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 24 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 10 1
Rank change year-on-year +2 -9 +2
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 127 66 421
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 9.18% 12.22% 26.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.56% 29.07% 64.57%
Number of salaries quoted 63 33 249
10th Percentile £39,000 £46,500 £34,600
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £41,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +29.63% +2.86%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £78,750
Berkshire median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £52,775
% change year-on-year +16.67% +13.69% +5.55%

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 321 227 652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 23.19% 42.04% 41.79%
Number of salaries quoted 164 116 360
10th Percentile £37,950 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,652 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.64% -4.35% +2.86%
75th Percentile £75,313 £70,938 £66,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £79,492
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £53,065 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.07% -3.52% +5.77%

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 24 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Reading

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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 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Primavera
1 1 (0.79%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.79%) SAP MM
1 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (13.39%) AWS
1 17 (13.39%) Azure
2 12 (9.45%) Serverless
3 11 (8.66%) Amazon EKS
4 7 (5.51%) Amazon EC2
4 7 (5.51%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (4.72%) Amazon ECS
6 5 (3.94%) Amazon S3
6 5 (3.94%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.15%) OpenShift
8 3 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.72%) DNS
1 6 (4.72%) Structured Cabling
2 5 (3.94%) Firewall
3 3 (2.36%) HTTP
3 3 (2.36%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.57%) FTP
4 2 (1.57%) Internet
4 2 (1.57%) LAN
4 2 (1.57%) SMTP
4 2 (1.57%) WAN
5 1 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (3.94%) Relational Database
2 4 (3.15%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.36%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.57%) Oracle Database 11g
4 2 (1.57%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.79%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.79%) MySQL
5 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.79%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (8.66%) Jenkins
2 10 (7.87%) Git
3 8 (6.30%) GitLab
4 5 (3.94%) JIRA
4 5 (3.94%) SonarQube
5 4 (3.15%) Cucumber
6 3 (2.36%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.57%) JMeter
7 2 (1.57%) JUnit
7 2 (1.57%) Mockito
8 1 (0.79%) Mocha
8 1 (0.79%) Selenium
8 1 (0.79%) TestDirector
General
1 30 (23.62%) Social Skills
2 26 (20.47%) Finance
3 20 (15.75%) Public Sector
4 12 (9.45%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (5.51%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.94%) Banking
6 5 (3.94%) French Language
7 4 (3.15%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.36%) Games
8 3 (2.36%) Law
8 3 (2.36%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (21.26%) Developer
2 17 (13.39%) Java Developer
3 14 (11.02%) Senior
4 13 (10.24%) Architect
5 12 (9.45%) Support Specialist
6 9 (7.09%) DevOps Engineer
6 9 (7.09%) Infrastructure Support
7 8 (6.30%) Auditor
7 8 (6.30%) Security Auditor
7 8 (6.30%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (5.51%) .NET Developer
8 7 (5.51%) Backend Developer
8 7 (5.51%) Senior .NET Developer
8 7 (5.51%) Senior Developer
9 6 (4.72%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 6 (4.72%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
9 6 (4.72%) SC Cleared Java Developer
10 5 (3.94%) Active Directory Specialist
10 5 (3.94%) Analyst
11 4 (3.15%) IT Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.45%) Spring
2 10 (7.87%) .NET
2 10 (7.87%) REST
3 8 (6.30%) Elastic Stack
3 8 (6.30%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (4.72%) Jakarta EE
4 6 (4.72%) JPA
4 6 (4.72%) Spring Boot
5 5 (3.94%) AngularJS
5 5 (3.94%) React
6 4 (3.15%) JMS
6 4 (3.15%) JSON
6 4 (3.15%) RESTful
6 4 (3.15%) Web Services
6 4 (3.15%) YAML
7 3 (2.36%) ASP.NET
7 3 (2.36%) HTML
7 3 (2.36%) Loki
8 2 (1.57%) Middleware
8 2 (1.57%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.09%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (5.51%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.72%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.94%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (3.94%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.15%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.36%) Arduino
6 3 (2.36%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.57%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (1.57%) Hackathon
7 2 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.57%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.57%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.57%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.79%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.66%) Linux
2 7 (5.51%) Windows
3 2 (1.57%) Unix
3 2 (1.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (15.75%) Continuous Improvement
1 20 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (14.96%) DevOps
3 16 (12.60%) Agile
4 14 (11.02%) CI/CD
5 13 (10.24%) Microservices
6 12 (9.45%) Containerisation
7 11 (8.66%) Service Delivery
8 10 (7.87%) Mentoring
8 10 (7.87%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (7.09%) Identity Access Management
9 9 (7.09%) Infrastructure as Code
10 8 (6.30%) Asset Management
10 8 (6.30%) BDD
10 8 (6.30%) Cyber Assurance
10 8 (6.30%) Kanban
10 8 (6.30%) Scrum
10 8 (6.30%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (6.30%) TDD
11 7 (5.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.75%) Java
2 12 (9.45%) Python
3 5 (3.94%) Groovy
3 5 (3.94%) SQL
4 4 (3.15%) PL/SQL
5 3 (2.36%) C
5 3 (2.36%) C#
5 3 (2.36%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.36%) Pascal
5 3 (2.36%) Perl
5 3 (2.36%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.57%) Bash
7 1 (0.79%) ABAP
7 1 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.79%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 80 (62.99%) SC Cleared
2 56 (44.09%) DV Cleared
3 9 (7.09%) Degree
4 4 (3.15%) CISSP
4 4 (3.15%) CTC Cleared
4 4 (3.15%) OSCP
5 3 (2.36%) CREST Certified
6 2 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.57%) CHECK Team Leader
6 2 (1.57%) CHECK Team Member
6 2 (1.57%) CISA
6 2 (1.57%) CRISC
6 2 (1.57%) Cyber Scheme
6 2 (1.57%) HNC
6 2 (1.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (0.79%) GCED
7 1 (0.79%) GCIA
7 1 (0.79%) GCIH
7 1 (0.79%) GIAC
7 1 (0.79%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.51%) GDPR
2 6 (4.72%) QA
3 5 (3.94%) NEBOSH
3 5 (3.94%) PMO
4 2 (1.57%) COBIT
4 2 (1.57%) COSO
4 2 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.57%) NCSC
4 2 (1.57%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (7.09%) Active Directory
1 9 (7.09%) Docker
2 3 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.57%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (14.17%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.09%) Ansible
2 9 (7.09%) Terraform
3 7 (5.51%) Kibana
4 4 (3.15%) Packer
5 3 (2.36%) Argo
5 3 (2.36%) Grafana
5 3 (2.36%) Kustomize
5 3 (2.36%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.57%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (1.57%) QRadar
6 2 (1.57%) vRealize
7 1 (0.79%) Istio
7 1 (0.79%) SCCM
7 1 (0.79%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 12 (9.45%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.09%) AppDynamics
2 9 (7.09%) Oracle
3 8 (6.30%) IBM
4 6 (4.72%) VMware
5 5 (3.94%) Splunk
6 4 (3.15%) CA Agile Central
6 4 (3.15%) SAP
7 3 (2.36%) Motorola
8 2 (1.57%) ArcSight
8 2 (1.57%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.57%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.79%) CrowdStrike