Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Security Clearance
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Basingstoke with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 234 162 183
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 82.69% 75.35% 74.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 94.74% 94.19% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 136 39
10th Percentile £475 £410 £425
25th Percentile £500 £513 £564
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £615
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £656
90th Percentile £725 £725 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £575 £584
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.50% +1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £23.58 £35.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -32.64% -41.67% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Basingstoke

Security Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 247 172 197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 87.28% 80.00% 80.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 143 42
10th Percentile £475 £409 £397
25th Percentile £500 £481 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £588 £614
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% -4.24% +4.43%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £649
90th Percentile £725 £725 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% -1.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £24.18
25th Percentile - £34.00 £26.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +12.00% -
75th Percentile - £36.00 £40.00
90th Percentile - - £51.25
Hampshire median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -35.71% -41.67% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in Basingstoke

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Basingstoke

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (7.26%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (4.27%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (4.27%) Exchange Server 2007
3 10 (4.27%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (4.27%) Exchange Server 2013
3 10 (4.27%) Office Communications Server
3 10 (4.27%) SharePoint Server
3 10 (4.27%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.71%) Apache
5 3 (1.28%) Documentum
6 2 (0.85%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.42%) Azure
2 5 (2.14%) AWS
3 4 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.28%) IaaS
4 3 (1.28%) PaaS
5 2 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.43%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.43%) Azure AKS
6 1 (0.43%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.43%) GitHub
6 1 (0.43%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.68%) Cisco IOS
1 25 (10.68%) Junos
2 21 (8.97%) Cisco Firepower
2 21 (8.97%) Cisco ISE
3 17 (7.26%) LAN
4 16 (6.84%) DNS
4 16 (6.84%) Firewall
5 15 (6.41%) VPN
6 12 (5.13%) iSCSI
6 12 (5.13%) SAN
7 11 (4.70%) Fibre Channel
8 10 (4.27%) DDNS
8 10 (4.27%) DHCP
9 5 (2.14%) WAN
10 4 (1.71%) BGP
10 4 (1.71%) CATAPAN
10 4 (1.71%) IPsec
10 4 (1.71%) MPLS
11 3 (1.28%) NX-OS
12 2 (0.85%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 9 (3.85%) Jenkins
2 8 (3.42%) JIRA
3 7 (2.99%) Git
4 6 (2.56%) GitLab
5 4 (1.71%) MSI
6 3 (1.28%) Robot Framework
6 3 (1.28%) SoapUI
6 3 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 52 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 40 (17.09%) Public Sector
3 19 (8.12%) Finance
4 15 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.14%) Law
5 5 (2.14%) Legal
6 4 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 101 (43.16%) Architect
2 35 (14.96%) Network Engineer
3 33 (14.10%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 32 (13.68%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 31 (13.25%) Support Engineer
6 27 (11.54%) Infrastructure Architect
7 22 (9.40%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 22 (9.40%) Cloud Engineer
7 22 (9.40%) Cloud Network Engineer
8 21 (8.97%) 3rd Line Support
8 21 (8.97%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 18 (7.69%) VMware Architect
10 16 (6.84%) Java Architect
11 15 (6.41%) Java Solutions Architect
11 15 (6.41%) Network Support
11 15 (6.41%) Network Support Engineer
11 15 (6.41%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (5.98%) Network Architect
13 12 (5.13%) Security Architect
14 10 (4.27%) Exchange Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.28%) SOAP
1 3 (1.28%) XML
2 2 (0.85%) RESTful
2 2 (0.85%) YAML
3 1 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.43%) JSON
3 1 (0.43%) REST
3 1 (0.43%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.38%) PKI
2 12 (5.13%) Replication
3 9 (3.85%) Fat Client
3 9 (3.85%) Thin Client
4 5 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.71%) PMI
5 4 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.43%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.43%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.43%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.43%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.43%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.43%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 78 (33.33%) Windows
2 35 (14.96%) Windows Server
3 16 (6.84%) Linux
4 14 (5.98%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (4.27%) Windows 10
5 10 (4.27%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (3.85%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.85%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (38.46%) Agile
2 25 (10.68%) ITIL
2 25 (10.68%) ITSM
2 25 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (10.68%) Service Management
3 19 (8.12%) DevOps
4 18 (7.69%) Project Management
4 18 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 17 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (6.84%) Prototyping
7 15 (6.41%) Architectural Design
8 13 (5.56%) Scrum
9 12 (5.13%) Collaborative Working
10 11 (4.70%) High Availability
10 11 (4.70%) PRINCE2
11 10 (4.27%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (4.27%) Content Management
11 10 (4.27%) Enterprise Content Management
11 10 (4.27%) Enterprise Search
12 9 (3.85%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 23 (9.83%) PowerShell
2 16 (6.84%) Java
2 16 (6.84%) Python
3 12 (5.13%) SQL
4 2 (0.85%) PHP
4 2 (0.85%) VB
5 1 (0.43%) Bash
Qualifications
1 224 (95.73%) DV Cleared
2 14 (5.98%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (4.70%) MCSE
5 6 (2.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (2.14%) CCNP
6 5 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.14%) VCP5
6 5 (2.14%) VCP6
7 4 (1.71%) CCNA
7 4 (1.71%) Degree
7 4 (1.71%) JNCIS
7 4 (1.71%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.85%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.43%) CISM
9 1 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.43%) PMP
9 1 (0.43%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.26%) NIST
2 12 (5.13%) PMO
3 6 (2.56%) NIST 800
3 6 (2.56%) SLA
4 4 (1.71%) GDPR
4 4 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 4 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.28%) P3O
6 2 (0.85%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.85%) RMADS
7 1 (0.43%) COBIT
7 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 47 (20.09%) Active Directory
2 23 (9.83%) VMware NSX
3 21 (8.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.13%) NFS
4 12 (5.13%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (5.13%) vSphere
5 10 (4.27%) Brightmail
5 10 (4.27%) ISA Server
6 3 (1.28%) Firmware
7 1 (0.43%) Docker
7 1 (0.43%) vCloud
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (9.83%) vCenter Server
2 14 (5.98%) WMI
3 10 (4.27%) Microsoft Clustering
4 9 (3.85%) Ansible
5 6 (2.56%) SCCM
5 6 (2.56%) SCOM
5 6 (2.56%) Terraform
6 2 (0.85%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.85%) vRealize
6 2 (0.85%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 1 (0.43%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.43%) Grafana
7 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.43%) NetIQ Identity Manager
7 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.43%) Puppet
Vendors
1 45 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 43 (18.38%) VMware
3 41 (17.52%) Juniper
4 37 (15.81%) Cisco
5 22 (9.40%) SolarWinds
6 13 (5.56%) NetApp
7 12 (5.13%) Splunk
8 11 (4.70%) Veeam
9 3 (1.28%) Broadcom
10 2 (0.85%) BiZZdesign
10 2 (0.85%) Citrix
10 2 (0.85%) F5
10 2 (0.85%) Sparx
10 2 (0.85%) Thales
11 1 (0.43%) NetIQ
11 1 (0.43%) Red Hat