Cybersecurity Consultant Contracts in Berkshire

Cybersecurity Consultant
South East > Berkshire

The median Cybersecurity Consultant daily rate in Berkshire is £663 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 112 119
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 9 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.45% 0.055% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.058% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £653 - £530
25th Percentile £656 £675 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £700 £570
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% +22.81% -5.00%
75th Percentile £669 £725 £588
90th Percentile £673 - £985
South East median daily rate £625 £693 £570
% change year-on-year -9.75% +21.49% -5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,871 1,718 2,289
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 94.81% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 990 1,099 1,473
10th Percentile £213 £325 £205
25th Percentile £376 £419 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £580
90th Percentile £688 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 57 41
10th Percentile £18.85 £17.34 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.31 £21.65 £17.00
Median hourly rate £59.50 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.60% +170.88% -2.33%
75th Percentile £70.47 £73.59 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.05 £79.61 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -13.40%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in Berkshire

Cybersecurity Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in Berkshire

Cybersecurity Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -1 6 £675 -3.57% 4
Cybersecurity Consultant
South East

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Cybersecurity Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (88.89%) NIST
3 7 (77.78%) Identity Access Management
3 7 (77.78%) GDPR
3 7 (77.78%) Data Centre
3 7 (77.78%) Vulnerability Management
3 7 (77.78%) Information Security Management
3 7 (77.78%) Security Management
3 7 (77.78%) ITIL
3 7 (77.78%) Information Security
3 7 (77.78%) COBIT
3 7 (77.78%) Network Security
3 7 (77.78%) OWASP
3 7 (77.78%) Application Security
4 6 (66.67%) Conflict Resolution
5 5 (55.56%) ISACA
5 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
6 4 (44.44%) Capacity Management
6 4 (44.44%) Project Planning
6 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
6 4 (44.44%) Budget Management
6 4 (44.44%) Budgeting
7 2 (22.22%) Agile
7 2 (22.22%) SIEM
8 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
8 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
8 1 (11.11%) AWS
8 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
8 1 (11.11%) Management Information System

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Network Security
General
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Cyberattack
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (77.78%) Application Security
2 7 (77.78%) Identity Access Management
2 7 (77.78%) Information Security
2 7 (77.78%) Information Security Management
2 7 (77.78%) ITIL
2 7 (77.78%) OWASP
2 7 (77.78%) Security Management
2 7 (77.78%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (66.67%) Conflict Resolution
4 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
4 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (44.44%) Budget Management
5 4 (44.44%) Budgeting
5 4 (44.44%) Capacity Management
5 4 (44.44%) Project Planning
5 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
6 2 (22.22%) Agile
6 2 (22.22%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (88.89%) NIST
2 7 (77.78%) COBIT
2 7 (77.78%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (11.11%) Splunk