CREST Certified Job Trends in Hampshire

CREST Certification
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.097% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £54,875 - -
25th Percentile £56,563 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 - -
75th Percentile £64,063 - -
90th Percentile £64,625 - -
South East median annual salary £57,500 £54,375 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.75% -13.00% +38.89%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hampshire

CREST Certified 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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 812 1,320 803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 39.34% 38.16% 42.55%
Number of salaries quoted 439 778 424
10th Percentile £34,700 £35,000 £27,825
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £36,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £75,125 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,550 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.42% +0.10%

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CREST Certified relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

CREST Certified job vacancy trend in Hampshire

CREST Certified
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing CREST Certified.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing CREST Certified

CREST Certified
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 18 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Portsmouth - 2 £61,250 - 2
CREST Certified
South East

CREST Certified
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Security Assurance Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) SOC 2
2 1 (50.00%) SOC 3