Security Cleared Job Trends in Reading

Security Clearance
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 8 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 -7 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 156 65 260
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 9.41% 13.05% 21.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 47.13% 32.50% 60.47%
Number of salaries quoted 62 35 106
10th Percentile £39,000 £46,750 £38,880
25th Percentile £59,063 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £62,500 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +18.00% +10.57% +5.14%
75th Percentile £98,438 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £56,252
% change year-on-year +27.27% -2.23% +4.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Reading.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 331 200 430
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 19.98% 40.16% 35.48%
Number of salaries quoted 186 94 154
10th Percentile £39,500 £28,000 £36,700
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,813 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,750 £57,500 £57,013
Median % change year-on-year +0.43% +0.86% +6.05%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -16.00% +16.12%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Reading

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Security Cleared

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Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Reading over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Reading

Security Cleared
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.28%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.64%) Confluence
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.64%) Palantir Foundry
2 1 (0.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.21%) Mathematica
2 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.64%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.64%) Solid Edge
3 1 (0.64%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (10.90%) Azure
2 12 (7.69%) AWS
3 9 (5.77%) OpenShift
4 7 (4.49%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.56%) Serverless
6 3 (1.92%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (1.92%) Amazon EKS
6 3 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.28%) GCP
7 2 (1.28%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.64%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.64%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.49%) DNS
2 4 (2.56%) Firewall
3 2 (1.28%) HTTP
3 2 (1.28%) LAN
3 2 (1.28%) Software-Defined Radio
3 2 (1.28%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.64%) FTP
4 1 (0.64%) Internet
4 1 (0.64%) SMTP
4 1 (0.64%) VPN
4 1 (0.64%) WAN
4 1 (0.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (3.85%) Big Data
3 3 (1.92%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.92%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.28%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.28%) Oracle Database 11g
4 2 (1.28%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (1.28%) Power BI
4 2 (1.28%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.64%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.64%) Metadata
5 1 (0.64%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.64%) MySQL
5 1 (0.64%) Redis
5 1 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.92%) GitLab
1 3 (1.92%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.92%) JMeter
2 2 (1.28%) Git
2 2 (1.28%) JIRA
2 2 (1.28%) JUnit
2 2 (1.28%) MLflow
2 2 (1.28%) Mockito
2 2 (1.28%) Selenium
3 1 (0.64%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.64%) Mocha
3 1 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.64%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 29 (18.59%) Aerospace
2 27 (17.31%) Social Skills
3 23 (14.74%) Finance
4 19 (12.18%) Retail
5 14 (8.97%) Public Sector
6 12 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (5.13%) Electronics
9 5 (3.21%) Banking
9 5 (3.21%) Legal
10 4 (2.56%) French Language
10 4 (2.56%) Games
10 4 (2.56%) Law
11 3 (1.92%) Military
12 2 (1.28%) Aviation
12 2 (1.28%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.64%) Automotive
13 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (16.03%) Support Specialist
2 21 (13.46%) Senior
3 18 (11.54%) Architect
4 13 (8.33%) Developer
4 13 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support
5 11 (7.05%) Lead
6 9 (5.77%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 9 (5.77%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
7 8 (5.13%) Auditor
7 8 (5.13%) Security Auditor
8 7 (4.49%) .NET Developer
8 7 (4.49%) Active Directory Specialist
8 7 (4.49%) Administrator
8 7 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (4.49%) Linux Administrator
8 7 (4.49%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 7 (4.49%) Senior .NET Developer
8 7 (4.49%) Senior Linux Administrator
8 7 (4.49%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
8 7 (4.49%) Senior Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.77%) .NET
2 5 (3.21%) Loki
2 5 (3.21%) Spring
3 3 (1.92%) Hibernate
3 3 (1.92%) HTML
3 3 (1.92%) OpenTelemetry
3 3 (1.92%) RESTful
3 3 (1.92%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.92%) Terraform
4 2 (1.28%) ActiveMQ
4 2 (1.28%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.28%) Jakarta EE
4 2 (1.28%) JPA
4 2 (1.28%) jQuery
4 2 (1.28%) Middleware
4 2 (1.28%) Mustache
4 2 (1.28%) OpenCV
4 2 (1.28%) REST
4 2 (1.28%) SOAP
4 2 (1.28%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.41%) Cloud Native
1 10 (6.41%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.49%) Algorithms
2 7 (4.49%) Synthetic Data
3 6 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.56%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.28%) 3D Printing
6 2 (1.28%) Arduino
6 2 (1.28%) BeagleBone
6 2 (1.28%) CUDA
6 2 (1.28%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.28%) Hackathon
6 2 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.28%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.28%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.28%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.28%) Raspberry Pi
6 2 (1.28%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.05%) Windows
2 10 (6.41%) Linux
3 3 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.92%) Rocky
3 3 (1.92%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (12.82%) Mentoring
2 20 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (12.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (11.54%) CI/CD
4 18 (11.54%) Service Delivery
5 14 (8.97%) Validation
6 13 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (7.69%) Agile
7 12 (7.69%) Containerisation
8 11 (7.05%) DevOps
8 11 (7.05%) Identity Access Management
9 9 (5.77%) Infrastructure as Code
9 9 (5.77%) Mathematics
10 8 (5.13%) Cyber Assurance
10 8 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (5.13%) Microservices
10 8 (5.13%) Observability
10 8 (5.13%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (5.13%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.82%) Python
2 8 (5.13%) Java
3 7 (4.49%) C++
3 7 (4.49%) MATLAB
4 5 (3.21%) Bash
4 5 (3.21%) Shell Script
4 5 (3.21%) SQL
5 4 (2.56%) C
5 4 (2.56%) C#
5 4 (2.56%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.56%) R
6 2 (1.28%) Rust
7 1 (0.64%) ABAP
7 1 (0.64%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.64%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 95 (60.90%) SC Cleared
2 65 (41.67%) DV Cleared
3 13 (8.33%) Degree
4 9 (5.77%) Master's Degree
5 8 (5.13%) PhD
6 5 (3.21%) CISSP
7 4 (2.56%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (1.92%) OSCP
9 2 (1.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.28%) CISA
9 2 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.28%) CREST Certified
9 2 (1.28%) CRISC
9 2 (1.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.64%) Cyber Scheme
10 1 (0.64%) GCIA
10 1 (0.64%) GCIH
10 1 (0.64%) GIAC
10 1 (0.64%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.21%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.56%) NEBOSH
3 2 (1.28%) COBIT
3 2 (1.28%) COSO
3 2 (1.28%) GDPR
3 2 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.28%) JSP 440
3 2 (1.28%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.64%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.64%) MISRA
4 1 (0.64%) NCSC
4 1 (0.64%) PMO
4 1 (0.64%) QA
System Software
1 14 (8.97%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (3.85%) vSphere
3 4 (2.56%) Docker
4 3 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.64%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (10.26%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.85%) Grafana
3 5 (3.21%) Argo
3 5 (3.21%) Kustomize
3 5 (3.21%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.56%) Ansible
5 3 (1.92%) Kibana
5 3 (1.92%) SCCM
5 3 (1.92%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.28%) Istio
6 2 (1.28%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.64%) QRadar
7 1 (0.64%) vRealize
Vendors
1 22 (14.10%) Thales
2 12 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.05%) VMware
4 6 (3.85%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.21%) Oracle
6 4 (2.56%) CA Agile Central
6 4 (2.56%) EMC
6 4 (2.56%) Mentor Graphics
6 4 (2.56%) Splunk
7 3 (1.92%) Cadence
7 3 (1.92%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.28%) SAP
9 1 (0.64%) ArcSight
9 1 (0.64%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.64%) Foundry
9 1 (0.64%) IBM
9 1 (0.64%) Palantir
9 1 (0.64%) ServiceNow