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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 4 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +22
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 511 662 479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 25.20% 16.54% 16.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 41.21% 50.84% 42.31%
Number of salaries quoted 391 538 343
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,200 £29,400
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,550 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -0.45%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,625 £82,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £49,250
% change year-on-year +4.55% +11.68% -11.26%

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 1,240 1,302 1,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 61.14% 32.53% 39.82%
Number of salaries quoted 695 987 727
10th Percentile £37,574 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +7.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.65% +3.00% -4.76%

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 10 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 10 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 0 322 £55,000 -4.35% 44
Portsmouth -1 59 £77,500 +31.36% 64
Romsey -1 33 £50,000 -9.09% 4
Farnborough -7 27 £62,500 +17.92% 42
Andover +6 14 £67,500 -6.90% 2
Gosport -3 9 £44,000 -24.14% 11
Southampton +5 6 £58,750 -9.62% 41
Fareham -6 6 - - 10
Hook +11 4 £45,000 - 1
Petersfield - 2 £55,000 -
Yateley +6 1 £70,000 -
Bordon +1 1 - -
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 12 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.17%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.39%) Apache
3 2 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (0.39%) Office Communications Server
3 2 (0.39%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.20%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.59%) Simulink
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) SAP MM
1 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 36 (7.05%) IaaS
2 25 (4.89%) AWS
3 23 (4.50%) Azure
4 12 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (1.76%) Power Platform
5 9 (1.76%) SaaS
6 6 (1.17%) GCP
6 6 (1.17%) OpenShift
7 4 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (0.78%) PowerApps
7 4 (0.78%) Smartsheet
7 4 (0.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.59%) PaaS
9 2 (0.39%) GitHub
9 2 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 85 (16.63%) Firewall
2 71 (13.89%) BGP
3 68 (13.31%) OSPF
4 61 (11.94%) EIGRP
4 61 (11.94%) Network Security
5 35 (6.85%) VSAN
6 27 (5.28%) VPN
6 27 (5.28%) WAN
7 22 (4.31%) Cisco ASA
8 18 (3.52%) TCP/IP
9 16 (3.13%) Cisco Firepower
10 15 (2.94%) DNS
11 14 (2.74%) DHCP
11 14 (2.74%) DMVPN
12 11 (2.15%) Cisco ISE
12 11 (2.15%) IPsec
12 11 (2.15%) Software-Defined Radio
12 11 (2.15%) SSL
12 11 (2.15%) VoIP
13 10 (1.96%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.96%) MongoDB
2 8 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (1.57%) Power BI
3 6 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (2.15%) MSI
2 9 (1.76%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.57%) GitLab
3 8 (1.57%) Robot Framework
4 7 (1.37%) NDoc
5 2 (0.39%) Git
6 1 (0.20%) CMake
6 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
General
1 53 (10.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 40 (7.83%) Social Skills
3 30 (5.87%) Aerospace
4 22 (4.31%) Military
5 13 (2.54%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.35%) Advertising
7 10 (1.96%) Finance
8 9 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (1.76%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.57%) Retail
10 7 (1.37%) Aviation
11 5 (0.98%) Electronics
12 3 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 122 (23.87%) Network Engineer
2 85 (16.63%) Architect
3 41 (8.02%) Designer
4 39 (7.63%) VMware Specialist
5 38 (7.44%) Analyst
5 38 (7.44%) Senior
6 36 (7.05%) Security Engineer
7 29 (5.68%) Senior Analyst
8 26 (5.09%) Network Security Engineer
9 25 (4.89%) Network Designer
10 20 (3.91%) Developer
10 20 (3.91%) Field Engineer
10 20 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (3.91%) Support Engineer
11 19 (3.72%) Infrastructure Architect
11 19 (3.72%) Lead
12 18 (3.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 18 (3.52%) Head of AI
12 18 (3.52%) Head of Analytics
13 17 (3.33%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.13%) SAPUI5
2 10 (1.96%) Kafka
3 9 (1.76%) React
4 8 (1.57%) Django
5 4 (0.78%) JSON
5 4 (0.78%) YAML
6 3 (0.59%) LDAP
6 3 (0.59%) SAML
7 2 (0.39%) Node.js
7 2 (0.39%) Web Services
8 1 (0.20%) POCO
8 1 (0.20%) Qt
8 1 (0.20%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.20%) STL
8 1 (0.20%) Web Dynpro
8 1 (0.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.33%) Data Centre
2 15 (2.94%) Clustering
2 15 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.74%) PKI
4 10 (1.96%) Driving Licence
5 9 (1.76%) FPGA
6 8 (1.57%) Robotics
7 7 (1.37%) e-Learning
8 6 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (0.78%) Private Cloud
9 4 (0.78%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.59%) Analogue Electronics
10 3 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.59%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (0.59%) MicroBlaze
10 3 (0.59%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.59%) Replication
10 3 (0.59%) RISC-V
11 2 (0.39%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 96 (18.79%) Windows
2 46 (9.00%) Windows Server
3 37 (7.24%) Linux
4 8 (1.57%) Rocky
5 7 (1.37%) Android
6 6 (1.17%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.59%) CentOS
9 3 (0.59%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.59%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (11.74%) Agile
2 43 (8.41%) Roadmaps
3 37 (7.24%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (6.85%) Artificial Intelligence
4 35 (6.85%) Technology Roadmap
5 33 (6.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 31 (6.07%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (6.07%) Risk Management
7 28 (5.48%) Network Design
8 27 (5.28%) Customer Service
9 26 (5.09%) Technical Leadership
10 25 (4.89%) SIEM
11 24 (4.70%) Analytics
11 24 (4.70%) Business Case
12 23 (4.50%) Decision-Making
12 23 (4.50%) Line Management
13 22 (4.31%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (4.31%) Software Engineering
14 21 (4.11%) Incident Response
15 19 (3.72%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 85 (16.63%) PowerShell
2 52 (10.18%) Python
3 16 (3.13%) SQL
4 15 (2.94%) C++
5 10 (1.96%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.76%) MATLAB
7 6 (1.17%) C
8 4 (0.78%) Bash
8 4 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.78%) VBA
9 3 (0.59%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.39%) Embedded C++
10 2 (0.39%) PHP
11 1 (0.20%) ABAP
11 1 (0.20%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.20%) Java
11 1 (0.20%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 336 (65.75%) SC Cleared
2 296 (57.93%) DV Cleared
3 33 (6.46%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (6.26%) Degree
5 23 (4.50%) CCNP
6 22 (4.31%) CCNA
7 14 (2.74%) ISTQB
8 11 (2.15%) CISSP
9 10 (1.96%) JNCIS
10 9 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (1.37%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.59%) APMP
14 3 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.59%) CESG Certified Professional
14 3 (0.59%) CISM
15 2 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
15 2 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.54%) Def Stans
2 12 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.37%) NIST
3 7 (1.37%) QA
4 6 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (0.98%) RMADS
6 4 (0.78%) PMO
7 2 (0.39%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 81 (15.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 48 (9.39%) vSphere
3 44 (8.61%) Active Directory
4 34 (6.65%) VMware NSX
5 20 (3.91%) Hyper-V
6 18 (3.52%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (3.33%) Docker
8 11 (2.15%) BitLocker
8 11 (2.15%) Firmware
9 8 (1.57%) Embedded Firmware
9 8 (1.57%) Microsoft App-V
9 8 (1.57%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.39%) ISA Server
10 2 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (5.48%) Ansible
2 27 (5.28%) FortiGate
3 16 (3.13%) vCenter Server
4 14 (2.74%) Kubernetes
4 14 (2.74%) vMotion
5 13 (2.54%) WMI
6 12 (2.35%) Puppet
7 11 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 11 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (2.15%) vRealize
8 7 (1.37%) Terraform
9 6 (1.17%) ArcSight ESM
9 6 (1.17%) Nagios
9 6 (1.17%) PowerCLI
9 6 (1.17%) QRadar
9 6 (1.17%) SCCM
10 5 (0.98%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 1 (0.20%) Nessus
11 1 (0.20%) SCOM
11 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 149 (29.16%) Cisco
2 118 (23.09%) Juniper
3 102 (19.96%) VMware
4 59 (11.55%) Microsoft
5 56 (10.96%) Fortinet
6 19 (3.72%) SAP
7 16 (3.13%) Forcepoint
8 15 (2.94%) Citrix
8 15 (2.94%) Splunk
9 13 (2.54%) McAfee
9 13 (2.54%) SolarWinds
10 12 (2.35%) HP
11 11 (2.15%) Red Hat
11 11 (2.15%) SevOne
12 9 (1.76%) F5
13 7 (1.37%) ArcSight
13 7 (1.37%) Veeam
14 6 (1.17%) Google
14 6 (1.17%) LogLogic
14 6 (1.17%) Symantec