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 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 105 119
Rank change year-on-year +28 +14 +13
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 24 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.80% 0.43% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.75% 1.43% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile £382 £480 -
25th Percentile £413 £525 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £625 £850
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% -26.47% +33.33%
75th Percentile £589 £656 £875
90th Percentile £688 £668 -
South East median daily rate £500 £600 £800
% change year-on-year -16.67% -25.00% +35.59%

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 505 488 609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.94% 30.31% 33.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 249 357
10th Percentile £293 £315 £210
25th Percentile £407 £408 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £543 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +8.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £620
90th Percentile £666 £693 £700
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 23
10th Percentile £20.43 £19.25 £21.87
25th Percentile £20.79 £34.38 £44.27
Median hourly rate £51.00 £57.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% -8.73% +14.55%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.83 £69.88
90th Percentile £84.75 £63.73 £81.34
South East median hourly rate £23.50 £51.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year -54.15% -2.38% +52.17%

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 +32 16 £513 -6.82% 3
Wokingham - 7 £500 - 1
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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (50.00%) Azure
2 6 (25.00%) AWS
2 6 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (20.83%) GCP
4 2 (8.33%) GitHub
5 1 (4.17%) IaaS
5 1 (4.17%) OCI
5 1 (4.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) Network Security
2 5 (20.83%) Firewall
3 1 (4.17%) Internet
3 1 (4.17%) Intranet
3 1 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (4.17%) Burp Suite
General
1 11 (45.83%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Finance
4 3 (12.50%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Architect
1 7 (29.17%) Security Architect
2 4 (16.67%) Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 2 (8.33%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (4.17%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.17%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Network Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Network Support
4 1 (4.17%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (4.17%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Security Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) SailPoint
2 2 (8.33%) Google JAX
2 2 (8.33%) JAX
2 2 (8.33%) PyTorch
2 2 (8.33%) scikit-learn
2 2 (8.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.50%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (12.50%) Public Cloud
2 3 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (8.33%) Algorithms
3 2 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.17%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Linux
2 4 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (4.17%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) DevOps
2 11 (45.83%) Cloud Security
3 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (33.33%) DevSecOps
4 8 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 8 (33.33%) SIEM
5 7 (29.17%) Data Privacy
5 7 (29.17%) Mentoring
5 7 (29.17%) Security Architecture
6 6 (25.00%) Information Security
6 6 (25.00%) SDLC
6 6 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
7 5 (20.83%) CI/CD
7 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (20.83%) Roadmaps
7 5 (20.83%) Secure Coding
8 4 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
8 4 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 4 (16.67%) Forensic Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) PowerShell
2 6 (25.00%) Python
3 5 (20.83%) Java
4 3 (12.50%) BeanShell
5 2 (8.33%) C
5 2 (8.33%) C++
5 2 (8.33%) R
6 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) CISSP
2 5 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (16.67%) CCSP
3 4 (16.67%) CFCE
3 4 (16.67%) GCFA
3 4 (16.67%) GCIA
3 4 (16.67%) GCIH
4 3 (12.50%) AWS Certification
4 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
4 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (12.50%) Degree
5 2 (8.33%) GIAC
6 1 (4.17%) CCNA
6 1 (4.17%) CEH
6 1 (4.17%) CISM
6 1 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
6 1 (4.17%) OSCP
6 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (50.00%) NIST
2 11 (45.83%) GDPR
3 4 (16.67%) PCI DSS
3 4 (16.67%) PSD2
4 2 (8.33%) EU AI Act
4 2 (8.33%) HIPAA
5 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.17%) GRC
5 1 (4.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (12.50%) Docker
2 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.33%) Terraform
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (4.17%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (4.17%) Nessus
3 1 (4.17%) Nmap
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Splunk
3 3 (12.50%) ArcSight
3 3 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (12.50%) LogRhythm
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco
4 1 (4.17%) FireEye
4 1 (4.17%) Intel
4 1 (4.17%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.17%) Tanium