Security Cleared Jobs 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 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 1 4 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +21
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 491 691 483
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 25.13% 16.57% 17.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.15% 51.99% 42.26%
Number of salaries quoted 330 548 343
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £29,400
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,550 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.43% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £71,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

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 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%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Hampshire

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Hampshire

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

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

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 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 0 267 £57,500 - 147
Portsmouth +4 111 £77,500 +31.36% 145
Romsey -2 30 - - 1
Farnborough -11 24 £62,500 +17.92% 43
Andover +7 14 £67,500 -6.90% 5
Gosport 0 10 £44,000 -24.14% 5
Southampton +9 6 £58,750 -12.96% 124
Fareham -5 6 - - 7
Havant +13 3 £55,000 +46.67% 3
Yateley +6 1 £70,000 -
Hook +6 1 £52,500 - 1
Petersfield - 1 £55,000 -
Security Cleared
South East

Security 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 16 (3.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.04%) Apache
3 4 (0.81%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.61%) Appian
4 3 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.61%) IIS
4 3 (0.61%) Office Communications Server
4 3 (0.61%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.41%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.20%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 12 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.61%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (2.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.20%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (5.70%) IaaS
2 27 (5.50%) AWS
3 25 (5.09%) Azure
4 8 (1.63%) SaaS
5 7 (1.43%) GCP
6 6 (1.22%) OpenShift
7 5 (1.02%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (0.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (0.61%) Amazon S3
9 3 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.61%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.61%) MinIO
9 3 (0.61%) PaaS
10 2 (0.41%) GitHub
10 2 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 73 (14.87%) Firewall
2 61 (12.42%) BGP
3 58 (11.81%) OSPF
4 53 (10.79%) Network Security
5 52 (10.59%) EIGRP
6 37 (7.54%) Software-Defined Radio
7 32 (6.52%) VSAN
8 22 (4.48%) VoIP
9 21 (4.28%) VPN
9 21 (4.28%) WAN
10 20 (4.07%) TCP/IP
11 18 (3.67%) ATM
11 18 (3.67%) DNS
12 17 (3.46%) Wireless
13 15 (3.05%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (2.85%) DHCP
15 13 (2.65%) Cisco ISE
16 11 (2.24%) DMVPN
16 11 (2.24%) IPsec
16 11 (2.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.04%) MongoDB
2 6 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.81%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.20%) Airbyte
5 1 (0.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (2.85%) MSI
2 6 (1.22%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.22%) NDoc
3 5 (1.02%) Robot Framework
4 4 (0.81%) JIRA
5 3 (0.61%) GitLab
5 3 (0.61%) Selenium
5 3 (0.61%) Snyk
5 3 (0.61%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.41%) Git
7 1 (0.20%) CMake
7 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.20%) Subversion
7 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
General
1 46 (9.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 38 (7.74%) Finance
3 36 (7.33%) Social Skills
4 32 (6.52%) Military
5 28 (5.70%) Aerospace
6 14 (2.85%) Advertising
7 13 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (1.43%) Electronics
9 6 (1.22%) Aviation
10 5 (1.02%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.02%) Retail
11 4 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.20%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 97 (19.76%) Network Engineer
2 75 (15.27%) Architect
3 36 (7.33%) Systems Engineer
4 34 (6.92%) Designer
5 31 (6.31%) Senior
5 31 (6.31%) VMware Specialist
6 29 (5.91%) Security Engineer
7 25 (5.09%) Field Engineer
8 24 (4.89%) Analyst
9 23 (4.68%) Network Security Engineer
10 21 (4.28%) Lead
11 20 (4.07%) Developer
12 19 (3.87%) Software Engineer
13 18 (3.67%) Field Service Engineer
13 18 (3.67%) Head of AI
13 18 (3.67%) Head of Analytics
13 18 (3.67%) Network Designer
13 18 (3.67%) Radio Engineer
13 18 (3.67%) Senior Analyst
14 17 (3.46%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.26%) SAPUI5
2 13 (2.65%) Kafka
3 7 (1.43%) YAML
4 4 (0.81%) JSON
4 4 (0.81%) XML
5 3 (0.61%) .NET
5 3 (0.61%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (0.61%) LDAP
5 3 (0.61%) React
5 3 (0.61%) SAML
5 3 (0.61%) SOAP
6 2 (0.41%) Django
6 2 (0.41%) Node.js
6 2 (0.41%) Web Services
7 1 (0.20%) POCO
7 1 (0.20%) Qt
7 1 (0.20%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.20%) STL
7 1 (0.20%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.92%) e-Learning
2 25 (5.09%) FPGA
3 19 (3.87%) Driving Licence
3 19 (3.87%) Embedded Systems
3 19 (3.87%) PKI
4 16 (3.26%) MicroBlaze
4 16 (3.26%) RISC-V
5 15 (3.05%) Clustering
5 15 (3.05%) Data Centre
5 15 (3.05%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.43%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.22%) Robotics
8 5 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (0.81%) Cloud Native
9 4 (0.81%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.61%) Analogue Electronics
10 3 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.61%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.61%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 85 (17.31%) Windows
2 48 (9.78%) Linux
3 44 (8.96%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.87%) Embedded Linux
5 8 (1.63%) Android
5 8 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.22%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.22%) CentOS
7 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.41%) Rocky
8 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (15.07%) Agile
2 70 (14.26%) Innovative Thinking
3 43 (8.76%) Roadmaps
4 39 (7.94%) Signal Processing
5 38 (7.74%) Cybersecurity
6 37 (7.54%) Digital Signal Processing
7 35 (7.13%) Technology Roadmap
8 32 (6.52%) Risk Management
8 32 (6.52%) Software Engineering
9 31 (6.31%) Artificial Intelligence
10 28 (5.70%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (5.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (5.30%) SIEM
13 25 (5.09%) Customer Service
14 24 (4.89%) Analytics
14 24 (4.89%) Business Case
14 24 (4.89%) Line Management
15 23 (4.68%) Systems Engineering
16 22 (4.48%) Incident Response
16 22 (4.48%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 74 (15.07%) PowerShell
2 42 (8.55%) Python
3 26 (5.30%) C++
4 22 (4.48%) MATLAB
5 20 (4.07%) C
6 12 (2.44%) SQL
7 6 (1.22%) PHP
8 4 (0.81%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.61%) Bash
9 3 (0.61%) Go
9 3 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.61%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.41%) Embedded C++
10 2 (0.41%) Java
10 2 (0.41%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.20%) ABAP
11 1 (0.20%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 337 (68.64%) SC Cleared
2 270 (54.99%) DV Cleared
3 25 (5.09%) Degree
4 20 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (3.26%) CCNP
6 12 (2.44%) CCNA
7 11 (2.24%) CISSP
8 8 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.63%) ISTQB
9 7 (1.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.81%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.61%) APMP
11 3 (0.61%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (0.61%) CISM
11 3 (0.61%) JNCIS
12 2 (0.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 2 (0.41%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.65%) Def Stans
2 12 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.43%) NIST
4 6 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (1.02%) RMADS
6 3 (0.61%) QA
7 2 (0.41%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.20%) AQAP
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) SLA
8 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 71 (14.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 47 (9.57%) Active Directory
3 38 (7.74%) Firmware
3 38 (7.74%) vSphere
4 34 (6.92%) Embedded Firmware
5 27 (5.50%) VMware NSX
6 20 (4.07%) Hyper-V
7 17 (3.46%) VMware ESXi
8 16 (3.26%) Docker
9 8 (1.63%) BitLocker
9 8 (1.63%) Microsoft App-V
9 8 (1.63%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.61%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.20%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (6.31%) Ansible
2 24 (4.89%) FortiGate
3 16 (3.26%) vCenter Server
3 16 (3.26%) WMI
4 14 (2.85%) Kubernetes
4 14 (2.85%) vMotion
5 12 (2.44%) Puppet
6 11 (2.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.83%) Terraform
8 6 (1.22%) ArcSight ESM
8 6 (1.22%) Nagios
8 6 (1.22%) PowerCLI
8 6 (1.22%) QRadar
8 6 (1.22%) vRealize
9 5 (1.02%) SCCM
10 3 (0.61%) SCOM
11 1 (0.20%) Grafana
11 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 122 (24.85%) Cisco
2 97 (19.76%) Juniper
3 96 (19.55%) VMware
4 54 (11.00%) Microsoft
5 47 (9.57%) Fortinet
6 19 (3.87%) SAP
7 17 (3.46%) Splunk
8 16 (3.26%) Forcepoint
9 15 (3.05%) Citrix
10 14 (2.85%) SolarWinds
10 14 (2.85%) Sparx
11 13 (2.65%) McAfee
12 12 (2.44%) HP
13 11 (2.24%) SevOne
14 7 (1.43%) ArcSight
15 6 (1.22%) Google
15 6 (1.22%) LogLogic
15 6 (1.22%) Symantec
15 6 (1.22%) Veeam
15 6 (1.22%) Xilinx