Security Posture Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Security Posture
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 101 120
Rank change year-on-year +17 +19 +10
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 25 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.71% 0.26% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.47% 0.82% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 1
10th Percentile £335 £573 -
25th Percentile £378 £606 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 £850
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% -23.53% -
75th Percentile £544 £656 £875
90th Percentile £650 £668 -
South East median daily rate £481 £600 £825
% change year-on-year -19.79% -27.27% +43.48%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 559 485 563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 38.13% 31.49% 32.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 241 332
10th Percentile £293 £300 £205
25th Percentile £406 £409 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £666 £694 £700
South East median daily rate £491 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.35% +3.75% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 15 25
10th Percentile £20.49 £19.00 £28.61
25th Percentile £20.79 £28.38 £45.21
Median hourly rate £58.00 £42.88 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +35.26% -30.44% +84.01%
75th Percentile £80.75 £62.24 £66.44
90th Percentile £97.75 £66.71 £78.67
South East median hourly rate £23.50 £33.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year -30.37% -35.71% +61.54%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Posture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Security Posture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Security Posture

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in Berkshire

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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 +25 15 £471 -27.50% 4
Wokingham - 9 £475 -
Security Posture
South East

Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (48.00%) Azure
2 10 (40.00%) AWS
3 6 (24.00%) Entra ID
4 5 (20.00%) GCP
5 2 (8.00%) GitHub
6 1 (4.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (40.00%) Firewall
2 7 (28.00%) Network Security
3 6 (24.00%) Wireless
4 1 (4.00%) Internet
4 1 (4.00%) Intranet
4 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Burp Suite
2 5 (20.00%) Metasploit
3 2 (8.00%) Git
General
1 14 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (48.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Finance
4 3 (12.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Architect
1 7 (28.00%) Security Architect
2 6 (24.00%) Penetration Tester
2 6 (24.00%) Tester
3 4 (16.00%) Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Network Support
5 1 (4.00%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Security Support Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) SIEM Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) SailPoint
2 2 (8.00%) Google JAX
2 2 (8.00%) JAX
2 2 (8.00%) PyTorch
2 2 (8.00%) scikit-learn
2 2 (8.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Cloud Native
1 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (12.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (12.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.00%) Public Cloud
3 2 (8.00%) Algorithms
3 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (4.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (4.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (48.00%) Cloud Security
3 10 (40.00%) DevOps
3 10 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (36.00%) Information Security
4 9 (36.00%) SIEM
5 8 (32.00%) Regulatory Compliance
6 7 (28.00%) Data Privacy
6 7 (28.00%) Incident Response
6 7 (28.00%) Security Architecture
7 6 (24.00%) Mentoring
7 6 (24.00%) Penetration Testing
7 6 (24.00%) SDLC
7 6 (24.00%) Threat Modelling
8 5 (20.00%) CI/CD
8 5 (20.00%) DevSecOps
8 5 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
8 5 (20.00%) Secure Coding
9 4 (16.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (32.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (28.00%) Python
3 5 (20.00%) Java
4 3 (12.00%) BeanShell
5 2 (8.00%) C
5 2 (8.00%) C++
5 2 (8.00%) R
6 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (48.00%) CISSP
2 7 (28.00%) Degree
2 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (20.00%) CHECK Team Member
4 5 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (16.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (16.00%) CCSP
5 4 (16.00%) CFCE
5 4 (16.00%) CREST Certified
5 4 (16.00%) Cyber Scheme
5 4 (16.00%) GCFA
5 4 (16.00%) GCIA
5 4 (16.00%) GCIH
5 4 (16.00%) Postgraduate
6 3 (12.00%) AWS Certification
6 3 (12.00%) Azure Certification
6 3 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (12.00%) GIAC
7 2 (8.00%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (68.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (60.00%) GDPR
3 12 (48.00%) NIST
4 9 (36.00%) PCI DSS
5 4 (16.00%) PMO
5 4 (16.00%) PSD2
5 4 (16.00%) QA
6 2 (8.00%) EU AI Act
6 2 (8.00%) HIPAA
7 1 (4.00%) COBIT
7 1 (4.00%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (12.00%) Docker
2 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Nmap
2 5 (20.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (8.00%) Terraform
4 1 (4.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (4.00%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (4.00%) Kibana
4 1 (4.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) Splunk
3 3 (12.00%) ArcSight
3 3 (12.00%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (12.00%) LogRhythm
4 2 (8.00%) FireEye
4 2 (8.00%) Tanium
5 1 (4.00%) Cisco
5 1 (4.00%) Intel
5 1 (4.00%) SolarWinds