OWASP Contracts in Berkshire

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for OWASP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OWASP over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 111 123
Rank change year-on-year +8 +12 -30
Contract jobs citing OWASP 15 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.77% 0.33% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.37% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile - - £316
25th Percentile - £425 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £567 £569
Median % change year-on-year +14.59% -0.26% -9.00%
75th Percentile - £702 £622
90th Percentile - - £628
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -10.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

OWASP 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 1,733 1,629 2,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.83% 90.80% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 1,055 1,371
10th Percentile £213 £350 £275
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £608 £626 £588
90th Percentile £687 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 48 43
10th Percentile £18.95 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.44 £25.72 £17.25
Median hourly rate £60.57 £57.82 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +174.67% -
75th Percentile £71.89 £73.69 £33.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.51 £68.10
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for OWASP in Berkshire

OWASP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for OWASP in Berkshire

OWASP
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 OWASP within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 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 -6 9 £650 -5.04% 8
Maidenhead -1 2 - -
Newbury - 1 - -
Wokingham - 1 - -
OWASP
South East

OWASP
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 4 (26.67%) IaaS
1 4 (26.67%) PaaS
1 4 (26.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) Network Security
2 4 (26.67%) 5G
2 4 (26.67%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (26.67%) Law
1 4 (26.67%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Consultant
1 8 (53.33%) Security Consultant
2 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 4 (26.67%) Architect
3 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 4 (26.67%) Penetration Tester
3 4 (26.67%) Security Architect
3 4 (26.67%) Security Penetration Tester
3 4 (26.67%) Security Specialist
3 4 (26.67%) Security Tester
3 4 (26.67%) Tester
3 4 (26.67%) Testing Specialist
4 2 (13.33%) Development Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) Lead
4 2 (13.33%) Lead Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) Lead Security Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Operations Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Telecoms Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (26.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (6.67%) Cyberattack
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Application Security
2 13 (86.67%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (60.00%) Identity Access Management
4 9 (60.00%) Information Security
4 9 (60.00%) Information Security Management
4 9 (60.00%) ITIL
4 9 (60.00%) Security Management
4 9 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (53.33%) Conflict Resolution
6 7 (46.67%) Budget Management
6 7 (46.67%) Budgeting
6 7 (46.67%) Capacity Management
6 7 (46.67%) Project Planning
6 7 (46.67%) Risk Management
6 7 (46.67%) Roadmaps
7 6 (40.00%) Security Testing
8 4 (26.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 4 (26.67%) Penetration Testing
9 2 (13.33%) Static Application Security Testing
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) ISACA
2 4 (26.67%) CREST Certified
2 4 (26.67%) GIAC
2 4 (26.67%) GPEN
2 4 (26.67%) OSCP
2 4 (26.67%) SANS
2 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (86.67%) GDPR
2 9 (60.00%) COBIT
2 9 (60.00%) NIST
3 4 (26.67%) NCSC
3 4 (26.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Virgin Media