Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Reading

Security Clearance
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 3 1
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 399 103 381
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 37.89% 19.40% 31.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 85.44% 64.78% 69.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 67 231
10th Percentile £280 £377 £213
25th Percentile £413 £538 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £605
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -0.83% +2.54%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 - £735
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -11.74% -4.17% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 2 57
10th Percentile £70.08 £31.79 £48.67
25th Percentile £80.75 £39.36 £56.50
Median hourly rate £84.00 £52.85 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.96% -15.45% -16.43%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.46 £87.50
90th Percentile £108.00 £72.50 £100.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £84.00 £81.10 £61.70
% change year-on-year +3.58% +31.44% -6.52%

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 contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Reading.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 467 159 549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 44.35% 29.94% 44.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 98 264
10th Percentile £290 £353 £213
25th Percentile £423 £475 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £588 £605
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% -2.89% +6.14%
75th Percentile £697 £700 £675
90th Percentile £775 - £735
Berkshire median daily rate £505 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -3.81% -8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 5 59
10th Percentile £35.18 £44.05 £46.94
25th Percentile £80.63 - £56.00
Median hourly rate £84.00 £70.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +13.64% -17.20%
75th Percentile £88.00 - £87.48
90th Percentile £106.00 £74.31 £100.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £72.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +15.28% +16.88% -6.67%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Reading

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Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Security Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Reading over the 6 months to 20 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Reading

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Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Security Cleared

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Reading over the 6 months to 20 June 2026.

Hourly rate 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 5 (1.25%) Confluence
1 5 (1.25%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.50%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.25%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.50%) Lectora
4 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.50%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.25%) CATIA
5 1 (0.25%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 34 (8.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.01%) iTrent
3 7 (1.75%) Teamcenter
4 4 (1.00%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.75%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.50%) Primavera
7 1 (0.25%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.25%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 57 (14.29%) Azure
2 22 (5.51%) AWS
3 20 (5.01%) Power Platform
4 15 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (3.76%) Entra ID
5 13 (3.26%) GCP
6 9 (2.26%) SuccessFactors
7 5 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.00%) IaaS
8 4 (1.00%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.00%) SaaS
8 4 (1.00%) Viva Engage
9 3 (0.75%) Azure AKS
9 3 (0.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (0.75%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (0.75%) PaaS
10 2 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.50%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.27%) Firewall
2 20 (5.01%) LAN
3 15 (3.76%) BGP
3 15 (3.76%) Cisco ISE
3 15 (3.76%) OSPF
3 15 (3.76%) VXLAN
3 15 (3.76%) WAN
4 14 (3.51%) BIG-IP
5 12 (3.01%) DHCP
5 12 (3.01%) DNS
5 12 (3.01%) Ethernet VPN
5 12 (3.01%) Junos
6 6 (1.50%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (1.50%) Network Security
6 6 (1.50%) Wireless
7 4 (1.00%) WLAN
8 3 (0.75%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 3 (0.75%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (0.75%) MPLS
8 3 (0.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.01%) Oracle Database
2 16 (4.01%) Power BI
3 6 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.50%) Oracle Database 12c
3 6 (1.50%) Tableau
4 4 (1.00%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.75%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.50%) Big Data
6 2 (0.50%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle Database 11g
6 2 (0.50%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.25%) MySQL
7 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (9.27%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (1.00%) JIRA
3 3 (0.75%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.75%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.50%) Android Studio
4 2 (0.50%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.50%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.50%) Subversion
5 1 (0.25%) GitLab
5 1 (0.25%) JUnit
5 1 (0.25%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.25%) Mockito
5 1 (0.25%) TestDirector
General
1 119 (29.82%) Aerospace
2 82 (20.55%) Social Skills
3 30 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.27%) Finance
5 17 (4.26%) Public Sector
6 11 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (2.76%) Military
7 7 (1.75%) Advertising
7 7 (1.75%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.25%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.00%) Legal
9 4 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.50%) Billing
11 2 (0.50%) Local Government
11 2 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.25%) Avionics
12 1 (0.25%) Banking
12 1 (0.25%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 85 (21.30%) Lead
2 42 (10.53%) Product Manager
3 41 (10.28%) Senior
4 39 (9.77%) Delivery Manager
5 38 (9.52%) Product Delivery Manager
6 35 (8.77%) Analyst
7 33 (8.27%) Architect
8 31 (7.77%) Consultant
9 27 (6.77%) Network Engineer
10 22 (5.51%) Systems Delivery Manager
10 22 (5.51%) Systems Manager
11 20 (5.01%) Data Migration Lead
12 16 (4.01%) Administrator
12 16 (4.01%) DBA
12 16 (4.01%) IT Manager
13 15 (3.76%) Systems Engineer
14 14 (3.51%) Data Analyst
14 14 (3.51%) Oracle DBA
14 14 (3.51%) Product Owner
14 14 (3.51%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.26%) 802.1X
2 7 (1.75%) OAuth
2 7 (1.75%) OpenID
2 7 (1.75%) SAML
3 6 (1.50%) LDAP
4 4 (1.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 4 (1.00%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.75%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.50%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (0.50%) Middleware
6 2 (0.50%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.25%) .NET
7 1 (0.25%) CSS
7 1 (0.25%) HTML
7 1 (0.25%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.25%) iOS SDK
7 1 (0.25%) LAMP
7 1 (0.25%) React
7 1 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.53%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.76%) Data Structures
3 19 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
4 18 (4.51%) Data Centre
5 14 (3.51%) PKI
6 12 (3.01%) Clustering
7 11 (2.76%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.51%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.26%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.00%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.00%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.75%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.75%) CMDB
13 3 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.75%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.75%) PMI
13 3 (0.75%) Taxonomies
13 3 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.51%) Windows
2 15 (3.76%) Linux
3 7 (1.75%) Unix
4 3 (0.75%) Android
4 3 (0.75%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (19.80%) Continuous Improvement
2 73 (18.30%) Agile
3 68 (17.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 64 (16.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 58 (14.54%) Roadmaps
6 52 (13.03%) Computer Science
7 46 (11.53%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (11.53%) Systems Engineering
8 44 (11.03%) Migration
9 41 (10.28%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 38 (9.52%) Programme Management
11 37 (9.27%) Configuration Management
11 37 (9.27%) PRINCE2
12 36 (9.02%) Change Control
13 35 (8.77%) ITIL
14 33 (8.27%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 32 (8.02%) Data Migration
15 32 (8.02%) DevOps
16 31 (7.77%) ITSM
16 31 (7.77%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 24 (6.02%) Python
2 17 (4.26%) SQL
3 14 (3.51%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.26%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (1.50%) Bicep
6 4 (1.00%) Korn
6 4 (1.00%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.75%) C++
7 3 (0.75%) Java
7 3 (0.75%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.25%) Bash
8 1 (0.25%) C#
8 1 (0.25%) Go
8 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.25%) Perl
8 1 (0.25%) PHP
8 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 262 (65.66%) SC Cleared
2 80 (20.05%) DV Cleared
3 59 (14.79%) Degree
4 19 (4.76%) Azure Certification
5 13 (3.26%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (2.76%) CISSP
7 8 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.01%) PMI Certification
7 8 (2.01%) PMP
8 6 (1.50%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.50%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.00%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.00%) CSPO
9 4 (1.00%) JNCIA
9 4 (1.00%) JNCIP
9 4 (1.00%) JNCIS
10 3 (0.75%) APMP
10 3 (0.75%) MAPM
11 2 (0.50%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (5.76%) NIST
3 12 (3.01%) NCSC
3 12 (3.01%) NIST 800
4 11 (2.76%) PMO
5 10 (2.51%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.51%) GDPR
6 8 (2.01%) GRC
7 5 (1.25%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.25%) QA
8 4 (1.00%) SLA
9 3 (0.75%) DO-254
9 3 (0.75%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.75%) ISO 26262
9 3 (0.75%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.25%) Def Stans
System Software
1 7 (1.75%) Oracle RAC
2 5 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.00%) Docker
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (3.26%) FortiGate
2 11 (2.76%) Terraform
3 9 (2.26%) Oracle RMAN
4 7 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.25%) Ansible
5 5 (1.25%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.75%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.50%) Nessus
8 2 (0.50%) Nmap
8 2 (0.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.25%) Kibana
9 1 (0.25%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 63 (15.79%) SAP
2 40 (10.03%) Microsoft
3 30 (7.52%) Oracle
4 28 (7.02%) Cisco
4 28 (7.02%) IBM
5 25 (6.27%) Juniper
6 18 (4.51%) F5
7 15 (3.76%) Extreme Networks
8 14 (3.51%) ServiceNow
8 14 (3.51%) Splunk
9 12 (3.01%) SolarWinds
10 8 (2.01%) Workday
11 6 (1.50%) Google
12 5 (1.25%) Okta
12 5 (1.25%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.25%) Ping Identity
13 4 (1.00%) ForgeRock
13 4 (1.00%) Siemens
14 3 (0.75%) Ariba
14 3 (0.75%) Fortinet