Security Cleared Contracts in Wokingham

Security Clearance
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wokingham with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 58 29 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wokingham 32.77% 41.43% 41.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 70.73% 70.73% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 23 14
10th Percentile £314 £338 £300
25th Percentile £357 £375 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -20.83% +26.32%
75th Percentile £557 £500 -
90th Percentile £668 £520 -
Berkshire median daily rate £583 £575 £586
% change year-on-year +1.30% -1.88% +9.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £66.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.75 £62.07 £64.68
% change year-on-year +2.69% -4.02% +207.24%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wokingham

Security 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 82 41 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 46.33% 58.57% 47.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 31 17
10th Percentile £325 £338 £300
25th Percentile £388 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £491 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.19% -18.22% +26.32%
75th Percentile £565 £556 -
90th Percentile £675 £600 £710
Berkshire median daily rate £545 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -0.91% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £66.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £66.87 £61.60 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.56% -5.23% +208.79%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Wokingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Wokingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wokingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Wokingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Wokingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Wokingham

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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 8 (13.79%) Apache
2 2 (3.45%) IIS
2 2 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.72%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (1.72%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.52%) Azure
2 5 (8.62%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (32.76%) DNS
2 16 (27.59%) DHCP
3 13 (22.41%) SMTP
4 11 (18.97%) FTP
4 11 (18.97%) Telnet
5 5 (8.62%) TCP/IP
6 4 (6.90%) tcpdump
7 3 (5.17%) VoIP
8 2 (3.45%) Ethernet
8 2 (3.45%) IP Telephony
8 2 (3.45%) MPLS
8 2 (3.45%) NetScaler
8 2 (3.45%) Network Security
8 2 (3.45%) PBX
8 2 (3.45%) SDH
9 1 (1.72%) Cisco IPT
9 1 (1.72%) DMVPN
9 1 (1.72%) SSL
9 1 (1.72%) Unified Communications
9 1 (1.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) Power BI
2 1 (1.72%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Selenium
General
1 9 (15.52%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.34%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (13.79%) Analyst
1 8 (13.79%) Support Engineer
2 7 (12.07%) Architect
3 6 (10.34%) Administrator
4 5 (8.62%) Auditor
4 5 (8.62%) Security Auditor
5 4 (6.90%) Data Analyst
5 4 (6.90%) Infrastructure Support
5 4 (6.90%) Lead
5 4 (6.90%) Linux Administrator
6 3 (5.17%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.17%) Voice Architect
7 2 (3.45%) Applications Architect
7 2 (3.45%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Linux Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Network Analyst
7 2 (3.45%) Windows Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.90%) LDAP
2 2 (3.45%) Apache Axis
3 1 (1.72%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.72%) JSON
3 1 (1.72%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.79%) CMDB
1 8 (13.79%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.90%) Enterprise Storage
3 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.17%) SCADA
4 2 (3.45%) Clustering
4 2 (3.45%) Low-Code
4 2 (3.45%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.45%) PKI
5 1 (1.72%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.72%) CSOC
5 1 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (34.48%) Windows
2 18 (31.03%) Linux
3 11 (18.97%) Windows Server
4 10 (17.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (8.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (5.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (3.45%) Windows 10
7 2 (3.45%) Windows 7
7 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (18.97%) ITIL
3 10 (17.24%) Vulnerability Management
4 8 (13.79%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (10.34%) Agile
5 6 (10.34%) Containerisation
5 6 (10.34%) Incident Management
5 6 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (10.34%) Migration
5 6 (10.34%) Performance Tuning
5 6 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (8.62%) Change Management
6 5 (8.62%) DevSecOps
6 5 (8.62%) High Availability
6 5 (8.62%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (8.62%) Security Testing
6 5 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (8.62%) Workflow
6 5 (8.62%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.90%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.17%) Java
2 3 (5.17%) Python
2 3 (5.17%) Shell Script
2 3 (5.17%) SQL
3 2 (3.45%) C#
3 2 (3.45%) Ruby
4 1 (1.72%) Perl
4 1 (1.72%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (93.10%) SC Cleared
2 4 (6.90%) CCNP
2 4 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (5.17%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (5.17%) Degree
4 2 (3.45%) CCNA
4 2 (3.45%) CISSP
5 1 (1.72%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.72%) GIAC
5 1 (1.72%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) NCSC
2 3 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.45%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 11 (18.97%) NFS
2 10 (17.24%) Active Directory
3 8 (13.79%) Samba
4 2 (3.45%) vSphere
4 2 (3.45%) XenApp
4 2 (3.45%) XenDesktop
5 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (17.24%) yum
2 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (8.62%) Ansible
4 4 (6.90%) NetBackup
5 2 (3.45%) BMC PATROL
5 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (3.45%) SCCM
5 2 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (3.45%) WSUS
6 1 (1.72%) Argo
6 1 (1.72%) Istio
6 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (20.69%) VMware
2 10 (17.24%) HP
2 10 (17.24%) Red Hat
3 6 (10.34%) BMC
3 6 (10.34%) Dell
4 4 (6.90%) 3PAR
4 4 (6.90%) Microsoft
4 4 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 4 (6.90%) Veritas
5 2 (3.45%) Cisco
5 2 (3.45%) Citrix
5 2 (3.45%) Juniper
6 1 (1.72%) Blue Coat
6 1 (1.72%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.72%) F5
6 1 (1.72%) Remedy