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 7 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 92 125
Rank change year-on-year +11 +33 -7
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 25 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.57% 0.38% 0.051%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.32% 1.16% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 0
10th Percentile £327 £557 -
25th Percentile £350 £567 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £630 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.75% - -
75th Percentile £513 £650 -
90th Percentile £534 - -
South East median daily rate £461 £600 £900
% change year-on-year -23.17% -33.33% +52.54%

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 579 432 641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.35% 33.26% 32.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 212 366
10th Percentile £273 £300 £205
25th Percentile £367 £403 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £510 £480
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% +6.25% -4.00%
75th Percentile £594 £620 £608
90th Percentile £664 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £488 £525 £486
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.97% -5.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 13 32
10th Percentile £20.18 £25.53 £20.85
25th Percentile £20.79 £42.88 £42.81
Median hourly rate £58.00 £61.50 £60.07
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +2.37% +9.22%
75th Percentile £88.25 £62.24 £63.29
90th Percentile £101.65 £84.61 £82.00
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% -26.32% +24.22%

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 7 February 2026.

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 7 February 2026. 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 +12 13 £430 -33.85% 6
Wokingham -20 12 £418 -26.37%
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (36.00%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (36.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (36.00%) AWS
1 9 (36.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.00%) GitHub
4 1 (4.00%) GCP
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.00%) OCI
4 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (48.00%) Firewall
2 11 (44.00%) Wireless
3 3 (12.00%) Network Security
4 1 (4.00%) Internet
4 1 (4.00%) Intranet
4 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (44.00%) Burp Suite
2 9 (36.00%) Metasploit
General
1 16 (64.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Penetration Tester
1 11 (44.00%) Tester
2 3 (12.00%) Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Administrator
4 1 (4.00%) Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Lead
4 1 (4.00%) Network Administrator
4 1 (4.00%) Network Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Network Support
4 1 (4.00%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Report Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Security Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Security Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) SOC Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (8.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (4.00%) Clustering
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (48.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.00%) Linux
3 2 (8.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (44.00%) Penetration Testing
3 10 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 10 (40.00%) Information Security
4 9 (36.00%) Customer Service
4 9 (36.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 8 (32.00%) Business Development
5 8 (32.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 8 (32.00%) Line Management
5 8 (32.00%) Security Management
6 7 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (20.00%) DevOps
8 4 (16.00%) Incident Response
8 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
8 4 (16.00%) SIEM
9 3 (12.00%) Analytical Thinking
10 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
10 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure as Code
10 2 (8.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (12.00%) BeanShell
2 3 (12.00%) Java
2 3 (12.00%) Python
3 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (56.00%) SC Cleared
1 14 (56.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (40.00%) Degree
3 9 (36.00%) CHECK Team Member
4 8 (32.00%) CREST Certified
4 8 (32.00%) Cyber Scheme
4 8 (32.00%) Postgraduate
5 7 (28.00%) CISSP
6 2 (8.00%) CEH
6 2 (8.00%) CFCE
6 2 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (8.00%) CISM
6 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (8.00%) GCFA
6 2 (8.00%) GCIA
6 2 (8.00%) GCIH
6 2 (8.00%) GIAC
6 2 (8.00%) SANS
7 1 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (52.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (44.00%) GDPR
3 9 (36.00%) PCI DSS
4 8 (32.00%) PMO
4 8 (32.00%) QA
5 4 (16.00%) NIST
6 1 (4.00%) COBIT
6 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
6 1 (4.00%) GRC
6 1 (4.00%) HIPAA
6 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (16.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) Firmware
2 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (44.00%) Nmap
2 2 (8.00%) Nessus
2 2 (8.00%) Terraform
3 1 (4.00%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (4.00%) Kibana
3 1 (4.00%) SCCM
3 1 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) FireEye
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (8.00%) Splunk
1 2 (8.00%) Tanium
2 1 (4.00%) ArcSight
2 1 (4.00%) Cisco
2 1 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (4.00%) LogRhythm
2 1 (4.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (4.00%) VMware