CISSP Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 62 102
Rank change year-on-year -4 +40 -24
Contract jobs citing CISSP 52 35 9
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.87% 3.02% 0.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.22% 8.79% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 22 5
10th Percentile £400 £344 £578
25th Percentile £550 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £506 £600
Median % change year-on-year +16.05% -15.63% +8.79%
75th Percentile £678 £722 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £1,040
South East median daily rate £616 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +23.20% -13.04% -6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 0
10th Percentile £71.00 - -
25th Percentile £81.00 £86.29 -
Median hourly rate £87.96 £87.58 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.43% - -
75th Percentile £104.00 £88.87 -
90th Percentile £104.40 - -
South East median hourly rate £87.56 £87.58 -
% change year-on-year -0.02% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

CISSP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 836 398 742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.11% 34.34% 43.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 248 394
10th Percentile £375 £288 £325
25th Percentile £493 £406 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £583
Median % change year-on-year +14.90% -14.24% +11.31%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £652
90th Percentile £775 £688 £738
South East median daily rate £550 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +6.80% -6.36% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 16 68
10th Percentile £22.75 £25.95 £42.47
25th Percentile £50.72 £31.57 £56.65
Median hourly rate £83.00 £43.96 £63.15
Median % change year-on-year +88.83% -30.40% -1.18%
75th Percentile £100.00 £87.31 £85.75
90th Percentile £105.25 £88.87 £98.25
South East median hourly rate £61.16 £25.15 £57.70
% change year-on-year +143.18% -56.41% -3.84%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISSP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

CISSP job vacancy trend in Berkshire

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CISSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CISSP

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in Berkshire

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CISSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CISSP

CISSP
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISSP in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CISSP in Berkshire

CISSP
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 CISSP within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 September 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 -10 37 £600 +1.61% 22
Wokingham -5 12 £575 +39.33%
Maidenhead - 1 - - 2
CISSP
South East

CISSP
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.92%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 32 (61.54%) Azure
2 25 (48.08%) AWS
3 15 (28.85%) GCP
4 6 (11.54%) Entra ID
5 4 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (7.69%) GitHub
5 4 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (3.85%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.85%) SaaS
6 2 (3.85%) Serverless
7 1 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.92%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.92%) Cohesity
7 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.92%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.92%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.92%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 8 (15.38%) Network Security
2 2 (3.85%) Firewall
2 2 (3.85%) LAN
2 2 (3.85%) SD-WAN
2 2 (3.85%) WAN
3 1 (1.92%) BGP
3 1 (1.92%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.92%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.92%) Modbus
3 1 (1.92%) MPLS
3 1 (1.92%) NGFW
3 1 (1.92%) OSPF
3 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.92%) VXLAN
3 1 (1.92%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) Power BI
2 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) GitLab
1 4 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.92%) tSQLt
General
1 29 (55.77%) Social Skills
2 20 (38.46%) Aerospace
3 7 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.54%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (11.54%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (9.62%) Finance
6 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (26.92%) Architect
2 7 (13.46%) Product Owner
2 7 (13.46%) Project Manager
3 6 (11.54%) Lead
4 5 (9.62%) Consultant
4 5 (9.62%) Enterprise Architect
4 5 (9.62%) Security Architect
4 5 (9.62%) Senior
5 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 4 (7.69%) Security Consultant
5 4 (7.69%) Security Manager
5 4 (7.69%) Security Project Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Cloud Architect
6 3 (5.77%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Project Assurance Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Security Assurance Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Cloud Security Architect
7 2 (3.85%) Product Lead
7 2 (3.85%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (19.23%) LDAP
2 7 (13.46%) Terraform
3 5 (9.62%) OAuth
3 5 (9.62%) OpenID
3 5 (9.62%) SAML
4 4 (7.69%) SailPoint
5 3 (5.77%) ARM Templates
6 1 (1.92%) FIDO
6 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (1.92%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 7 (13.46%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.69%) Operational Technology
3 4 (7.69%) PKI
3 4 (7.69%) Virtual Team
4 2 (3.85%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (3.85%) SCADA
4 2 (3.85%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.92%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.92%) IoT
5 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (71.15%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (42.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (36.54%) SIEM
4 17 (32.69%) DevOps
5 16 (30.77%) TOGAF
6 15 (28.85%) CI/CD
7 14 (26.92%) DevSecOps
7 14 (26.92%) Risk Management
7 14 (26.92%) Roadmaps
8 13 (25.00%) Cloud Security
8 13 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 12 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (23.08%) SDLC
10 11 (21.15%) Identity Access Management
10 11 (21.15%) Zero Trust
11 10 (19.23%) Incident Response
11 10 (19.23%) Security Architecture
11 10 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (19.23%) Threat Modelling
12 9 (17.31%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 17 (32.69%) Python
2 15 (28.85%) PowerShell
3 6 (11.54%) Bash
4 4 (7.69%) Bicep
4 4 (7.69%) SQL
5 1 (1.92%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (55.77%) Security Cleared
2 28 (53.85%) SC Cleared
3 25 (48.08%) CISM
4 15 (28.85%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 11 (21.15%) Azure Certification
7 9 (17.31%) AWS Certification
7 9 (17.31%) PMI Certification
7 9 (17.31%) PMP
8 8 (15.38%) Degree
9 7 (13.46%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (11.54%) CEH
10 6 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (11.54%) GIAC
11 5 (9.62%) CSPO
12 4 (7.69%) CCSP
12 4 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 3 (5.77%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (55.77%) NIST
2 23 (44.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (15.38%) GDPR
4 4 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (7.69%) Def Stans
4 4 (7.69%) NCSC
4 4 (7.69%) NIST 800
4 4 (7.69%) SOC 2
5 3 (5.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (5.77%) EU AI Act
6 1 (1.92%) GRC
System Software
1 7 (13.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (19.23%) Kubernetes
2 7 (13.46%) Ansible
3 2 (3.85%) CASB
3 2 (3.85%) QRadar
3 2 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (11.54%) CyberArk
2 5 (9.62%) BeyondTrust
2 5 (9.62%) ForgeRock
2 5 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.62%) Okta
2 5 (9.62%) Ping Identity
3 4 (7.69%) Google
4 2 (3.85%) ArcSight
4 2 (3.85%) Cisco
4 2 (3.85%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.85%) Splunk
5 1 (1.92%) Aruba
5 1 (1.92%) Dell
5 1 (1.92%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (1.92%) Juniper
5 1 (1.92%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.92%) Tenable
5 1 (1.92%) Veeam