Information Security Contracts in Berkshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 58 57
Rank change year-on-year -23 -1 +7
Contract jobs citing Information Security 39 58 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.97% 3.19% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 3.52% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 30 40
10th Percentile £500 £350 £485
25th Percentile £506 £531 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £630 £579
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +8.86% +16.20%
75th Percentile £619 £697 £641
90th Percentile £750 £739 £704
South East median daily rate £540 £610 £550
% change year-on-year -11.48% +10.91% +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £74.00 -
South East median hourly rate £19.50 £74.00 -
% change year-on-year -73.65% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,758 1,647 2,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.83% 90.69% 90.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 913 1,060 1,375
10th Percentile £213 £345 £270
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £675 £707 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 48 44
10th Percentile £20.17 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.75 £25.72 £17.38
Median hourly rate £61.60 £57.82 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% +174.67% -2.09%
75th Percentile £72.18 £73.69 £39.38
90th Percentile £87.41 £79.51 £76.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.45
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.72% -18.36%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Berkshire

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Berkshire

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Berkshire over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Berkshire

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Berkshire

Information Security
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 Information Security within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 29 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 -20 24 £500 -26.44% 23
Slough +5 4 £525 -14.63% 3
Windsor - 2 £750 - 2
Information Security
South East

Information Security
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:

Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (28.21%) Network Security
2 3 (7.69%) Firewall
3 2 (5.13%) LAN
3 2 (5.13%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.13%) WAN
4 1 (2.56%) Broadband
4 1 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.56%) SSL
4 1 (2.56%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Android Studio
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
1 1 (2.56%) Postman
1 1 (2.56%) Selenium
1 1 (2.56%) SoapUI
1 1 (2.56%) SpecFlow
1 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio
1 1 (2.56%) WebDriver
1 1 (2.56%) Xcode
General
1 15 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.77%) Legal
3 11 (28.21%) Law
4 7 (17.95%) Finance
5 6 (15.38%) Marketing
5 6 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (15.38%) Telecoms
6 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (5.13%) Retail
8 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (20.51%) Consultant
2 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 7 (17.95%) Security Consultant
3 5 (12.82%) Architect
3 5 (12.82%) Development Manager
3 5 (12.82%) Information Manager
3 5 (12.82%) Information Security Manager
3 5 (12.82%) Operations Manager
3 5 (12.82%) Security Architect
3 5 (12.82%) Security Manager
3 5 (12.82%) Systems Development Manager
4 4 (10.26%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Information Security Project Manager
4 4 (10.26%) Lead
4 4 (10.26%) Project Manager
4 4 (10.26%) Security Project Manager
4 4 (10.26%) Senior
5 3 (7.69%) Head of Information
5 3 (7.69%) Head of Information Security
5 3 (7.69%) Head of Security
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) .NET
1 1 (2.56%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.56%) HTML
1 1 (2.56%) JSON
1 1 (2.56%) RESTful
1 1 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.64%) Data Centre
2 9 (23.08%) Management Information System
3 6 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (12.82%) PMI
5 1 (2.56%) CSOC
5 1 (2.56%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.56%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.56%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Windows
1 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (38.46%) Identity Access Management
2 15 (38.46%) Risk Management
3 13 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 12 (30.77%) Roadmaps
5 11 (28.21%) ITIL
6 10 (25.64%) Application Security
6 10 (25.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (25.64%) Information Security Management
6 10 (25.64%) OWASP
6 10 (25.64%) Project Management
6 10 (25.64%) Security Management
7 9 (23.08%) Conflict Resolution
7 9 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (20.51%) Business Continuity
9 7 (17.95%) Budget Management
9 7 (17.95%) Budgeting
9 7 (17.95%) Capacity Management
9 7 (17.95%) Project Planning
10 6 (15.38%) Data Sharing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (20.51%) ISACA
2 6 (15.38%) Degree
2 6 (15.38%) ISEB
3 5 (12.82%) CISM
3 5 (12.82%) CISSP
3 5 (12.82%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.56%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (43.59%) GDPR
2 13 (33.33%) NIST
3 10 (25.64%) COBIT
4 5 (12.82%) Accessibility
5 4 (10.26%) PCI DSS
6 3 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (5.13%) GRC
8 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (5.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (7.69%) Nessus
2 2 (5.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.82%) Reuters
3 2 (5.13%) CheckPoint
3 2 (5.13%) Cisco
3 2 (5.13%) Citrix
3 2 (5.13%) Splunk
3 2 (5.13%) VMware
4 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto