In the UK, I am not sure it’s necessary for clearance but it’s possible they may follow US standards, I will look into that.
These certs are coupled with 10+ years from sysadmin to lead engineering roles, I have a CCENT/ICND-1 but didn’t bother with ICND-2 (at the time MCSA was more important) but I know my way around. This is to show I can do this side of things without the on the job experience specifically, although I did work at a large security vendor for a few years, that’s now 6 years back almost.
Thanks for the feedback, I’ll definitely look into it more after into this side of things after I complete OSWE.