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 13 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 99 112
Rank change year-on-year +25 +13 +14
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 22 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.87% 0.35% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.98% 1.23% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 1
10th Percentile £430 £470 -
25th Percentile £494 £500 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £600 £850
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% -29.41% +30.77%
75th Percentile £613 £663 £875
90th Percentile £688 £670 -
South East median daily rate £513 £475 £725
% change year-on-year +7.89% -34.48% +22.88%

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 442 489 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.59% 28.60% 32.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 253 389
10th Percentile £290 £268 £250
25th Percentile £378 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% +3.00%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £692 £713
South East median daily rate £498 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.50% - -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 25 23
10th Percentile £32.05 £19.00 £21.05
25th Percentile £42.50 £27.75 £50.10
Median hourly rate £58.00 £47.25 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +22.76% -26.95% -11.71%
75th Percentile £87.25 £61.06 £73.59
90th Percentile £88.87 £69.98 £78.20
South East median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £55.00
% change year-on-year -42.37% +4.27% +129.17%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture 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 13 September 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 13 September 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 +39 13 £600 +33.33% 3
Wokingham - 8 £500 - 2
Security Posture
South East

Security Posture
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 12 (54.55%) Azure
2 5 (22.73%) AWS
3 4 (18.18%) GCP
4 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.55%) IaaS
5 1 (4.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Firewall
1 5 (22.73%) Network Security
2 1 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Git
General
1 9 (40.91%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Legal
4 2 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Architect
1 7 (31.82%) Security Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Lead
3 2 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.55%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Network Support
4 1 (4.55%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Security Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Google JAX
1 2 (9.09%) JAX
1 2 (9.09%) PyTorch
1 2 (9.09%) scikit-learn
1 2 (9.09%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Cloud Native
1 4 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (13.64%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (13.64%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
2 3 (13.64%) Public Cloud
3 2 (9.09%) Algorithms
4 1 (4.55%) Clustering
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 10 (45.45%) DevOps
3 9 (40.91%) DevSecOps
3 9 (40.91%) Incident Response
3 9 (40.91%) Mentoring
3 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (40.91%) SIEM
4 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (31.82%) Security Architecture
6 6 (27.27%) Data Privacy
6 6 (27.27%) Threat Modelling
7 5 (22.73%) CI/CD
7 5 (22.73%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 5 (22.73%) Information Security
7 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
7 5 (22.73%) SDLC
7 5 (22.73%) Secure Coding
7 5 (22.73%) Threat Intelligence
7 5 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) Python
2 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
3 2 (9.09%) C
3 2 (9.09%) C++
3 2 (9.09%) Java
3 2 (9.09%) R
4 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) CISSP
2 4 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (13.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (13.64%) AWS Certification
3 3 (13.64%) Azure Certification
3 3 (13.64%) CCSP
3 3 (13.64%) CFCE
3 3 (13.64%) GCIH
4 2 (9.09%) GCFA
4 2 (9.09%) GCIA
5 1 (4.55%) CCNA
5 1 (4.55%) CEH
5 1 (4.55%) CISM
5 1 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.55%) Degree
5 1 (4.55%) GIAC
5 1 (4.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (45.45%) NIST
2 9 (40.91%) GDPR
3 4 (18.18%) PCI DSS
3 4 (18.18%) PSD2
4 2 (9.09%) EU AI Act
5 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.55%) GRC
5 1 (4.55%) HIPAA
5 1 (4.55%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Docker
2 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (4.55%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Splunk
3 2 (9.09%) ArcSight
3 2 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (9.09%) LogRhythm
4 1 (4.55%) Cisco
4 1 (4.55%) FireEye
4 1 (4.55%) Intel
4 1 (4.55%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.55%) Tanium