SC Cleared Jobs in Reading

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 22 52
Rank change year-on-year +19 +30 +13
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 362 177 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 21.18% 10.89% 4.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 46.23% 23.95% 17.25%
Number of salaries quoted 207 95 55
10th Percentile £29,670 £23,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £25,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,600 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.61% -27.04% -3.85%
75th Percentile £67,375 £74,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,500 £84,500
Berkshire median annual salary £53,000 £53,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.93% -6.96% -11.54%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

SC 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 Reading with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 783 739 487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 45.82% 45.48% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 480 303 202
10th Percentile £29,468 £27,875 £29,900
25th Percentile £34,750 £36,183 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £50,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.10% -6.98% -10.42%
75th Percentile £65,250 £72,500 £73,438
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £80,000
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year +10.00% -5.21% -8.26%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Reading

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Reading

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Reading.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in Reading

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Reading

SC Cleared
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 41 (11.33%) WebLogic
2 29 (8.01%) ArcGIS
2 29 (8.01%) GeoServer
3 24 (6.63%) OpenStack
4 15 (4.14%) Oracle Service Bus
5 14 (3.87%) IIS
6 13 (3.59%) CMS
7 11 (3.04%) Red Hat Fuse
8 10 (2.76%) Confluence
8 10 (2.76%) JBoss
9 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (1.66%) Apache
11 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 38 (10.50%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (6.08%) MS Visio
3 18 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.10%) Sketch
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (4.97%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 98 (27.07%) Azure
2 77 (21.27%) AWS
3 29 (8.01%) Amazon EKS
4 25 (6.91%) Amazon ECS
4 25 (6.91%) Serverless
5 12 (3.31%) OCI
6 7 (1.93%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (1.93%) Azure Storage
6 7 (1.93%) Entra ID
6 7 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.66%) Miro
8 5 (1.38%) GitHub
9 4 (1.10%) Amazon SQS
9 4 (1.10%) Figma
9 4 (1.10%) Heroku
9 4 (1.10%) SaaS
10 2 (0.55%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.55%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.28%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (12.71%) Firewall
2 37 (10.22%) DNS
3 33 (9.12%) DHCP
4 14 (3.87%) SNMP
5 12 (3.31%) SAN
6 10 (2.76%) WAN
7 9 (2.49%) SD-WAN
7 9 (2.49%) Wireless
8 4 (1.10%) BGP
8 4 (1.10%) LAN
8 4 (1.10%) SSL
8 4 (1.10%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.28%) HTTP
9 1 (0.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (15.47%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (8.84%) Relational Database
3 29 (8.01%) GIS
3 29 (8.01%) QGIS
4 22 (6.08%) Elasticsearch
5 20 (5.52%) Oracle Database
6 17 (4.70%) NoSQL
7 16 (4.42%) Oracle Database 11g
8 15 (4.14%) Oracle Database 10g
8 15 (4.14%) VLDB
9 5 (1.38%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.10%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.55%) MySQL
12 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 45 (12.43%) Jenkins
2 32 (8.84%) Git
3 16 (4.42%) JIRA
4 14 (3.87%) JUnit
5 10 (2.76%) Cucumber
5 10 (2.76%) Selenium
6 7 (1.93%) REST Assured
6 7 (1.93%) WebDriver
7 6 (1.66%) TestNG
8 5 (1.38%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.38%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.10%) AdminStudio
9 4 (1.10%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (1.10%) InstallShield
9 4 (1.10%) JMeter
9 4 (1.10%) MSI
9 4 (1.10%) Serenity BDD
9 4 (1.10%) SoapUI
9 4 (1.10%) Subversion
10 2 (0.55%) IntelliJ
General
1 131 (36.19%) Social Skills
2 46 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (10.50%) Organisational Skills
4 31 (8.56%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.35%) Police
6 15 (4.14%) Back Office
7 8 (2.21%) Finance
7 8 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.66%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.10%) Retail
10 1 (0.28%) Advertising
10 1 (0.28%) Electronics
10 1 (0.28%) Games
10 1 (0.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.28%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 79 (21.82%) Senior
2 54 (14.92%) Analyst
3 44 (12.15%) Applications Support
4 41 (11.33%) Software Engineer
5 37 (10.22%) Applications Support Analyst
5 37 (10.22%) Support Analyst
6 35 (9.67%) Developer
7 32 (8.84%) Architect
8 27 (7.46%) Java Developer
8 27 (7.46%) Senior Software Engineer
9 24 (6.63%) Senior Analyst
9 24 (6.63%) Support Specialist
10 22 (6.08%) Senior Applications Support
10 22 (6.08%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
10 22 (6.08%) Senior Support Analyst
10 22 (6.08%) Systems Engineer
10 22 (6.08%) Windows Engineer
10 22 (6.08%) Windows Systems Engineer
11 21 (5.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 21 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (14.36%) Spring
2 35 (9.67%) .NET
3 34 (9.39%) REST
4 33 (9.12%) React
5 32 (8.84%) AngularJS
6 31 (8.56%) Node.js
6 31 (8.56%) Spring Boot
7 29 (8.01%) Leaflet
7 29 (8.01%) OpenLayers
7 29 (8.01%) PostGIS
7 29 (8.01%) Web Services
8 28 (7.73%) J2EE
9 25 (6.91%) .NET Core
9 25 (6.91%) CSS
10 24 (6.63%) Apache Camel
10 24 (6.63%) Elastic Stack
10 24 (6.63%) Java EE
11 19 (5.25%) XML
12 18 (4.97%) JSON
13 13 (3.59%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.01%) CMDB
2 23 (6.35%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (4.70%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.59%) Data Centre
4 13 (3.59%) Digital Signage
5 12 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.21%) PKI
7 7 (1.93%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.66%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.10%) Shadow IT
10 3 (0.83%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.55%) Private Cloud
12 1 (0.28%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.28%) Lidar
12 1 (0.28%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.28%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 78 (21.55%) Windows
2 72 (19.89%) Linux
3 53 (14.64%) Windows Server
4 42 (11.60%) Windows 10
5 39 (10.77%) Unix
6 27 (7.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 27 (7.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (6.08%) Windows 7
8 20 (5.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 15 (4.14%) Solaris
10 12 (3.31%) Windows XP
11 8 (2.21%) Windows NT
12 5 (1.38%) Ubuntu
13 4 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (44.75%) Agile
2 134 (37.02%) Actionable Insight
3 102 (28.18%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (24.86%) DevOps
5 78 (21.55%) ITIL
6 65 (17.96%) Service Management
7 49 (13.54%) ITSM
7 49 (13.54%) Scrum
8 47 (12.98%) Customer Service
9 43 (11.88%) Software Engineering
10 37 (10.22%) Incident Management
11 36 (9.94%) Containerisation
11 36 (9.94%) Project Management
12 34 (9.39%) CI/CD
13 32 (8.84%) BDD
14 31 (8.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 31 (8.56%) Kanban
15 29 (8.01%) Waterfall
15 29 (8.01%) Web Development
16 28 (7.73%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 75 (20.72%) JavaScript
2 68 (18.78%) Java
3 49 (13.54%) SQL
4 45 (12.43%) Python
5 40 (11.05%) C#
6 34 (9.39%) PowerShell
7 28 (7.73%) Shell Script
8 17 (4.70%) PL/SQL
9 11 (3.04%) VB
10 9 (2.49%) Groovy
11 7 (1.93%) Bicep
11 7 (1.93%) VBScript
12 5 (1.38%) C++
13 4 (1.10%) C
13 4 (1.10%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.28%) Bash
14 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 362 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 116 (32.04%) DV Cleared
3 61 (16.85%) Degree
4 18 (4.97%) AWS Certification
5 14 (3.87%) A+ Certification
5 14 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (3.59%) Azure Certification
6 13 (3.59%) MCP
7 12 (3.31%) CCNA
7 12 (3.31%) CCNP
7 12 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.28%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.28%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.28%) MCDST
10 1 (0.28%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (13.81%) SLA
2 10 (2.76%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.93%) QA
4 5 (1.38%) PMO
4 5 (1.38%) WCAG
5 3 (0.83%) COBIT
6 1 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 66 (18.23%) Active Directory
2 42 (11.60%) Docker
3 28 (7.73%) Hyper-V
4 16 (4.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (4.14%) KVM
5 15 (4.14%) Oracle RAC
6 12 (3.31%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (3.04%) Firmware
8 7 (1.93%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.10%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 59 (16.30%) SCCM
2 50 (13.81%) SCOM
3 47 (12.98%) Kubernetes
4 32 (8.84%) WSUS
5 31 (8.56%) Ansible
6 26 (7.18%) Terraform
7 22 (6.08%) OpenSSO
7 22 (6.08%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (4.14%) Data Guard
8 15 (4.14%) Oracle RMAN
9 12 (3.31%) EMC NetWorker
9 12 (3.31%) NetBackup
9 12 (3.31%) vCenter Server
10 8 (2.21%) Sysprep
11 7 (1.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.83%) OpenView
13 1 (0.28%) Grafana
13 1 (0.28%) Istio
13 1 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 92 (25.41%) Microsoft
2 57 (15.75%) Oracle
3 40 (11.05%) Remedy
4 39 (10.77%) ServiceNow
5 31 (8.56%) HP
6 29 (8.01%) ESRI
7 27 (7.46%) Dynatrace
8 24 (6.63%) WSO2
9 23 (6.35%) VMware
10 21 (5.80%) Cisco
10 21 (5.80%) Juniper
11 15 (4.14%) Sun
12 13 (3.59%) EMC
12 13 (3.59%) Riverbed
13 12 (3.31%) 3PAR
13 12 (3.31%) Dell
13 12 (3.31%) Extreme Networks
13 12 (3.31%) Palo Alto
13 12 (3.31%) Symantec
13 12 (3.31%) Veeam