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 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 +21
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 56 202 379
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 10.59% 18.76% 38.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.10% 54.74% 68.91%
Number of salaries quoted 20 74 273
10th Percentile £45,920 £41,263 £34,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £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 £69,688 £75,000 £61,300
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £78,000
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 147 369 550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 27.79% 34.26% 55.95%
Number of salaries quoted 58 123 364
10th Percentile £28,000 £40,013 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,194 £50,594 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £53,760
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +11.61% +4.69%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,125 £93,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £53,065 £65,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -18.36% +19.27% +5.21%

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 29 November 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 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.57%) JBoss
2 2 (3.57%) Red Hat Fuse
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.79%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 21 (37.50%) AWS
2 18 (32.14%) Amazon ECS
2 18 (32.14%) Serverless
3 17 (30.36%) Amazon EKS
4 15 (26.79%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (5.36%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.79%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.79%) Azure
6 1 (1.79%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.14%) Firewall
2 3 (5.36%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (1.79%) DHCP
3 1 (1.79%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (30.36%) PostgreSQL
1 17 (30.36%) Relational Database
2 15 (26.79%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 17 (30.36%) Jenkins
1 17 (30.36%) JUnit
2 15 (26.79%) JMeter
2 15 (26.79%) Mockito
3 2 (3.57%) Git
3 2 (3.57%) Selenium
General
1 23 (41.07%) Public Sector
2 12 (21.43%) Finance
3 9 (16.07%) Social Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Banking
5 3 (5.36%) Games
5 3 (5.36%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Back Office
6 2 (3.57%) Electronics
6 2 (3.57%) Marketing
6 2 (3.57%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.79%) Billing
7 1 (1.79%) Legal
7 1 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 17 (30.36%) Developer
1 17 (30.36%) Java Developer
2 15 (26.79%) Full-Stack Developer
2 15 (26.79%) Full-Stack Java Developer
2 15 (26.79%) Mid-Level Java Developer
3 8 (14.29%) Architect
4 5 (8.93%) Senior
5 4 (7.14%) Integration Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Lead
6 3 (5.36%) Lead Architect
6 3 (5.36%) Software Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Tester
7 2 (3.57%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.57%) Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Digital Delivery Manager
7 2 (3.57%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Dynamics 365 Architect
7 2 (3.57%) Junior
7 2 (3.57%) Junior Penetration Tester
7 2 (3.57%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (32.14%) Spring
1 18 (32.14%) Spring Boot
2 17 (30.36%) Apache Camel
2 17 (30.36%) REST
2 17 (30.36%) Web Services
3 15 (26.79%) ActiveMQ
3 15 (26.79%) Hibernate
3 15 (26.79%) HTML
3 15 (26.79%) jQuery
3 15 (26.79%) JSON
3 15 (26.79%) WireMock
3 15 (26.79%) XML
4 2 (3.57%) J2EE
4 2 (3.57%) RESTful
4 2 (3.57%) SOAP
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.79%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (32.14%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (10.71%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.36%) Cloud Native
3 3 (5.36%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.57%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.79%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (1.79%) CESG
5 1 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.79%) PKI
5 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Windows
1 4 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (41.07%) Agile
2 19 (33.93%) BDD
2 19 (33.93%) CI/CD
2 19 (33.93%) TDD
3 18 (32.14%) Microservices
4 16 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
5 15 (26.79%) Process Management
5 15 (26.79%) SDLC
5 15 (26.79%) Workflow
6 7 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (10.71%) Software Engineering
7 6 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (8.93%) Project Delivery
9 4 (7.14%) Coaching
9 4 (7.14%) DevOps
9 4 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (7.14%) Service Design
9 4 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
9 4 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (42.86%) Java
2 15 (26.79%) JavaScript
2 15 (26.79%) Python
2 15 (26.79%) Shell Script
3 2 (3.57%) C++
3 2 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (39.29%) SC Cleared
2 12 (21.43%) DV Cleared
3 4 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (5.36%) Degree
5 2 (3.57%) CHECK Team Leader
5 2 (3.57%) CHECK Team Member
5 2 (3.57%) OSCP
6 1 (1.79%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (1.79%) CISSP
6 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.36%) GDPR
2 3 (5.36%) QA
3 2 (3.57%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.57%) GRC
3 2 (3.57%) SLA
4 1 (1.79%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.79%) NCSC
4 1 (1.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (32.14%) Docker
2 3 (5.36%) VMware NSX
3 2 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.79%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (33.93%) Kubernetes
2 15 (26.79%) Kibana
3 3 (5.36%) vRealize
4 2 (3.57%) Ansible
5 1 (1.79%) Grafana
5 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (26.79%) Dynatrace
1 15 (26.79%) Splunk
2 8 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.14%) VMware
4 3 (5.36%) SAP
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle