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 6 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 73 105
Rank change year-on-year -30 +32 +8
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 23 24 7
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.19% 1.99% 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.24% 5.39% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 10 2
10th Percentile £321 £473 £468
25th Percentile £450 £502 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -35.29%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £619
90th Percentile £668 £663 £653
South East median daily rate £500 £531 £475
% change year-on-year -5.88% +11.84% -20.83%

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 709 445 500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.57% 36.93% 28.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 270 274
10th Percentile £303 £313 £213
25th Percentile £400 £401 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -9.09% +6.80%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £650 £695
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 18 27
10th Percentile £19.34 £32.05 £11.89
25th Percentile £35.22 £51.63 £19.06
Median hourly rate £83.00 £66.75 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.34% +60.84% -36.06%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.44 £59.76
90th Percentile - £88.87 £68.38
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £33.05 £57.35
% change year-on-year +66.41% -42.37% +14.70%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -20 14 £550 -8.33% 8
Maidenhead - 4 £500 -
Wokingham -24 3 £400 -20.00%
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 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) OCI
1 4 (17.39%) SaaS
2 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
2 2 (8.70%) GitHub
3 1 (4.35%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) Firewall
2 7 (30.43%) Network Security
3 4 (17.39%) LAN
3 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
3 4 (17.39%) WAN
4 3 (13.04%) BGP
4 3 (13.04%) OSPF
4 3 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (8.70%) Wireless
6 1 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (4.35%) Modbus
6 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.35%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.35%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Legal
3 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Lead
2 5 (21.74%) Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Network Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Security Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Security Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Security Manager
4 2 (8.70%) WAN Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Administrator
5 1 (4.35%) Network Administrator
5 1 (4.35%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Penetration Tester
5 1 (4.35%) Programme Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (4.35%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Operational Technology
2 4 (17.39%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (8.70%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.35%) SCADA
4 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (47.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (43.48%) Vulnerability Management
4 8 (34.78%) Incident Response
5 7 (30.43%) Cloud Security
5 7 (30.43%) SIEM
5 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (21.74%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (21.74%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (21.74%) Risk Assessment
6 5 (21.74%) Security Operations
6 5 (21.74%) Zero Trust
7 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
7 4 (17.39%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (17.39%) ERP
7 4 (17.39%) Incident Management
7 4 (17.39%) RBAC
7 4 (17.39%) Threat Modelling
8 3 (13.04%) DevOps
8 3 (13.04%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.70%) BeanShell
2 2 (8.70%) Java
3 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (21.74%) Degree
3 4 (17.39%) DV Cleared
4 3 (13.04%) CCIE
4 3 (13.04%) CCNP
4 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (8.70%) CISM
5 2 (8.70%) CISSP
5 2 (8.70%) Master's Degree
5 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.35%) CHECK Team Member
6 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.35%) CREST Certified
6 1 (4.35%) Cyber Scheme
6 1 (4.35%) MBA
6 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
6 1 (4.35%) PMP
6 1 (4.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (21.74%) GDPR
3 4 (17.39%) NCSC
4 3 (13.04%) NIST
5 2 (8.70%) GRC
5 2 (8.70%) PMO
6 1 (4.35%) Def Stans
6 1 (4.35%) NIST 800
6 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
6 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Firmware
2 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.04%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Terraform
2 1 (4.35%) CASB
2 1 (4.35%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle
2 3 (13.04%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.35%) Aruba
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.35%) VMware