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 2 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 +23
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 53 194 378
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 9.91% 18.95% 38.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.06% 54.19% 68.73%
Number of salaries quoted 18 73 272
10th Percentile £44,510 £41,263 £34,000
25th Percentile £51,563 £51,188 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,125 £53,760
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% +9.98% +9.38%
75th Percentile £67,813 £75,000 £60,344
90th Percentile £78,625 £81,250 £78,713
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £56,525 £53,760
% change year-on-year -2.70% +5.14% +8.66%

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 143 358 550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 26.73% 34.96% 56.24%
Number of salaries quoted 54 121 363
10th Percentile £28,000 £40,013 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,646 £51,188 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £60,000 £53,760
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +11.61% +4.69%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £53,065 £65,000 £54,763
% change year-on-year -18.36% +18.69% +5.31%

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 2 December 2025.

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 4 (7.55%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.89%) JBoss
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.89%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.89%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 19 (35.85%) AWS
2 17 (32.08%) Amazon ECS
2 17 (32.08%) Serverless
3 16 (30.19%) Amazon EKS
4 15 (28.30%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.89%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.89%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.66%) Firewall
1 3 (5.66%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (30.19%) PostgreSQL
1 16 (30.19%) Relational Database
2 15 (28.30%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 16 (30.19%) Jenkins
1 16 (30.19%) JUnit
2 15 (28.30%) JMeter
2 15 (28.30%) Mockito
3 2 (3.77%) Selenium
4 1 (1.89%) Git
General
1 22 (41.51%) Public Sector
2 12 (22.64%) Finance
3 7 (13.21%) Social Skills
4 4 (7.55%) Banking
5 3 (5.66%) Games
5 3 (5.66%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Back Office
6 2 (3.77%) Electronics
6 2 (3.77%) Marketing
6 2 (3.77%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.89%) Billing
7 1 (1.89%) Legal
7 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (30.19%) Developer
1 16 (30.19%) Java Developer
2 15 (28.30%) Full-Stack Developer
2 15 (28.30%) Full-Stack Java Developer
2 15 (28.30%) Mid-Level Java Developer
3 7 (13.21%) Architect
4 5 (9.43%) Senior
5 4 (7.55%) Integration Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Software Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Tester
7 2 (3.77%) Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Consultant
7 2 (3.77%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (3.77%) Junior
7 2 (3.77%) Penetration Tester
7 2 (3.77%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Systems Integration Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (32.08%) Spring
1 17 (32.08%) Spring Boot
2 16 (30.19%) Apache Camel
2 16 (30.19%) REST
2 16 (30.19%) Web Services
3 15 (28.30%) ActiveMQ
3 15 (28.30%) Hibernate
3 15 (28.30%) HTML
3 15 (28.30%) jQuery
3 15 (28.30%) JSON
3 15 (28.30%) WireMock
3 15 (28.30%) XML
4 1 (1.89%) J2EE
4 1 (1.89%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.89%) React
4 1 (1.89%) RESTful
4 1 (1.89%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (30.19%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (9.43%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.66%) Cloud Native
3 3 (5.66%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.77%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.89%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (1.89%) CESG
5 1 (1.89%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.89%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.66%) Windows
1 3 (5.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (41.51%) Agile
2 19 (35.85%) CI/CD
3 18 (33.96%) BDD
3 18 (33.96%) TDD
4 17 (32.08%) Microservices
5 16 (30.19%) Full-Stack Development
6 15 (28.30%) Process Management
6 15 (28.30%) SDLC
6 15 (28.30%) Workflow
7 7 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (9.43%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (9.43%) Software Engineering
10 4 (7.55%) Coaching
10 4 (7.55%) Configuration Management
10 4 (7.55%) Project Delivery
10 4 (7.55%) Security Architecture
10 4 (7.55%) Service Design
10 4 (7.55%) Systems Engineering
10 4 (7.55%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (43.40%) Java
2 15 (28.30%) JavaScript
2 15 (28.30%) Python
2 15 (28.30%) Shell Script
3 2 (3.77%) C++
3 2 (3.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (37.74%) SC Cleared
2 12 (22.64%) DV Cleared
3 4 (7.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.77%) CHECK Team Leader
4 2 (3.77%) CHECK Team Member
4 2 (3.77%) Degree
4 2 (3.77%) OSCP
5 1 (1.89%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (1.89%) CISSP
5 1 (1.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.66%) QA
3 2 (3.77%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.77%) GDPR
3 2 (3.77%) GRC
4 1 (1.89%) NCSC
4 1 (1.89%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (32.08%) Docker
2 3 (5.66%) VMware NSX
3 2 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (33.96%) Kubernetes
2 15 (28.30%) Kibana
3 3 (5.66%) vRealize
4 1 (1.89%) Ansible
4 1 (1.89%) Grafana
4 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (28.30%) Dynatrace
1 15 (28.30%) Splunk
2 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.66%) SAP
3 3 (5.66%) VMware
4 1 (1.89%) Oracle