Security Cleared Jobs in Portsmouth

Security Clearance
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 7 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 114 69 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 27.21% 12.19% 24.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.19% 43.13% 57.80%
Number of salaries quoted 32 60 52
10th Percentile £46,075 £46,395 £29,400
25th Percentile £60,813 £53,750 £30,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £59,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.36% +26.88% -4.62%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - £82,500 £82,500
Hampshire median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 324 160 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 77.33% 28.27% 43.03%
Number of salaries quoted 123 122 84
10th Percentile £41,050 £34,663 £28,575
25th Percentile £47,683 £48,000 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +23.66% -2.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £58,563
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,125
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +5.77% +5.05% -1.00%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Portsmouth

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Portsmouth

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Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Portsmouth

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Applications
1 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.63%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (13.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.88%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.88%) AWS
1 1 (0.88%) Azure
1 1 (0.88%) GitHub
1 1 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
1 1 (0.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (34.21%) Software-Defined Radio
2 18 (15.79%) ATM
2 18 (15.79%) VoIP
3 17 (14.91%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (5.26%) NDoc
2 3 (2.63%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.63%) JIRA
2 3 (2.63%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.88%) CMake
3 1 (0.88%) Eclipse
General
1 36 (31.58%) Finance
2 28 (24.56%) Military
3 18 (15.79%) Aerospace
4 4 (3.51%) Social Skills
5 3 (2.63%) Retail
6 1 (0.88%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.88%) Electronics
6 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 34 (29.82%) Systems Engineer
2 19 (16.67%) Radio Engineer
3 18 (15.79%) Developer
3 18 (15.79%) Field Engineer
3 18 (15.79%) Field Service Engineer
4 17 (14.91%) Embedded Engineer
4 17 (14.91%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 17 (14.91%) SAP Developer
4 17 (14.91%) Software Engineer
5 3 (2.63%) Active Directory Architect
5 3 (2.63%) Architect
5 3 (2.63%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (2.63%) Firmware Engineer
5 3 (2.63%) Lead
6 2 (1.75%) Project Leader
6 2 (1.75%) Senior
7 1 (0.88%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 1 (0.88%) Embedded Developer
7 1 (0.88%) Quality Manager
7 1 (0.88%) SAP WM Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.04%) SAPUI5
2 4 (3.51%) XML
3 3 (2.63%) SOAP
4 1 (0.88%) POCO
4 1 (0.88%) Qt
4 1 (0.88%) React
4 1 (0.88%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.88%) STL
4 1 (0.88%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 36 (31.58%) e-Learning
2 22 (19.30%) FPGA
3 18 (15.79%) Driving Licence
4 17 (14.91%) Embedded Systems
4 17 (14.91%) MicroBlaze
4 17 (14.91%) RISC-V
5 9 (7.89%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.75%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.75%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.79%) Linux
2 17 (14.91%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (64.04%) Innovative Thinking
2 39 (34.21%) Digital Signal Processing
2 39 (34.21%) Signal Processing
3 24 (21.05%) Agile
4 22 (19.30%) Customer Service
5 20 (17.54%) Software Engineering
6 19 (16.67%) Physics
7 18 (15.79%) System Testing
8 17 (14.91%) Roadmaps
8 17 (14.91%) Technology Roadmap
9 15 (13.16%) DoDAF
9 15 (13.16%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 15 (13.16%) Scenario Testing
9 15 (13.16%) SysML
9 15 (13.16%) Systems Engineering
9 15 (13.16%) Trade-off Analysis
9 15 (13.16%) UML
10 7 (6.14%) Data Management
11 6 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (5.26%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 22 (19.30%) MATLAB
2 18 (15.79%) C++
3 17 (14.91%) C
4 1 (0.88%) ABAP
4 1 (0.88%) Embedded C++
4 1 (0.88%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.88%) Python
4 1 (0.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 108 (94.74%) SC Cleared
2 4 (3.51%) DV Cleared
3 3 (2.63%) APMP
3 3 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (0.88%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (0.88%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.75%) NIST
2 1 (0.88%) AQAP
2 1 (0.88%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (0.88%) NCSC
2 1 (0.88%) QA
2 1 (0.88%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 39 (34.21%) Firmware
2 36 (31.58%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (2.63%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (16.67%) SAP
2 15 (13.16%) Sparx
3 8 (7.02%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.63%) Xilinx
5 1 (0.88%) Ariba
5 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.88%) Foundry
5 1 (0.88%) Intel
5 1 (0.88%) Palantir