Security Cleared Job Trends in Hampshire

Security Clearance
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 1 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 -4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 426 846 284
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 17.09% 31.43% 14.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.27% 59.96% 37.52%
Number of salaries quoted 255 592 185
10th Percentile £41,550 £42,500 £37,350
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,775 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +0.92%
75th Percentile £78,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £54,763
% change year-on-year -3.33% +9.56% +8.47%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 757 1,411 757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 30.38% 52.41% 39.70%
Number of salaries quoted 443 844 395
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,783 £31,100
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £37,500
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 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £53,260
% change year-on-year -12.50% +12.65% +1.74%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Hampshire over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Hampshire

Security 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 Security Cleared within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 7 January 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
Basingstoke 0 150 £58,000 +0.43% 60
Portsmouth +9 55 £50,000 -25.93% 20
Fareham +8 54 £48,000 +60.00% 5
Farnborough +1 47 £66,250 +20.45% 44
Southampton +22 45 £60,000 -21.57% 9
Winchester +11 11 £48,750 +8.33% 9
Alton - 7 £50,000 -
Romsey 0 6 £80,000 - 4
Hook -1 6 - -
Eastleigh +3 4 £41,000 -
Hayling Island - 3 £41,000 -
Gosport +2 1 - - 1
Tadley - 1 - -
Aldershot - 1 - - 3
Security Cleared
South East

Security 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 30 (7.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (6.10%) Exchange Server 2003
3 17 (3.99%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.41%) Appian
5 5 (1.17%) Apache
6 3 (0.70%) Confluence
6 3 (0.70%) WordPress
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.23%) CATIA
3 1 (0.23%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (4.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.23%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 58 (13.62%) Azure
2 38 (8.92%) AWS
3 25 (5.87%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (4.23%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.82%) PowerApps
7 6 (1.41%) Amazon S3
7 6 (1.41%) MinIO
8 4 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (0.94%) GitHub
9 3 (0.70%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.70%) GCP
9 3 (0.70%) SaaS
9 3 (0.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.47%) Amazon ECR
10 2 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.47%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.23%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 36 (8.45%) DNS
2 29 (6.81%) Firewall
3 24 (5.63%) DHCP
4 23 (5.40%) Junos
4 23 (5.40%) LAN
5 22 (5.16%) VPN
6 20 (4.69%) Software-Defined Radio
7 19 (4.46%) WAN
8 16 (3.76%) Cisco IOS
9 13 (3.05%) Cisco ISE
9 13 (3.05%) Wireless
10 12 (2.82%) Cisco Firepower
10 12 (2.82%) Network Security
10 12 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (2.35%) NX-OS
12 7 (1.64%) BGP
13 6 (1.41%) MPLS
14 5 (1.17%) IPsec
14 5 (1.17%) Structured Cabling
15 4 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.04%) Oracle Database
2 27 (6.34%) Oracle Database 10g
3 12 (2.82%) Power BI
4 5 (1.17%) Airbyte
5 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.23%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.23%) Big Data
6 1 (0.23%) DB2
6 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.23%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.23%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.23%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 22 (5.16%) Robot Framework
1 22 (5.16%) Selenium
2 20 (4.69%) Snyk
3 18 (4.23%) Git
4 11 (2.58%) JIRA
5 8 (1.88%) GitLab
6 7 (1.64%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.70%) MSI
7 3 (0.70%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.47%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.47%) TestRail
9 1 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 144 (33.80%) Social Skills
2 77 (18.08%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (11.27%) Finance
4 27 (6.34%) Aeronautics
5 24 (5.63%) Aviation
6 14 (3.29%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.11%) Electronics
8 8 (1.88%) Legal
8 8 (1.88%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.64%) Military
10 6 (1.41%) Advertising
10 6 (1.41%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.17%) Automotive
11 5 (1.17%) Marketing
11 5 (1.17%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.70%) Agriculture
12 3 (0.70%) Brand Awareness
12 3 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 50 (11.74%) Business Manager
1 50 (11.74%) Business Systems Manager
1 50 (11.74%) Systems Manager
2 48 (11.27%) Architect
3 46 (10.80%) Senior
4 44 (10.33%) Systems Engineer
5 35 (8.22%) Lead
6 29 (6.81%) Network Engineer
6 29 (6.81%) Software Engineer
7 25 (5.87%) 3rd Line Support
7 25 (5.87%) Consultant
8 24 (5.63%) Support Engineer
9 23 (5.40%) Cloud Engineer
9 23 (5.40%) Systems Support
10 22 (5.16%) Analyst
11 17 (3.99%) Applications Engineer
11 17 (3.99%) Applications Support
11 17 (3.99%) Applications Support Engineer
11 17 (3.99%) Senior Applications Engineer
11 17 (3.99%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.46%) SOAP
2 18 (4.23%) REST
3 7 (1.64%) Kafka
4 6 (1.41%) Apache NiFi
5 4 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (0.94%) Middleware
5 4 (0.94%) React
6 3 (0.70%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.70%) Vue
7 2 (0.47%) ModSecurity
8 1 (0.23%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.23%) Flask
8 1 (0.23%) Regular Expression
8 1 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (11.97%) Robotics
2 35 (8.22%) e-Learning
3 17 (3.99%) PKI
4 12 (2.82%) Embedded Systems
4 12 (2.82%) MicroBlaze
4 12 (2.82%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.82%) RISC-V
5 11 (2.58%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.58%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (2.11%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.64%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.41%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.41%) FPGA
8 6 (1.41%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.17%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.94%) Replication
11 3 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.47%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (0.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 86 (20.19%) Windows
2 42 (9.86%) Linux
3 31 (7.28%) Unix
4 27 (6.34%) Solaris
5 26 (6.10%) HPUX
5 26 (6.10%) Windows Server 2003
6 24 (5.63%) Windows Server
7 23 (5.40%) Windows 7
8 22 (5.16%) Windows Server 2008
9 12 (2.82%) Embedded Linux
10 8 (1.88%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.70%) AIX
12 2 (0.47%) Android
12 2 (0.47%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (20.89%) Software Engineering
2 82 (19.25%) Agile
3 76 (17.84%) Project Management
4 71 (16.67%) AI
5 62 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (14.32%) Risk Management
7 53 (12.44%) Process Improvement
7 53 (12.44%) Strategic Planning
8 52 (12.21%) Budget Management
9 51 (11.97%) IT Strategy
10 50 (11.74%) Contract Negotiation
11 48 (11.27%) Innovative Thinking
12 35 (8.22%) DevOps
13 34 (7.98%) Data Analysis
14 32 (7.51%) Incident Management
15 31 (7.28%) CI/CD
16 29 (6.81%) Root Cause Analysis
17 28 (6.57%) ITSM
18 27 (6.34%) Infrastructure as Code
19 26 (6.10%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 48 (11.27%) PowerShell
2 38 (8.92%) Python
3 33 (7.75%) SQL
4 22 (5.16%) Perl
5 20 (4.69%) C++
6 17 (3.99%) C#
7 14 (3.29%) C
8 12 (2.82%) VBA
9 11 (2.58%) MATLAB
10 10 (2.35%) JavaScript
11 7 (1.64%) Java
11 7 (1.64%) Rust
12 4 (0.94%) Bash
12 4 (0.94%) Go
12 4 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.47%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.47%) VB
14 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 288 (67.61%) SC Cleared
2 177 (41.55%) DV Cleared
3 38 (8.92%) Degree
4 17 (3.99%) CCNP
4 17 (3.99%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (3.99%) Master's Degree
5 16 (3.76%) CCNA
6 10 (2.35%) APMP
7 9 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.88%) JNCIS
9 7 (1.64%) JNCIA
9 7 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.41%) MBA
11 5 (1.17%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 5 (1.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 5 (1.17%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
12 4 (0.94%) CEH
12 4 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.94%) GCIA
12 4 (0.94%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.87%) SLA
2 6 (1.41%) GRC
2 6 (1.41%) QA
3 5 (1.17%) ISO 13485
3 5 (1.17%) ISO 9001
3 5 (1.17%) NIST
4 4 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.94%) JSP 440
4 4 (0.94%) NCSC
5 3 (0.70%) GDPR
5 3 (0.70%) PMO
6 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.47%) RMADS
7 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.23%) P3O
System Software
1 48 (11.27%) Active Directory
2 29 (6.81%) Firmware
3 18 (4.23%) Embedded Firmware
4 13 (3.05%) VMware NSX
5 12 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.94%) Docker
8 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.23%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (6.34%) Terraform
2 24 (5.63%) Ansible
3 21 (4.93%) vCenter Server
4 12 (2.82%) Kubernetes
5 8 (1.88%) SCCM
6 7 (1.64%) SCOM
7 6 (1.41%) Grafana
7 6 (1.41%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.17%) Endace
8 5 (1.17%) Nessus
8 5 (1.17%) ZABBIX
9 4 (0.94%) WMI
10 3 (0.70%) Netcool
10 3 (0.70%) QRadar
10 3 (0.70%) WSUS
11 2 (0.47%) Sysdig
12 1 (0.23%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.23%) Avamar
12 1 (0.23%) OpenView
12 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 77 (18.08%) Microsoft
2 47 (11.03%) VMware
3 44 (10.33%) Cisco
4 40 (9.39%) Juniper
5 31 (7.28%) Oracle
6 20 (4.69%) Black Duck
6 20 (4.69%) Sparx
7 19 (4.46%) Coverity
7 19 (4.46%) SolarWinds
8 10 (2.35%) Broadcom
9 6 (1.41%) BiZZdesign
9 6 (1.41%) UiPath
10 5 (1.17%) Blue Prism
10 5 (1.17%) F5
10 5 (1.17%) HP
10 5 (1.17%) McAfee
10 5 (1.17%) Splunk
11 4 (0.94%) IBM
11 4 (0.94%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.70%) ArcSight