Security Cleared Job Trends in Basingstoke

Security Clearance
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Basingstoke with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 59 308 251
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 19.28% 76.62% 46.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 89.39% 86.27% 79.18%
Number of salaries quoted 44 281 210
10th Percentile £47,750 £42,500 £44,775
25th Percentile £54,000 £47,500 £46,550
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -4.35% +3.60%
75th Percentile £82,375 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £72,500
Hampshire median annual salary £75,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +30.43% - +4.55%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Basingstoke.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 66 357 317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 21.57% 88.81% 59.03%
Number of salaries quoted 49 293 263
10th Percentile £45,500 £42,500 £34,600
25th Percentile £54,000 £47,500 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% - +3.77%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £72,500
Hampshire median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% +5.77% +9.47%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Basingstoke

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in Basingstoke

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Basingstoke

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:

Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Lectora
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.95%) Azure
1 10 (16.95%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (10.17%) GitHub
2 6 (10.17%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (3.39%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.64%) Cisco Firepower
2 8 (13.56%) WAN
3 7 (11.86%) Firewall
4 6 (10.17%) Cisco IOS
4 6 (10.17%) Cisco ISE
4 6 (10.17%) Junos
4 6 (10.17%) NX-OS
4 6 (10.17%) VPN
5 5 (8.47%) BGP
5 5 (8.47%) HTTP
5 5 (8.47%) MPLS
5 5 (8.47%) SNMP
6 3 (5.08%) DNS
7 1 (1.69%) DHCP
7 1 (1.69%) LAN
7 1 (1.69%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.69%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (1.69%) Pinecone
1 1 (1.69%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 6 (10.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 6 (10.17%) GitLab
1 6 (10.17%) Jenkins
2 4 (6.78%) Git
3 3 (5.08%) Robot Framework
3 3 (5.08%) Selenium
3 3 (5.08%) Snyk
General
1 15 (25.42%) Finance
2 8 (13.56%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.08%) Banking
5 3 (5.08%) Games
6 1 (1.69%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 19 (32.20%) Lead
2 15 (25.42%) Architect
3 9 (15.25%) Cloud Engineer
3 9 (15.25%) Network Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Consultant
6 3 (5.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Software Architect
6 3 (5.08%) Software Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 2 (3.39%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Management Architect
7 2 (3.39%) Network Architect
7 2 (3.39%) Security Architect
7 2 (3.39%) Security Consultant
7 2 (3.39%) Technical Leader
7 2 (3.39%) Test Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Training Consultant
8 1 (1.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) FastAPI
1 1 (1.69%) Flask
1 1 (1.69%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.64%) PKI
2 5 (8.47%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.39%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.39%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.69%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.64%) Windows
2 6 (10.17%) Windows Server
3 5 (8.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (28.81%) Agile
2 15 (25.42%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (25.42%) Service Management
3 13 (22.03%) CI/CD
4 12 (20.34%) DevOps
5 11 (18.64%) Scrum
6 10 (16.95%) Infrastructure as Code
6 10 (16.95%) ITSM
6 10 (16.95%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 9 (15.25%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (13.56%) Continuous Integration
9 7 (11.86%) Change Management
9 7 (11.86%) Deployment Automation
9 7 (11.86%) Sprint Planning
9 7 (11.86%) Sprint Retrospective
10 6 (10.17%) Collaborative Culture
10 6 (10.17%) Continuous Deployment
10 6 (10.17%) Customer Requirements
10 6 (10.17%) Network Design
10 6 (10.17%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.47%) SQL
2 1 (1.69%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 52 (88.14%) DV Cleared
2 20 (33.90%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.39%) CISM
3 2 (3.39%) CISSP
3 2 (3.39%) ISTQB
3 2 (3.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (1.69%) CISA
4 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.69%) CRISC
4 1 (1.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.39%) NIST
2 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.69%) GRC
2 1 (1.69%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (11.86%) Active Directory
2 6 (10.17%) Firmware
2 6 (10.17%) VMware NSX
3 2 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.69%) Docker
4 1 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (16.95%) vCenter Server
2 6 (10.17%) Endace
3 4 (6.78%) Ansible
3 4 (6.78%) SCCM
3 4 (6.78%) SCOM
3 4 (6.78%) Terraform
4 1 (1.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (25.42%) Cisco
1 15 (25.42%) Juniper
2 10 (16.95%) SolarWinds
3 6 (10.17%) Broadcom
4 5 (8.47%) F5
5 4 (6.78%) McAfee
6 3 (5.08%) Black Duck
6 3 (5.08%) Coverity
6 3 (5.08%) VMware
7 1 (1.69%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (1.69%) Microsoft