Head of Information Security Contracts in Reading

Head of Information Security
Berkshire > Reading

As of 3 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Head of Information Security daily rate in Reading.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 - 96
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Information Security 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.25% - 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £750
75th Percentile - - £775
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate - - £750

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,105 983 1,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.01% 95.72% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 632 662 882
10th Percentile £213 £363 £187
25th Percentile £413 £456 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £655 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 23 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £45.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.40 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.65 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.10% +170.88% -1.29%

Head of Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Head of Information Security in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Information Security in Reading

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Head of Information Security 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 Reading region featuring Head of Information Security in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Nessus
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Network Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) XenApp
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Line Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (66.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (100.00%) Nessus
2 2 (66.67%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
1 2 (66.67%) VMware