Security Posture Contracts 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 109 113
Rank change year-on-year +34 +4 +19
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 19 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.59% 0.30% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.46% 1.03% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 2
10th Percentile £470 - £679
25th Percentile £500 - £703
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £763
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -40.98% +17.31%
75th Percentile £600 - £828
90th Percentile £610 - £856
South East median daily rate £550 £475 £650
% change year-on-year +15.79% -26.92% +0.97%

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 426 583 644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 35.59% 29.59% 34.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 314 411
10th Percentile £300 £205 £313
25th Percentile £400 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.15% -4.62% +5.00%
75th Percentile £581 £608 £638
90th Percentile £650 £675 £721
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 34 18
10th Percentile £32.05 £11.84 £18.50
25th Percentile £48.75 £19.66 £30.16
Median hourly rate £62.00 £41.50 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +49.39% -35.83% +135.18%
75th Percentile £87.44 £60.44 £73.90
90th Percentile £88.87 £69.03 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £33.89 £55.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year -38.39% +7.32% +139.60%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in Berkshire

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in Berkshire over the 6 months to 5 July 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 5 July 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
Wokingham - 10 £525 - 1
Reading +35 8 £556 +23.61% 9
Slough - 1 £650 - 11
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) Cloud Foundry
1 1 (5.26%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (52.63%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) AWS
3 3 (15.79%) GCP
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.26%) IaaS
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) Firewall
2 2 (10.53%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (10.53%) Network Security
2 2 (10.53%) VPN
3 1 (5.26%) BGP
3 1 (5.26%) DNS
3 1 (5.26%) LAN
3 1 (5.26%) SD-WAN
3 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.26%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Git
2 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Architect
1 4 (21.05%) Security Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Lead
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Head of Information
4 1 (5.26%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (5.26%) Head of Security
4 1 (5.26%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Security Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) Google JAX
1 2 (10.53%) JAX
1 2 (10.53%) PyTorch
1 2 (10.53%) scikit-learn
1 2 (10.53%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (10.53%) Algorithms
2 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.26%) Cyberattack
3 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.26%) PKI
3 1 (5.26%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Incident Response
2 9 (47.37%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (42.11%) Cloud Security
3 8 (42.11%) DevOps
3 8 (42.11%) DevSecOps
3 8 (42.11%) SIEM
4 6 (31.58%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (31.58%) Threat Intelligence
5 5 (26.32%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (21.05%) Mentoring
6 4 (21.05%) Security Architecture
6 4 (21.05%) Security Operations
6 4 (21.05%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (21.05%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
7 3 (15.79%) Data Protection
7 3 (15.79%) SDLC
7 3 (15.79%) Threat Detection
8 2 (10.53%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) Python
2 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
3 2 (10.53%) C
3 2 (10.53%) C++
3 2 (10.53%) Java
3 2 (10.53%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) CISSP
2 3 (15.79%) CEH
2 3 (15.79%) CISM
3 2 (10.53%) CFCE
3 2 (10.53%) Degree
3 2 (10.53%) GCIH
4 1 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (5.26%) CCSK
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.26%) GCFA
4 1 (5.26%) GCIA
4 1 (5.26%) GIAC
4 1 (5.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.26%) PgMP
4 1 (5.26%) SANS
4 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) GDPR
1 6 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (31.58%) NIST
2 2 (10.53%) EU AI Act
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.26%) GRC
3 1 (5.26%) ISO 9001
3 1 (5.26%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.26%) Argo
2 1 (5.26%) CASB
2 1 (5.26%) Istio
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Splunk
3 1 (5.26%) ArcSight
3 1 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.26%) CyberArk
3 1 (5.26%) Forcepoint
3 1 (5.26%) Google
3 1 (5.26%) Intel
3 1 (5.26%) LogRhythm
3 1 (5.26%) Proofpoint
3 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow