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

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 6 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +9
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 77 71 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 20.42% 13.89% 24.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.55% 44.65% 58.76%
Number of salaries quoted 30 63 55
10th Percentile £51,250 £42,600 £29,400
25th Percentile £69,250 £53,125 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £59,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.36% +24.21% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £68,125
90th Percentile - £82,500 £82,500
Hampshire median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -0.45%

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 290 159 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 76.92% 31.12% 41.07%
Number of salaries quoted 110 122 85
10th Percentile £42,375 £34,663 £28,600
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £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 £70,938 £68,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,000
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.77% +9.47% -5.00%

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

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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 14 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 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.90%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (7.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.30%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.30%) AWS
1 1 (1.30%) Azure
1 1 (1.30%) GitHub
1 1 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (1.30%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (27.27%) Software-Defined Radio
2 10 (12.99%) ATM
2 10 (12.99%) VoIP
3 8 (10.39%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 7 (9.09%) NDoc
2 1 (1.30%) CMake
2 1 (1.30%) Eclipse
General
1 20 (25.97%) Military
2 18 (23.38%) Aerospace
3 17 (22.08%) Finance
4 2 (2.60%) Retail
4 2 (2.60%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.30%) Electronics
5 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.30%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (23.38%) Developer
2 17 (22.08%) SAP Developer
3 16 (20.78%) Systems Engineer
4 10 (12.99%) Field Engineer
4 10 (12.99%) Field Service Engineer
4 10 (12.99%) Radio Engineer
5 8 (10.39%) Embedded Engineer
5 8 (10.39%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 8 (10.39%) Software Engineer
6 4 (5.19%) Active Directory Architect
6 4 (5.19%) Architect
7 3 (3.90%) Firmware Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) Lead
8 2 (2.60%) Delivery Manager
8 2 (2.60%) Integration Engineer
8 2 (2.60%) Project Leader
9 1 (1.30%) Analyst
9 1 (1.30%) C++ Developer
9 1 (1.30%) Functional Analyst
9 1 (1.30%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (20.78%) SAPUI5
2 1 (1.30%) POCO
2 1 (1.30%) Qt
2 1 (1.30%) React
2 1 (1.30%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.30%) STL
2 1 (1.30%) Web Dynpro
2 1 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (22.08%) e-Learning
2 13 (16.88%) FPGA
3 10 (12.99%) Driving Licence
4 9 (11.69%) Management Information System
5 8 (10.39%) Embedded Systems
5 8 (10.39%) MicroBlaze
5 8 (10.39%) RISC-V
6 2 (2.60%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (2.60%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (1.30%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.69%) Linux
2 8 (10.39%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (2.60%) Windows
4 1 (1.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (48.05%) Innovative Thinking
2 23 (29.87%) Customer Service
3 21 (27.27%) Digital Signal Processing
3 21 (27.27%) Signal Processing
4 17 (22.08%) Roadmaps
4 17 (22.08%) Technology Roadmap
5 12 (15.58%) Agile
6 11 (14.29%) Software Engineering
7 10 (12.99%) Physics
7 10 (12.99%) System Testing
8 8 (10.39%) Data Management
9 7 (9.09%) Service Delivery
9 7 (9.09%) Situational Awareness
10 6 (7.79%) DoDAF
10 6 (7.79%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 6 (7.79%) Scenario Testing
10 6 (7.79%) SysML
10 6 (7.79%) Systems Engineering
10 6 (7.79%) Trade-off Analysis
10 6 (7.79%) UML
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.88%) MATLAB
2 9 (11.69%) C++
3 8 (10.39%) C
4 2 (2.60%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.30%) ABAP
5 1 (1.30%) Embedded C++
5 1 (1.30%) Python
5 1 (1.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 73 (94.81%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (3.90%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.60%) APMP
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.30%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.30%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.60%) NIST
2 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (1.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (27.27%) Firmware
2 18 (23.38%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (5.19%) Active Directory
4 2 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.30%) BitLocker
5 1 (1.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (24.68%) SAP
2 10 (12.99%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.79%) Sparx
4 3 (3.90%) Xilinx
5 2 (2.60%) VMware
6 1 (1.30%) Ariba
6 1 (1.30%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.30%) Foundry
6 1 (1.30%) Intel
6 1 (1.30%) Palantir