Security Cleared Jobs in the North of England

Security Clearance
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North 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 42 49 32
Rank change year-on-year +7 -17 +71
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 824 1,088 1,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.57% 6.54% 7.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.07% 21.28% 27.63%
Number of salaries quoted 402 324 689
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,650 £26,000
25th Percentile £41,472 £43,162 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £67,250 £77,500 £64,106
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £76,520
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North 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 North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,911 5,113 5,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.69% 30.71% 28.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,700 1,733 2,458
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £54,882 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +15.54% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £82,500 £75,000
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the North 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 North 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
North West -4 593 £55,000 -8.33% 223
Yorkshire +13 192 £60,000 -9.77% 51
North East -33 39 £55,000 +22.22% 27
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 89 (10.80%) ArcGIS
2 85 (10.32%) GeoServer
3 19 (2.31%) Apache
4 12 (1.46%) WebLogic
5 11 (1.33%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (1.21%) SharePoint
7 9 (1.09%) Confluence
7 9 (1.09%) IIS
8 8 (0.97%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.36%) JBoss
9 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Fuse
10 2 (0.24%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.12%) CMS
11 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 21 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.46%) Sketch
4 10 (1.21%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.61%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.24%) Revit
Business Applications
1 29 (3.52%) Primavera
2 22 (2.67%) NEC Housing
3 15 (1.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 9 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
5 7 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.24%) SAP PLM
7 2 (0.24%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.12%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 210 (25.49%) Azure
2 190 (23.06%) AWS
3 25 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
4 24 (2.91%) Amazon EKS
5 20 (2.43%) GCP
6 18 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (2.18%) Miro
6 18 (2.18%) SaaS
7 16 (1.94%) AWS CloudFormation
8 14 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
8 14 (1.70%) Serverless
9 13 (1.58%) Amazon SQS
10 12 (1.46%) Figma
10 12 (1.46%) Heroku
10 12 (1.46%) OpenShift
11 11 (1.33%) PaaS
12 10 (1.21%) Power Platform
13 7 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (0.85%) dbt
13 7 (0.85%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (4.13%) Firewall
2 23 (2.79%) TCP/IP
3 22 (2.67%) DNS
4 19 (2.31%) Wireless
5 16 (1.94%) BGP
6 14 (1.70%) SAN
6 14 (1.70%) Software-Defined Radio
7 13 (1.58%) WAN
8 12 (1.46%) SSL
9 11 (1.33%) AMQP
9 11 (1.33%) Network Security
9 11 (1.33%) SD-WAN
10 9 (1.09%) VPN
11 8 (0.97%) DHCP
11 8 (0.97%) Internet
11 8 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.73%) LAN
13 5 (0.61%) VLAN
14 4 (0.49%) OSPF
14 4 (0.49%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (11.53%) PostgreSQL
2 91 (11.04%) GIS
3 85 (10.32%) QGIS
4 28 (3.40%) Oracle Database
5 23 (2.79%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.94%) RDBMS
6 16 (1.94%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (1.33%) Big Data
8 11 (1.33%) Cloudera CDH
8 11 (1.33%) Hadoop
9 8 (0.97%) Power BI
10 7 (0.85%) Oracle Database 12c
11 6 (0.73%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.49%) MySQL
12 4 (0.49%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.49%) Tableau
13 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 2 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 42 (5.10%) JIRA
2 16 (1.94%) GitLab
3 8 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.85%) Git
4 7 (0.85%) Selenium
5 5 (0.61%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.49%) HP UFT
6 4 (0.49%) JMeter
6 4 (0.49%) LoadRunner
6 4 (0.49%) MSTest
6 4 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.36%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.36%) IntelliJ
7 3 (0.36%) JUnit
7 3 (0.36%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.36%) Postman
7 3 (0.36%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.36%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.36%) Terragrunt
General
1 186 (22.57%) Social Skills
2 93 (11.29%) Public Sector
3 79 (9.59%) Finance
4 56 (6.80%) Aerospace
5 44 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (3.76%) Police
8 27 (3.28%) Local Government
9 18 (2.18%) Law
9 18 (2.18%) Manufacturing
10 14 (1.70%) Military
11 13 (1.58%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.21%) Retail
13 8 (0.97%) Avionics
13 8 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.85%) Back Office
14 7 (0.85%) Legal
15 6 (0.73%) Electronics
15 6 (0.73%) Polish Language
16 4 (0.49%) Games
Job Titles
1 164 (19.90%) Senior
2 118 (14.32%) Software Engineer
3 102 (12.38%) Architect
4 96 (11.65%) Lead
5 75 (9.10%) Developer
6 68 (8.25%) Senior Software Engineer
7 56 (6.80%) Analyst
7 56 (6.80%) Solutions Architect
8 46 (5.58%) Systems Engineer
9 28 (3.40%) Project Manager
10 27 (3.28%) Project Planner
11 26 (3.16%) DevOps Engineer
12 23 (2.79%) Designer
13 21 (2.55%) Presales Solution Architect
14 17 (2.06%) Business Analyst
14 17 (2.06%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
14 17 (2.06%) ERP Developer
14 17 (2.06%) Product Manager
14 17 (2.06%) Senior Analyst
14 17 (2.06%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (14.44%) React
2 90 (10.92%) .NET
3 85 (10.32%) Leaflet
3 85 (10.32%) OpenLayers
3 85 (10.32%) PostGIS
4 74 (8.98%) CSS
5 73 (8.86%) .NET Core
6 33 (4.00%) Spring Boot
7 32 (3.88%) AngularJS
7 32 (3.88%) Node.js
8 24 (2.91%) Spring
9 23 (2.79%) RabbitMQ
10 18 (2.18%) HTML
11 17 (2.06%) Django
12 14 (1.70%) REST
13 13 (1.58%) Swagger
14 12 (1.46%) OpenAPI
15 11 (1.33%) gRPC
15 11 (1.33%) Material-UI
15 11 (1.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (3.03%) Operational Technology
2 24 (2.91%) Cloud Native
3 21 (2.55%) Driving Licence
3 21 (2.55%) Public Cloud
4 18 (2.18%) Private Cloud
4 18 (2.18%) Product Ownership
4 18 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (2.18%) Virtual Team
5 13 (1.58%) Data Centre
5 13 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.46%) Management Information System
6 12 (1.46%) SCADA
7 9 (1.09%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 8 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (0.97%) Onboarding
9 7 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (0.73%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (0.73%) IoT
11 4 (0.49%) Cyberattack
11 4 (0.49%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 102 (12.38%) Linux
2 53 (6.43%) Windows
3 33 (4.00%) Unix
4 26 (3.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 24 (2.91%) Ubuntu
6 11 (1.33%) CentOS
6 11 (1.33%) Debian
6 11 (1.33%) Solaris
7 10 (1.21%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.73%) VMS
9 5 (0.61%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.36%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.36%) zOS
12 2 (0.24%) Android
12 2 (0.24%) FreeBSD
12 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (36.77%) Agile
2 291 (35.32%) Actionable Insight
3 187 (22.69%) DevOps
4 171 (20.75%) Software Engineering
5 99 (12.01%) Problem-Solving
6 90 (10.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 85 (10.32%) Mentoring
7 85 (10.32%) Web Development
8 80 (9.71%) Scrum
9 75 (9.10%) Project Management
10 73 (8.86%) Coaching
11 62 (7.52%) ITIL
12 61 (7.40%) CI/CD
13 60 (7.28%) Cybersecurity
14 59 (7.16%) Collaborative Working
15 58 (7.04%) Kanban
16 55 (6.67%) Open Source
17 51 (6.19%) Continuous Integration
18 45 (5.46%) ITSM
18 45 (5.46%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 141 (17.11%) Python
2 139 (16.87%) JavaScript
3 65 (7.89%) C#
4 56 (6.80%) Java
5 24 (2.91%) TypeScript
6 15 (1.82%) PowerShell
7 13 (1.58%) C++
8 10 (1.21%) SQL
9 8 (0.97%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.85%) MATLAB
11 5 (0.61%) VB.NET
11 5 (0.61%) VBA
12 4 (0.49%) Bicep
12 4 (0.49%) C
13 3 (0.36%) Bash
14 2 (0.24%) Perl
15 1 (0.12%) JCL
15 1 (0.12%) R
15 1 (0.12%) REXX
15 1 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 586 (71.12%) SC Cleared
2 93 (11.29%) Degree
3 73 (8.86%) DV Cleared
4 23 (2.79%) Azure Certification
5 20 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (2.43%) DBS Check
6 17 (2.06%) AWS Certification
7 14 (1.70%) CISA
7 14 (1.70%) CISM
7 14 (1.70%) CRISC
8 12 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 11 (1.33%) CESG Certified Professional
10 10 (1.21%) BC Cleared
10 10 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.09%) CCNP
12 7 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.85%) CREST Certified
12 7 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.80%) Accessibility
2 36 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (3.40%) SLA
4 15 (1.82%) WCAG
5 14 (1.70%) GDPR
5 14 (1.70%) GRC
6 10 (1.21%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.09%) COBIT
8 8 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.97%) QA
9 7 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 6 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.73%) NIST
11 5 (0.61%) PMO
12 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 30 (3.64%) Docker
2 19 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.85%) KVM
5 6 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.61%) SRDF
7 4 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.36%) Firmware
8 3 (0.36%) vSphere
9 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.24%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.12%) Lustre
10 1 (0.12%) NFS
10 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Snort
10 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 44 (5.34%) Kubernetes
2 39 (4.73%) Terraform
3 36 (4.37%) Ansible
4 13 (1.58%) SCCM
5 11 (1.33%) Puppet
6 9 (1.09%) OpenView
7 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.61%) SCOM
7 5 (0.61%) WSUS
8 4 (0.49%) Grafana
9 3 (0.36%) Nessus
9 3 (0.36%) Nmap
10 2 (0.24%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.24%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.12%) Icinga
11 1 (0.12%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 109 (13.23%) Microsoft
2 85 (10.32%) ESRI
3 46 (5.58%) Oracle
4 27 (3.28%) Cisco
4 27 (3.28%) VMware
5 22 (2.67%) NEC
5 22 (2.67%) ServiceNow
6 16 (1.94%) Red Hat
7 15 (1.82%) Sparx
8 14 (1.70%) Fortinet
8 14 (1.70%) Juniper
9 11 (1.33%) Google
9 11 (1.33%) HP
9 11 (1.33%) SaltStack
10 10 (1.21%) BMC
11 9 (1.09%) Remedy
12 8 (0.97%) Dell
12 8 (0.97%) Splunk
13 7 (0.85%) Thales
14 6 (0.73%) Brocade