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 3 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -17 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 21 205 205
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 5.02% 66.78% 43.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 47.73% 88.74% 84.36%
Number of salaries quoted 11 187 156
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £63,750 £51,250 £50,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,750 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.69% +4.74% +6.42%
75th Percentile £84,750 £78,750 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £75,000 £64,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +17.19% +10.34% +5.45%

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 44 231 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 10.53% 75.24% 51.92%
Number of salaries quoted 32 196 184
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,750 £46,550
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,125 £49,785
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.57% +5.22% +36.90%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £71,000
90th Percentile £89,300 £87,500 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £65,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +12.07% +10.48% +5.00%

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 3 August 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 (9.52%) Lectora
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
1 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (9.52%) GitHub
1 2 (9.52%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) WAN
2 3 (14.29%) BGP
2 3 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (14.29%) HTTP
2 3 (14.29%) MPLS
2 3 (14.29%) SNMP
2 3 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (4.76%) DHCP
3 1 (4.76%) DNS
3 1 (4.76%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 2 (9.52%) GitLab
1 2 (9.52%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (66.67%) Finance
2 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Banking
3 5 (23.81%) Games
4 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Architect
2 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Security Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Consultant
4 3 (14.29%) Senior
5 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Junior
5 2 (9.52%) Junior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Lead
5 2 (9.52%) Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Test Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Training Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Service Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) PKI
2 2 (9.52%) e-Learning
3 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Linux
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Agile
1 7 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (23.81%) Identity Access Management
2 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure as Code
2 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (23.81%) RBAC
2 5 (23.81%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 4 (19.05%) Asset Management
3 4 (19.05%) Containerisation
3 4 (19.05%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (19.05%) IT Asset Management
3 4 (19.05%) Network Segmentation
3 4 (19.05%) SIEM
3 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (14.29%) Cryptography
4 3 (14.29%) Network Design
4 3 (14.29%) Performance Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.52%) Bash
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) ISTQB
3 2 (9.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (4.76%) CISM
4 1 (4.76%) CISSP
4 1 (4.76%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.76%) NCSC
1 1 (4.76%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Ansible
1 3 (14.29%) Endace
1 3 (14.29%) Terraform
2 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Cisco
1 3 (14.29%) F5
1 3 (14.29%) Juniper
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft