Security Cleared Jobs in the North West

Security Clearance
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 27 25 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 -10 +48
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 591 698 1,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.83% 9.07% 11.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.74% 25.95% 39.48%
Number of salaries quoted 309 200 582
10th Percentile £37,270 £26,554 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,104
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.99% +1.15%
75th Percentile £65,000 £78,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,680 £83,875 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,389 2,690 2,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 23.58% 34.95% 30.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,641 914 1,313
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,150 £26,300
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,246 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +19.79% -4.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,600 £85,000 £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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the North West

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the North West

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the North West

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester -13 280 £60,000 -11.11% 94
Merseyside -1 120 £60,000 +84.62% 8
Cheshire +33 83 £50,000 +93.50% 38
Cumbria +9 63 £38,734 -39.00% 37
Lancashire -7 42 £50,000 +14.29% 36
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 61 (10.32%) ArcGIS
2 57 (9.64%) GeoServer
3 19 (3.21%) Apache
4 11 (1.86%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.69%) SharePoint
6 9 (1.52%) IIS
7 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (1.35%) Tomcat
7 8 (1.35%) WebLogic
8 6 (1.02%) Confluence
9 2 (0.34%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.34%) JBoss
9 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (1.35%) MS Visio
1 8 (1.35%) Sketch
2 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.85%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.34%) Revit
Business Applications
1 29 (4.91%) Primavera
2 15 (2.54%) NEC Housing
3 10 (1.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.34%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.34%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 147 (24.87%) Azure
2 130 (22.00%) AWS
3 19 (3.21%) Amazon EKS
4 18 (3.05%) GCP
5 15 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (2.54%) SaaS
6 14 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
7 13 (2.20%) Serverless
8 12 (2.03%) Miro
8 12 (2.03%) OpenShift
9 11 (1.86%) PaaS
10 10 (1.69%) Power Platform
11 8 (1.35%) Amazon SQS
11 8 (1.35%) Figma
11 8 (1.35%) Heroku
12 7 (1.18%) IaaS
13 6 (1.02%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.02%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.03%) BGP
1 12 (2.03%) DNS
1 12 (2.03%) TCP/IP
2 11 (1.86%) AMQP
2 11 (1.86%) SAN
3 9 (1.52%) Firewall
3 9 (1.52%) Wireless
4 8 (1.35%) Software-Defined Radio
4 8 (1.35%) SSL
4 8 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.02%) Network Security
6 5 (0.85%) VLAN
7 4 (0.68%) DHCP
7 4 (0.68%) LAN
7 4 (0.68%) OSPF
7 4 (0.68%) TETRA
8 3 (0.51%) Internet
8 3 (0.51%) IPsec
8 3 (0.51%) MPLS
8 3 (0.51%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (11.00%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (10.32%) GIS
3 57 (9.64%) QGIS
4 23 (3.89%) Oracle Database
5 22 (3.72%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.86%) Big Data
6 11 (1.86%) Cloudera CDH
6 11 (1.86%) Hadoop
7 10 (1.69%) RDBMS
7 10 (1.69%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (1.35%) Power BI
9 7 (1.18%) Oracle Database 12c
10 4 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.34%) MySQL
11 2 (0.34%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.17%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 32 (5.41%) JIRA
2 9 (1.52%) GitLab
3 7 (1.18%) Git
4 5 (0.85%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.51%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.51%) Metasploit
5 3 (0.51%) Postman
5 3 (0.51%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.34%) Appium
6 2 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.34%) GDB
6 2 (0.34%) JUnit
6 2 (0.34%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.34%) Selenium
6 2 (0.34%) SOAtest
6 2 (0.34%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.34%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.34%) TestNG
6 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.34%) WebDriver
General
1 125 (21.15%) Social Skills
2 62 (10.49%) Public Sector
3 54 (9.14%) Aerospace
4 52 (8.80%) Finance
5 30 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.21%) Local Government
8 17 (2.88%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.54%) Police
10 13 (2.20%) Military
11 8 (1.35%) Avionics
11 8 (1.35%) Law
12 7 (1.18%) Back Office
12 7 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.18%) Retail
13 6 (1.02%) Electronics
13 6 (1.02%) Polish Language
13 6 (1.02%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.34%) Games
14 2 (0.34%) Legal
Job Titles
1 103 (17.43%) Senior
2 83 (14.04%) Software Engineer
3 71 (12.01%) Architect
4 69 (11.68%) Lead
5 45 (7.61%) Senior Software Engineer
6 43 (7.28%) Developer
7 39 (6.60%) Systems Engineer
8 35 (5.92%) Solutions Architect
9 27 (4.57%) Project Planner
10 25 (4.23%) Analyst
11 24 (4.06%) DevOps Engineer
12 20 (3.38%) Project Manager
13 15 (2.54%) Designer
13 15 (2.54%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
13 15 (2.54%) Presales Solution Architect
14 12 (2.03%) Consultant
14 12 (2.03%) Product Manager
15 11 (1.86%) Business Analyst
15 11 (1.86%) Information Assurance Manager
15 11 (1.86%) Information Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (14.21%) React
2 59 (9.98%) .NET
3 57 (9.64%) Leaflet
3 57 (9.64%) OpenLayers
3 57 (9.64%) PostGIS
4 50 (8.46%) CSS
5 49 (8.29%) .NET Core
6 26 (4.40%) AngularJS
6 26 (4.40%) Node.js
7 25 (4.23%) Spring Boot
8 19 (3.21%) RabbitMQ
8 19 (3.21%) Spring
9 13 (2.20%) HTML
9 13 (2.20%) REST
10 12 (2.03%) Django
10 12 (2.03%) Swagger
11 11 (1.86%) gRPC
11 11 (1.86%) Material-UI
11 11 (1.86%) OpenAPI
12 10 (1.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.06%) Operational Technology
2 22 (3.72%) Cloud Native
3 17 (2.88%) Public Cloud
4 16 (2.71%) Driving Licence
4 16 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.03%) SCADA
5 12 (2.03%) Virtual Team
6 11 (1.86%) Private Cloud
6 11 (1.86%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.52%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 8 (1.35%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.85%) IoT
10 5 (0.85%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.85%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.68%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 80 (13.54%) Linux
2 39 (6.60%) Windows
3 27 (4.57%) Unix
4 21 (3.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (3.21%) Ubuntu
6 11 (1.86%) CentOS
6 11 (1.86%) Debian
6 11 (1.86%) Solaris
7 6 (1.02%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.85%) VMS
9 3 (0.51%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.34%) Android
10 2 (0.34%) FreeBSD
10 2 (0.34%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (34.86%) Actionable Insight
2 202 (34.18%) Agile
3 129 (21.83%) DevOps
4 114 (19.29%) Software Engineering
5 74 (12.52%) Mentoring
6 71 (12.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 64 (10.83%) Coaching
8 59 (9.98%) Scrum
9 57 (9.64%) Web Development
10 55 (9.31%) Problem-Solving
10 55 (9.31%) Project Management
11 50 (8.46%) Collaborative Working
12 49 (8.29%) Cybersecurity
13 44 (7.45%) Kanban
14 42 (7.11%) CI/CD
15 41 (6.94%) Continuous Integration
16 39 (6.60%) Open Source
17 33 (5.58%) Business Case
18 30 (5.08%) SDLC
19 29 (4.91%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 95 (16.07%) Python
2 93 (15.74%) JavaScript
3 43 (7.28%) Java
4 40 (6.77%) C#
5 13 (2.20%) C++
6 12 (2.03%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.69%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.35%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.68%) Bicep
9 4 (0.68%) C
9 4 (0.68%) SQL
10 2 (0.34%) Bash
10 2 (0.34%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.34%) Perl
11 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 401 (67.85%) SC Cleared
2 70 (11.84%) Degree
3 58 (9.81%) DV Cleared
4 19 (3.21%) DBS Check
5 16 (2.71%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.37%) CISA
6 14 (2.37%) CISM
6 14 (2.37%) CRISC
7 13 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.86%) CESG Certified Professional
9 10 (1.69%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.52%) BC Cleared
11 8 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 7 (1.18%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.85%) CCNP
13 5 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.85%) CREST Certified
13 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.68%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.26%) Accessibility
2 32 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.21%) SLA
4 14 (2.37%) GDPR
4 14 (2.37%) GRC
5 10 (1.69%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.69%) WCAG
6 7 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 6 (1.02%) COBIT
7 6 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.85%) QA
9 3 (0.51%) NIST
10 2 (0.34%) PMO
11 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
System Software
1 25 (4.23%) Docker
2 10 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.18%) KVM
3 7 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.85%) SRDF
4 5 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.51%) Firmware
6 3 (0.51%) vSphere
7 2 (0.34%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.17%) Lustre
8 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.17%) Snort
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (6.26%) Kubernetes
1 37 (6.26%) Terraform
2 33 (5.58%) Ansible
3 11 (1.86%) Puppet
4 6 (1.02%) OpenView
5 4 (0.68%) WSUS
6 3 (0.51%) Nessus
6 3 (0.51%) Nmap
6 3 (0.51%) SCCM
7 1 (0.17%) Grafana
7 1 (0.17%) Icinga
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.17%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.17%) SCOM
7 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 64 (10.83%) Microsoft
2 57 (9.64%) ESRI
3 28 (4.74%) Oracle
4 16 (2.71%) Red Hat
5 15 (2.54%) NEC
6 14 (2.37%) Cisco
7 13 (2.20%) ServiceNow
8 12 (2.03%) VMware
9 11 (1.86%) Google
9 11 (1.86%) SaltStack
10 10 (1.69%) Sparx
11 7 (1.18%) BMC
11 7 (1.18%) Dell
11 7 (1.18%) HP
11 7 (1.18%) Thales
12 6 (1.02%) Remedy
13 5 (0.85%) Brocade
13 5 (0.85%) EMC
14 4 (0.68%) Juniper
15 3 (0.51%) IBM