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 28 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 71 100
Rank change year-on-year -23 +29 +15
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 27 24 7
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.39% 2.01% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.80% 5.50% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 10 2
10th Percentile £332 £473 £468
25th Percentile £473 £502 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £559 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.47% +1.55% -35.29%
75th Percentile £578 £600 £619
90th Percentile £617 £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 711 436 528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.71% 36.42% 29.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 257 292
10th Percentile £300 £309 £213
25th Percentile £385 £400 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +5.77%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £613
90th Percentile £700 £627 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 20 27
10th Percentile £19.34 £32.05 £11.89
25th Percentile £35.22 £50.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £84.00 £62.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.49% +49.39% -35.83%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.31 £59.76
90th Percentile - £88.87 £68.38
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £33.89 £57.35
% change year-on-year +77.07% -40.92% +11.90%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -19 18 £523 -12.92% 4
Maidenhead - 4 £500 -
Wokingham -30 3 £400 -23.81%
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 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.81%) OCI
1 4 (14.81%) SaaS
2 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
2 2 (7.41%) GitHub
3 1 (3.70%) AWS
3 1 (3.70%) Azure
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (29.63%) Firewall
2 7 (25.93%) Network Security
3 4 (14.81%) LAN
3 4 (14.81%) SD-WAN
3 4 (14.81%) WAN
4 3 (11.11%) BGP
4 3 (11.11%) OSPF
4 3 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (7.41%) Wireless
6 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (3.70%) Modbus
6 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.70%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.70%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) Legal
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Lead
2 5 (18.52%) Architect
3 3 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 3 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Security Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Security Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Security Manager
4 2 (7.41%) WAN Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Administrator
5 1 (3.70%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Report Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) SailPoint Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior
5 1 (3.70%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Operational Technology
2 5 (18.52%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.70%) SCADA
4 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Linux
3 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (51.85%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (37.04%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 7 (25.93%) Cloud Security
5 7 (25.93%) SIEM
5 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (22.22%) Security Operations
6 6 (22.22%) Zero Trust
7 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
7 5 (18.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (18.52%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (18.52%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (14.81%) Enterprise Architecture
8 4 (14.81%) ERP
8 4 (14.81%) Incident Management
8 4 (14.81%) RBAC
8 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
8 4 (14.81%) Threat Modelling
9 3 (11.11%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.41%) BeanShell
2 2 (7.41%) Java
3 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) CCIE
4 3 (11.11%) CCNP
4 3 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (7.41%) CISM
5 2 (7.41%) CISSP
5 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.70%) CHECK Team Member
6 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.70%) CREST Certified
6 1 (3.70%) Cyber Scheme
6 1 (3.70%) MBA
6 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.70%) PMP
6 1 (3.70%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (18.52%) GDPR
3 4 (14.81%) NCSC
4 3 (11.11%) NIST
5 2 (7.41%) GRC
5 2 (7.41%) PMO
6 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
6 1 (3.70%) Def Stans
6 1 (3.70%) NIST 800
6 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
6 1 (3.70%) QA
6 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Firmware
2 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Terraform
2 1 (3.70%) CASB
2 1 (3.70%) Nmap
2 1 (3.70%) SCCM
2 1 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Cisco
1 4 (14.81%) Oracle
2 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.70%) Aruba
4 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.70%) VMware