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 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 1 3
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +20
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 110 368 207
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 17.77% 30.51% 18.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 60.44% 69.96% 60.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 233 159
10th Percentile £402 £205 £430
25th Percentile £586 £413 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £586
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +2.39% +6.55%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £680
90th Percentile £726 £693 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £575 £586
% change year-on-year - -1.88% +11.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 38 10
10th Percentile £63.30 £51.44 £62.07
25th Percentile £65.62 £56.50 £63.14
Median hourly rate £69.48 £63.29 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.77% -2.63% -13.33%
75th Percentile £73.33 £85.34 £76.89
90th Percentile £75.65 £87.53 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.78 £63.00 £64.68
% change year-on-year -1.94% -2.59% +207.24%

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 182 526 344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 29.40% 43.62% 31.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 281 225
10th Percentile £387 £205 £363
25th Percentile £496 £390 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £631 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year +9.78% +0.88% +14.00%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £675
90th Percentile - £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £525 £559
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.04% +12.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 40 11
10th Percentile £65.06 £42.00 -
25th Percentile - £55.41 £63.14
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.90 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.30% -3.24% +550.00%
75th Percentile - £84.71 £79.19
90th Percentile £74.31 £87.53 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.75 £61.62 £64.84
% change year-on-year +3.44% -4.96% +208.02%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 5 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.82%) Apache
3 1 (0.91%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.91%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (6.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.73%) Primavera
3 2 (1.82%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.91%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.91%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 21 (19.09%) Azure
2 19 (17.27%) AWS
3 9 (8.18%) SaaS
4 4 (3.64%) PaaS
4 4 (3.64%) Tricentis Tosca
5 3 (2.73%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.73%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.82%) Azure AKS
6 2 (1.82%) Azure Stack
6 2 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.91%) GCP
7 1 (0.91%) IaaS
7 1 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.73%) PBX
1 3 (2.73%) VoIP
2 2 (1.82%) DNS
2 2 (1.82%) Network Security
2 2 (1.82%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (1.82%) SMTP
2 2 (1.82%) Telnet
3 1 (0.91%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (0.91%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.91%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.91%) Firewall
3 1 (0.91%) Junos
3 1 (0.91%) LAN
3 1 (0.91%) Skype
3 1 (0.91%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.27%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (5.45%) Oracle Database
2 6 (5.45%) Oracle Database 11g
3 3 (2.73%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (2.73%) Power BI
3 3 (2.73%) SAP BW
4 2 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.82%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (1.82%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.91%) GIS
5 1 (0.91%) MS Access
5 1 (0.91%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.91%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (6.36%) JIRA
2 6 (5.45%) Cucumber
2 6 (5.45%) GitLab
2 6 (5.45%) Jenkins
2 6 (5.45%) REST Assured
2 6 (5.45%) Selenium
3 4 (3.64%) SonarQube
3 4 (3.64%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.91%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.91%) MSI
General
1 42 (38.18%) Public Sector
2 37 (33.64%) Telecoms
3 32 (29.09%) Manufacturing
4 31 (28.18%) Finance
5 30 (27.27%) Electronics
5 30 (27.27%) Marketing
6 18 (16.36%) Social Skills
7 8 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.73%) Law
10 2 (1.82%) Police
10 2 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.91%) Legal
11 1 (0.91%) Military
11 1 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (34.55%) Architect
2 26 (23.64%) Senior
3 21 (19.09%) Active Directory Architect
4 9 (8.18%) Security Specialist
4 9 (8.18%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 9 (8.18%) Senior Security Specialist
4 9 (8.18%) Software Engineer
5 8 (7.27%) Information Security Specialist
5 8 (7.27%) Information Specialist
5 8 (7.27%) Senior Information Security Specialist
6 7 (6.36%) SAP Architect
7 5 (4.55%) Analyst
7 5 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
7 5 (4.55%) Developer
7 5 (4.55%) Java Engineer
7 5 (4.55%) Java Software Engineer
8 4 (3.64%) Data Engineer
8 4 (3.64%) Test Engineer
9 3 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (2.73%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.45%) Java EE
1 6 (5.45%) REST
2 4 (3.64%) .NET
2 4 (3.64%) ARM Templates
2 4 (3.64%) PySpark
3 3 (2.73%) Gherkin
4 2 (1.82%) LDAP
4 2 (1.82%) Middleware
4 2 (1.82%) YAML
5 1 (0.91%) Apache Axis
5 1 (0.91%) COM
5 1 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.91%) RFC 2544
5 1 (0.91%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.91%) SAPUI5
5 1 (0.91%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.64%) Blackberry
2 3 (2.73%) Data Centre
2 3 (2.73%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.73%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.91%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.91%) CMDB
4 1 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.91%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 27 (24.55%) Windows
2 4 (3.64%) Linux
3 3 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.82%) CentOS
4 2 (1.82%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.82%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.91%) AIX
5 1 (0.91%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (30.91%) Test Automation
2 33 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
3 32 (29.09%) Agile
4 30 (27.27%) Digital Marketing
4 30 (27.27%) Programme Management
5 23 (20.91%) Identity Access Management
6 19 (17.27%) DevOps
7 15 (13.64%) Migration
8 10 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (9.09%) Software Engineering
9 9 (8.18%) Configuration Management
9 9 (8.18%) Decision-Making
9 9 (8.18%) Information Security
9 9 (8.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (7.27%) Data Migration
10 8 (7.27%) Performance Tuning
10 8 (7.27%) Risk Management
10 8 (7.27%) Roadmaps
10 8 (7.27%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (7.27%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 24 (21.82%) PowerShell
2 18 (16.36%) SQL
3 8 (7.27%) PL/SQL
4 7 (6.36%) Java
5 6 (5.45%) Python
6 4 (3.64%) ABAP
7 2 (1.82%) Bash
7 2 (1.82%) Bicep
7 2 (1.82%) C#
8 1 (0.91%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.91%) Delphi
8 1 (0.91%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.91%) VB
8 1 (0.91%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 60 (54.55%) SC Cleared
2 55 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 10 (9.09%) CISM
4 5 (4.55%) Degree
5 3 (2.73%) CCNP
5 3 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.82%) CISSP
7 1 (0.91%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.91%) CEH
7 1 (0.91%) CISA
7 1 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.91%) ISEB
7 1 (0.91%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.91%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.91%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.64%) NIST
2 4 (3.64%) QA
3 3 (2.73%) PMO
4 2 (1.82%) COBIT
4 2 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.82%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.82%) GDPR
5 1 (0.91%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.91%) NCSC
System Software
1 24 (21.82%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.36%) Docker
3 6 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.82%) KVM
4 2 (1.82%) NFS
4 2 (1.82%) Samba
5 1 (0.91%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.91%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (7.27%) Ansible
2 7 (6.36%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.64%) Docker Swarm
3 4 (3.64%) Podman
3 4 (3.64%) Terraform
4 3 (2.73%) Progress Chef
4 3 (2.73%) Puppet
5 2 (1.82%) SCCM
6 1 (0.91%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 40 (36.36%) SAP
2 10 (9.09%) Oracle
3 8 (7.27%) VMware
4 7 (6.36%) Microsoft
5 6 (5.45%) Cisco
6 4 (3.64%) Databricks
6 4 (3.64%) F5
6 4 (3.64%) Juniper
7 3 (2.73%) Avaya
7 3 (2.73%) Ericsson
7 3 (2.73%) Nokia
7 3 (2.73%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.73%) Ribbon
8 2 (1.82%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.82%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.91%) ArcSight
9 1 (0.91%) Citrix
9 1 (0.91%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.91%) Infor
9 1 (0.91%) NEC