Security Consultant Contracts in Reading

Security Consultant
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Reading is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 72 81
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 -26
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 14 15 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.18% 1.44% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.51% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 10
10th Percentile £134 £650 £173
25th Percentile £272 £654 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £692 £619
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +11.88% +23.75%
75th Percentile - £744 £684
90th Percentile £665 £750 £708
Berkshire median daily rate £650 £685 £613
% change year-on-year -5.04% +11.76% +22.50%

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 1,107 996 1,290
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 95.68% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 664 875
10th Percentile £213 £363 £182
25th Percentile £413 £453 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £622 £651 £596
90th Percentile £688 £721 £652
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.14% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 24 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.45 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £51.48 £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 £74.20 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £60.00 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +5.48% +170.88% -2.33%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in Reading

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in Reading

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in Reading over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in Reading

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Security Consultant 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 Security Consultant in the job title.

1 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (85.71%) NIST
2 11 (78.57%) COBIT
3 9 (64.29%) Risk Management
4 7 (50.00%) OWASP
4 7 (50.00%) Application Security
5 6 (42.86%) Cloud Security
5 6 (42.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (42.86%) GRC
5 6 (42.86%) CRISC
5 6 (42.86%) CISMP
5 6 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (42.86%) Business Continuity
5 6 (42.86%) CISA
5 6 (42.86%) CISM
5 6 (42.86%) CISSP
5 6 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (35.71%) ITIL
6 5 (35.71%) Information Security Management
6 5 (35.71%) Security Management
6 5 (35.71%) Information Security
6 5 (35.71%) Network Security
6 5 (35.71%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (35.71%) Data Centre
6 5 (35.71%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (35.71%) GDPR
7 4 (28.57%) Conflict Resolution
7 4 (28.57%) French Language
7 4 (28.57%) German Language
7 4 (28.57%) Telecoms

Security Consultant 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 5 (35.71%) Network Security
2 1 (7.14%) Broadband
2 1 (7.14%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (28.57%) French Language
1 4 (28.57%) German Language
1 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Cyberattack
2 1 (7.14%) IoT
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (64.29%) Risk Management
3 7 (50.00%) Application Security
3 7 (50.00%) OWASP
4 6 (42.86%) Business Continuity
4 6 (42.86%) Cloud Security
5 5 (35.71%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (35.71%) Information Security
5 5 (35.71%) Information Security Management
5 5 (35.71%) ITIL
5 5 (35.71%) Security Management
5 5 (35.71%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (28.57%) Conflict Resolution
7 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (14.29%) Agile
8 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (14.29%) Project Planning
8 2 (14.29%) Security Testing
8 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
8 2 (14.29%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 6 (42.86%) CISA
1 6 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (42.86%) CISM
1 6 (42.86%) CISMP
1 6 (42.86%) CISSP
1 6 (42.86%) CRISC
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) ISACA
3 1 (7.14%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (85.71%) NIST
2 11 (78.57%) COBIT
3 6 (42.86%) GRC
3 6 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (35.71%) GDPR