Security Cleared Contracts in Reading

Security Clearance
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 3 22
Rank change year-on-year +2 +19 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 361 205 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 30.62% 19.85% 7.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 69.02% 61.56% 31.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 149 94
10th Percentile £213 £414 £408
25th Percentile £501 £488 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £586 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.24% +6.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £688 £680 £650
90th Percentile £725 £721 £725
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £586 £550
% change year-on-year -1.88% +6.55% +18.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 12 0
10th Percentile £51.28 - -
25th Percentile £56.50 £63.14 -
Median hourly rate £62.90 £65.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.98% - -
75th Percentile £87.01 £75.89 -
90th Percentile £87.53 £79.19 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £62.07 £64.68 £21.05
% change year-on-year -4.02% +207.24% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 523 333 335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 44.36% 32.24% 24.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 211 223
10th Percentile £205 £363 £313
25th Percentile £450 £465 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £570 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +14.00% +5.54%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £608
90th Percentile £723 £721 £685
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £550 £495
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +6.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 15 1
10th Percentile £44.10 £56.76 -
25th Percentile £55.41 £63.14 £9.75
Median hourly rate £62.07 £66.00 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% +560.00% -77.01%
75th Percentile £86.10 £76.99 £10.25
90th Percentile £87.53 £79.19 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -5.23% +208.79% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Reading over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Reading

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Reading over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 17 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.66%) OpenStack
3 3 (0.83%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.28%) JBoss
4 1 (0.28%) Moodle
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 40 (11.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.11%) Siemens NX
2 4 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.28%) 3ds Max
3 1 (0.28%) Blender
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 25 (6.93%) SAP QM
2 21 (5.82%) SAP EWM
3 12 (3.32%) Primavera
4 4 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.11%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.83%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 77 (21.33%) Azure
2 40 (11.08%) AWS
3 18 (4.99%) Azure Monitor
4 17 (4.71%) Azure Storage
4 17 (4.71%) Entra ID
5 16 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (3.88%) OCI
7 9 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.94%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (1.66%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (1.66%) Serverless
10 3 (0.83%) GitHub
11 2 (0.55%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.55%) Amazon SQS
12 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.28%) Azure Service Bus
12 1 (0.28%) GCP
12 1 (0.28%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.28%) PaaS
12 1 (0.28%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 66 (18.28%) Firewall
2 31 (8.59%) DHCP
2 31 (8.59%) DNS
3 26 (7.20%) LAN
4 22 (6.09%) Intrusion Detection
5 14 (3.88%) SAN
6 10 (2.77%) WAN
7 2 (0.55%) Internet
7 2 (0.55%) MPLS
8 1 (0.28%) BGP
8 1 (0.28%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.28%) GGSN
8 1 (0.28%) HTTP
8 1 (0.28%) IPsec
8 1 (0.28%) PBX
8 1 (0.28%) RNC
8 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.28%) SGSN
8 1 (0.28%) Skype
8 1 (0.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.03%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (6.37%) Oracle Database
3 18 (4.99%) Oracle Database 11g
4 9 (2.49%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.66%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.83%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.55%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.28%) GIS
8 1 (0.28%) Power BI
8 1 (0.28%) Spatial Data
8 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (10.80%) Jenkins
2 29 (8.03%) Selenium
3 25 (6.93%) Cucumber
4 24 (6.65%) REST Assured
4 24 (6.65%) SonarQube
5 16 (4.43%) GitLab
6 15 (4.16%) Git
7 13 (3.60%) JIRA
8 7 (1.94%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.11%) JUnit
10 3 (0.83%) JMeter
10 3 (0.83%) LoadRunner
10 3 (0.83%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.28%) Appium
11 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.28%) Axure RP
11 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.28%) MSTest
11 1 (0.28%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.28%) TestRail
General
1 129 (35.73%) Social Skills
2 65 (18.01%) Public Sector
3 38 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.42%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (5.54%) Law
6 13 (3.60%) Police
7 6 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.11%) Aviation
8 4 (1.11%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.11%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.55%) Finance
11 1 (0.28%) Advertising
11 1 (0.28%) Electronics
11 1 (0.28%) Environmental Health
11 1 (0.28%) Marketing
11 1 (0.28%) Military
Job Titles
1 54 (14.96%) Consultant
2 52 (14.40%) SAP Consultant
3 46 (12.74%) Senior
4 37 (10.25%) Architect
5 35 (9.70%) Developer
6 28 (7.76%) Security Architect
7 26 (7.20%) Active Directory Support
8 25 (6.93%) Azure Specialist
8 25 (6.93%) Support Specialist
9 24 (6.65%) Active Directory Specialist
9 24 (6.65%) SAP QM Consultant
10 23 (6.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 21 (5.82%) Build Engineer
11 21 (5.82%) Support Engineer
11 21 (5.82%) Windows Build Engineer
11 21 (5.82%) Windows Engineer
12 20 (5.54%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 18 (4.99%) Administrator
13 18 (4.99%) Systems Administrator
14 17 (4.71%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (8.59%) REST
2 29 (8.03%) ARM Templates
3 25 (6.93%) Java EE
4 9 (2.49%) Itk
5 8 (2.22%) .NET
6 7 (1.94%) ASP.NET
7 6 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (1.66%) Node.js
7 6 (1.66%) Spring
7 6 (1.66%) Spring Boot
7 6 (1.66%) Web Services
8 4 (1.11%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.11%) RESTful
8 4 (1.11%) SOAP
9 3 (0.83%) J2EE
9 3 (0.83%) SAP Basis
9 3 (0.83%) SAP Fiori
10 2 (0.55%) Kafka
10 2 (0.55%) Mustache
10 2 (0.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.42%) Driving Licence
2 19 (5.26%) PKI
3 17 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.16%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.94%) Client/Server
6 6 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.11%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.83%) iPad
10 2 (0.55%) CSOC
10 2 (0.55%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.55%) Robotics
11 1 (0.28%) Animation
11 1 (0.28%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.28%) Graphic Design
11 1 (0.28%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 100 (27.70%) Windows
2 69 (19.11%) Windows 10
3 63 (17.45%) Windows Server
4 55 (15.24%) Windows Server 2016
4 55 (15.24%) Windows Server 2019
5 45 (12.47%) Linux
6 35 (9.70%) Windows Server 2012
7 34 (9.42%) Windows 7
8 21 (5.82%) Windows NT
9 14 (3.88%) Windows XP
10 11 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (1.66%) Unix
12 2 (0.55%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (28.81%) DevOps
2 92 (25.48%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (25.21%) ITIL
4 56 (15.51%) Customer Service
5 42 (11.63%) Software Engineering
6 41 (11.36%) Release Management
7 40 (11.08%) Agile
7 40 (11.08%) User Acceptance Testing
8 38 (10.53%) Performance Tuning
8 38 (10.53%) Service Management
9 34 (9.42%) Software Testing
10 33 (9.14%) Decision-Making
11 31 (8.59%) Infrastructure as Code
11 31 (8.59%) Test Automation
12 28 (7.76%) Deployment Automation
13 27 (7.48%) Continuous Integration
13 27 (7.48%) Technical Leadership
14 25 (6.93%) Project Management
14 25 (6.93%) Software Architecture
15 23 (6.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 49 (13.57%) PowerShell
2 32 (8.86%) Java
3 31 (8.59%) C#
4 28 (7.76%) SQL
5 24 (6.65%) VBScript
6 19 (5.26%) PL/SQL
7 17 (4.71%) VB
8 16 (4.43%) Bicep
9 10 (2.77%) Python
10 6 (1.66%) C
10 6 (1.66%) JavaScript
11 5 (1.39%) Bash
12 3 (0.83%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.55%) C++
14 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 239 (66.20%) DV Cleared
2 174 (48.20%) SC Cleared
3 50 (13.85%) Degree
4 17 (4.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 14 (3.88%) CCNA
5 14 (3.88%) CCNP
5 14 (3.88%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.28%) RIBA
8 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.09%) QA
2 1 (0.28%) NCSC
2 1 (0.28%) PMO
2 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 63 (17.45%) Active Directory
2 38 (10.53%) Firmware
3 24 (6.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (5.54%) Docker
5 19 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (4.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (3.88%) Hyper-V
7 14 (3.88%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 88 (24.38%) SCCM
2 52 (14.40%) WSUS
3 40 (11.08%) Kubernetes
4 39 (10.80%) Ansible
5 33 (9.14%) SCOM
6 21 (5.82%) Sysprep
7 18 (4.99%) Terraform
8 17 (4.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 17 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
9 15 (4.16%) EMC NetWorker
10 14 (3.88%) NetBackup
10 14 (3.88%) vCenter Server
11 12 (3.32%) Docker Swarm
11 12 (3.32%) Podman
12 2 (0.55%) Packer
12 2 (0.55%) vRealize
13 1 (0.28%) Grafana
13 1 (0.28%) Istio
13 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 106 (29.36%) Microsoft
2 59 (16.34%) SAP
3 49 (13.57%) HP
4 46 (12.74%) Oracle
5 26 (7.20%) VMware
6 25 (6.93%) Cisco
7 23 (6.37%) Juniper
8 15 (4.16%) EMC
9 14 (3.88%) 3PAR
9 14 (3.88%) Dell
9 14 (3.88%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (3.88%) Palo Alto
9 14 (3.88%) Symantec
9 14 (3.88%) Veeam
10 5 (1.39%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.11%) Siemens
12 2 (0.55%) NEC
12 2 (0.55%) SolarWinds
13 1 (0.28%) Google
13 1 (0.28%) OpenText