Secure Coding Job Trends in Reading

Secure Code Development
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Secure Coding skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 68 108
Rank change year-on-year -4 +40 +10
Permanent jobs citing Secure Coding 2 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.18% 0.19% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.23% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £120,000
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £57,500 - £70,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Secure Coding falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 818 441 1,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 74.50% 85.30% 86.75%
Number of salaries quoted 531 238 912
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £54,995
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.65% -8.34%
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £101,500 £80,000
Berkshire median annual salary £50,001 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +11.11% -10.00%

Secure Coding
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Secure Coding relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Secure Coding job vacancy trend in Reading

Secure Coding
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Secure Coding.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Secure Coding

Secure Coding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA