Security Cleared Jobs in Berkshire

Security Clearance
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 7 57
Rank change year-on-year +6 +50 -4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 775 550 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 24.96% 17.26% 5.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 54.77% 37.31% 18.30%
Number of salaries quoted 535 302 105
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,968 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,200 £36,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £45,600 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.24% -29.85% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,188 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £84,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £48,125 £55,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -13.29% +0.68%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,415 1,474 929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 45.57% 46.26% 27.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 610 397
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £28,800
25th Percentile £38,603 £36,713 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £51,010 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.02% -4.76% +5.00%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Berkshire

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Berkshire

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Berkshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Berkshire

Security Cleared
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +4 567 £54,000 +18.68% 94
Bracknell +17 89 £37,500 -24.24% 12
Newbury -15 10 £77,500 +72.22% 3
Maidenhead +12 4 £62,500 +8.70%
Wokingham - 4 £42,500 - 3
Slough +25 2 £55,000 -20.86%
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
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 41 (5.29%) WebLogic
2 29 (3.74%) ArcGIS
2 29 (3.74%) GeoServer
3 24 (3.10%) OpenStack
4 15 (1.94%) IIS
4 15 (1.94%) Oracle Service Bus
5 14 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (1.68%) CMS
7 12 (1.55%) Confluence
8 11 (1.42%) Red Hat Fuse
9 10 (1.29%) JBoss
10 6 (0.77%) Apache
10 6 (0.77%) nginx
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 55 (7.10%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.84%) MS Visio
3 20 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.52%) Siemens NX
5 4 (0.52%) Sketch
6 3 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (2.32%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.52%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.52%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.26%) C-CURE
4 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.26%) Primavera
5 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 133 (17.16%) Azure
2 94 (12.13%) AWS
3 33 (4.26%) Amazon EKS
4 28 (3.61%) Amazon ECS
4 28 (3.61%) Serverless
5 21 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (2.58%) Azure Monitor
6 20 (2.58%) Entra ID
7 16 (2.06%) OCI
8 14 (1.81%) Azure Storage
9 12 (1.55%) SaaS
10 8 (1.03%) GitHub
11 7 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (0.77%) Miro
12 6 (0.77%) PaaS
13 5 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (0.52%) Amazon SQS
14 4 (0.52%) Figma
14 4 (0.52%) Heroku
15 2 (0.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 80 (10.32%) Firewall
2 56 (7.23%) DNS
3 51 (6.58%) DHCP
4 20 (2.58%) LAN
5 16 (2.06%) WAN
6 15 (1.94%) BGP
6 15 (1.94%) OSPF
6 15 (1.94%) SNMP
7 13 (1.68%) SAN
7 13 (1.68%) Wireless
8 11 (1.42%) SD-WAN
8 11 (1.42%) SSL
9 10 (1.29%) VPN
10 8 (1.03%) HSRP
10 8 (1.03%) IPsec
11 7 (0.90%) Cisco Firepower
11 7 (0.90%) Network Security
11 7 (0.90%) TCP/IP
11 7 (0.90%) VLAN
12 6 (0.77%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (7.87%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (4.52%) Relational Database
3 34 (4.39%) GIS
4 29 (3.74%) QGIS
5 25 (3.23%) Oracle Database
6 23 (2.97%) Elasticsearch
7 20 (2.58%) NoSQL
8 17 (2.19%) SQL Server
9 16 (2.06%) Oracle Database 11g
10 15 (1.94%) Oracle Database 10g
10 15 (1.94%) VLDB
11 5 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.65%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.26%) MySQL
12 2 (0.26%) NonStop SQL
13 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.13%) Spatial Data
13 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 50 (6.45%) Jenkins
2 36 (4.65%) Git
3 21 (2.71%) GitLab
3 21 (2.71%) JIRA
4 14 (1.81%) JUnit
4 14 (1.81%) Visual Studio
5 13 (1.68%) Selenium
6 11 (1.42%) Cucumber
7 9 (1.16%) TestRail
8 7 (0.90%) REST Assured
8 7 (0.90%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.77%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.77%) TestNG
10 5 (0.65%) Bitbucket Server
10 5 (0.65%) JMeter
10 5 (0.65%) Oracle APEX
10 5 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
10 5 (0.65%) Serenity BDD
10 5 (0.65%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.52%) Subversion
General
1 190 (24.52%) Social Skills
2 62 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (6.84%) Public Sector
4 49 (6.32%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (3.23%) Police
6 17 (2.19%) Finance
7 15 (1.94%) Back Office
8 8 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (0.77%) Aerospace
9 6 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (0.77%) Manufacturing
10 5 (0.65%) Law
10 5 (0.65%) Local Government
11 4 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.52%) Legal
11 4 (0.52%) Publishing
11 4 (0.52%) Retail
11 4 (0.52%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.26%) Games
12 2 (0.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 133 (17.16%) Senior
2 90 (11.61%) Analyst
2 90 (11.61%) Architect
3 67 (8.65%) Systems Engineer
4 56 (7.23%) Developer
5 50 (6.45%) Software Engineer
6 44 (5.68%) Applications Support
7 40 (5.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 40 (5.16%) Support Analyst
8 39 (5.03%) Lead
8 39 (5.03%) Support Specialist
9 37 (4.77%) Applications Support Analyst
10 35 (4.52%) Network Engineer
10 35 (4.52%) Senior Software Engineer
11 33 (4.26%) Support Engineer
12 32 (4.13%) Administrator
13 30 (3.87%) Java Developer
14 27 (3.48%) Infrastructure Support
15 26 (3.35%) Senior Analyst
15 26 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (7.10%) Spring
2 43 (5.55%) REST
3 42 (5.42%) .NET
4 36 (4.65%) Web Services
5 35 (4.52%) AngularJS
5 35 (4.52%) React
6 34 (4.39%) Node.js
6 34 (4.39%) Spring Boot
7 32 (4.13%) OpenLayers
8 31 (4.00%) Elastic Stack
8 31 (4.00%) Leaflet
9 30 (3.87%) CSS
10 29 (3.74%) PostGIS
11 28 (3.61%) J2EE
12 27 (3.48%) .NET Core
12 27 (3.48%) XML
13 26 (3.35%) JSON
14 24 (3.10%) Apache Camel
14 24 (3.10%) Java EE
15 20 (2.58%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (4.00%) CMDB
3 27 (3.48%) Management Information System
4 26 (3.35%) PKI
5 23 (2.97%) Algorithms
5 23 (2.97%) Data Centre
5 23 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (2.45%) Product Ownership
7 15 (1.94%) Driving Licence
8 13 (1.68%) Digital Signage
9 11 (1.42%) Private Cloud
10 9 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (0.90%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.77%) CUDA
13 6 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
13 6 (0.77%) Public Cloud
14 4 (0.52%) Shadow IT
15 2 (0.26%) Client/Server
15 2 (0.26%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 160 (20.65%) Windows
2 150 (19.35%) Linux
3 91 (11.74%) Windows Server
4 74 (9.55%) Windows 10
5 58 (7.48%) Unix
5 58 (7.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 57 (7.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 47 (6.06%) Windows 7
8 44 (5.68%) Windows Server 2012
9 21 (2.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (1.94%) Solaris
11 14 (1.81%) Windows NT
12 13 (1.68%) CentOS
13 12 (1.55%) Windows XP
14 5 (0.65%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.13%) Debian
15 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (28.26%) Agile
2 157 (20.26%) Problem-Solving
3 154 (19.87%) Actionable Insight
4 143 (18.45%) ITIL
5 128 (16.52%) DevOps
6 93 (12.00%) Service Management
7 73 (9.42%) Customer Service
8 65 (8.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 61 (7.87%) Scrum
10 55 (7.10%) CI/CD
10 55 (7.10%) Incident Management
10 55 (7.10%) Release Management
11 54 (6.97%) Software Engineering
11 54 (6.97%) Software Testing
12 52 (6.71%) Decision-Making
12 52 (6.71%) ITSM
12 52 (6.71%) Project Management
13 48 (6.19%) Configuration Management
14 47 (6.06%) Change Management
15 43 (5.55%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 98 (12.65%) Python
2 90 (11.61%) JavaScript
3 83 (10.71%) Java
4 76 (9.81%) PowerShell
5 74 (9.55%) SQL
6 64 (8.26%) C#
7 34 (4.39%) Fortran
8 33 (4.26%) C++
9 29 (3.74%) Shell Script
10 25 (3.23%) VBScript
11 24 (3.10%) VB
12 22 (2.84%) Bash
12 22 (2.84%) PL/SQL
13 17 (2.19%) C
14 14 (1.81%) Bicep
15 9 (1.16%) Groovy
16 8 (1.03%) Perl
17 6 (0.77%) MATLAB
18 5 (0.65%) Go
18 5 (0.65%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 505 (65.16%) SC Cleared
2 269 (34.71%) DV Cleared
3 144 (18.58%) Degree
4 50 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
5 42 (5.42%) CCNA
6 30 (3.87%) CCNP
7 21 (2.71%) HNC
8 20 (2.58%) AWS Certification
9 19 (2.45%) A+ Certification
10 18 (2.32%) PhD
11 16 (2.06%) Azure Certification
12 15 (1.94%) Master's Degree
13 14 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 14 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (1.68%) MCP
15 10 (1.29%) ISTQB
16 9 (1.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 8 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (1.03%) Network+ Certification
18 7 (0.90%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.00%) SLA
2 19 (2.45%) QA
3 16 (2.06%) NIST
4 15 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.42%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.03%) JSP 440
6 8 (1.03%) PMO
6 8 (1.03%) RMADS
7 7 (0.90%) NCSC
8 6 (0.77%) GRC
8 6 (0.77%) NIST 800
9 5 (0.65%) WCAG
10 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 3 (0.39%) COBIT
12 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 1 (0.13%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 133 (17.16%) Active Directory
2 50 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (5.94%) Docker
4 41 (5.29%) Firmware
5 38 (4.90%) Hyper-V
6 22 (2.84%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (1.94%) KVM
7 15 (1.94%) Oracle RAC
8 14 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
8 14 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 105 (13.55%) SCCM
2 70 (9.03%) Kubernetes
3 66 (8.52%) SCOM
4 61 (7.87%) Ansible
5 48 (6.19%) WSUS
6 41 (5.29%) Terraform
7 23 (2.97%) vCenter Server
8 22 (2.84%) OpenSSO
8 22 (2.84%) Single Sign-On
9 20 (2.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 19 (2.45%) NetBackup
11 15 (1.94%) Data Guard
11 15 (1.94%) Oracle RMAN
11 15 (1.94%) Rancher
12 14 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
12 14 (1.81%) Sysprep
13 12 (1.55%) EMC NetWorker
14 6 (0.77%) Kibana
15 3 (0.39%) Nessus
15 3 (0.39%) OpenView
Vendors
1 205 (26.45%) Microsoft
2 82 (10.58%) Cisco
3 69 (8.90%) Oracle
4 65 (8.39%) VMware
5 56 (7.23%) Juniper
6 50 (6.45%) ServiceNow
7 45 (5.81%) HP
8 40 (5.16%) Remedy
9 29 (3.74%) ESRI
10 28 (3.61%) Dynatrace
11 24 (3.10%) WSO2
12 16 (2.06%) Extreme Networks
13 15 (1.94%) Sun
14 13 (1.68%) Dell
14 13 (1.68%) EMC
14 13 (1.68%) Riverbed
15 12 (1.55%) 3PAR
15 12 (1.55%) Palo Alto
15 12 (1.55%) Symantec
15 12 (1.55%) Veeam