Security Specialist Contracts in Reading

Security Specialist
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Specialist daily rate in Reading is £533 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 81 100
Rank change year-on-year -4 +19 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 14 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.17% 0.38% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 0.40% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £553 £725
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -23.72% -
75th Percentile - - £788
90th Percentile £603 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £533 £553 £663
% change year-on-year -3.62% -16.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £74.40 -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £74.00 -

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 1,115 998 1,286
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 95.59% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 636 662 877
10th Percentile £213 £363 £185
25th Percentile £412 £455 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 25 7
10th Percentile £33.52 £18.03 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £48.40 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £75.83 £74.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.47 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.00 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.72% +170.88% -1.29%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Reading

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in Reading

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in Reading over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Specialist in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 Reading region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (71.43%) Broadband
2 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) Web Services
2 7 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 7 (50.00%) SANS
2 7 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 7 (50.00%) Virgin Media
2 7 (50.00%) 5G
2 7 (50.00%) GDPR
2 7 (50.00%) NCSC
2 7 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 7 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 7 (50.00%) Application Security
2 7 (50.00%) Law
2 7 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (50.00%) GIAC
2 7 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 7 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 7 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) OWASP
2 7 (50.00%) SaaS
2 7 (50.00%) PaaS
2 7 (50.00%) Splunk
2 7 (50.00%) GPEN
2 7 (50.00%) OSCP
2 7 (50.00%) IaaS
2 7 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity

Security Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) IaaS
1 7 (50.00%) PaaS
1 7 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) Broadband
2 7 (50.00%) 5G
3 4 (28.57%) Network Security
General
1 7 (50.00%) Law
1 7 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (50.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Linux
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Application Security
1 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 7 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 7 (50.00%) OWASP
1 7 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 7 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 7 (50.00%) Security Testing
1 7 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 7 (50.00%) GIAC
1 7 (50.00%) GPEN
1 7 (50.00%) OSCP
1 7 (50.00%) SANS
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) GDPR
1 7 (50.00%) NCSC
1 7 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (50.00%) Splunk
1 7 (50.00%) Virgin Media