SC Cleared Jobs in Hampshire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 15 13
Rank change year-on-year +11 -2 +30
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 337 406 353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 17.25% 9.74% 12.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.93% 30.55% 30.88%
Number of salaries quoted 199 342 248
10th Percentile £41,750 £40,813 £30,525
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,550 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,188 £71,563
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -0.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hampshire

SC 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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,165 1,329 1,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 59.62% 31.88% 40.40%
Number of salaries quoted 621 1,002 738
10th Percentile £37,574 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,426 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% +3.89% -1.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.94% -2.12%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Hampshire

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Hampshire.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in Hampshire

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Hampshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Hampshire

SC Cleared
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Basingstoke 0 157 £53,000 -9.17% 75
Portsmouth +12 105 £77,500 +19.69% 112
Romsey 0 25 - - 1
Andover +7 14 £67,500 -6.90% 5
Farnborough -13 11 £65,500 +32.32% 33
Fareham +4 6 - - 6
Havant +13 3 £55,000 +46.67% 3
Southampton +15 1 £100,000 +66.67% 86
Yateley - 1 £70,000 -
SC Cleared
South East

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.19%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2013
2 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.89%) Office Communications Server
2 3 (0.89%) Skype for Business
3 2 (0.59%) Apache
3 2 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (0.59%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.30%) Appian
4 1 (0.30%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 12 (3.56%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.89%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (4.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (1.78%) Azure
2 5 (1.48%) AWS
3 3 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (0.89%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (0.89%) Power Platform
4 2 (0.59%) GitHub
4 2 (0.59%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.30%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.30%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.30%) GCP
5 1 (0.30%) MinIO
5 1 (0.30%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (15.43%) Firewall
2 49 (14.54%) BGP
3 47 (13.95%) Network Security
3 47 (13.95%) OSPF
4 46 (13.65%) EIGRP
5 37 (10.98%) Software-Defined Radio
6 18 (5.34%) ATM
6 18 (5.34%) VoIP
7 17 (5.04%) Wireless
8 12 (3.56%) WAN
9 10 (2.97%) DMVPN
10 9 (2.67%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (2.08%) TCP/IP
12 6 (1.78%) VPN
13 4 (1.19%) MPLS
14 3 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
14 3 (0.89%) Ethernet
14 3 (0.89%) Junos
14 3 (0.89%) LAN
15 2 (0.59%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.97%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.30%) Airbyte
2 1 (0.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (1.78%) NDoc
2 3 (0.89%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.89%) JIRA
3 2 (0.59%) Git
3 2 (0.59%) MSI
3 2 (0.59%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.30%) CMake
4 1 (0.30%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.30%) GitLab
4 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.30%) Selenium
4 1 (0.30%) Snyk
4 1 (0.30%) Subversion
4 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
General
1 37 (10.98%) Finance
2 29 (8.61%) Military
3 26 (7.72%) Aerospace
4 23 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (5.04%) Social Skills
6 8 (2.37%) Advertising
7 7 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (1.78%) Aviation
8 6 (1.78%) Electronics
9 5 (1.48%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.59%) Retail
11 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (22.55%) Network Engineer
2 41 (12.17%) Architect
3 36 (10.68%) Systems Engineer
4 25 (7.42%) Designer
5 24 (7.12%) Security Engineer
6 23 (6.82%) Network Security Engineer
7 20 (5.93%) Developer
8 18 (5.34%) Field Engineer
8 18 (5.34%) Field Service Engineer
8 18 (5.34%) Head of AI
8 18 (5.34%) Head of Analytics
8 18 (5.34%) Lead
8 18 (5.34%) Radio Engineer
9 17 (5.04%) Embedded Engineer
9 17 (5.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 17 (5.04%) SAP Developer
9 17 (5.04%) Software Engineer
10 15 (4.45%) Senior
11 14 (4.15%) Analyst
11 14 (4.15%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.75%) SAPUI5
2 11 (3.26%) Kafka
3 3 (0.89%) .NET
3 3 (0.89%) XML
4 2 (0.59%) Node.js
4 2 (0.59%) SOAP
5 1 (0.30%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.30%) POCO
5 1 (0.30%) Qt
5 1 (0.30%) React
5 1 (0.30%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.30%) STL
5 1 (0.30%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.09%) e-Learning
2 25 (7.42%) FPGA
3 19 (5.64%) Driving Licence
3 19 (5.64%) Embedded Systems
4 16 (4.75%) MicroBlaze
4 16 (4.75%) RISC-V
5 12 (3.56%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.78%) Robotics
7 4 (1.19%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (0.89%) Analogue Electronics
8 3 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.89%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.89%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.89%) Replication
8 3 (0.89%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.59%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.59%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.59%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 42 (12.46%) Windows
2 31 (9.20%) Linux
3 19 (5.64%) Embedded Linux
4 18 (5.34%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.37%) Android
6 6 (1.78%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.30%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (20.77%) Innovative Thinking
2 43 (12.76%) Agile
3 42 (12.46%) Roadmaps
4 39 (11.57%) Signal Processing
5 37 (10.98%) Digital Signal Processing
6 35 (10.39%) Technology Roadmap
7 28 (8.31%) Software Engineering
8 26 (7.72%) Artificial Intelligence
9 25 (7.42%) Customer Service
9 25 (7.42%) Risk Management
10 24 (7.12%) Analytics
10 24 (7.12%) Business Case
11 23 (6.82%) Cybersecurity
11 23 (6.82%) Systems Engineering
12 21 (6.23%) Decision-Making
13 20 (5.93%) Technical Leadership
14 19 (5.64%) Line Management
15 18 (5.34%) People Management
15 18 (5.34%) Physics
15 18 (5.34%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.12%) C++
2 22 (6.53%) MATLAB
3 20 (5.93%) C
4 13 (3.86%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.67%) Python
6 5 (1.48%) SQL
7 3 (0.89%) Go
7 3 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.89%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.59%) Embedded C++
8 2 (0.59%) Java
8 2 (0.59%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.59%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.30%) ABAP
9 1 (0.30%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.30%) PHP
9 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 337 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 146 (43.32%) DV Cleared
3 21 (6.23%) Degree
4 10 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.37%) CISSP
5 8 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.37%) ISTQB
6 6 (1.78%) CCNP
7 5 (1.48%) CCNA
8 4 (1.19%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.89%) CESG Certified Professional
9 3 (0.89%) CISM
9 3 (0.89%) JNCIS
10 2 (0.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.30%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.30%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.86%) Def Stans
2 10 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.48%) NIST
4 5 (1.48%) RMADS
5 2 (0.59%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.30%) AQAP
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.30%) QA
6 1 (0.30%) SLA
6 1 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 37 (10.98%) Firmware
2 34 (10.09%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (2.97%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.89%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.30%) Docker
6 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.30%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (6.82%) FortiGate
2 6 (1.78%) ArcSight ESM
2 6 (1.78%) QRadar
3 5 (1.48%) Ansible
4 4 (1.19%) WMI
5 3 (0.89%) Terraform
6 2 (0.59%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.59%) SCCM
6 2 (0.59%) SCOM
7 1 (0.30%) Grafana
7 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 100 (29.67%) Cisco
2 76 (22.55%) Juniper
3 45 (13.35%) Fortinet
4 20 (5.93%) Microsoft
5 19 (5.64%) SAP
6 17 (5.04%) VMware
7 16 (4.75%) Forcepoint
8 14 (4.15%) Sparx
9 12 (3.56%) McAfee
9 12 (3.56%) SolarWinds
10 7 (2.08%) ArcSight
10 7 (2.08%) Splunk
11 6 (1.78%) LogLogic
11 6 (1.78%) Xilinx
12 2 (0.59%) Fujitsu
12 2 (0.59%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.59%) SevOne
12 2 (0.59%) Tenable
13 1 (0.30%) Atlassian
13 1 (0.30%) Coverity