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 8 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 11 1
Rank change year-on-year +4 -10 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 88 64 433
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 9.32% 12.90% 29.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.29% 27.59% 66.72%
Number of salaries quoted 32 22 345
10th Percentile £46,250 £57,791 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £54,995
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +27.28% +24.56%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £52,775
% change year-on-year +8.00% +18.43% +17.28%

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 236 232 649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.00% 46.77% 44.18%
Number of salaries quoted 90 94 478
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,725 £29,175
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +15.74% +9.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £122,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £56,500 £63,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.02% +15.45% +10.00%

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

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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 8 April 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 9 (10.23%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (7.95%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Primavera
1 1 (1.14%) SAP MM
1 1 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.32%) AWS
2 12 (13.64%) Amazon EKS
2 12 (13.64%) Serverless
3 8 (9.09%) Amazon EC2
4 7 (7.95%) Amazon ECS
4 7 (7.95%) AWS Lambda
4 7 (7.95%) Azure
5 6 (6.82%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (5.68%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.27%) GCP
8 1 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (15.91%) Structured Cabling
2 11 (12.50%) Firewall
3 2 (2.27%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (2.27%) DNS
4 1 (1.14%) FTP
4 1 (1.14%) HTTP
4 1 (1.14%) Internet
4 1 (1.14%) LAN
4 1 (1.14%) SMTP
4 1 (1.14%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.82%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.41%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.14%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (13.64%) Jenkins
2 9 (10.23%) Git
3 7 (7.95%) GitLab
4 6 (6.82%) JIRA
5 5 (5.68%) SonarQube
6 4 (4.55%) Cucumber
7 3 (3.41%) Artifactory
7 3 (3.41%) JMeter
7 3 (3.41%) JUnit
7 3 (3.41%) Mockito
8 2 (2.27%) Subversion
9 1 (1.14%) TestDirector
General
1 30 (34.09%) Finance
2 25 (28.41%) Social Skills
3 15 (17.05%) Public Sector
4 7 (7.95%) Banking
5 4 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.55%) Games
5 4 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.41%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.14%) Military
7 1 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (19.32%) Developer
2 15 (17.05%) Senior
3 14 (15.91%) Java Developer
4 13 (14.77%) Architect
5 8 (9.09%) Consultant
5 8 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (6.82%) Backend Developer
6 6 (6.82%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 6 (6.82%) Functional Consultant
6 6 (6.82%) Lead
6 6 (6.82%) Senior Consultant
6 6 (6.82%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 6 (6.82%) Senior Functional Consultant
6 6 (6.82%) Test Specialist
7 5 (5.68%) Lead Architect
7 5 (5.68%) SC Cleared Java Developer
7 5 (5.68%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.41%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 3 (3.41%) Mid-Level Java Developer
8 3 (3.41%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.50%) REST
2 10 (11.36%) Spring
3 8 (9.09%) Elastic Stack
3 8 (9.09%) RabbitMQ
4 7 (7.95%) JSON
4 7 (7.95%) Spring Boot
4 7 (7.95%) Web Services
5 5 (5.68%) AngularJS
5 5 (5.68%) React
6 4 (4.55%) Java EE
6 4 (4.55%) JMS
6 4 (4.55%) JPA
6 4 (4.55%) YAML
7 3 (3.41%) ActiveMQ
7 3 (3.41%) Apache Camel
7 3 (3.41%) Hibernate
7 3 (3.41%) HTML
7 3 (3.41%) jQuery
7 3 (3.41%) WireMock
7 3 (3.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.50%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (5.68%) Cloud Native
2 5 (5.68%) Onboarding
2 5 (5.68%) Security Posture
3 3 (3.41%) Arduino
3 3 (3.41%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (3.41%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.41%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.41%) Raspberry Pi
4 2 (2.27%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.14%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.14%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.50%) Windows
1 11 (12.50%) Windows Server
2 10 (11.36%) Linux
3 2 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (19.32%) Agile
2 15 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (14.77%) DevOps
4 12 (13.64%) Microservices
5 11 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 9 (10.23%) Containerisation
6 9 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (10.23%) Network Design
6 9 (10.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (9.09%) BDD
7 8 (9.09%) TDD
8 7 (7.95%) Asset Management
8 7 (7.95%) Test Automation
9 6 (6.82%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (6.82%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (5.68%) Deployment Automation
10 5 (5.68%) Domain-Driven Design
10 5 (5.68%) Infrastructure as Code
10 5 (5.68%) Service Design
10 5 (5.68%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.45%) Java
2 10 (11.36%) Python
3 6 (6.82%) SQL
4 5 (5.68%) Groovy
5 4 (4.55%) PL/SQL
5 4 (4.55%) Shell Script
6 3 (3.41%) C
6 3 (3.41%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.41%) Pascal
6 3 (3.41%) Perl
7 2 (2.27%) C++
8 1 (1.14%) C#
Qualifications
1 50 (56.82%) SC Cleared
2 45 (51.14%) DV Cleared
3 10 (11.36%) Degree
4 3 (3.41%) CHECK Team Leader
4 3 (3.41%) CHECK Team Member
4 3 (3.41%) HNC
4 3 (3.41%) OSCP
5 2 (2.27%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.14%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (1.14%) CISM
6 1 (1.14%) CISSP
6 1 (1.14%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.14%) CRISC
6 1 (1.14%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.09%) GDPR
2 6 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (5.68%) NCSC
3 5 (5.68%) QA
4 4 (4.55%) PMO
5 2 (2.27%) GRC
6 1 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.14%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (10.23%) Docker
1 9 (10.23%) VMware NSX
2 3 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.27%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.27%) Terminal Server
3 2 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (15.91%) Kubernetes
2 9 (10.23%) Ansible
2 9 (10.23%) Terraform
2 9 (10.23%) vRealize
3 7 (7.95%) Kibana
4 4 (4.55%) Packer
5 2 (2.27%) SCCM
5 2 (2.27%) SCOM
6 1 (1.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 11 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 11 (12.50%) VMware
2 9 (10.23%) AppDynamics
3 8 (9.09%) IBM
4 5 (5.68%) Oracle
5 4 (4.55%) SAP
5 4 (4.55%) Splunk
6 3 (3.41%) Dynatrace
6 3 (3.41%) Motorola
7 2 (2.27%) Cisco
7 2 (2.27%) Juniper
7 2 (2.27%) McAfee
8 1 (1.14%) ArcSight