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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 3 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 +18 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 354 196 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 30.20% 19.33% 7.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 68.60% 60.87% 30.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 140 92
10th Percentile £213 £408 £408
25th Percentile £501 £485 £456
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 £731 £721 £725
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £573 £536
% change year-on-year +0.44% +6.76% +15.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 12 0
10th Percentile £51.30 - -
25th Percentile £56.50 £63.14 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% - -
75th Percentile £86.55 £75.89 -
90th Percentile £87.53 £79.19 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £62.07 £64.84 £21.05
% change year-on-year -4.26% +208.02% -

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 516 322 335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 44.03% 31.76% 24.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 202 222
10th Percentile £205 £363 £313
25th Percentile £455 £465 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £570 £498
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +14.57% +5.29%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £603
90th Percentile £721 £721 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £550 £489
% change year-on-year - +12.53% +5.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 15 1
10th Percentile £44.80 £56.76 -
25th Percentile £56.25 £63.14 £9.75
Median hourly rate £61.65 £66.00 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% +560.00% -77.01%
75th Percentile £85.65 £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 8 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 8 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 (4.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.13%) OpenStack
2 4 (1.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.28%) JBoss
3 1 (0.28%) Moodle
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 38 (10.73%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.13%) Siemens NX
2 4 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.28%) 3ds Max
3 1 (0.28%) Blender
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 25 (7.06%) SAP QM
2 21 (5.93%) SAP EWM
3 12 (3.39%) Primavera
4 5 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (1.13%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.85%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 77 (21.75%) Azure
2 36 (10.17%) AWS
3 17 (4.80%) Azure Monitor
3 17 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (4.52%) Azure Storage
4 16 (4.52%) Entra ID
5 14 (3.95%) OCI
6 9 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (1.13%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (1.13%) Serverless
9 2 (0.56%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.56%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (0.56%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.28%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.28%) GitHub
10 1 (0.28%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.28%) PaaS
10 1 (0.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (18.36%) Firewall
2 30 (8.47%) DHCP
2 30 (8.47%) DNS
3 25 (7.06%) LAN
4 22 (6.21%) Intrusion Detection
5 14 (3.95%) SAN
6 10 (2.82%) WAN
7 2 (0.56%) Internet
7 2 (0.56%) 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 25 (7.06%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (6.21%) Oracle Database
3 16 (4.52%) Oracle Database 11g
4 9 (2.54%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.13%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.13%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.28%) GIS
7 1 (0.28%) Power BI
7 1 (0.28%) Spatial Data
7 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 37 (10.45%) Jenkins
2 29 (8.19%) Selenium
3 25 (7.06%) Cucumber
4 24 (6.78%) REST Assured
4 24 (6.78%) SonarQube
5 16 (4.52%) GitLab
6 13 (3.67%) Git
6 13 (3.67%) JIRA
7 7 (1.98%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.85%) JMeter
8 3 (0.85%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.56%) JUnit
10 1 (0.28%) Appium
10 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.28%) MSTest
10 1 (0.28%) NUnit
10 1 (0.28%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.28%) TeamCity
General
1 126 (35.59%) Social Skills
2 62 (17.51%) Public Sector
3 38 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (9.04%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (5.65%) Law
6 13 (3.67%) Police
7 6 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.13%) Aviation
8 4 (1.13%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.13%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.56%) 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 55 (15.54%) Consultant
2 53 (14.97%) SAP Consultant
3 46 (12.99%) Senior
4 38 (10.73%) Architect
5 32 (9.04%) Developer
6 28 (7.91%) Security Architect
7 26 (7.34%) Active Directory Support
8 25 (7.06%) Support Specialist
9 24 (6.78%) Active Directory Specialist
9 24 (6.78%) Azure Specialist
9 24 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (6.78%) SAP QM Consultant
10 20 (5.65%) Build Engineer
10 20 (5.65%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 20 (5.65%) Support Engineer
10 20 (5.65%) Windows Build Engineer
10 20 (5.65%) Windows Engineer
11 18 (5.08%) Administrator
11 18 (5.08%) Systems Administrator
12 17 (4.80%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (8.19%) ARM Templates
1 29 (8.19%) REST
2 25 (7.06%) Java EE
3 9 (2.54%) Itk
4 8 (2.26%) .NET
5 7 (1.98%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.13%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (1.13%) Node.js
6 4 (1.13%) SAP Basis
6 4 (1.13%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (1.13%) Spring
6 4 (1.13%) Spring Boot
6 4 (1.13%) Web Services
7 2 (0.56%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.56%) Kafka
7 2 (0.56%) Mustache
7 2 (0.56%) React
7 2 (0.56%) RESTful
7 2 (0.56%) SOAP
8 1 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.04%) Driving Licence
2 18 (5.08%) PKI
3 16 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.24%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.98%) Client/Server
6 6 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.13%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.13%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.85%) iPad
10 2 (0.56%) CSOC
10 2 (0.56%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.56%) 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 96 (27.12%) Windows
2 66 (18.64%) Windows 10
3 62 (17.51%) Windows Server
4 54 (15.25%) Windows Server 2016
4 54 (15.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 45 (12.71%) Linux
6 34 (9.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 32 (9.04%) Windows 7
8 20 (5.65%) Windows NT
9 14 (3.95%) Windows XP
10 11 (3.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.13%) Unix
12 2 (0.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (28.25%) DevOps
2 91 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
3 87 (24.58%) ITIL
4 53 (14.97%) Customer Service
5 40 (11.30%) Software Engineering
6 39 (11.02%) Release Management
6 39 (11.02%) User Acceptance Testing
7 37 (10.45%) Agile
7 37 (10.45%) Performance Tuning
8 36 (10.17%) Service Management
9 33 (9.32%) Decision-Making
10 31 (8.76%) Infrastructure as Code
10 31 (8.76%) Software Testing
10 31 (8.76%) Test Automation
11 27 (7.63%) Continuous Integration
11 27 (7.63%) Deployment Automation
11 27 (7.63%) Technical Leadership
12 25 (7.06%) Project Management
12 25 (7.06%) Software Architecture
13 24 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 48 (13.56%) PowerShell
2 30 (8.47%) C#
2 30 (8.47%) Java
3 26 (7.34%) SQL
4 23 (6.50%) VBScript
5 17 (4.80%) PL/SQL
6 16 (4.52%) Bicep
6 16 (4.52%) VB
7 10 (2.82%) Python
8 6 (1.69%) C
9 5 (1.41%) Bash
10 4 (1.13%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.85%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.56%) C++
13 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 236 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 169 (47.74%) SC Cleared
3 49 (13.84%) Degree
4 16 (4.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 14 (3.95%) CCNA
5 14 (3.95%) CCNP
5 14 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.56%) ITIL 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 21 (5.93%) QA
2 1 (0.28%) NCSC
2 1 (0.28%) PMO
2 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 61 (17.23%) Active Directory
2 36 (10.17%) Firmware
3 24 (6.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (5.08%) Docker
4 18 (5.08%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (4.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (3.95%) Hyper-V
6 14 (3.95%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 84 (23.73%) SCCM
2 50 (14.12%) WSUS
3 37 (10.45%) Ansible
3 37 (10.45%) Kubernetes
4 32 (9.04%) SCOM
5 20 (5.65%) Sysprep
6 18 (5.08%) Terraform
7 16 (4.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 16 (4.52%) Microsoft Intune
8 15 (4.24%) EMC NetWorker
9 14 (3.95%) NetBackup
9 14 (3.95%) vCenter Server
10 12 (3.39%) Docker Swarm
10 12 (3.39%) Podman
11 2 (0.56%) Packer
11 2 (0.56%) vRealize
12 1 (0.28%) Grafana
12 1 (0.28%) Istio
12 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 103 (29.10%) Microsoft
2 60 (16.95%) SAP
3 47 (13.28%) HP
4 43 (12.15%) Oracle
5 26 (7.34%) VMware
6 25 (7.06%) Cisco
7 23 (6.50%) Juniper
8 15 (4.24%) EMC
9 14 (3.95%) 3PAR
9 14 (3.95%) Dell
9 14 (3.95%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (3.95%) Palo Alto
9 14 (3.95%) Symantec
9 14 (3.95%) Veeam
10 5 (1.41%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.13%) Siemens
12 2 (0.56%) NEC
12 2 (0.56%) SolarWinds
13 1 (0.28%) Google
13 1 (0.28%) OpenText