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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 14 1
Rank change year-on-year +7 -13 +7
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 106 59 444
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 9.90% 11.68% 29.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.46% 24.28% 66.97%
Number of salaries quoted 47 23 347
10th Percentile £40,266 £50,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £37,190
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +29.63% +18.42%
75th Percentile £83,750 £76,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,750 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year +12.50% +14.18% +15.24%

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 283 243 663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 26.42% 48.12% 44.23%
Number of salaries quoted 115 105 480
10th Percentile £34,750 £31,750 £29,468
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.18% +5.10%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £65,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £122,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £55,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.08% +9.09% +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 2 May 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 10 (9.43%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (8.49%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Primavera
1 1 (0.94%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.09%) AWS
2 9 (8.49%) Amazon EKS
2 9 (8.49%) Azure
2 9 (8.49%) Serverless
3 7 (6.60%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (4.72%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (4.72%) Amazon S3
6 4 (3.77%) Amazon ECS
6 4 (3.77%) GCP
7 1 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.21%) Firewall
1 14 (13.21%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (3.77%) DNS
3 2 (1.89%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (1.89%) FTP
3 2 (1.89%) HTTP
3 2 (1.89%) Internet
3 2 (1.89%) LAN
3 2 (1.89%) SMTP
3 2 (1.89%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.89%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.83%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.94%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (8.49%) Git
1 9 (8.49%) GitLab
1 9 (8.49%) Jenkins
2 6 (5.66%) JIRA
3 5 (4.72%) SonarQube
4 4 (3.77%) Cucumber
5 3 (2.83%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.89%) Subversion
7 1 (0.94%) TestDirector
General
1 35 (33.02%) Finance
2 30 (28.30%) Social Skills
3 14 (13.21%) Public Sector
4 11 (10.38%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (6.60%) Banking
6 5 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.72%) French Language
7 3 (2.83%) Games
7 3 (2.83%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.94%) Military
Job Titles
1 25 (23.58%) Developer
2 23 (21.70%) Senior
3 15 (14.15%) Java Developer
4 13 (12.26%) Architect
5 11 (10.38%) DevOps Engineer
6 7 (6.60%) .NET Developer
6 7 (6.60%) Backend Developer
6 7 (6.60%) Consultant
6 7 (6.60%) Senior .NET Developer
6 7 (6.60%) Senior Developer
7 6 (5.66%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 6 (5.66%) Functional Consultant
7 6 (5.66%) Lead
7 6 (5.66%) SC Cleared Java Developer
7 6 (5.66%) Senior Consultant
7 6 (5.66%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 6 (5.66%) Senior Functional Consultant
7 6 (5.66%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (5.66%) Test Specialist
8 5 (4.72%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.43%) REST
1 10 (9.43%) Spring
2 8 (7.55%) .NET
2 8 (7.55%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (7.55%) RabbitMQ
3 6 (5.66%) Java EE
4 5 (4.72%) AngularJS
4 5 (4.72%) React
5 4 (3.77%) JMS
5 4 (3.77%) JPA
5 4 (3.77%) JSON
5 4 (3.77%) Spring Boot
5 4 (3.77%) Web Services
5 4 (3.77%) YAML
6 2 (1.89%) LDAP
6 2 (1.89%) Middleware
6 2 (1.89%) RESTful
6 2 (1.89%) SOAP
6 2 (1.89%) Spring MVC
7 1 (0.94%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.55%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (6.60%) Cloud Native
2 7 (6.60%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.66%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (4.72%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.83%) Arduino
5 3 (2.83%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.83%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.83%) Raspberry Pi
6 2 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.89%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.94%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.94%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.32%) Linux
1 12 (11.32%) Windows
1 12 (11.32%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (17.92%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (16.04%) Agile
3 16 (15.09%) DevOps
4 11 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (9.43%) CI/CD
5 10 (9.43%) Collaborative Working
5 10 (9.43%) Containerisation
5 10 (9.43%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (9.43%) Network Design
6 9 (8.49%) Microservices
6 9 (8.49%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (7.55%) Asset Management
7 8 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (6.60%) Change Management
8 7 (6.60%) Service Delivery
8 7 (6.60%) Test Automation
9 6 (5.66%) BDD
9 6 (5.66%) Change Control
9 6 (5.66%) Kanban
9 6 (5.66%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 19 (17.92%) Java
2 9 (8.49%) Python
3 6 (5.66%) SQL
4 5 (4.72%) Groovy
5 4 (3.77%) PL/SQL
6 3 (2.83%) C
6 3 (2.83%) Pascal
6 3 (2.83%) Perl
7 2 (1.89%) C++
8 1 (0.94%) C#
8 1 (0.94%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 67 (63.21%) SC Cleared
2 49 (46.23%) DV Cleared
3 12 (11.32%) Degree
4 4 (3.77%) CHECK Team Leader
4 4 (3.77%) CHECK Team Member
4 4 (3.77%) OSCP
5 3 (2.83%) HNC
6 2 (1.89%) CREST Certified
6 2 (1.89%) Cyber Scheme
6 2 (1.89%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.94%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (0.94%) CISM
7 1 (0.94%) CISSP
7 1 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.94%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.55%) GDPR
2 6 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.66%) NCSC
2 6 (5.66%) PMO
2 6 (5.66%) QA
3 5 (4.72%) NEBOSH
4 2 (1.89%) GRC
5 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.94%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (9.43%) VMware NSX
2 6 (5.66%) Docker
3 2 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.89%) Terminal Server
3 2 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (12.26%) Kubernetes
2 10 (9.43%) vRealize
3 9 (8.49%) Ansible
3 9 (8.49%) Terraform
4 4 (3.77%) Kibana
4 4 (3.77%) Packer
5 2 (1.89%) QRadar
5 2 (1.89%) SCCM
5 2 (1.89%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (12.26%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.32%) VMware
3 9 (8.49%) AppDynamics
4 8 (7.55%) IBM
5 6 (5.66%) Oracle
6 3 (2.83%) Motorola
6 3 (2.83%) SAP
7 2 (1.89%) ArcSight
7 2 (1.89%) Cisco
7 2 (1.89%) Juniper
7 2 (1.89%) McAfee
7 2 (1.89%) Splunk