Security Specialist Contracts in Berkshire

Security Specialist
South East > Berkshire

The median Security Specialist daily rate in Berkshire is £533 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 105 131
Rank change year-on-year +1 +26 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 20 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.01% 0.39% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 0.41% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile - - £606
25th Percentile - - £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £553 £663
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -16.53% -
75th Percentile - - £741
90th Percentile £603 - £769
South East median daily rate £450 £650 £404
% change year-on-year -30.77% +60.99% +21.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £74.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £74.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +34.55% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,857 1,702 2,291
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 94.92% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 1,098 1,482
10th Percentile £213 £325 £206
25th Percentile £385 £416 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +10.00%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £706 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £491
% change year-on-year - +1.88% +9.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 55 41
10th Percentile £18.70 £17.90 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.38 £23.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £59.00 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% +170.88% -1.29%
75th Percentile £70.44 £73.80 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.46 £79.83 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £20.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +142.00% -20.00%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Berkshire

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in Berkshire

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Specialist in Berkshire

Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Security Specialist in Berkshire

Security Specialist
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 Specialist within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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 -5 9 £533 -3.62% 1
Wokingham - 3 - -
Newbury - 3 - -
Maidenhead - 3 - -
Bracknell - 2 - -
Security Specialist
South East

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Security Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 16 (80.00%) Broadband
2 13 (65.00%) Web Services
2 13 (65.00%) Security Testing
2 13 (65.00%) Law
2 13 (65.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (65.00%) GIAC
2 13 (65.00%) Penetration Testing
2 13 (65.00%) PCI DSS
2 13 (65.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (65.00%) OWASP
2 13 (65.00%) SaaS
2 13 (65.00%) PaaS
2 13 (65.00%) Virgin Media
2 13 (65.00%) 5G
2 13 (65.00%) GDPR
2 13 (65.00%) NCSC
2 13 (65.00%) Organisational Skills
2 13 (65.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 13 (65.00%) Application Security
2 13 (65.00%) GPEN
2 13 (65.00%) OSCP
2 13 (65.00%) IaaS
2 13 (65.00%) Mobile App
2 13 (65.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (65.00%) CREST Certified
2 13 (65.00%) SANS
3 7 (35.00%) Security Operations
3 7 (35.00%) Splunk
3 7 (35.00%) Incident Management
3 7 (35.00%) Microsoft

Security Specialist Skill Set
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 13 (65.00%) IaaS
1 13 (65.00%) PaaS
1 13 (65.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (80.00%) Broadband
2 13 (65.00%) 5G
3 4 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 13 (65.00%) Law
1 13 (65.00%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (65.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (65.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Linux
1 6 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Application Security
1 13 (65.00%) Cybersecurity
1 13 (65.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 13 (65.00%) OWASP
1 13 (65.00%) Penetration Testing
1 13 (65.00%) Security Testing
1 13 (65.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (35.00%) Incident Management
2 7 (35.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) CREST Certified
1 13 (65.00%) GIAC
1 13 (65.00%) GPEN
1 13 (65.00%) OSCP
1 13 (65.00%) SANS
1 13 (65.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (65.00%) GDPR
1 13 (65.00%) NCSC
1 13 (65.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Virgin Media
2 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (35.00%) Splunk