Cybersecurity Job Trends in Hampshire

Cybersecurity
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 18 49
Rank change year-on-year +8 +31 -16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 327 142 177
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 7.75% 7.76% 4.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.04% 8.79% 5.12%
Number of salaries quoted 205 104 130
10th Percentile £29,500 £26,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,375 £72,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.85% -4.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,961 1,616 3,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 70.22% 88.35% 78.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,162 994 2,628
10th Percentile £29,775 £27,375 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,313 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Hampshire over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Hampshire

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. 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
Southampton +21 80 £65,000 +34.82% 11
Farnborough +3 62 £80,000 -13.51% 15
Portsmouth +8 48 £62,500 -2.72% 11
Winchester - 32 £45,000 - 1
Basingstoke +24 30 £35,000 -48.15% 7
Fareham -21 16 £31,000 -46.09% 9
Fleet +3 11 £57,500 +15.00%
Romsey - 10 £90,000 -
Ringwood - 6 £39,250 -
Eastleigh +4 5 £75,000 +51.21%
Aldershot - 4 £65,000 - 4
Hook - 2 £54,745 -
Waterlooville - 2 £45,000 - 1
Southsea - 1 £60,000 -
Petersfield - 1 £60,000 -
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.53%) Apache
3 4 (1.22%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (5.20%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.92%) CATIA
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 105 (32.11%) Azure
2 37 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (7.03%) AWS
4 19 (5.81%) Entra ID
5 12 (3.67%) GCP
6 7 (2.14%) SaaS
7 5 (1.53%) Serverless
8 3 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.92%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.61%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.89%) Firewall
2 11 (3.36%) VoIP
3 10 (3.06%) DNS
4 8 (2.45%) Network Security
4 8 (2.45%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.45%) Wireshark
5 7 (2.14%) MQTT
5 7 (2.14%) VPN
6 5 (1.53%) LAN
6 5 (1.53%) WAN
7 3 (0.92%) NetScaler
7 3 (0.92%) Wireless
8 2 (0.61%) ATM
8 2 (0.61%) FTP
8 2 (0.61%) HTTP
8 2 (0.61%) Internet
8 2 (0.61%) SMTP
9 1 (0.31%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.75%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (0.92%) Power BI
2 3 (0.92%) Tableau
3 2 (0.61%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (2.75%) GitLab
2 8 (2.45%) Git
3 5 (1.53%) JIRA
3 5 (1.53%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.92%) Apache Continuum
4 3 (0.92%) Metasploit
4 3 (0.92%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 136 (41.59%) Social Skills
2 23 (7.03%) Finance
3 22 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
4 20 (6.12%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.89%) Manufacturing
6 14 (4.28%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (3.98%) Legal
8 12 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.06%) Law
9 10 (3.06%) Retail
10 9 (2.75%) Marketing
11 7 (2.14%) Aerospace
11 7 (2.14%) Banking
12 5 (1.53%) Games
13 4 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.22%) Military
13 4 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.92%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.61%) Italian Language
15 2 (0.61%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 43 (13.15%) Analyst
2 40 (12.23%) Consultant
2 40 (12.23%) Security Analyst
3 39 (11.93%) Senior
4 33 (10.09%) Junior
4 33 (10.09%) Junior Analyst
4 33 (10.09%) Junior Security Analyst
5 32 (9.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 30 (9.17%) Ethical Hacker
6 30 (9.17%) SOC Engineer
7 26 (7.95%) Security Consultant
8 25 (7.65%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 25 (7.65%) IT Support
9 22 (6.73%) IT Engineer
10 21 (6.42%) Security Manager
11 18 (5.50%) IT Support Engineer
11 18 (5.50%) Lead
11 18 (5.50%) Support Engineer
12 15 (4.59%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 15 (4.59%) Sales Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.75%) Kafka
2 6 (1.83%) Node.js
3 5 (1.53%) AngularJS
3 5 (1.53%) CSS
3 5 (1.53%) Django
3 5 (1.53%) HTML
3 5 (1.53%) JSON
3 5 (1.53%) React
3 5 (1.53%) WebSockets
3 5 (1.53%) XML
4 3 (0.92%) gRPC
4 3 (0.92%) Keycloak
4 3 (0.92%) LDAP
4 3 (0.92%) Protocol Buffers
4 3 (0.92%) REST
5 1 (0.31%) .NET
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Camel
5 1 (0.31%) Qt
5 1 (0.31%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.31%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.79%) Security Operations Centre
2 30 (9.17%) Cyberattack
3 16 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.59%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.67%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.06%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.75%) Clustering
8 8 (2.45%) Life Science
9 7 (2.14%) Web Conferencing
10 6 (1.83%) Cyber Security Posture
11 5 (1.53%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.53%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.92%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.92%) Data Centre
13 3 (0.92%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (0.92%) NHS
13 3 (0.92%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 2 (0.61%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.56%) Windows
2 18 (5.50%) Windows Server
3 16 (4.89%) Linux
4 6 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (1.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (13.15%) Mentoring
2 38 (11.62%) Security Operations
3 35 (10.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 33 (10.09%) Ethical Hacking
5 30 (9.17%) Risk Management
6 28 (8.56%) AI
7 26 (7.95%) Decision-Making
7 26 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (7.34%) Project Delivery
9 23 (7.03%) Vulnerability Management
10 21 (6.42%) Agile
11 20 (6.12%) Containerisation
12 16 (4.89%) Information Security
12 16 (4.89%) Systems Engineering
13 15 (4.59%) Customer Service
13 15 (4.59%) DevSecOps
13 15 (4.59%) Incident Response
14 14 (4.28%) Change Control
14 14 (4.28%) CI/CD
14 14 (4.28%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.81%) Python
2 9 (2.75%) Rust
3 8 (2.45%) SQL
4 7 (2.14%) C++
5 6 (1.83%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.53%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.61%) Ada
7 2 (0.61%) Bash
7 2 (0.61%) C
7 2 (0.61%) Perl
8 1 (0.31%) Java
8 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 62 (18.96%) Azure Certification
2 45 (13.76%) Security Cleared
3 35 (10.70%) CompTIA CySA+
3 35 (10.70%) SC Cleared
4 34 (10.40%) CompTIA Security+
5 32 (9.79%) CEH
6 23 (7.03%) Degree
7 12 (3.67%) CREST Certified
8 11 (3.36%) CISSP
8 11 (3.36%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.75%) CISM
10 7 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.83%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.22%) CRISC
14 3 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.92%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.92%) GIAC
14 3 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.65%) NIST
2 21 (6.42%) GRC
3 20 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (5.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (5.50%) NCSC
5 10 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 10 (3.06%) GDPR
5 10 (3.06%) QA
6 8 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 8 (2.45%) SOC 2
7 7 (2.14%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.22%) SOC 3
9 3 (0.92%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 3 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 3 (0.92%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.92%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.31%) IFRS
System Software
1 26 (7.95%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.89%) Docker
3 14 (4.28%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (6.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.98%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.75%) Ansible
3 9 (2.75%) Grafana
3 9 (2.75%) Prometheus
3 9 (2.75%) Terraform
4 6 (1.83%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (1.83%) QRadar
5 5 (1.53%) Puppet
6 3 (0.92%) Podman
6 3 (0.92%) SCCM
7 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 123 (37.61%) Microsoft
2 62 (18.96%) ForeScout
3 10 (3.06%) Splunk
4 8 (2.45%) VMware
5 5 (1.53%) Tenable
6 4 (1.22%) IBM
7 3 (0.92%) Citrix
7 3 (0.92%) NVIDIA
7 3 (0.92%) Okta
7 3 (0.92%) Palo Alto
7 3 (0.92%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.92%) Sparx
8 2 (0.61%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 2 (0.61%) Aruba
8 2 (0.61%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.61%) HP
8 2 (0.61%) Yahoo!
9 1 (0.31%) Cisco
9 1 (0.31%) Google
9 1 (0.31%) LogRhythm