SC Cleared Contracts in Berkshire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -7 +7 +11
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 155 318 204
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 13.17% 16.11% 11.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.56% 35.45% 35.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 228 110
10th Percentile £303 £359 £336
25th Percentile £375 £500 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £605 £543
Median % change year-on-year -17.36% +11.52% +2.36%
75th Percentile £597 £661 £623
90th Percentile £650 £725 £721
South East median daily rate £513 £575 £510
% change year-on-year -10.87% +12.75% -2.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 21 18
10th Percentile £46.31 £48.18 £17.15
25th Percentile £60.75 £52.90 £20.75
Median hourly rate £74.00 £58.30 £58.44
Median % change year-on-year +26.93% -0.24% -26.95%
75th Percentile £78.60 £67.81 £69.05
90th Percentile £86.20 £84.40 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £62.55
% change year-on-year -58.08% -4.08% +1.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

SC Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 424 897 582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.02% 45.44% 31.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 422 306
10th Percentile £324 £281 £343
25th Percentile £425 £459 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £609 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £722 £709
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 96 42
10th Percentile £27.81 £41.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £42.91 £54.50 £49.94
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.34
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.72% +211.13%
75th Percentile £87.38 £85.65 £75.50
90th Percentile £88.87 £88.77 £80.14
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.18% -4.42% +33.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Berkshire over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in Berkshire over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -6 66 £550 -9.09% 81
Wokingham -2 52 £450 -7.75% 12
Bracknell +1 4 £563 +45.16% 32
Slough -2 2 - - 94
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 6 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.29%) IIS
3 1 (0.65%) Apache
3 1 (0.65%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.65%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.29%) MS Visio
1 2 (1.29%) Windchill
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.29%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.65%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.65%) Primavera
3 1 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.65%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 37 (23.87%) Azure
2 25 (16.13%) AWS
3 7 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (3.87%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.87%) SaaS
5 5 (3.23%) Azure Storage
5 5 (3.23%) Tricentis Tosca
6 4 (2.58%) GCP
7 3 (1.94%) Azure Stack
7 3 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.94%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.65%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.65%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.65%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (0.65%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.65%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 15 (9.68%) DNS
2 14 (9.03%) Firewall
3 11 (7.10%) DHCP
4 10 (6.45%) SAN
5 6 (3.87%) SMTP
5 6 (3.87%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.58%) FTP
6 4 (2.58%) NAS
6 4 (2.58%) Network Security
6 4 (2.58%) Telnet
6 4 (2.58%) WAN
7 3 (1.94%) VoIP
8 2 (1.29%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (1.29%) IP Telephony
8 2 (1.29%) LAN
8 2 (1.29%) NetScaler
8 2 (1.29%) PBX
8 2 (1.29%) Unified Communications
8 2 (1.29%) VXLAN
8 2 (1.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.87%) GIS
2 5 (3.23%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.94%) Power BI
4 2 (1.29%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.65%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.65%) MS Access
5 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (11.61%) JIRA
2 14 (9.03%) Jenkins
3 13 (8.39%) Cucumber
3 13 (8.39%) GitLab
3 13 (8.39%) REST Assured
3 13 (8.39%) Selenium
4 10 (6.45%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.94%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.65%) DbUnit
6 1 (0.65%) Git
6 1 (0.65%) jMock
6 1 (0.65%) JUnit
6 1 (0.65%) Maven
6 1 (0.65%) Mockito
6 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 49 (31.61%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.84%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (11.61%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.45%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.16%) Law
6 4 (2.58%) Finance
6 4 (2.58%) Police
7 3 (1.94%) Military
8 2 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.65%) Banking
9 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (11.61%) Architect
2 13 (8.39%) Consultant
2 13 (8.39%) Senior
3 11 (7.10%) Analyst
3 11 (7.10%) Solutions Consultant
4 9 (5.81%) Java Engineer
4 9 (5.81%) Java Software Engineer
4 9 (5.81%) Network Engineer
4 9 (5.81%) Software Engineer
5 8 (5.16%) Administrator
5 8 (5.16%) Developer
6 7 (4.52%) Information Security Specialist
6 7 (4.52%) Information Specialist
6 7 (4.52%) Lead
6 7 (4.52%) Security Specialist
6 7 (4.52%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 7 (4.52%) Senior Information Security Specialist
6 7 (4.52%) Senior Security Specialist
6 7 (4.52%) Support Engineer
7 6 (3.87%) Storage and Backup Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.03%) REST
2 13 (8.39%) Java EE
3 10 (6.45%) ARM Templates
4 9 (5.81%) RFC 2544
5 6 (3.87%) SOAP
6 3 (1.94%) .NET
6 3 (1.94%) Apache Axis
7 1 (0.65%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.65%) ActiveMQ
7 1 (0.65%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.65%) Bootstrap
7 1 (0.65%) Hibernate
7 1 (0.65%) JPA
7 1 (0.65%) Middleware
7 1 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.65%) Spring
7 1 (0.65%) Spring Batch
7 1 (0.65%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.65%) Spring Integration
7 1 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.19%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.45%) Enterprise Storage
3 8 (5.16%) CMDB
4 7 (4.52%) Fibre Optics
5 6 (3.87%) Operational Technology
6 5 (3.23%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.23%) SCADA
7 4 (2.58%) PKI
8 3 (1.94%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.29%) Clustering
9 2 (1.29%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.29%) Replication
10 1 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.65%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.65%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.65%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.65%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (16.13%) Windows
2 18 (11.61%) Linux
3 14 (9.03%) Windows Server
4 11 (7.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (6.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (5.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.58%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.29%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.65%) Android
9 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (16.13%) Test Automation
3 20 (12.90%) DevOps
3 20 (12.90%) Technical Leadership
4 19 (12.26%) Configuration Management
5 18 (11.61%) ITIL
6 16 (10.32%) Containerisation
6 16 (10.32%) Disaster Recovery
6 16 (10.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (9.03%) Continuous Integration
7 14 (9.03%) Decision-Making
7 14 (9.03%) Test Scripting
8 13 (8.39%) Software Architecture
8 13 (8.39%) Software Engineering
9 12 (7.74%) Agile
10 11 (7.10%) High Availability
10 11 (7.10%) Migration
11 10 (6.45%) Infrastructure as Code
12 8 (5.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 8 (5.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.97%) Java
2 16 (10.32%) SQL
3 9 (5.81%) Python
4 8 (5.16%) Shell Script
5 6 (3.87%) PowerShell
6 5 (3.23%) Perl
6 5 (3.23%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.58%) C#
8 2 (1.29%) Ruby
9 1 (0.65%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.65%) Bash
9 1 (0.65%) Bicep
9 1 (0.65%) VB
9 1 (0.65%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 155 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (7.10%) DV Cleared
3 9 (5.81%) AWS Certification
4 8 (5.16%) CCNP
4 8 (5.16%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (4.52%) CISM
5 7 (4.52%) Degree
6 5 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.23%) CCNA
7 3 (1.94%) CCDP
7 3 (1.94%) CISSP
7 3 (1.94%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.65%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.65%) PMP
9 1 (0.65%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (5.16%) QA
3 7 (4.52%) NCSC
4 4 (2.58%) GDPR
5 2 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (8.39%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.45%) Docker
3 4 (2.58%) NFS
4 2 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.29%) vSphere
4 2 (1.29%) XenApp
4 2 (1.29%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.65%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.65%) Postfix
5 1 (0.65%) Samba
5 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (7.74%) Ansible
2 11 (7.10%) Kubernetes
3 10 (6.45%) NetBackup
4 9 (5.81%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (5.81%) Podman
4 9 (5.81%) Terraform
5 8 (5.16%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.94%) WSUS
6 3 (1.94%) yum
7 2 (1.29%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (1.29%) HP ALM
7 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.65%) Argo
8 1 (0.65%) Grafana
8 1 (0.65%) Istio
8 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.65%) SCCM
8 1 (0.65%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (11.61%) Cisco
2 16 (10.32%) HP
3 11 (7.10%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.10%) Red Hat
4 10 (6.45%) 3PAR
4 10 (6.45%) Veritas
5 9 (5.81%) Dell
5 9 (5.81%) NetApp
5 9 (5.81%) VMware
6 6 (3.87%) BMC
7 5 (3.23%) Nimble Storage
7 5 (3.23%) SAP
8 4 (2.58%) EMC
8 4 (2.58%) Juniper
8 4 (2.58%) Pure Storage
8 4 (2.58%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.29%) Citrix
9 2 (1.29%) IBM
9 2 (1.29%) Oracle
10 1 (0.65%) Intel