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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 29 251 247
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 9.09% 74.26% 43.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 67.44% 85.96% 80.46%
Number of salaries quoted 18 227 199
10th Percentile £49,750 £45,750 £46,500
25th Percentile £54,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £89,875 £78,750 £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% +1.32%

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 43 292 307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 13.48% 86.39% 54.34%
Number of salaries quoted 30 237 246
10th Percentile £42,375 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,563 £47,500 £46,513
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +4.55% +9.45%
75th Percentile £83,438 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £72,500
Hampshire median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% +7.84% +2.00%

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 9 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 (6.90%) Lectora
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) Azure
1 5 (17.24%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (13.79%) GitHub
2 4 (13.79%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (31.03%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (20.69%) WAN
3 5 (17.24%) BGP
3 5 (17.24%) HTTP
3 5 (17.24%) MPLS
3 5 (17.24%) SNMP
3 5 (17.24%) VPN
4 4 (13.79%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (13.79%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (13.79%) Firewall
4 4 (13.79%) Junos
4 4 (13.79%) NX-OS
5 1 (3.45%) DHCP
5 1 (3.45%) DNS
5 1 (3.45%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 4 (13.79%) GitLab
1 4 (13.79%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (51.72%) Finance
2 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Banking
4 3 (10.34%) Games
5 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Architect
2 5 (17.24%) Lead
3 4 (13.79%) Cloud Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Network Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Consultant
4 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Test Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Training Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Network Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Scrum Master
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Service Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Service Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Software Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Technical Leader
6 1 (3.45%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) PKI
2 2 (6.90%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) Windows
2 3 (10.34%) Linux
2 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Agile
2 11 (37.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (31.03%) Service Management
4 8 (27.59%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 7 (24.14%) CI/CD
5 7 (24.14%) DevOps
6 6 (20.69%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (20.69%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (20.69%) ITSM
6 6 (20.69%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (17.24%) Change Management
7 5 (17.24%) Cryptography
7 5 (17.24%) Deployment Automation
7 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (17.24%) Network Design
7 5 (17.24%) Performance Testing
7 5 (17.24%) Requirements Analysis
7 5 (17.24%) Scrum
7 5 (17.24%) Sprint Planning
7 5 (17.24%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) DV Cleared
2 9 (31.03%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) ISTQB
3 2 (6.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (3.45%) CISM
4 1 (3.45%) CISSP
4 1 (3.45%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.45%) NCSC
1 1 (3.45%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
1 4 (13.79%) Firmware
1 4 (13.79%) VMware NSX
2 2 (6.90%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (3.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) vCenter Server
2 5 (17.24%) Endace
3 2 (6.90%) SCCM
3 2 (6.90%) SCOM
4 1 (3.45%) Ansible
4 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Cisco
1 9 (31.03%) Juniper
2 6 (20.69%) SolarWinds
3 5 (17.24%) F5
4 4 (13.79%) Broadcom
5 2 (6.90%) McAfee
6 1 (3.45%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
6 1 (3.45%) VMware