SC Cleared Jobs in Reading

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 17 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 22 54
Rank change year-on-year +19 +32 +3
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 378 163 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 22.03% 10.27% 4.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 47.43% 22.67% 17.26%
Number of salaries quoted 219 88 53
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £25,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.61% -24.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,875 £84,750
Berkshire median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year +0.95% -6.67% -13.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

SC 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 permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 797 719 475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 46.45% 45.31% 27.17%
Number of salaries quoted 494 309 204
10th Percentile £29,804 £27,875 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,063 £35,011 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -5.66% -11.67%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £71,563
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,500 £80,000
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -12.50%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Reading

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Reading

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Reading.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in Reading

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Reading over the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Reading

SC Cleared
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 41 (10.85%) WebLogic
2 29 (7.67%) ArcGIS
2 29 (7.67%) GeoServer
3 24 (6.35%) OpenStack
4 16 (4.23%) IIS
5 15 (3.97%) Oracle Service Bus
6 13 (3.44%) CMS
7 11 (2.91%) Red Hat Fuse
8 10 (2.65%) Confluence
8 10 (2.65%) JBoss
9 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (1.59%) Apache
11 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 38 (10.05%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (5.82%) MS Visio
3 18 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.06%) Sketch
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (4.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 101 (26.72%) Azure
2 85 (22.49%) AWS
3 31 (8.20%) Amazon EKS
4 25 (6.61%) Amazon ECS
4 25 (6.61%) Serverless
5 12 (3.17%) OCI
6 9 (2.38%) GitHub
7 7 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (1.85%) Azure Storage
7 7 (1.85%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.85%) SaaS
8 6 (1.59%) Miro
9 4 (1.06%) Amazon SQS
9 4 (1.06%) Figma
9 4 (1.06%) Heroku
10 2 (0.53%) PaaS
10 2 (0.53%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.53%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.53%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 48 (12.70%) Firewall
2 39 (10.32%) DNS
3 35 (9.26%) DHCP
4 16 (4.23%) SNMP
5 12 (3.17%) SAN
6 10 (2.65%) WAN
7 9 (2.38%) SD-WAN
7 9 (2.38%) Wireless
8 4 (1.06%) BGP
8 4 (1.06%) LAN
8 4 (1.06%) SSL
8 4 (1.06%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.26%) HTTP
9 1 (0.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (14.81%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (8.47%) Relational Database
3 29 (7.67%) GIS
3 29 (7.67%) QGIS
4 24 (6.35%) Elasticsearch
5 20 (5.29%) Oracle Database
6 17 (4.50%) NoSQL
7 16 (4.23%) Oracle Database 11g
8 15 (3.97%) Oracle Database 10g
8 15 (3.97%) VLDB
9 6 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.32%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.32%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.53%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.53%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 51 (13.49%) Jenkins
2 34 (8.99%) Git
3 21 (5.56%) JIRA
4 14 (3.70%) JUnit
5 13 (3.44%) Cucumber
5 13 (3.44%) Selenium
6 7 (1.85%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.85%) Bitbucket Server
6 7 (1.85%) JMeter
6 7 (1.85%) REST Assured
6 7 (1.85%) Serenity BDD
6 7 (1.85%) WebDriver
7 6 (1.59%) SoapUI
7 6 (1.59%) TestNG
8 5 (1.32%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.06%) AdminStudio
9 4 (1.06%) InstallShield
9 4 (1.06%) MSI
9 4 (1.06%) Subversion
10 3 (0.79%) Artifactory
General
1 132 (34.92%) Social Skills
2 46 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (10.05%) Organisational Skills
4 32 (8.47%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.08%) Police
6 15 (3.97%) Back Office
7 8 (2.12%) Finance
7 8 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.59%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.06%) Retail
10 1 (0.26%) Advertising
10 1 (0.26%) Electronics
10 1 (0.26%) Games
10 1 (0.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.26%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 79 (20.90%) Senior
2 54 (14.29%) Analyst
3 44 (11.64%) Applications Support
4 41 (10.85%) Software Engineer
5 37 (9.79%) Applications Support Analyst
5 37 (9.79%) Support Analyst
6 36 (9.52%) Developer
7 35 (9.26%) Architect
8 27 (7.14%) Java Developer
8 27 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
9 24 (6.35%) Senior Analyst
9 24 (6.35%) Systems Engineer
9 24 (6.35%) Windows Engineer
9 24 (6.35%) Windows Systems Engineer
10 23 (6.08%) Support Specialist
11 22 (5.82%) Senior Applications Support
11 22 (5.82%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
11 22 (5.82%) Senior Support Analyst
12 21 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 21 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (14.02%) Spring
2 36 (9.52%) .NET
3 34 (8.99%) REST
4 33 (8.73%) React
5 32 (8.47%) AngularJS
5 32 (8.47%) Node.js
5 32 (8.47%) Spring Boot
5 32 (8.47%) Web Services
6 29 (7.67%) Leaflet
6 29 (7.67%) OpenLayers
6 29 (7.67%) PostGIS
7 28 (7.41%) J2EE
8 26 (6.88%) .NET Core
8 26 (6.88%) Elastic Stack
9 25 (6.61%) CSS
10 24 (6.35%) Apache Camel
10 24 (6.35%) Java EE
11 19 (5.03%) XML
12 18 (4.76%) JSON
13 15 (3.97%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.20%) CMDB
2 23 (6.08%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.44%) Data Centre
4 13 (3.44%) Digital Signage
5 12 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.85%) PKI
6 7 (1.85%) Public Cloud
6 7 (1.85%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.06%) Shadow IT
8 3 (0.79%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.53%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.26%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.26%) Lidar
10 1 (0.26%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 80 (21.16%) Windows
2 76 (20.11%) Linux
3 55 (14.55%) Windows Server
4 42 (11.11%) Windows 10
5 39 (10.32%) Unix
6 27 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 27 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (5.82%) Windows 7
8 20 (5.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 15 (3.97%) Solaris
10 12 (3.17%) Windows XP
11 8 (2.12%) Windows NT
12 5 (1.32%) Ubuntu
13 4 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (44.97%) Agile
2 134 (35.45%) Actionable Insight
3 103 (27.25%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (25.13%) DevOps
5 80 (21.16%) ITIL
6 67 (17.72%) Service Management
7 52 (13.76%) Scrum
8 51 (13.49%) ITSM
9 49 (12.96%) Customer Service
10 43 (11.38%) Software Engineering
11 39 (10.32%) CI/CD
12 37 (9.79%) Containerisation
12 37 (9.79%) Incident Management
12 37 (9.79%) Project Management
13 33 (8.73%) Waterfall
14 32 (8.47%) BDD
15 31 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 31 (8.20%) Kanban
15 31 (8.20%) Microservices
16 29 (7.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 78 (20.63%) JavaScript
2 74 (19.58%) Java
3 55 (14.55%) SQL
4 46 (12.17%) Python
5 40 (10.58%) C#
6 33 (8.73%) PowerShell
7 28 (7.41%) Shell Script
8 17 (4.50%) PL/SQL
9 11 (2.91%) VB
10 10 (2.65%) Groovy
11 7 (1.85%) Bicep
11 7 (1.85%) VBScript
12 5 (1.32%) C++
13 4 (1.06%) C
13 4 (1.06%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.53%) Perl
15 1 (0.26%) Bash
15 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 378 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 122 (32.28%) DV Cleared
3 62 (16.40%) Degree
4 17 (4.50%) AWS Certification
5 14 (3.70%) A+ Certification
5 14 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (3.44%) Azure Certification
6 13 (3.44%) MCP
7 12 (3.17%) CCNA
7 12 (3.17%) CCNP
7 12 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.26%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.26%) MCDST
10 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (13.23%) SLA
2 10 (2.65%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.38%) QA
4 5 (1.32%) PMO
4 5 (1.32%) WCAG
5 3 (0.79%) COBIT
6 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 70 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 45 (11.90%) Docker
3 28 (7.41%) Hyper-V
4 16 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (3.97%) KVM
5 15 (3.97%) Oracle RAC
6 12 (3.17%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (2.91%) Firmware
8 7 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.06%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 58 (15.34%) SCCM
2 52 (13.76%) SCOM
3 50 (13.23%) Kubernetes
4 33 (8.73%) Ansible
5 32 (8.47%) WSUS
6 29 (7.67%) Terraform
7 22 (5.82%) OpenSSO
7 22 (5.82%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (3.97%) Data Guard
8 15 (3.97%) Oracle RMAN
9 12 (3.17%) EMC NetWorker
9 12 (3.17%) NetBackup
9 12 (3.17%) vCenter Server
10 8 (2.12%) Sysprep
11 7 (1.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.79%) OpenView
13 2 (0.53%) Kustomize
14 1 (0.26%) Istio
14 1 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 95 (25.13%) Microsoft
2 57 (15.08%) Oracle
3 41 (10.85%) ServiceNow
4 40 (10.58%) Remedy
5 31 (8.20%) HP
6 29 (7.67%) Dynatrace
6 29 (7.67%) ESRI
7 24 (6.35%) WSO2
8 23 (6.08%) VMware
9 21 (5.56%) Cisco
9 21 (5.56%) Juniper
10 15 (3.97%) Sun
11 13 (3.44%) EMC
11 13 (3.44%) Riverbed
12 12 (3.17%) 3PAR
12 12 (3.17%) Dell
12 12 (3.17%) Extreme Networks
12 12 (3.17%) Palo Alto
12 12 (3.17%) Symantec
12 12 (3.17%) Veeam