Cybersecurity Job Trends in Basingstoke

Cybersecurity
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 52 32
Rank change year-on-year +13 -20 -14
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8 4 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 2.56% 0.65% 5.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.42% 1.00% 6.14%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 18
10th Percentile £42,900 £42,800 £31,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £60,000 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +73.91% -18.82%
75th Percentile £57,000 - £78,438
90th Percentile £58,275 - £97,500
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -4.49%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Basingstoke

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Basingstoke.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 234 400 293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 74.76% 65.15% 90.43%
Number of salaries quoted 203 291 190
10th Percentile £29,800 £43,500 £30,988
25th Percentile £45,375 £51,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £49,347
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +21.59% -10.28%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +9.62% -5.45%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Basingstoke

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Basingstoke

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Basingstoke

Cybersecurity
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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) BGP
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
1 1 (12.50%) OSPF
1 1 (12.50%) RIP
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) WLAN
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Games
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Sales Executive
1 2 (25.00%) Security Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Security Sales Executive
2 1 (12.50%) Compliance Advisor
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Sales Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Sales Support
2 1 (12.50%) Sales Support Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) CCTV
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Online Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (25.00%) SIEM
2 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (12.50%) Business Development
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (12.50%) Compliance Audit
3 1 (12.50%) Data Collection
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Line Management
3 1 (12.50%) Logistics
3 1 (12.50%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CISA
1 1 (12.50%) CISM
1 1 (12.50%) CISSP
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GRC
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 14001
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 9001
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) HP
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft