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 16 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 8 1
Rank change year-on-year +3 -7 +16
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 65 91 399
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 10.85% 12.71% 37.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.33% 34.21% 71.00%
Number of salaries quoted 22 40 291
10th Percentile £46,625 £45,526 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,563 £53,688 £37,755
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% +20.61%
75th Percentile £73,438 £75,625 £63,748
90th Percentile £75,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £59,125 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% +14.58%

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 150 266 562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.04% 37.15% 52.43%
Number of salaries quoted 52 93 385
10th Percentile £45,000 £33,403 £30,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,688 £37,328
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +18.18% +7.90%
75th Percentile £72,813 £81,250 £64,580
90th Percentile £84,125 £122,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £53,750 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.37% +22.73% +4.76%

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 16 January 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 8 (12.31%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.54%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 18 (27.69%) AWS
2 12 (18.46%) Amazon ECS
2 12 (18.46%) Serverless
3 11 (16.92%) Amazon EC2
3 11 (16.92%) Amazon EKS
4 6 (9.23%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.08%) Azure
5 2 (3.08%) GCP
6 1 (1.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.54%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.54%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.85%) Firewall
2 4 (6.15%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (3.08%) DNS
4 1 (1.54%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.92%) PostgreSQL
1 11 (16.92%) RDBMS
1 11 (16.92%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (16.92%) Jenkins
1 11 (16.92%) JMeter
1 11 (16.92%) JUnit
1 11 (16.92%) Mockito
2 2 (3.08%) GitLab
2 2 (3.08%) Selenium
3 1 (1.54%) JIRA
3 1 (1.54%) Subversion
General
1 24 (36.92%) Finance
2 17 (26.15%) Public Sector
3 12 (18.46%) Social Skills
4 6 (9.23%) Banking
5 5 (7.69%) Games
6 3 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Aerospace
7 2 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Back Office
7 2 (3.08%) Electronics
7 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.08%) Marketing
7 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.54%) Billing
8 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.54%) Legal
8 1 (1.54%) Military
8 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (16.92%) Developer
1 11 (16.92%) Full-Stack Developer
1 11 (16.92%) Full-Stack Java Developer
1 11 (16.92%) Java Developer
1 11 (16.92%) Mid-Level Java Developer
1 11 (16.92%) Senior
2 10 (15.38%) Architect
3 8 (12.31%) Consultant
4 6 (9.23%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 6 (9.23%) Functional Consultant
4 6 (9.23%) Senior Consultant
4 6 (9.23%) Senior Functional Consultant
5 4 (6.15%) Integration Manager
5 4 (6.15%) Lead
5 4 (6.15%) Lead Architect
6 3 (4.62%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Product Owner
6 3 (4.62%) Security Architect
6 3 (4.62%) Software Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (18.46%) Spring
1 12 (18.46%) Spring Boot
2 11 (16.92%) ActiveMQ
2 11 (16.92%) Apache Camel
2 11 (16.92%) Hibernate
2 11 (16.92%) HTML
2 11 (16.92%) jQuery
2 11 (16.92%) JSON
2 11 (16.92%) REST
2 11 (16.92%) Web Services
2 11 (16.92%) WireMock
2 11 (16.92%) XML
3 1 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.54%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.92%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (10.77%) Cloud Native
3 5 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.69%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.62%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (4.62%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.08%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.08%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.54%) CESG
6 1 (1.54%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.54%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.31%) Windows
1 8 (12.31%) Windows Server
2 2 (3.08%) Linux
3 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.77%) Agile
2 17 (26.15%) CI/CD
3 13 (20.00%) BDD
3 13 (20.00%) TDD
4 12 (18.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (18.46%) Full-Stack Development
4 12 (18.46%) Microservices
5 11 (16.92%) Process Management
5 11 (16.92%) SDLC
5 11 (16.92%) Workflow
6 9 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (12.31%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (10.77%) Network Design
9 6 (9.23%) Security Architecture
9 6 (9.23%) Service Design
9 6 (9.23%) Systems Engineering
10 5 (7.69%) Containerisation
10 5 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (7.69%) Software Engineering
10 5 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (27.69%) Java
2 13 (20.00%) Python
3 11 (16.92%) JavaScript
3 11 (16.92%) Shell Script
4 3 (4.62%) SQL
5 2 (3.08%) C++
Qualifications
1 25 (38.46%) SC Cleared
2 21 (32.31%) DV Cleared
3 5 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.62%) Degree
5 2 (3.08%) CESG Certified Professional
5 2 (3.08%) CHECK Team Leader
5 2 (3.08%) CHECK Team Member
5 2 (3.08%) CISSP
5 2 (3.08%) OSCP
6 1 (1.54%) CISM
6 1 (1.54%) CRISC
6 1 (1.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (1.54%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.15%) NCSC
3 2 (3.08%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.08%) GDPR
3 2 (3.08%) GRC
3 2 (3.08%) QA
4 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.54%) NIST
4 1 (1.54%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (18.46%) Docker
2 7 (10.77%) VMware NSX
3 3 (4.62%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.54%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.54%) Terminal Server
4 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (23.08%) Kubernetes
2 11 (16.92%) Kibana
3 7 (10.77%) vRealize
4 1 (1.54%) Grafana
4 1 (1.54%) SCCM
4 1 (1.54%) SCOM
4 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (16.92%) Dynatrace
1 11 (16.92%) Splunk
2 10 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 8 (12.31%) VMware
4 4 (6.15%) SAP
5 1 (1.54%) Cisco
5 1 (1.54%) Juniper
5 1 (1.54%) McAfee
5 1 (1.54%) Oracle