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 2 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 38 257 247
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 12.26% 74.28% 44.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 77.55% 84.82% 79.68%
Number of salaries quoted 26 233 200
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,250 £46,500
25th Percentile £54,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.09% - +3.60%
75th Percentile £87,125 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £72,500
Hampshire median annual salary £75,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +29.31% +0.87% +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 49 303 310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 15.81% 87.57% 55.86%
Number of salaries quoted 35 244 250
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,875 £47,500 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +4.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £83,125 £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% +5.05%

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 2 June 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 (5.26%) Lectora
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.42%) Azure
1 7 (18.42%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (10.53%) GitHub
2 4 (10.53%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (2.63%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.68%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (15.79%) WAN
3 5 (13.16%) BGP
3 5 (13.16%) HTTP
3 5 (13.16%) MPLS
3 5 (13.16%) SNMP
3 5 (13.16%) VPN
4 4 (10.53%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (10.53%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (10.53%) Firewall
4 4 (10.53%) Junos
4 4 (10.53%) NX-OS
5 2 (5.26%) DNS
6 1 (2.63%) DHCP
6 1 (2.63%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 4 (10.53%) GitLab
1 4 (10.53%) Jenkins
2 3 (7.89%) Git
3 2 (5.26%) Robot Framework
3 2 (5.26%) Selenium
3 2 (5.26%) Snyk
General
1 15 (39.47%) Finance
2 7 (18.42%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Banking
4 3 (7.89%) Games
4 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 11 (28.95%) Architect
2 9 (23.68%) Lead
3 5 (13.16%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Cloud Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Network Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Consultant
5 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 2 (5.26%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Security Architect
6 2 (5.26%) Security Consultant
6 2 (5.26%) Test Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Training Consultant
7 1 (2.63%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Cloud Network Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Management Architect
7 1 (2.63%) Senior
7 1 (2.63%) Service Transition Manager
7 1 (2.63%) Software Architect
7 1 (2.63%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) PKI
2 4 (10.53%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.26%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 9 (23.68%) Windows
2 5 (13.16%) Windows Server
3 4 (10.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Agile
1 13 (34.21%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (28.95%) Service Management
3 10 (26.32%) CI/CD
4 9 (23.68%) DevOps
5 8 (21.05%) ITSM
5 8 (21.05%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 8 (21.05%) Scrum
6 7 (18.42%) Infrastructure as Code
6 7 (18.42%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (15.79%) Continuous Integration
7 6 (15.79%) Customer Requirements
8 5 (13.16%) Capacity Management
8 5 (13.16%) Change Management
8 5 (13.16%) Cryptography
8 5 (13.16%) Network Design
8 5 (13.16%) Performance Testing
8 5 (13.16%) Requirements Analysis
8 5 (13.16%) Sprint Retrospective
8 5 (13.16%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (2.63%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (97.37%) DV Cleared
2 14 (36.84%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) CISM
3 2 (5.26%) CISSP
3 2 (5.26%) ISTQB
3 2 (5.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (2.63%) CISA
4 1 (2.63%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.26%) NIST
2 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.63%) GRC
2 1 (2.63%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.53%) Firmware
2 4 (10.53%) VMware NSX
3 2 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (21.05%) vCenter Server
2 5 (13.16%) Endace
3 4 (10.53%) SCCM
3 4 (10.53%) SCOM
4 3 (7.89%) Ansible
4 3 (7.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) Cisco
1 10 (26.32%) Juniper
2 8 (21.05%) SolarWinds
3 5 (13.16%) F5
4 4 (10.53%) Broadcom
4 4 (10.53%) McAfee
5 3 (7.89%) VMware
6 2 (5.26%) Black Duck
6 2 (5.26%) Coverity
7 1 (2.63%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (2.63%) Microsoft