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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 4 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 +17
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 59 129 397
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 10.07% 15.99% 39.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 41.26% 43.00% 71.02%
Number of salaries quoted 23 53 293
10th Percentile £47,000 £46,300 £34,000
25th Percentile £51,875 £51,250 £39,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +20.22%
75th Percentile £74,375 £75,000 £63,748
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £59,125 £54,631
% change year-on-year -6.98% +8.23% +10.20%

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 143 300 559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 24.40% 37.17% 55.46%
Number of salaries quoted 56 103 382
10th Percentile £43,750 £40,013 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,469 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% +7.11%
75th Percentile £72,813 £80,000 £64,580
90th Percentile £85,000 £117,000 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £54,375 £69,375 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.62% +26.14% +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

Security Cleared
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 28 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Reading

Security Cleared
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 6 (10.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.69%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 18 (30.51%) AWS
2 14 (23.73%) Amazon ECS
2 14 (23.73%) Serverless
3 13 (22.03%) Amazon EC2
3 13 (22.03%) Amazon EKS
4 7 (11.86%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.69%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.69%) Azure
5 1 (1.69%) GCP
5 1 (1.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.17%) Firewall
2 3 (5.08%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (1.69%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (1.69%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (22.03%) PostgreSQL
1 13 (22.03%) RDBMS
1 13 (22.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (22.03%) Jenkins
1 13 (22.03%) JMeter
1 13 (22.03%) JUnit
1 13 (22.03%) Mockito
2 2 (3.39%) Selenium
3 1 (1.69%) GitLab
3 1 (1.69%) JIRA
3 1 (1.69%) Subversion
General
1 19 (32.20%) Public Sector
2 16 (27.12%) Finance
3 8 (13.56%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Banking
5 3 (5.08%) Games
5 3 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Back Office
6 2 (3.39%) Electronics
6 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.39%) Marketing
6 2 (3.39%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.69%) Billing
7 1 (1.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (22.03%) Developer
1 13 (22.03%) Full-Stack Developer
1 13 (22.03%) Full-Stack Java Developer
1 13 (22.03%) Java Developer
1 13 (22.03%) Mid-Level Java Developer
2 11 (18.64%) Senior
3 8 (13.56%) Architect
4 7 (11.86%) Consultant
5 6 (10.17%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 6 (10.17%) Functional Consultant
5 6 (10.17%) Senior Consultant
5 6 (10.17%) Senior Functional Consultant
6 4 (6.78%) Integration Manager
7 3 (5.08%) Lead
7 3 (5.08%) Lead Architect
7 3 (5.08%) Software Engineer
7 3 (5.08%) Tester
8 2 (3.39%) Digital Delivery Manager
8 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
8 2 (3.39%) Junior Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (23.73%) Spring
1 14 (23.73%) Spring Boot
2 13 (22.03%) ActiveMQ
2 13 (22.03%) Apache Camel
2 13 (22.03%) Hibernate
2 13 (22.03%) HTML
2 13 (22.03%) jQuery
2 13 (22.03%) JSON
2 13 (22.03%) REST
2 13 (22.03%) Web Services
2 13 (22.03%) WireMock
2 13 (22.03%) XML
3 1 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.03%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (8.47%) Cloud Native
2 5 (8.47%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.78%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.39%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (3.39%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.39%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.69%) CESG
5 1 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.17%) Windows
1 6 (10.17%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.69%) Linux
2 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (35.59%) Agile
2 18 (30.51%) CI/CD
3 15 (25.42%) BDD
3 15 (25.42%) TDD
4 14 (23.73%) Full-Stack Development
4 14 (23.73%) Microservices
5 13 (22.03%) Process Management
5 13 (22.03%) SDLC
5 13 (22.03%) Workflow
6 9 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (8.47%) Network Design
8 5 (8.47%) Security Architecture
8 5 (8.47%) Service Design
8 5 (8.47%) Software Engineering
8 5 (8.47%) Systems Engineering
9 4 (6.78%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (6.78%) Project Delivery
9 4 (6.78%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (33.90%) Java
2 14 (23.73%) Python
3 13 (22.03%) JavaScript
3 13 (22.03%) Shell Script
4 3 (5.08%) SQL
5 2 (3.39%) C++
Qualifications
1 24 (40.68%) SC Cleared
2 16 (27.12%) DV Cleared
3 4 (6.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.39%) CHECK Team Leader
4 2 (3.39%) CHECK Team Member
4 2 (3.39%) Degree
4 2 (3.39%) OSCP
5 1 (1.69%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (1.69%) CISSP
5 1 (1.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (1.69%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.39%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.39%) GDPR
2 2 (3.39%) GRC
2 2 (3.39%) NCSC
2 2 (3.39%) QA
System Software
1 14 (23.73%) Docker
2 5 (8.47%) VMware NSX
3 2 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.69%) Terminal Server
4 1 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (27.12%) Kubernetes
2 13 (22.03%) Kibana
3 5 (8.47%) vRealize
4 1 (1.69%) Grafana
4 1 (1.69%) SCCM
4 1 (1.69%) SCOM
4 1 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (22.03%) Dynatrace
1 13 (22.03%) Splunk
2 10 (16.95%) Microsoft
3 6 (10.17%) VMware
4 4 (6.78%) SAP
5 1 (1.69%) Cisco
5 1 (1.69%) Juniper
5 1 (1.69%) McAfee
5 1 (1.69%) Oracle