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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -22 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 18 182 226
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 4.04% 63.41% 47.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.00% 87.92% 85.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7 168 173
10th Percentile £36,250 £47,275 £47,500
25th Percentile £46,875 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% +7.76% +6.42%
75th Percentile - £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile - £87,500 £80,750
Hampshire median annual salary £75,000 £64,500 £58,175
% change year-on-year +16.28% +10.87% +1.17%

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 50 207 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 11.21% 72.13% 55.25%
Number of salaries quoted 32 177 194
10th Percentile £31,250 £46,050 £45,225
25th Percentile £42,188 £51,250 £49,139
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.76% +38.10%
75th Percentile £80,625 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,625 £87,700 £82,500
Hampshire median annual salary £65,000 £58,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +12.07% +9.43% +6.00%

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 22 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 (11.11%) Lectora
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) DHCP
1 1 (5.56%) DNS
1 1 (5.56%) VSAN
General
1 12 (66.67%) Finance
2 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 6 (33.33%) Banking
3 6 (33.33%) Games
4 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Architect
1 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 5 (27.78%) Security Architect
1 5 (27.78%) Senior
2 4 (22.22%) DV Cleared Project Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Senior Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Senior Project Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Junior
4 2 (11.11%) Junior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Test Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Training Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Service Transition Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) e-Learning
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Linux
1 5 (27.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
1 6 (33.33%) RBAC
2 5 (27.78%) Agile
2 5 (27.78%) Asset Management
2 5 (27.78%) Containerisation
2 5 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (27.78%) IT Asset Management
2 5 (27.78%) Network Segmentation
2 5 (27.78%) SIEM
2 5 (27.78%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (11.11%) Test Management
5 1 (5.56%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (5.56%) Manual Testing
5 1 (5.56%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.11%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) ISTQB
2 2 (11.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (5.56%) CISM
3 1 (5.56%) CISSP
3 1 (5.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.56%) NCSC
1 1 (5.56%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Ansible
2 2 (11.11%) Kubernetes