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 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 5 1
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 458 113 350
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 39.65% 18.86% 30.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 84.04% 64.57% 70.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 76 229
10th Percentile £310 £364 £425
25th Percentile £500 £480 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £589 £605
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% -2.64% +9.70%
75th Percentile £733 £700 £688
90th Percentile £803 £756 £765
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £550 £605
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 1 40
10th Percentile £75.29 - £48.92
25th Percentile £80.75 £26.75 £57.25
Median hourly rate £85.00 £28.50 £71.75
Median % change year-on-year +198.25% -60.28% +2.50%
75th Percentile £88.00 £30.25 £87.53
90th Percentile £104.50 - £100.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £85.00 £85.00 £64.72
% change year-on-year - +31.35% +0.06%

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 545 175 495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 47.19% 29.22% 43.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 110 262
10th Percentile £311 £353 £360
25th Percentile £500 £452 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £556 £605
Median % change year-on-year +7.87% -8.06% +10.00%
75th Percentile £725 £700 £688
90th Percentile £787 - £765
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £525 £598
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.21% +10.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 4 42
10th Percentile £41.25 £39.73 £48.18
25th Percentile £80.75 £59.19 £56.31
Median hourly rate £84.00 £70.00 £70.27
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -0.38% +0.39%
75th Percentile £88.00 - £87.52
90th Percentile £104.50 - £100.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £84.00 £70.00 £61.65
% change year-on-year +20.00% +13.54% -3.42%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.66%) Confluence
4 2 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (4.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.44%) Lectora
5 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (8.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (3.06%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.75%) iTrent
4 6 (1.31%) SAP EWM
5 4 (0.87%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.66%) Primavera
6 3 (0.66%) 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 64 (13.97%) Azure
2 23 (5.02%) Power Platform
3 20 (4.37%) AWS
4 17 (3.71%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (2.62%) GCP
6 11 (2.40%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (1.97%) SuccessFactors
8 5 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.09%) SaaS
9 4 (0.87%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.87%) Viva Engage
10 3 (0.66%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.66%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.44%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.44%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.22%) GitHub
12 1 (0.22%) Lucidchart
12 1 (0.22%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.22%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.24%) Firewall
2 18 (3.93%) LAN
3 17 (3.71%) DNS
4 16 (3.49%) WAN
5 15 (3.28%) DHCP
5 15 (3.28%) VXLAN
6 14 (3.06%) BGP
6 14 (3.06%) BIG-IP
6 14 (3.06%) OSPF
7 13 (2.84%) Cisco ISE
8 12 (2.62%) Ethernet VPN
8 12 (2.62%) Junos
9 7 (1.53%) Network Security
9 7 (1.53%) VPN
10 6 (1.31%) Wireless
11 4 (0.87%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (0.87%) SSL
12 3 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 3 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 3 (0.66%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.02%) Oracle Database
2 17 (3.71%) Power BI
3 7 (1.53%) Oracle Database 12c
4 6 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.31%) Tableau
5 4 (0.87%) Oracle Database 11g
5 4 (0.87%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.66%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.44%) Big Data
7 2 (0.44%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.44%) Metadata
7 2 (0.44%) Oracle Database 10g
7 2 (0.44%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.22%) MySQL
8 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.22%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.22%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 38 (8.30%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (1.31%) JIRA
3 2 (0.44%) GitLab
3 2 (0.44%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.22%) Git
4 1 (0.22%) JUnit
4 1 (0.22%) Liquibase
4 1 (0.22%) Mockito
4 1 (0.22%) TestDirector
General
1 139 (30.35%) Aerospace
2 97 (21.18%) Social Skills
3 40 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.77%) Finance
5 20 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
5 20 (4.37%) Public Sector
6 11 (2.40%) Manufacturing
7 7 (1.53%) Advertising
7 7 (1.53%) Legal
7 7 (1.53%) Military
7 7 (1.53%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.44%) Local Government
11 1 (0.22%) Avionics
11 1 (0.22%) Banking
11 1 (0.22%) Billing
11 1 (0.22%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.22%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 98 (21.40%) Lead
2 51 (11.14%) Analyst
3 48 (10.48%) Consultant
4 46 (10.04%) Product Manager
5 43 (9.39%) Delivery Manager
5 43 (9.39%) Senior
6 42 (9.17%) Product Delivery Manager
7 36 (7.86%) Architect
8 24 (5.24%) SAP Consultant
9 22 (4.80%) Systems Delivery Manager
9 22 (4.80%) Systems Manager
10 21 (4.59%) Network Engineer
11 20 (4.37%) Data Migration Lead
11 20 (4.37%) DBA
12 18 (3.93%) Oracle DBA
13 17 (3.71%) Administrator
13 17 (3.71%) Data Analyst
14 16 (3.49%) Product Owner
14 16 (3.49%) Systems Engineer
15 15 (3.28%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.28%) 802.1X
2 7 (1.53%) OAuth
2 7 (1.53%) OpenID
2 7 (1.53%) SAML
3 6 (1.31%) LDAP
4 4 (0.87%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 4 (0.87%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.66%) SAP PI
6 2 (0.44%) .NET
6 2 (0.44%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (0.44%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.44%) Middleware
6 2 (0.44%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.22%) CSS
7 1 (0.22%) HTML
7 1 (0.22%) LAMP
7 1 (0.22%) MERN Stack
7 1 (0.22%) Web Services
7 1 (0.22%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 53 (11.57%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.02%) Data Structures
3 20 (4.37%) Greenfield Project
4 19 (4.15%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.06%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.84%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.62%) Clustering
7 12 (2.62%) PKI
8 9 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (1.97%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.87%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.87%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (0.87%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.87%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.66%) CMDB
12 3 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.66%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.49%) Windows
2 13 (2.84%) Linux
3 9 (1.97%) Unix
4 3 (0.66%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.22%) Android
6 1 (0.22%) Solaris
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (20.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 85 (18.56%) Agile
3 80 (17.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 77 (16.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 65 (14.19%) Roadmaps
6 64 (13.97%) Computer Science
7 58 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
8 49 (10.70%) Systems Engineering
9 48 (10.48%) ITIL
9 48 (10.48%) Migration
10 43 (9.39%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 42 (9.17%) ITSM
12 39 (8.52%) Change Control
12 39 (8.52%) PRINCE2
12 39 (8.52%) Programme Management
12 39 (8.52%) Service Management
13 38 (8.30%) DevOps
14 37 (8.08%) Configuration Management
15 35 (7.64%) Data Migration
16 33 (7.21%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 27 (5.90%) Python
2 23 (5.02%) SQL
3 14 (3.06%) PowerShell
4 13 (2.84%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (1.31%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.87%) Bash
6 4 (0.87%) Java
6 4 (0.87%) Korn
6 4 (0.87%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.66%) Bicep
7 3 (0.66%) C++
8 1 (0.22%) C#
8 1 (0.22%) Go
8 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.22%) Perl
8 1 (0.22%) PHP
8 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 309 (67.47%) SC Cleared
2 88 (19.21%) DV Cleared
3 75 (16.38%) Degree
4 21 (4.59%) Azure Certification
5 19 (4.15%) PMP
6 18 (3.93%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (3.93%) PMI Certification
7 14 (3.06%) CISSP
8 8 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.31%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.87%) CISM
11 4 (0.87%) CSPO
11 4 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (0.87%) JNCIA
11 4 (0.87%) JNCIP
11 4 (0.87%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 28 (6.11%) NIST
2 17 (3.71%) NIST 800
3 16 (3.49%) PMO
4 10 (2.18%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.18%) GDPR
4 10 (2.18%) GRC
5 8 (1.75%) NCSC
6 6 (1.31%) Def Stans
6 6 (1.31%) QA
7 5 (1.09%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.87%) DO-254
8 4 (0.87%) IEC 61508
8 4 (0.87%) ISO 26262
9 3 (0.66%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.66%) SLA
10 1 (0.22%) ARP4761
10 1 (0.22%) DO-160
System Software
1 10 (2.18%) Oracle RAC
2 9 (1.97%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.87%) Docker
4 2 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (2.84%) FortiGate
2 12 (2.62%) Oracle RMAN
3 9 (1.97%) Terraform
4 7 (1.53%) Ansible
5 6 (1.31%) Data Guard
6 5 (1.09%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.87%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.66%) SCCM
9 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.22%) Istio
9 1 (0.22%) Nessus
9 1 (0.22%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.22%) SCOM
9 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 82 (17.90%) SAP
2 61 (13.32%) Microsoft
3 34 (7.42%) Oracle
4 29 (6.33%) IBM
5 26 (5.68%) Juniper
5 26 (5.68%) ServiceNow
6 25 (5.46%) Cisco
7 20 (4.37%) F5
8 15 (3.28%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (3.06%) Splunk
10 13 (2.84%) SolarWinds
11 11 (2.40%) Workday
12 6 (1.31%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.09%) CheckPoint
13 5 (1.09%) Google
13 5 (1.09%) Okta
13 5 (1.09%) Ping Identity
14 4 (0.87%) ForgeRock
14 4 (0.87%) Siemens
15 3 (0.66%) Red Hat