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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +18
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 158 244 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 57.45% 53.98% 20.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 88.27% 91.04% 46.46%
Number of salaries quoted 151 160 28
10th Percentile £49,000 £47,475 £27,585
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +22.07% -3.18%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £66,050
Hampshire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +9.09%

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 179 268 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 65.09% 59.29% 43.94%
Number of salaries quoted 161 170 65
10th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £29,780
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,660 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +54.76% -23.64%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £64,500
Hampshire median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% +10.00% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared 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 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Basingstoke

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke 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 19 (12.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (10.13%) Apache
3 7 (4.43%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (4.43%) Appian
4 4 (2.53%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (2.53%) Office Communications Server
4 4 (2.53%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.53%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.90%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.90%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (1.90%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (1.90%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.90%) IIS
5 3 (1.90%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.63%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 9 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 36 (22.78%) AWS
1 36 (22.78%) Azure
2 13 (8.23%) GCP
3 7 (4.43%) Amazon S3
3 7 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (4.43%) IaaS
3 7 (4.43%) MinIO
3 7 (4.43%) OCI
3 7 (4.43%) PaaS
3 7 (4.43%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.43%) SaaS
4 6 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (3.80%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (16.46%) Firewall
2 23 (14.56%) Junos
2 23 (14.56%) LAN
3 21 (13.29%) VPN
4 19 (12.03%) WAN
5 18 (11.39%) DNS
6 14 (8.86%) Cisco ISE
6 14 (8.86%) DHCP
6 14 (8.86%) SMTP
7 13 (8.23%) Cisco IOS
8 12 (7.59%) Network Security
9 11 (6.96%) Intrusion Detection
10 10 (6.33%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (6.33%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (5.70%) VSAN
12 8 (5.06%) BGP
12 8 (5.06%) SAN
13 7 (4.43%) NX-OS
13 7 (4.43%) SSL
14 6 (3.80%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.70%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.80%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (2.53%) Airbyte
4 3 (1.90%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.90%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 24 (15.19%) MSI
2 7 (4.43%) Robot Framework
2 7 (4.43%) Selenium
2 7 (4.43%) Snyk
3 2 (1.27%) JIRA
3 2 (1.27%) Subversion
General
1 29 (18.35%) Social Skills
2 17 (10.76%) Advertising
3 13 (8.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (5.70%) Finance
5 8 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (42.41%) Architect
2 23 (14.56%) Network Engineer
3 21 (13.29%) Infrastructure Architect
4 17 (10.76%) Support Engineer
5 16 (10.13%) Network Architect
6 12 (7.59%) Senior
7 11 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (6.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 9 (5.70%) Integration Engineer
9 9 (5.70%) Lead
10 8 (5.06%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 8 (5.06%) Test Specialist
11 7 (4.43%) Applications Architect
11 7 (4.43%) Cloud Architect
11 7 (4.43%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (4.43%) Infrastructure Support
11 7 (4.43%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 6 (3.80%) IT Analyst
12 6 (3.80%) Virtualisation Specialist
12 6 (3.80%) VMware Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.43%) Apache NiFi
1 7 (4.43%) Kafka
1 7 (4.43%) Web Services
2 3 (1.90%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (22.15%) PKI
2 15 (9.49%) Clustering
3 9 (5.70%) Private Cloud
4 7 (4.43%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.43%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (4.43%) Low-Code
4 7 (4.43%) Replication
5 6 (3.80%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.16%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.90%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 66 (41.77%) Windows
2 24 (15.19%) Linux
3 21 (13.29%) Windows Server
4 9 (5.70%) CentOS
4 9 (5.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (5.70%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (3.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.90%) Solaris
6 3 (1.90%) Unix
7 2 (1.27%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (40.51%) Agile
2 22 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (12.66%) Technical Leadership
4 19 (12.03%) DevOps
5 17 (10.76%) High Availability
5 17 (10.76%) Test Automation
6 15 (9.49%) Cryptography
6 15 (9.49%) Incident Management
6 15 (9.49%) Network Design
6 15 (9.49%) Requirements Gathering
7 14 (8.86%) Customer Requirements
7 14 (8.86%) Infrastructure as Code
7 14 (8.86%) ITSM
8 12 (7.59%) Task Automation
9 11 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 11 (6.96%) Network Monitoring
10 10 (6.33%) Change Management
10 10 (6.33%) Mentoring
10 10 (6.33%) Prototyping
10 10 (6.33%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (34.81%) PowerShell
2 14 (8.86%) SQL
3 10 (6.33%) Python
4 9 (5.70%) PHP
5 3 (1.90%) VB
Qualifications
1 134 (84.81%) DV Cleared
2 66 (41.77%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.39%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (10.76%) CCNA
4 17 (10.76%) CCNP
5 10 (6.33%) JNCIA
6 7 (4.43%) Degree
7 6 (3.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (3.16%) ISTQB
8 5 (3.16%) JNCIS
9 2 (1.27%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.90%) SLA
2 2 (1.27%) ISO 9000
3 1 (0.63%) NIST
System Software
1 49 (31.01%) Active Directory
2 27 (17.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (8.86%) Hyper-V
3 14 (8.86%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (7.59%) Docker
4 12 (7.59%) vSphere
5 8 (5.06%) BitLocker
5 8 (5.06%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (5.06%) Terminal Services
6 7 (4.43%) Firmware
6 7 (4.43%) VMware NSX
7 4 (2.53%) ISA Server
7 4 (2.53%) Terminal Server
7 4 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (22.78%) Ansible
2 26 (16.46%) WMI
3 22 (13.92%) vCenter Server
4 14 (8.86%) vMotion
5 13 (8.23%) Terraform
6 12 (7.59%) Kubernetes
6 12 (7.59%) Puppet
7 6 (3.80%) Nagios
7 6 (3.80%) PowerCLI
7 6 (3.80%) SCCM
7 6 (3.80%) SCOM
7 6 (3.80%) vRealize
8 5 (3.16%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.90%) Endace
Vendors
1 57 (36.08%) Microsoft
2 43 (27.22%) Cisco
3 39 (24.68%) VMware
4 37 (23.42%) Juniper
5 17 (10.76%) Citrix
6 12 (7.59%) HP
7 8 (5.06%) SolarWinds
8 7 (4.43%) BiZZdesign
8 7 (4.43%) Black Duck
8 7 (4.43%) Broadcom
8 7 (4.43%) Thales
8 7 (4.43%) UiPath
9 6 (3.80%) Fortinet
9 6 (3.80%) Google
9 6 (3.80%) McAfee
9 6 (3.80%) Symantec
9 6 (3.80%) Veeam
10 5 (3.16%) F5
10 5 (3.16%) Fujitsu
11 4 (2.53%) Coverity