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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 12 61
Rank change year-on-year +4 +49 +27
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 935 750 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.59% 12.75% 4.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.89% 30.61% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 602 374 166
10th Percentile £30,125 £25,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,270 £36,250 £35,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,540 £45,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.41% -17.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £86,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £49,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.55% -9.55% -

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 2,605 2,450 2,362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 37.85% 41.66% 33.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,566 1,011 946
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,250 £28,432
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,651 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -2.83%
75th Percentile £68,250 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,147 £51,000 £52,303
% change year-on-year +2.25% -2.49% +4.61%

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 26 May 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 26 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
Berkshire +5 761 £52,550 +15.24% 181
Buckinghamshire -3 125 £55,000 +17.55% 38
Oxfordshire +2 49 £52,500 +23.53% 19
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 40 (4.28%) WebLogic
2 35 (3.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (3.10%) ArcGIS
3 29 (3.10%) GeoServer
4 25 (2.67%) OpenStack
5 19 (2.03%) Exchange Server 2010
6 14 (1.50%) Oracle Service Bus
7 13 (1.39%) CMS
8 11 (1.18%) IIS
8 11 (1.18%) Red Hat Fuse
9 10 (1.07%) JBoss
10 8 (0.86%) Confluence
11 6 (0.64%) Apache
11 6 (0.64%) SharePoint
12 4 (0.43%) nginx
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 53 (5.67%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.14%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.43%) Siemens NX
6 4 (0.43%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (1.82%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.43%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.32%) Primavera
4 3 (0.32%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.21%) C-CURE
5 2 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 186 (19.89%) Azure
2 100 (10.70%) AWS
3 49 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (4.28%) Azure Monitor
5 33 (3.53%) Amazon EKS
6 29 (3.10%) Serverless
7 28 (2.99%) Amazon ECS
8 24 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (2.46%) Entra ID
10 17 (1.82%) OCI
11 15 (1.60%) Azure Storage
12 9 (0.96%) SaaS
13 6 (0.64%) Miro
14 5 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (0.53%) GitHub
14 5 (0.53%) PaaS
15 4 (0.43%) Amazon SQS
15 4 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
15 4 (0.43%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 78 (8.34%) Firewall
2 56 (5.99%) DNS
3 47 (5.03%) DHCP
4 31 (3.32%) VPN
5 18 (1.93%) SSL
5 18 (1.93%) WAN
6 17 (1.82%) LAN
7 16 (1.71%) Cisco Firepower
8 14 (1.50%) Network Security
8 14 (1.50%) Wireless
9 13 (1.39%) BGP
9 13 (1.39%) OSPF
9 13 (1.39%) SAN
10 12 (1.28%) SD-WAN
11 11 (1.18%) SNMP
12 9 (0.96%) TCP/IP
13 8 (0.86%) IPsec
14 7 (0.75%) VLAN
14 7 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (6.52%) PostgreSQL
2 52 (5.56%) Relational Database
3 34 (3.64%) GIS
4 29 (3.10%) QGIS
5 25 (2.67%) Oracle Database
5 25 (2.67%) SQL Server
6 22 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
7 19 (2.03%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.60%) Oracle Database 11g
9 14 (1.50%) Oracle Database 10g
9 14 (1.50%) VLDB
10 5 (0.53%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.43%) MySQL
12 2 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.21%) NonStop SQL
13 1 (0.11%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 47 (5.03%) Jenkins
2 34 (3.64%) Git
3 28 (2.99%) GitLab
4 21 (2.25%) Visual Studio
5 15 (1.60%) JUnit
6 14 (1.50%) JIRA
7 8 (0.86%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.86%) Selenium
7 8 (0.86%) TestRail
8 7 (0.75%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (0.75%) REST Assured
8 7 (0.75%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.64%) TestNG
10 5 (0.53%) AdminStudio
10 5 (0.53%) InstallShield
10 5 (0.53%) MSI
10 5 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (0.43%) Subversion
12 3 (0.32%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.21%) Serenity BDD
General
1 200 (21.39%) Social Skills
2 71 (7.59%) Public Sector
3 66 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (2.57%) Finance
5 24 (2.57%) Police
6 13 (1.39%) Back Office
7 10 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (0.96%) Manufacturing
9 8 (0.86%) Aerospace
9 8 (0.86%) Telecoms
10 6 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.53%) Law
11 5 (0.53%) Local Government
11 5 (0.53%) Military
11 5 (0.53%) Publishing
12 4 (0.43%) Aeronautics
12 4 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.43%) Legal
12 4 (0.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 172 (18.40%) Senior
2 128 (13.69%) Analyst
3 97 (10.37%) Developer
4 90 (9.63%) Systems Engineer
5 88 (9.41%) Architect
6 63 (6.74%) Software Engineer
7 50 (5.35%) Support Analyst
8 45 (4.81%) Network Engineer
9 44 (4.71%) Applications Support
10 43 (4.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 42 (4.49%) Lead
12 40 (4.28%) Support Specialist
13 38 (4.06%) Senior Analyst
13 38 (4.06%) Senior Software Engineer
14 36 (3.85%) Applications Support Analyst
15 35 (3.74%) Administrator
16 29 (3.10%) Java Developer
17 27 (2.89%) Senior Systems Engineer
18 26 (2.78%) Active Directory Specialist
18 26 (2.78%) Azure Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (6.10%) Spring
2 48 (5.13%) CSS
3 47 (5.03%) .NET
3 47 (5.03%) React
4 41 (4.39%) REST
5 34 (3.64%) AngularJS
5 34 (3.64%) Node.js
6 33 (3.53%) Spring Boot
6 33 (3.53%) Web Services
7 32 (3.42%) Leaflet
7 32 (3.42%) OpenLayers
8 30 (3.21%) HTML
9 29 (3.10%) Elastic Stack
9 29 (3.10%) PostGIS
10 28 (2.99%) J2EE
11 27 (2.89%) .NET Core
12 25 (2.67%) Apache Camel
13 24 (2.57%) JSON
13 24 (2.57%) XML
14 23 (2.46%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.03%) Management Information System
2 37 (3.96%) Algorithms
3 36 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (2.99%) CMDB
5 24 (2.57%) Distributed Systems
6 23 (2.46%) Data Centre
7 22 (2.35%) PKI
7 22 (2.35%) Product Ownership
8 17 (1.82%) Driving Licence
8 17 (1.82%) Mainframe
9 14 (1.50%) Private Cloud
10 13 (1.39%) Digital Signage
11 10 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
13 7 (0.75%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.64%) CUDA
14 6 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
15 5 (0.53%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 149 (15.94%) Windows
2 140 (14.97%) Linux
3 75 (8.02%) Windows Server
4 70 (7.49%) Windows 10
5 64 (6.84%) Unix
6 58 (6.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 57 (6.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 43 (4.60%) Windows 7
9 41 (4.39%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (1.60%) CentOS
12 14 (1.50%) Solaris
13 12 (1.28%) Windows XP
14 11 (1.18%) Windows NT
15 4 (0.43%) Ubuntu
16 3 (0.32%) Rocky
17 1 (0.11%) Debian
17 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (25.13%) Agile
2 196 (20.96%) ITIL
3 194 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
4 148 (15.83%) DevOps
5 141 (15.08%) Actionable Insight
6 93 (9.95%) Service Management
7 92 (9.84%) Customer Service
8 74 (7.91%) Software Engineering
9 68 (7.27%) Project Management
10 67 (7.17%) Software Testing
11 65 (6.95%) Decision-Making
12 64 (6.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 63 (6.74%) Scrum
14 60 (6.42%) Cybersecurity
14 60 (6.42%) Service Delivery
15 59 (6.31%) Computer Science
16 58 (6.20%) CI/CD
17 52 (5.56%) Physics
17 52 (5.56%) Release Management
18 51 (5.45%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 127 (13.58%) Python
2 121 (12.94%) JavaScript
3 90 (9.63%) Java
4 78 (8.34%) C#
5 73 (7.81%) SQL
6 70 (7.49%) PowerShell
7 50 (5.35%) C++
8 48 (5.13%) Fortran
9 29 (3.10%) Bash
9 29 (3.10%) Shell Script
10 26 (2.78%) C
10 26 (2.78%) VB
11 21 (2.25%) PL/SQL
11 21 (2.25%) VBScript
12 17 (1.82%) COBOL
13 15 (1.60%) Bicep
14 13 (1.39%) TypeScript
15 12 (1.28%) MATLAB
16 10 (1.07%) Groovy
17 7 (0.75%) Perl
Qualifications
1 532 (56.90%) SC Cleared
2 303 (32.41%) DV Cleared
3 200 (21.39%) Degree
4 49 (5.24%) Cisco Certification
5 41 (4.39%) CCNA
6 35 (3.74%) CTC Cleared
7 30 (3.21%) CCNP
7 30 (3.21%) Master's Degree
7 30 (3.21%) PhD
8 29 (3.10%) NVQ Level 3
9 28 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (2.57%) AWS Certification
11 23 (2.46%) HNC
12 19 (2.03%) A+ Certification
13 16 (1.71%) Azure Certification
14 15 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
14 15 (1.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 14 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (1.39%) MCP
17 9 (0.96%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (6.63%) SLA
2 17 (1.82%) QA
3 15 (1.60%) NIST
4 14 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.07%) PMO
7 7 (0.75%) JSP 440
7 7 (0.75%) RMADS
8 6 (0.64%) GRC
8 6 (0.64%) NCSC
8 6 (0.64%) NIST 800
9 5 (0.53%) WCAG
10 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 3 (0.32%) COBIT
12 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.11%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 118 (12.62%) Active Directory
2 53 (5.67%) Docker
3 37 (3.96%) Hyper-V
3 37 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (3.85%) Firmware
5 16 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (1.50%) Oracle RAC
8 13 (1.39%) KVM
9 5 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 102 (10.91%) SCCM
2 70 (7.49%) Kubernetes
3 62 (6.63%) SCOM
4 58 (6.20%) Ansible
5 47 (5.03%) WSUS
6 38 (4.06%) Terraform
7 34 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
8 22 (2.35%) OpenSSO
8 22 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
9 21 (2.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 19 (2.03%) NetBackup
11 17 (1.82%) vCenter Server
12 15 (1.60%) EMC NetWorker
13 14 (1.50%) Data Guard
13 14 (1.50%) Oracle RMAN
14 11 (1.18%) Sysprep
15 10 (1.07%) Rancher
16 4 (0.43%) Kibana
17 3 (0.32%) OpenView
18 2 (0.21%) Nagios
Vendors
1 268 (28.66%) Microsoft
2 90 (9.63%) Cisco
3 85 (9.09%) Oracle
4 54 (5.78%) Juniper
5 52 (5.56%) VMware
6 43 (4.60%) ServiceNow
7 41 (4.39%) HP
8 39 (4.17%) Remedy
9 29 (3.10%) ESRI
10 25 (2.67%) WSO2
11 24 (2.57%) Dynatrace
12 17 (1.82%) Unisys
13 16 (1.71%) EMC
13 16 (1.71%) Extreme Networks
13 16 (1.71%) F5
14 15 (1.60%) Veeam
15 14 (1.50%) Sun
16 13 (1.39%) Dell
16 13 (1.39%) Riverbed
17 12 (1.28%) 3PAR