SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wokingham with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 +9
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 52 49 29
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 25.74% 53.85% 40.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 60.47% 92.45% 72.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 42 12
10th Percentile £219 £232 £300
25th Percentile £313 £325 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £365 £488
Median % change year-on-year +6.22% -25.13% -18.75%
75th Percentile £458 £500 £575
90th Percentile £549 £598 £598
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £598 £525
% change year-on-year -16.39% +13.90% -4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wokingham

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 Wokingham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 86 53 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 42.57% 58.24% 56.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 46 20
10th Percentile £219 £238 £300
25th Percentile £322 £326 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £365 £538
Median % change year-on-year +13.01% -32.09% -6.52%
75th Percentile £460 £500 £675
90th Percentile £538 £600 £863
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £581 £525
% change year-on-year -13.94% +10.67% +2.44%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Wokingham

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Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing SC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing SC Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wokingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Wokingham over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Wokingham

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Hourly Rate Trend in Wokingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing SC Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing SC Cleared

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wokingham 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 2 (3.85%) Confluence
2 1 (1.92%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (46.15%) Azure
2 23 (44.23%) AWS
3 13 (25.00%) GCP
4 4 (7.69%) Azure Storage
5 3 (5.77%) SaaS
6 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.92%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.92%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (23.08%) DHCP
1 12 (23.08%) DNS
2 10 (19.23%) TCP/IP
3 9 (17.31%) SAN
3 9 (17.31%) VLAN
4 4 (7.69%) NAS
4 4 (7.69%) Network Security
5 3 (5.77%) Wireshark
6 1 (1.92%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.92%) FTP
6 1 (1.92%) MPLS
6 1 (1.92%) SDH
6 1 (1.92%) SMTP
6 1 (1.92%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Burp Suite
1 3 (5.77%) JIRA
1 3 (5.77%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.92%) NeoLoad
General
1 25 (48.08%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (44.23%) Social Skills
3 8 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (21.15%) Support Engineer
2 9 (17.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (17.31%) Infrastructure Support
2 9 (17.31%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 5 (9.62%) Administrator
3 5 (9.62%) Backup Administrator
3 5 (9.62%) Storage Administrator
3 5 (9.62%) Storage and Backup Administrator
4 4 (7.69%) Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) Lead
4 4 (7.69%) SIEM Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Architect
5 3 (5.77%) Penetration Tester
5 3 (5.77%) SIEM Architect
5 3 (5.77%) Site Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Tester
6 2 (3.85%) Coordinator
6 2 (3.85%) Data Centre Specialist
6 2 (3.85%) HP Storage Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.31%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (9.62%) Enterprise Storage
3 4 (7.69%) CMDB
3 4 (7.69%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 4 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (5.77%) CSOC
4 3 (5.77%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.85%) SCADA
6 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.92%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.92%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 16 (30.77%) Linux
2 15 (28.85%) Windows
3 3 (5.77%) Kali Linux
3 3 (5.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (5.77%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (5.77%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (5.77%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (42.31%) Disaster Recovery
1 22 (42.31%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (32.69%) ITIL
3 14 (26.92%) Service Management
4 10 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (17.31%) Change Management
5 9 (17.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (17.31%) Preventative Maintenance
5 9 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (17.31%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 8 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (13.46%) SIEM
8 6 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (11.54%) High Availability
9 5 (9.62%) ITSM
9 5 (9.62%) Penetration Testing
9 5 (9.62%) Performance Metrics
10 4 (7.69%) Business Continuity
10 4 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
10 4 (7.69%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.15%) Python
2 7 (13.46%) PowerShell
3 4 (7.69%) Go
3 4 (7.69%) Java
3 4 (7.69%) Shell Script
4 3 (5.77%) Bash
5 1 (1.92%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 52 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 9 (17.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (17.31%) Network+ Certification
3 9 (17.31%) Server+ Certification
4 7 (13.46%) CEH
5 6 (11.54%) CISSP
6 4 (7.69%) AWS Certification
6 4 (7.69%) Degree
6 4 (7.69%) GIAC
7 3 (5.77%) GPEN
7 3 (5.77%) OSCP
8 2 (3.85%) CISM
8 2 (3.85%) PMI Certification
8 2 (3.85%) PMP
9 1 (1.92%) CCNA
9 1 (1.92%) CCNP
9 1 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.92%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.92%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (7.69%) GDPR
3 2 (3.85%) NIST
3 2 (3.85%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (19.23%) Hyper-V
1 10 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.85%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.92%) NFS
3 1 (1.92%) Samba
3 1 (1.92%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (9.62%) NetBackup
2 4 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.69%) QRadar
3 3 (5.77%) Nmap
4 1 (1.92%) Kibana
4 1 (1.92%) yum
Vendors
1 12 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 10 (19.23%) VMware
3 9 (17.31%) NetApp
4 7 (13.46%) Splunk
5 5 (9.62%) 3PAR
5 5 (9.62%) Google
5 5 (9.62%) HP
5 5 (9.62%) Nimble Storage
5 5 (9.62%) ServiceNow
5 5 (9.62%) Veritas
6 4 (7.69%) ArcSight
6 4 (7.69%) EMC
6 4 (7.69%) Pure Storage
7 3 (5.77%) Red Hat
8 2 (3.85%) Dell
9 1 (1.92%) FireEye
9 1 (1.92%) Intel
9 1 (1.92%) Tanium
9 1 (1.92%) Workday