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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 3 1
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 379 105 356
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 37.41% 19.92% 29.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 85.36% 65.63% 68.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 71 216
10th Percentile £280 £381 £213
25th Percentile £404 £550 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £605
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +3.31% +0.83%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £738 - £735
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £575 £594
% change year-on-year -13.04% -3.16% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 2 52
10th Percentile £70.82 £31.79 £51.28
25th Percentile £80.75 £39.36 £56.50
Median hourly rate £84.00 £52.85 £66.83
Median % change year-on-year +58.96% -20.93% -10.64%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.46 £87.53
90th Percentile £108.00 £72.50 £100.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £84.00 £74.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +12.75% +20.94% -6.67%

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 444 160 521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 43.83% 30.36% 43.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 100 251
10th Percentile £300 £353 £206
25th Percentile £410 £475 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £605
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% -1.61% +6.14%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £656
90th Percentile £738 - £725
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £534 £572
% change year-on-year -6.28% -6.73% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 5 54
10th Percentile £35.22 £44.05 £44.10
25th Percentile £80.75 - £56.31
Median hourly rate £84.00 £70.00 £62.05
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +12.81% -16.59%
75th Percentile £88.00 - £87.51
90th Percentile £108.00 £74.31 £100.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +18.57% +13.64% -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 9 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 9 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 (1.32%) Confluence
1 5 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.26%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.53%) Lectora
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.26%) CATIA
5 1 (0.26%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 34 (8.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.11%) iTrent
3 5 (1.32%) Teamcenter
4 4 (1.06%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.79%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.53%) Primavera
7 1 (0.26%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.26%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 54 (14.25%) Azure
2 19 (5.01%) AWS
2 19 (5.01%) Power Platform
3 15 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (3.69%) Entra ID
5 11 (2.90%) GCP
6 9 (2.37%) SuccessFactors
7 5 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.06%) IaaS
8 4 (1.06%) SaaS
8 4 (1.06%) Viva Engage
9 3 (0.79%) Azure AKS
9 3 (0.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (0.79%) PaaS
9 3 (0.79%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.53%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.53%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.60%) Firewall
2 21 (5.54%) LAN
3 15 (3.96%) BGP
3 15 (3.96%) Cisco ISE
3 15 (3.96%) OSPF
3 15 (3.96%) VXLAN
3 15 (3.96%) WAN
4 14 (3.69%) BIG-IP
5 13 (3.43%) DHCP
5 13 (3.43%) DNS
6 12 (3.17%) Ethernet VPN
6 12 (3.17%) Junos
7 7 (1.85%) Cisco Nexus
7 7 (1.85%) Wireless
8 6 (1.58%) Network Security
9 5 (1.32%) WLAN
10 3 (0.79%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 3 (0.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 3 (0.79%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.75%) Oracle Database
2 16 (4.22%) Power BI
3 6 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.58%) Oracle Database 12c
3 6 (1.58%) Tableau
4 4 (1.06%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.79%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.53%) Big Data
6 2 (0.53%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Database 11g
6 2 (0.53%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.26%) MySQL
7 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (9.76%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (1.06%) JIRA
3 3 (0.79%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.53%) Android Studio
4 2 (0.53%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.53%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.53%) Subversion
5 1 (0.26%) GitLab
5 1 (0.26%) JUnit
5 1 (0.26%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.26%) Mockito
5 1 (0.26%) TestDirector
General
1 106 (27.97%) Aerospace
2 74 (19.53%) Social Skills
3 26 (6.86%) Finance
4 25 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (4.22%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.43%) Military
7 8 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (1.85%) Advertising
8 7 (1.85%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.06%) Legal
9 4 (1.06%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.53%) Billing
11 2 (0.53%) Local Government
11 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.26%) Avionics
12 1 (0.26%) Banking
12 1 (0.26%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.26%) Marketing
12 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (18.47%) Lead
2 42 (11.08%) Product Manager
3 39 (10.29%) Delivery Manager
3 39 (10.29%) Senior
4 38 (10.03%) Product Delivery Manager
5 31 (8.18%) Analyst
6 30 (7.92%) Architect
6 30 (7.92%) Consultant
7 28 (7.39%) Network Engineer
8 22 (5.80%) Systems Delivery Manager
8 22 (5.80%) Systems Manager
9 20 (5.28%) Data Migration Lead
10 16 (4.22%) IT Manager
11 15 (3.96%) Systems Engineer
12 14 (3.69%) Administrator
12 14 (3.69%) Data Analyst
12 14 (3.69%) DBA
12 14 (3.69%) SAP Consultant
13 12 (3.17%) Oracle DBA
14 11 (2.90%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.43%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.32%) OAuth
2 5 (1.32%) OpenID
2 5 (1.32%) SAML
3 4 (1.06%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.06%) LDAP
3 4 (1.06%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 3 (0.79%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.79%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.53%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (0.53%) Middleware
5 2 (0.53%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.26%) .NET
6 1 (0.26%) CSS
6 1 (0.26%) HTML
6 1 (0.26%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.26%) LAMP
6 1 (0.26%) MERN Stack
6 1 (0.26%) React
6 1 (0.26%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.35%) Product Ownership
2 23 (6.07%) Data Structures
3 19 (5.01%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.01%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (3.69%) PKI
5 12 (3.17%) Clustering
6 10 (2.64%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.64%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.37%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.06%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.79%) CMDB
10 3 (0.79%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.79%) PMI
10 3 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (0.79%) Taxonomies
10 3 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.60%) Windows
2 17 (4.49%) Linux
3 7 (1.85%) Unix
4 4 (1.06%) Android
5 3 (0.79%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (19.26%) Continuous Improvement
2 66 (17.41%) Agile
3 62 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 57 (15.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 50 (13.19%) Computer Science
6 49 (12.93%) Roadmaps
7 46 (12.14%) Systems Engineering
8 44 (11.61%) Cybersecurity
9 43 (11.35%) Migration
10 40 (10.55%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 38 (10.03%) Programme Management
12 37 (9.76%) Configuration Management
12 37 (9.76%) PRINCE2
13 36 (9.50%) Change Control
14 33 (8.71%) ITIL
14 33 (8.71%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 32 (8.44%) Data Migration
16 30 (7.92%) DevOps
16 30 (7.92%) ITSM
16 30 (7.92%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.80%) Python
2 15 (3.96%) PowerShell
3 14 (3.69%) SQL
4 9 (2.37%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (1.58%) Bicep
6 4 (1.06%) Korn
6 4 (1.06%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.79%) C++
7 3 (0.79%) Java
7 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.26%) Bash
8 1 (0.26%) C#
8 1 (0.26%) Go
8 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.26%) Perl
8 1 (0.26%) PHP
8 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 247 (65.17%) SC Cleared
2 81 (21.37%) DV Cleared
3 58 (15.30%) Degree
4 15 (3.96%) Azure Certification
5 13 (3.43%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (2.37%) CISSP
7 8 (2.11%) PMI Certification
7 8 (2.11%) PMP
8 7 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.06%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.06%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (1.06%) JNCIA
9 4 (1.06%) JNCIP
9 4 (1.06%) JNCIS
9 4 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.79%) APMP
10 3 (0.79%) CSPO
10 3 (0.79%) MAPM
11 2 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.53%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 23 (6.07%) NIST
2 12 (3.17%) NIST 800
3 11 (2.90%) NCSC
4 10 (2.64%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.64%) GDPR
5 9 (2.37%) PMO
6 5 (1.32%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.32%) QA
7 4 (1.06%) SLA
8 3 (0.79%) DO-254
8 3 (0.79%) GRC
8 3 (0.79%) IEC 61508
8 3 (0.79%) ISO 26262
8 3 (0.79%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.26%) Def Stans
System Software
1 8 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.85%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (1.06%) Docker
4 1 (0.26%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (3.43%) FortiGate
2 10 (2.64%) Terraform
3 9 (2.37%) Oracle RMAN
4 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.32%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.06%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.79%) Ansible
7 3 (0.79%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.53%) Nessus
8 2 (0.53%) Nmap
8 2 (0.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.26%) Kibana
9 1 (0.26%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 63 (16.62%) SAP
2 38 (10.03%) Microsoft
3 29 (7.65%) Cisco
4 28 (7.39%) IBM
4 28 (7.39%) Oracle
5 25 (6.60%) Juniper
6 18 (4.75%) F5
7 15 (3.96%) Extreme Networks
8 14 (3.69%) Splunk
9 12 (3.17%) ServiceNow
9 12 (3.17%) SolarWinds
10 8 (2.11%) Workday
11 6 (1.58%) Google
12 5 (1.32%) Palo Alto
13 4 (1.06%) Okta
13 4 (1.06%) Ping Identity
13 4 (1.06%) Siemens
13 4 (1.06%) Tanium
14 3 (0.79%) Ariba
14 3 (0.79%) Fortinet