SC Cleared Job Trends 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 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 +8
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 412 325 475
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 7.69% 15.97% 13.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.95% 40.42% 35.19%
Number of salaries quoted 318 136 319
10th Percentile £48,250 £31,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £47,188 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% +1.25% -4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,625 £89,000
South East median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year +27.27% -2.70% +3.22%

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 1,331 804 1,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 24.84% 39.51% 37.54%
Number of salaries quoted 856 425 795
10th Percentile £29,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% +5.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -12.28% +8.47%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Hampshire

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Hampshire over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

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 10 October 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
Farnborough -3 102 £75,000 +11.11% 68
Southampton +21 68 £75,000 -16.67% 37
Romsey +3 68 £75,000 -6.25% 12
Fareham -7 49 £65,000 +109.68% 9
Portsmouth -15 37 £70,000 +55.56% 77
Andover +7 28 £70,000 +1.82% 3
Winchester +4 19 £48,000 -8.57% 10
Aldershot -5 9 £100,000 - 7
Gosport - 3 £60,000 - 6
Havant -4 1 £52,500 -4.55% 2
SC Cleared
South East

SC Cleared
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 5 (1.21%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.43%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.21%) Simulink
5 4 (0.97%) Mathcad
6 3 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.24%) Revit
7 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.94%) Primavera
2 2 (0.49%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 74 (17.96%) Azure
2 43 (10.44%) AWS
3 19 (4.61%) GCP
4 15 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (2.18%) Serverless
6 7 (1.70%) Entra ID
6 7 (1.70%) GitHub
6 7 (1.70%) Power Platform
7 6 (1.46%) Azure AKS
7 6 (1.46%) SaaS
8 5 (1.21%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.97%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (0.97%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.73%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (0.73%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (0.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.49%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.24%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.31%) WAN
2 25 (6.07%) Firewall
3 18 (4.37%) LAN
4 16 (3.88%) VPN
5 14 (3.40%) ATM
6 12 (2.91%) Network Security
7 10 (2.43%) BGP
8 9 (2.18%) VLAN
9 8 (1.94%) MQTT
10 6 (1.46%) OSPF
11 5 (1.21%) DHCP
11 5 (1.21%) DNS
11 5 (1.21%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (1.21%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.97%) Ethernet VPN
12 4 (0.97%) NGFW
12 4 (0.97%) TCP/IP
13 3 (0.73%) Internet
13 3 (0.73%) SAN
13 3 (0.73%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.21%) Power BI
2 3 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.49%) RDBMS
3 2 (0.49%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (6.55%) Git
2 19 (4.61%) GitLab
3 12 (2.91%) Visual Studio Code
4 11 (2.67%) JIRA
5 5 (1.21%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.97%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.97%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.73%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.49%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.24%) JMeter
9 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.24%) Selenium
9 1 (0.24%) Snyk
9 1 (0.24%) Subversion
9 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 95 (23.06%) Social Skills
2 62 (15.05%) Aerospace
3 32 (7.77%) Finance
3 32 (7.77%) Military
4 31 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (6.80%) Electronics
6 27 (6.55%) Aviation
7 21 (5.10%) Public Sector
8 20 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (4.13%) Manufacturing
10 14 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (3.16%) Aeronautics
12 5 (1.21%) Advertising
12 5 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.21%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.73%) Avionics
13 3 (0.73%) Law
13 3 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.49%) Retail
15 1 (0.24%) Legal
Job Titles
1 67 (16.26%) Software Engineer
2 64 (15.53%) Senior
3 47 (11.41%) Systems Engineer
4 46 (11.17%) Architect
5 29 (7.04%) Platform Engineer
6 26 (6.31%) Senior Platform Engineer
7 23 (5.58%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (5.58%) Azure Platform Engineer
7 23 (5.58%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 21 (5.10%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
9 20 (4.85%) Security Architect
10 19 (4.61%) Consultant
11 18 (4.37%) Project Manager
12 16 (3.88%) Analyst
12 16 (3.88%) Data Engineer
12 16 (3.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (3.88%) Senior Software Engineer
13 14 (3.40%) Security Consultant
14 13 (3.16%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.91%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.04%) Terraform
2 10 (2.43%) ModSecurity
3 9 (2.18%) Kafka
4 4 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (0.97%) gRPC
4 4 (0.97%) REST
5 3 (0.73%) Godot
5 3 (0.73%) Keycloak
5 3 (0.73%) LDAP
5 3 (0.73%) Protocol Buffers
5 3 (0.73%) Unreal Engine
5 3 (0.73%) YAML
6 2 (0.49%) React
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Camel
7 1 (0.24%) JSON
7 1 (0.24%) OAuth
7 1 (0.24%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.24%) OpenID
7 1 (0.24%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.55%) Robotics
2 21 (5.10%) Data Centre
3 19 (4.61%) Management Information System
4 17 (4.13%) Algorithms
4 17 (4.13%) Onboarding
5 16 (3.88%) Driving Licence
5 16 (3.88%) Product Ownership
5 16 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.64%) Cloud Native
7 11 (2.67%) FPGA
8 10 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (2.43%) PMI
8 10 (2.43%) Private Cloud
9 9 (2.18%) Embedded Systems
9 9 (2.18%) Social Media
10 8 (1.94%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (1.94%) Fibre Optics
11 7 (1.70%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.21%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 40 (9.71%) Linux
2 15 (3.64%) Windows
3 11 (2.67%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.21%) CentOS
4 5 (1.21%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.73%) AIX
6 2 (0.49%) Android
6 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.24%) VMS
7 1 (0.24%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (24.03%) Software Engineering
2 62 (15.05%) Agile
3 61 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (12.62%) Validation
5 45 (10.92%) CI/CD
6 44 (10.68%) Cybersecurity
7 43 (10.44%) AI
7 43 (10.44%) Decision-Making
8 40 (9.71%) Stakeholder Management
9 39 (9.47%) Infrastructure as Code
10 33 (8.01%) Continuous Improvement
10 33 (8.01%) DevOps
11 31 (7.52%) Platform Engineering
11 31 (7.52%) Verification and Validation
12 30 (7.28%) Technical Leadership
13 28 (6.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 28 (6.80%) Mentoring
14 26 (6.31%) Configuration Management
14 26 (6.31%) Roadmaps
15 25 (6.07%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 47 (11.41%) Python
2 34 (8.25%) C++
3 19 (4.61%) C#
4 12 (2.91%) PowerShell
5 11 (2.67%) Ada
5 11 (2.67%) C
6 10 (2.43%) Rust
7 7 (1.70%) Java
7 7 (1.70%) MATLAB
8 5 (1.21%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.21%) SQL
8 5 (1.21%) VBA
9 4 (0.97%) Bash
10 2 (0.49%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.49%) Embedded C++
10 2 (0.49%) Perl
10 2 (0.49%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.49%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.24%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 412 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 116 (28.16%) DV Cleared
3 77 (18.69%) Degree
4 42 (10.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (4.37%) CISSP
6 16 (3.88%) CISM
7 15 (3.64%) HNC
7 15 (3.64%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (2.43%) PMI Certification
9 10 (2.43%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (1.94%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.46%) CCNP
11 6 (1.46%) PhD
12 5 (1.21%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (1.21%) CompTIA CySA+
12 5 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (0.97%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (0.73%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.13%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.64%) QA
4 14 (3.40%) NIST
5 12 (2.91%) ISO 9001
6 8 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 8 (1.94%) NCSC
7 6 (1.46%) Def Stans
7 6 (1.46%) NIST 800
7 6 (1.46%) PMO
8 5 (1.21%) GRC
9 3 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.73%) GDPR
9 3 (0.73%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.73%) SLA
10 2 (0.49%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.49%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (0.49%) MISRA
10 2 (0.49%) MISRA C
System Software
1 25 (6.07%) Docker
2 13 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.70%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.70%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.97%) vSphere
6 3 (0.73%) KVM
7 2 (0.49%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 42 (10.19%) Kubernetes
2 22 (5.34%) Ansible
3 7 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.46%) Puppet
5 5 (1.21%) Grafana
5 5 (1.21%) Nessus
5 5 (1.21%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.97%) Podman
6 4 (0.97%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.73%) Netcool
7 3 (0.73%) QRadar
8 2 (0.49%) CASB
8 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.49%) Packer
9 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 27 (6.55%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.13%) Oracle
3 14 (3.40%) VMware
4 13 (3.16%) SAP
5 12 (2.91%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.94%) Cisco
7 7 (1.70%) NVIDIA
8 5 (1.21%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.97%) Mellanox
9 4 (0.97%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.97%) Tenable
10 3 (0.73%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.73%) EMC
10 3 (0.73%) Google
10 3 (0.73%) Snow
10 3 (0.73%) Splunk
11 2 (0.49%) Foundry
11 2 (0.49%) Palantir
11 2 (0.49%) Veeam
11 2 (0.49%) Yahoo!