
3 28 (4.33%) GeoServer
4 10 (1.55%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.24%) Apache
5 8 (1.24%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.62%) Appian
7 4 (0.62%) Confluence
7 4 (0.62%) Office Communications Server
7 4 (0.62%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.46%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.46%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 3 (0.46%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 39 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (3.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.93%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.93%) Simulink
6 5 (0.77%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.62%) EPLAN
7 4 (0.62%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (2.32%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.46%) Maximo
3 3 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.31%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 2 (0.31%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.15%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 152 (23.53%) Azure
2 95 (14.71%) AWS
3 26 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (2.63%) Entra ID
6 14 (2.17%) SaaS
7 13 (2.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (1.86%) GitHub
9 11 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (1.70%) PaaS
9 11 (1.70%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (1.39%) IaaS
12 7 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (0.93%) GCP
13 6 (0.93%) Miro
14 4 (0.62%) dbt
14 4 (0.62%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 72 (11.15%) WAN
2 53 (8.20%) Firewall
3 33 (5.11%) SD-WAN
4 31 (4.80%) MPLS
5 29 (4.49%) IPsec
6 25 (3.87%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (3.56%) DNS
8 19 (2.94%) Wireless
9 16 (2.48%) BGP
10 14 (2.17%) DHCP
11 13 (2.01%) Network Security
12 11 (1.70%) TCP/IP
13 8 (1.24%) LAN
14 7 (1.08%) VLAN
14 7 (1.08%) VPN
15 6 (0.93%) 5G
15 6 (0.93%) VSAN
16 5 (0.77%) 802.11
16 5 (0.77%) Cisco Firepower
16 5 (0.77%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (7.28%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (4.80%) GIS
4 28 (4.33%) QGIS
5 19 (2.94%) Oracle Database
6 10 (1.55%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.24%) Power BI
8 7 (1.08%) Oracle Database 12c
9 5 (0.77%) MySQL
9 5 (0.77%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.77%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.46%) DB2
11 3 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.31%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
13 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
13 1 (0.15%) Redis
13 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (3.41%) GitLab
2 16 (2.48%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (1.70%) JIRA
4 10 (1.55%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.46%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.31%) Git
6 2 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.15%) Appium
7 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.15%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.15%) JUnit
7 1 (0.15%) Postman
7 1 (0.15%) PVCS
7 1 (0.15%) Selenium
7 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.15%) TestNG
7 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 172 (26.63%) Social Skills
2 82 (12.69%) Public Sector
3 73 (11.30%) Finance
4 52 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (4.49%) Police
6 26 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
6 26 (4.02%) Manufacturing
6 26 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (3.87%) Retail
8 24 (3.72%) Telecoms
9 22 (3.41%) Games
10 20 (3.10%) Military
11 17 (2.63%) Local Government
12 15 (2.32%) Analytical Skills
13 11 (1.70%) Electronics
14 7 (1.08%) Back Office
15 5 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.77%) Legal
15 5 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.46%) Banking
Job Titles
1 109 (16.87%) Senior
2 71 (10.99%) Architect
3 63 (9.75%) Network Engineer
4 55 (8.51%) Software Engineer
5 47 (7.28%) Project Manager
6 44 (6.81%) Lead
6 44 (6.81%) Systems Engineer
7 39 (6.04%) Solutions Architect
8 34 (5.26%) Consultant
8 34 (5.26%) Developer
9 31 (4.80%) Senior Software Engineer
10 29 (4.49%) Analyst
11 23 (3.56%) Graduate
11 23 (3.56%) Graduate Consultant
11 23 (3.56%) Research Consultant
11 23 (3.56%) Resource Consultant
12 17 (2.63%) Administrator
13 14 (2.17%) Security Architect
14 13 (2.01%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 13 (2.01%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.88%) React
2 37 (5.73%) .NET
3 28 (4.33%) Leaflet
3 28 (4.33%) OpenLayers
3 28 (4.33%) PostGIS
4 26 (4.02%) .NET Core
5 24 (3.72%) CSS
6 17 (2.63%) 802.1X
7 16 (2.48%) REST
8 15 (2.32%) WebRTC
9 11 (1.70%) Web Services
10 10 (1.55%) ARM Templates
10 10 (1.55%) RESTful
10 10 (1.55%) SOAP
11 9 (1.39%) Azure Blueprints
12 7 (1.08%) HTML
12 7 (1.08%) Node.js
13 6 (0.93%) Django
14 5 (0.77%) AngularJS
14 5 (0.77%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 62 (9.60%) Driving Licence
1 62 (9.60%) Management Information System
2 28 (4.33%) Clustering
3 24 (3.72%) Public Cloud
4 22 (3.41%) Virtual Team
5 16 (2.48%) Private Cloud
6 14 (2.17%) Operational Technology
6 14 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.86%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.70%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.55%) PKI
9 10 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
10 7 (1.08%) CMDB
10 7 (1.08%) SCADA
11 5 (0.77%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (0.62%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.62%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 75 (11.61%) Windows
2 43 (6.66%) Linux
3 30 (4.64%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.94%) Unix
5 8 (1.24%) Solaris
6 5 (0.77%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.62%) Android
7 4 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (0.46%) zOS
9 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (21.98%) Agile
2 111 (17.18%) Cybersecurity
3 93 (14.40%) Software Engineering
4 92 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
5 88 (13.62%) Actionable Insight
6 86 (13.31%) DevOps
7 80 (12.38%) Project Management
8 72 (11.15%) Mentoring
9 59 (9.13%) Customer Service
10 52 (8.05%) ITIL
10 52 (8.05%) Systems Engineering
11 43 (6.66%) Project Delivery
12 40 (6.19%) Customer Requirements
13 35 (5.42%) Risk Management
14 34 (5.26%) Validation
15 32 (4.95%) CI/CD
16 31 (4.80%) Stakeholder Management
17 30 (4.64%) Change Management
17 30 (4.64%) Continuous Integration
17 30 (4.64%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 65 (10.06%) JavaScript
2 63 (9.75%) Python
3 34 (5.26%) Java
4 33 (5.11%) SQL
5 29 (4.49%) C#
6 21 (3.25%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.63%) MATLAB
7 17 (2.63%) PowerShell
8 14 (2.17%) C++
9 8 (1.24%) C
9 8 (1.24%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.62%) R
11 3 (0.46%) Groovy
11 3 (0.46%) Rust
12 2 (0.31%) Bash
13 1 (0.15%) ABAP
13 1 (0.15%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.15%) SAPscript
13 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 397 (61.46%) SC Cleared
2 105 (16.25%) Degree
3 63 (9.75%) DV Cleared
4 30 (4.64%) Cisco Certification
5 27 (4.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 25 (3.87%) CCNA
7 20 (3.10%) CCNP
8 16 (2.48%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.86%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.24%) CCSA
11 8 (1.24%) HND
12 7 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.08%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (0.93%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.77%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.77%) MCSA
15 4 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (4.80%) ISO 9001
2 31 (4.80%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 29 (4.49%) Accessibility
4 23 (3.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (2.63%) SLA
6 13 (2.01%) Def Stans
6 13 (2.01%) NCSC
6 13 (2.01%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.55%) NIST
8 9 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (0.93%) NIST 800
11 5 (0.77%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.77%) QA
11 5 (0.77%) WCAG
12 4 (0.62%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.62%) PMO
13 3 (0.46%) MISRA
13 3 (0.46%) MISRA C
System Software
1 39 (6.04%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (2.63%) VMware NSX
4 14 (2.17%) Docker
5 13 (2.01%) KVM
6 12 (1.86%) vSphere
7 6 (0.93%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 31 (4.80%) EnCase
2 16 (2.48%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.17%) Ansible
3 14 (2.17%) SCCM
3 14 (2.17%) Terraform
4 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.93%) SCOM
6 5 (0.77%) VxRail
7 3 (0.46%) Backup Exec
7 3 (0.46%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.46%) Nagios
7 3 (0.46%) OpenView
8 2 (0.31%) Grafana
8 2 (0.31%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.31%) Puppet
8 2 (0.31%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.15%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 129 (19.97%) Microsoft
2 57 (8.82%) Cisco
3 55 (8.51%) VMware
4 48 (7.43%) Juniper
5 30 (4.64%) Oracle
6 28 (4.33%) ESRI
7 25 (3.87%) Dell
8 23 (3.56%) IFS
9 21 (3.25%) CheckPoint
10 17 (2.63%) NEC
11 16 (2.48%) Workday
12 14 (2.17%) Aruba
13 13 (2.01%) Fortinet
13 13 (2.01%) ServiceNow
14 12 (1.86%) Meraki
15 8 (1.24%) Cellebrite
15 8 (1.24%) Veeam
16 7 (1.08%) EMC
16 7 (1.08%) HP
17 6 (0.93%) IBM