Security Cleared Contracts 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 11 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 1 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +10
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 111 381 203
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 19.07% 31.44% 17.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.07% 69.40% 55.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 228 118
10th Percentile £359 £283 £405
25th Percentile £495 £570 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £605 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% +5.22% +5.75%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £638
90th Percentile - £746 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £603 £550
% change year-on-year -8.83% +9.68% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 56 13
10th Percentile £31.79 £48.59 -
25th Percentile £39.36 £56.50 £63.14
Median hourly rate £52.85 £65.94 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.86% -5.80% -
75th Percentile £65.46 £87.51 £76.99
90th Percentile £72.50 £100.00 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £77.19 £61.80 £64.68
% change year-on-year +24.91% -4.45% +207.98%

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 176 549 368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 30.24% 45.30% 32.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 263 215
10th Percentile £352 £213 £360
25th Percentile £459 £506 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £605 £553
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +9.40% +10.60%
75th Percentile £694 £688 £638
90th Percentile £700 £744 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £580 £550
% change year-on-year -9.48% +5.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 58 16
10th Percentile £44.05 £46.33 £60.32
25th Percentile - £56.31 £63.14
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.05 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.81% -13.82% +620.00%
75th Percentile - £87.49 £77.54
90th Percentile £74.31 £100.00 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £66.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% -6.67% +214.29%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Reading over the 6 months to 11 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Reading

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Reading over the 6 months to 11 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.80%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.90%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.90%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.90%) Primavera
3 1 (0.90%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 20 (18.02%) Azure
2 19 (17.12%) AWS
3 6 (5.41%) SaaS
4 4 (3.60%) Tricentis Tosca
5 2 (1.80%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.90%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.90%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (0.90%) AWS KMS
6 1 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.90%) Boomi
6 1 (0.90%) GCP
6 1 (0.90%) IaaS
6 1 (0.90%) PaaS
6 1 (0.90%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.60%) Firewall
2 3 (2.70%) LAN
3 2 (1.80%) SAN
3 2 (1.80%) WAN
4 1 (0.90%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.90%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.90%) Junos
4 1 (0.90%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.41%) GIS
2 5 (4.50%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.70%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.90%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.90%) Data Hub
5 1 (0.90%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.90%) MS Access
5 1 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (13.51%) JIRA
2 11 (9.91%) Jenkins
3 10 (9.01%) Cucumber
3 10 (9.01%) GitLab
3 10 (9.01%) REST Assured
3 10 (9.01%) Selenium
4 7 (6.31%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.80%) Git
5 2 (1.80%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.90%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.90%) DbUnit
6 1 (0.90%) jMock
6 1 (0.90%) JUnit
6 1 (0.90%) Maven
6 1 (0.90%) Mockito
General
1 38 (34.23%) Public Sector
2 36 (32.43%) Social Skills
3 28 (25.23%) Finance
4 26 (23.42%) Telecoms
5 24 (21.62%) Manufacturing
6 23 (20.72%) Electronics
6 23 (20.72%) Marketing
7 18 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (4.50%) Law
9 4 (3.60%) Police
10 3 (2.70%) Legal
11 2 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.90%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.90%) Billing
12 1 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.90%) Military
12 1 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (33.33%) Architect
2 21 (18.92%) Active Directory Architect
3 15 (13.51%) Senior
4 14 (12.61%) Consultant
5 11 (9.91%) Solutions Consultant
6 9 (8.11%) Java Engineer
6 9 (8.11%) Java Software Engineer
6 9 (8.11%) Software Engineer
7 8 (7.21%) Information Security Specialist
7 8 (7.21%) Information Specialist
7 8 (7.21%) Security Specialist
8 7 (6.31%) Analyst
8 7 (6.31%) Security Architect
9 6 (5.41%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 6 (5.41%) Senior Information Security Specialist
9 6 (5.41%) Senior Security Specialist
10 5 (4.50%) Cloud Engineer
10 5 (4.50%) Developer
10 5 (4.50%) DevOps Engineer
11 4 (3.60%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.91%) REST
2 10 (9.01%) Java EE
3 6 (5.41%) ARM Templates
3 6 (5.41%) SOAP
4 3 (2.70%) .NET
4 3 (2.70%) RFC 2544
5 2 (1.80%) Middleware
6 1 (0.90%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (0.90%) ADO
6 1 (0.90%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.90%) Apache Axis
6 1 (0.90%) Bootstrap
6 1 (0.90%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.90%) JBoss Seam
6 1 (0.90%) JPA
6 1 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.90%) PowerMock
6 1 (0.90%) RESTful
6 1 (0.90%) Spring
6 1 (0.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.91%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.50%) Operational Technology
2 5 (4.50%) SCADA
3 3 (2.70%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.80%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (1.80%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.80%) Replication
4 2 (1.80%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.90%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.90%) CESG
5 1 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.90%) HP Storage
5 1 (0.90%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 28 (25.23%) Windows
2 7 (6.31%) Linux
3 2 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.90%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (37.84%) Test Automation
2 29 (26.13%) Agile
3 24 (21.62%) Programme Management
4 23 (20.72%) Business Intelligence
4 23 (20.72%) Digital Marketing
5 21 (18.92%) Identity Access Management
6 19 (17.12%) DevOps
7 13 (11.71%) Decision-Making
8 12 (10.81%) Risk Management
9 11 (9.91%) Configuration Management
9 11 (9.91%) Continuous Integration
9 11 (9.91%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (9.91%) Software Engineering
9 11 (9.91%) Technical Leadership
9 11 (9.91%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 10 (9.01%) Information Security
10 10 (9.01%) Software Architecture
11 9 (8.11%) Security Architecture
11 9 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (7.21%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 23 (20.72%) PowerShell
2 14 (12.61%) SQL
3 13 (11.71%) Java
4 10 (9.01%) Python
5 5 (4.50%) Perl
5 5 (4.50%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.80%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.90%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.90%) Bash
7 1 (0.90%) C
7 1 (0.90%) C#
7 1 (0.90%) C++
7 1 (0.90%) R
7 1 (0.90%) VB
Qualifications
1 68 (61.26%) SC Cleared
2 44 (39.64%) DV Cleared
3 6 (5.41%) CISM
4 5 (4.50%) AWS Certification
4 5 (4.50%) CISSP
4 5 (4.50%) Degree
5 2 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.80%) CCNA
5 2 (1.80%) CCNP
5 2 (1.80%) CFCE
5 2 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.80%) GCFA
5 2 (1.80%) GCIA
5 2 (1.80%) GCIH
5 2 (1.80%) GIAC
6 1 (0.90%) ISEB
6 1 (0.90%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.90%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.90%) PMP
6 1 (0.90%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.41%) QA
3 4 (3.60%) GDPR
3 4 (3.60%) NCSC
3 4 (3.60%) NIST
4 2 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.80%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.80%) NIST 800
4 2 (1.80%) RMADS
5 1 (0.90%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 21 (18.92%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.31%) Docker
3 1 (0.90%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 7 (6.31%) Ansible
1 7 (6.31%) Kubernetes
2 6 (5.41%) Docker Swarm
2 6 (5.41%) Podman
2 6 (5.41%) Terraform
3 2 (1.80%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (1.80%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.90%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.90%) Grafana
4 1 (0.90%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 30 (27.03%) SAP
2 7 (6.31%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.50%) Cisco
4 3 (2.70%) Oracle
5 2 (1.80%) 3PAR
5 2 (1.80%) ArcSight
5 2 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.80%) Dell
5 2 (1.80%) HP
5 2 (1.80%) IBM
5 2 (1.80%) LogRhythm
5 2 (1.80%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.80%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.80%) Splunk
5 2 (1.80%) Veritas
6 1 (0.90%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.90%) Databricks
6 1 (0.90%) DocuSign
6 1 (0.90%) Jaspersoft
6 1 (0.90%) Nimble Storage