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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 5 1
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 447 110 343
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 39.24% 18.43% 30.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 83.40% 62.50% 70.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 74 227
10th Percentile £312 £373 £445
25th Percentile £503 £486 £582
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £589 £605
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% -2.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £733 £700 £688
90th Percentile £811 £753 £765
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £550 £605
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +13.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 1 37
10th Percentile £67.85 - £50.51
25th Percentile £80.75 £26.75 £58.49
Median hourly rate £84.50 £28.50 £72.33
Median % change year-on-year +196.49% -60.60% +3.33%
75th Percentile £88.00 £30.25 £87.53
90th Percentile £104.45 - £100.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £84.00 £85.75 £63.43
% change year-on-year -2.04% +35.19% -2.60%

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 536 176 490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 47.06% 29.48% 43.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 109 260
10th Percentile £321 £357 £362
25th Percentile £500 £450 £568
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £605
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £727 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 - £765
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 4 38
10th Percentile £41.25 £39.73 £48.75
25th Percentile £80.56 £59.19 £57.75
Median hourly rate £84.00 £70.00 £71.75
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £88.00 - £87.52
90th Percentile £104.35 - £100.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.54 £70.00 £61.65
% change year-on-year +19.34% +13.54% -5.00%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 11 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.67%) Confluence
4 2 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.22%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (4.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.45%) Lectora
5 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (8.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (3.13%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.79%) iTrent
4 6 (1.34%) SAP EWM
5 4 (0.89%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.67%) Primavera
6 3 (0.67%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.22%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.22%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.22%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 68 (15.21%) Azure
2 24 (5.37%) Power Platform
3 21 (4.70%) AWS
4 19 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (3.13%) GCP
6 11 (2.46%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (2.01%) SuccessFactors
8 5 (1.12%) OpenShift
8 5 (1.12%) SaaS
9 4 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (0.89%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.67%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.67%) GitHub
10 3 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (0.67%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.45%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.45%) Rubrik
12 1 (0.22%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.04%) Firewall
2 20 (4.47%) DNS
3 18 (4.03%) DHCP
4 17 (3.80%) LAN
5 16 (3.58%) WAN
6 15 (3.36%) VXLAN
7 14 (3.13%) BGP
7 14 (3.13%) BIG-IP
7 14 (3.13%) OSPF
8 13 (2.91%) Cisco ISE
9 12 (2.68%) Ethernet VPN
9 12 (2.68%) Junos
10 9 (2.01%) VPN
11 7 (1.57%) Network Security
12 5 (1.12%) Wireless
13 4 (0.89%) SSL
13 4 (0.89%) TCP/IP
14 3 (0.67%) IPsec
14 3 (0.67%) MPLS
14 3 (0.67%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.15%) Oracle Database
2 18 (4.03%) Power BI
3 7 (1.57%) Oracle Database 12c
4 6 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.34%) Tableau
5 4 (0.89%) Oracle Database 11g
5 4 (0.89%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.67%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.67%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.45%) Big Data
7 2 (0.45%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.45%) Metadata
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle Database 10g
7 2 (0.45%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.22%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.22%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 38 (8.50%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (1.34%) JIRA
3 4 (0.89%) GitLab
3 4 (0.89%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.67%) Git
5 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.22%) JUnit
5 1 (0.22%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.22%) Mockito
5 1 (0.22%) TestDirector
General
1 142 (31.77%) Aerospace
2 97 (21.70%) Social Skills
3 43 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (6.26%) Finance
5 19 (4.25%) Influencing Skills
6 18 (4.03%) Public Sector
7 11 (2.46%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.57%) Advertising
8 7 (1.57%) Legal
8 7 (1.57%) Military
8 7 (1.57%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.45%) Local Government
12 1 (0.22%) Avionics
12 1 (0.22%) Banking
12 1 (0.22%) Billing
12 1 (0.22%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.22%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 92 (20.58%) Lead
2 52 (11.63%) Analyst
3 49 (10.96%) Consultant
4 47 (10.51%) Product Manager
5 44 (9.84%) Delivery Manager
6 43 (9.62%) Product Delivery Manager
7 42 (9.40%) Senior
8 34 (7.61%) Architect
9 25 (5.59%) SAP Consultant
10 22 (4.92%) Systems Delivery Manager
10 22 (4.92%) Systems Manager
11 20 (4.47%) Data Migration Lead
11 20 (4.47%) DBA
11 20 (4.47%) Network Engineer
12 18 (4.03%) Data Analyst
12 18 (4.03%) Oracle DBA
12 18 (4.03%) Systems Engineer
13 17 (3.80%) Administrator
14 16 (3.58%) Product Owner
15 14 (3.13%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.36%) 802.1X
2 8 (1.79%) OAuth
2 8 (1.79%) SAML
3 7 (1.57%) OpenID
4 6 (1.34%) LDAP
5 4 (0.89%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 4 (0.89%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.67%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.67%) SAP PI
7 2 (0.45%) .NET
7 2 (0.45%) Apache NiFi
7 2 (0.45%) Middleware
7 2 (0.45%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.22%) CSS
8 1 (0.22%) HTML
8 1 (0.22%) HTML5 Canvas
8 1 (0.22%) iOS SDK
8 1 (0.22%) React
8 1 (0.22%) Web Services
8 1 (0.22%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 55 (12.30%) Product Ownership
2 24 (5.37%) Data Structures
3 20 (4.47%) Greenfield Project
4 16 (3.58%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.68%) Clustering
6 12 (2.68%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.68%) PKI
7 11 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.01%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.12%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.89%) Enterprise Cloud
12 3 (0.67%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.67%) PMI
12 3 (0.67%) Taxonomies
12 3 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.25%) Windows
2 14 (3.13%) Linux
3 9 (2.01%) Unix
4 3 (0.67%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.67%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.22%) Android
6 1 (0.22%) Solaris
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (20.13%) Continuous Improvement
2 87 (19.46%) Agile
3 78 (17.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 75 (16.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 67 (14.99%) Computer Science
6 63 (14.09%) Roadmaps
7 57 (12.75%) Cybersecurity
8 50 (11.19%) Migration
8 50 (11.19%) Systems Engineering
9 48 (10.74%) ITIL
10 45 (10.07%) DevOps
11 43 (9.62%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 41 (9.17%) Change Control
13 40 (8.95%) PRINCE2
13 40 (8.95%) Programme Management
14 38 (8.50%) ITSM
15 37 (8.28%) Service Management
16 36 (8.05%) Data Migration
17 34 (7.61%) Configuration Management
17 34 (7.61%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 30 (6.71%) Python
2 25 (5.59%) SQL
3 17 (3.80%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.24%) Kusto Query Language
5 9 (2.01%) Bash
6 6 (1.34%) PL/SQL
7 5 (1.12%) Bicep
8 4 (0.89%) Java
8 4 (0.89%) Korn
8 4 (0.89%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.67%) C++
10 1 (0.22%) C#
10 1 (0.22%) Go
10 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 298 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 90 (20.13%) DV Cleared
3 79 (17.67%) Degree
4 21 (4.70%) Azure Certification
5 20 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (4.25%) PMP
7 18 (4.03%) PMI Certification
8 15 (3.36%) CISSP
9 8 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (1.12%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.89%) CISM
13 4 (0.89%) CSPO
13 4 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (0.89%) JNCIA
13 4 (0.89%) JNCIP
13 4 (0.89%) JNCIS
13 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (5.82%) NIST
3 16 (3.58%) PMO
4 14 (3.13%) NIST 800
5 12 (2.68%) Data Quality
6 11 (2.46%) GDPR
7 10 (2.24%) GRC
8 7 (1.57%) NCSC
9 6 (1.34%) Def Stans
9 6 (1.34%) QA
10 4 (0.89%) DO-254
10 4 (0.89%) IEC 61508
10 4 (0.89%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.67%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.67%) SLA
12 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.22%) ARP4761
12 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.22%) DO-160
System Software
1 10 (2.24%) Active Directory
1 10 (2.24%) Oracle RAC
2 7 (1.57%) Docker
3 5 (1.12%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (3.13%) Terraform
2 13 (2.91%) FortiGate
3 12 (2.68%) Ansible
3 12 (2.68%) Oracle RMAN
4 11 (2.46%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.34%) Data Guard
6 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.89%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.89%) SCCM
8 2 (0.45%) Grafana
8 2 (0.45%) Istio
8 2 (0.45%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.45%) SCOM
9 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.22%) Nessus
9 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (18.57%) SAP
2 65 (14.54%) Microsoft
3 34 (7.61%) Oracle
4 29 (6.49%) IBM
5 26 (5.82%) Juniper
6 24 (5.37%) Cisco
7 23 (5.15%) ServiceNow
8 20 (4.47%) F5
9 15 (3.36%) Extreme Networks
10 14 (3.13%) SolarWinds
10 14 (3.13%) Splunk
11 11 (2.46%) Workday
12 7 (1.57%) Google
13 6 (1.34%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.34%) VMware
14 5 (1.12%) CheckPoint
14 5 (1.12%) Okta
14 5 (1.12%) Ping Identity
15 4 (0.89%) Red Hat
15 4 (0.89%) Siemens