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 28 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 82 345 253
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 25.31% 77.88% 47.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 93.18% 86.47% 78.82%
Number of salaries quoted 64 314 215
10th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £42,420
25th Percentile £54,000 £47,500 £46,550
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £86,125 £77,500 £64,875
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £72,500
Hampshire median annual salary £75,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +30.43% - +6.48%

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 88 399 321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 27.16% 90.07% 59.89%
Number of salaries quoted 69 327 270
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £33,850
25th Percentile £54,000 £47,500 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £64,938
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% +7.37%

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 28 April 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.10%) Exchange Server 2003
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Lectora
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.63%) Azure
1 12 (14.63%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (7.32%) GitHub
2 6 (7.32%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (3.66%) AWS
4 1 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 13 (15.85%) Cisco Firepower
2 11 (13.41%) Firewall
2 11 (13.41%) WAN
3 9 (10.98%) Junos
3 9 (10.98%) VPN
4 8 (9.76%) Cisco IOS
4 8 (9.76%) Cisco ISE
4 8 (9.76%) NX-OS
5 7 (8.54%) DNS
6 5 (6.10%) BGP
6 5 (6.10%) HTTP
6 5 (6.10%) MPLS
6 5 (6.10%) SNMP
7 4 (4.88%) DHCP
7 4 (4.88%) LAN
8 1 (1.22%) Network Security
8 1 (1.22%) SMTP
8 1 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.22%) X.400
8 1 (1.22%) X.500
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.10%) Oracle Database
1 5 (6.10%) Oracle Database 10g
2 1 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.22%) Pinecone
2 1 (1.22%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 7 (8.54%) GitLab
1 7 (8.54%) Jenkins
2 6 (7.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (6.10%) Git
3 5 (6.10%) Robot Framework
3 5 (6.10%) Selenium
4 4 (4.88%) Snyk
5 1 (1.22%) JIRA
5 1 (1.22%) TestRail
General
1 12 (14.63%) Finance
2 8 (9.76%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.88%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.44%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.44%) Banking
5 2 (2.44%) Games
Job Titles
1 21 (25.61%) Lead
2 20 (24.39%) Architect
3 13 (15.85%) Network Engineer
4 12 (14.63%) Cloud Engineer
5 7 (8.54%) Software Engineer
6 6 (7.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 5 (6.10%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (6.10%) Software Architect
8 4 (4.88%) Enterprise Architect
8 4 (4.88%) Enterprise Management Architect
8 4 (4.88%) Systems Support
9 3 (3.66%) Consultant
9 3 (3.66%) Network Architect
9 3 (3.66%) Security Architect
9 3 (3.66%) Systems Engineer
10 2 (2.44%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 2 (2.44%) Monitoring Engineer
10 2 (2.44%) Technical Leader
11 1 (1.22%) Cloud Network Engineer
11 1 (1.22%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.22%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (1.22%) FastAPI
1 1 (1.22%) Flask
1 1 (1.22%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.85%) PKI
2 7 (8.54%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.22%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.22%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (19.51%) Windows
2 6 (7.32%) Windows Server
3 5 (6.10%) HPUX
3 5 (6.10%) Linux
3 5 (6.10%) Solaris
3 5 (6.10%) Unix
3 5 (6.10%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (4.88%) Windows 7
4 4 (4.88%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.73%) Agile
1 17 (20.73%) Service Management
2 14 (17.07%) CI/CD
2 14 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (17.07%) DevOps
3 12 (14.63%) ITSM
3 12 (14.63%) Scrum
4 11 (13.41%) Infrastructure as Code
4 11 (13.41%) Software Engineering
4 11 (13.41%) Technical Leadership
5 10 (12.20%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 8 (9.76%) Change Management
6 8 (9.76%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (9.76%) Network Design
6 8 (9.76%) Sprint Planning
6 8 (9.76%) Sprint Retrospective
7 7 (8.54%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (8.54%) Requirements Gathering
7 7 (8.54%) Software Testing
7 7 (8.54%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.10%) SQL
2 4 (4.88%) Perl
2 4 (4.88%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.44%) Python
4 1 (1.22%) Bash
4 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 66 (80.49%) DV Cleared
2 36 (43.90%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.44%) CCNA
3 2 (2.44%) CCNP
3 2 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.44%) ISTQB
3 2 (2.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (1.22%) CISA
4 1 (1.22%) CISM
4 1 (1.22%) CISSP
4 1 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.22%) Degree
4 1 (1.22%) JNCIA
4 1 (1.22%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.88%) SLA
2 1 (1.22%) GRC
2 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.22%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (13.41%) Active Directory
2 8 (9.76%) Firmware
2 8 (9.76%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.44%) Docker
3 2 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (14.63%) vCenter Server
2 7 (8.54%) Endace
3 5 (6.10%) Terraform
4 4 (4.88%) Ansible
4 4 (4.88%) SCCM
4 4 (4.88%) SCOM
5 2 (2.44%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.22%) Grafana
6 1 (1.22%) Nessus
6 1 (1.22%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 21 (25.61%) Cisco
1 21 (25.61%) Juniper
2 12 (14.63%) SolarWinds
3 8 (9.76%) Broadcom
3 8 (9.76%) VMware
4 7 (8.54%) Microsoft
5 6 (7.32%) F5
6 5 (6.10%) Oracle
7 4 (4.88%) Black Duck
7 4 (4.88%) Coverity
7 4 (4.88%) McAfee
8 1 (1.22%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (1.22%) Splunk