CISSP Contracts 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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 103 81
Rank change year-on-year +40 -22 +34
Contract jobs citing CISSP 28 7 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.45% 0.36% 1.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.88% 0.78% 5.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 6 17
10th Percentile £450 £388 £338
25th Percentile £494 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% -1.30% -
75th Percentile £638 £641 £638
90th Percentile £644 £650 £713
South East median daily rate £550 £588 £665
% change year-on-year -6.38% -11.65% +15.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.29 - £71.20
Median hourly rate £87.58 - £73.20
75th Percentile £88.87 - £74.20
90th Percentile - - £74.55
South East median hourly rate £87.58 - £73.20

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 407 895 581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 35.58% 45.64% 31.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 421 306
10th Percentile £313 £281 £343
25th Percentile £431 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £717 £709
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 96 42
10th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £55.31 £54.50 £49.94
Median hourly rate £72.00 £61.60 £65.34
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% -5.72% +211.13%
75th Percentile £87.44 £85.65 £75.50
90th Percentile £88.87 £88.77 £80.14
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -16.64% -4.42% +33.33%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in Berkshire

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for CISSP in Berkshire

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Berkshire over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in Berkshire

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend 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 30 June 2025. 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 +47 13 £591 +27.68% 32
Wokingham - 6 £450 - 1
Slough -4 4 £625 +10.13% 28
Windsor - 1 £500 -
CISSP
South East

CISSP
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:

Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 11 (39.29%) Azure
2 5 (17.86%) AWS
2 5 (17.86%) Azure Sentinel
2 5 (17.86%) GCP
3 1 (3.57%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.57%) OCI
3 1 (3.57%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) Firewall
2 3 (10.71%) Network Security
3 2 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (7.14%) VPN
4 1 (3.57%) BGP
4 1 (3.57%) DNS
4 1 (3.57%) LAN
4 1 (3.57%) Modbus
4 1 (3.57%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.57%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 16 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 10 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Military
3 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
4 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.14%) Retail
5 1 (3.57%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Senior
2 8 (28.57%) Architect
2 8 (28.57%) Security Architect
3 7 (25.00%) Security Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) Lead
5 4 (14.29%) Consultant
6 3 (10.71%) Senior Security Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) SOC Consultant
7 2 (7.14%) Applications Architect
7 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 1 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Information Security Specialist
8 1 (3.57%) Information Specialist
8 1 (3.57%) Lead Architect
8 1 (3.57%) Lead Security Architect
8 1 (3.57%) Risk Consultant
8 1 (3.57%) Security Advisor
8 1 (3.57%) Senior Information Security Specialist
8 1 (3.57%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) Web Services
2 2 (7.14%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (17.86%) Security Posture
3 2 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (3.57%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.57%) PKI
4 1 (3.57%) PMI
4 1 (3.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (7.14%) Windows Server
2 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (3.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (46.43%) Security Architecture
3 12 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (32.14%) SIEM
5 8 (28.57%) Incident Response
6 7 (25.00%) SOA
7 6 (21.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 6 (21.43%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (21.43%) Risk Management
7 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (21.43%) Threat Intelligence
7 6 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (17.86%) Cloud Security
8 5 (17.86%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (17.86%) Information Security
8 5 (17.86%) Validation
8 5 (17.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 4 (14.29%) Security Operations
9 4 (14.29%) SOAR
9 4 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
1 5 (17.86%) Python
2 2 (7.14%) C#
2 2 (7.14%) Java
2 2 (7.14%) Ruby
2 2 (7.14%) SQL
3 1 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 15 (53.57%) CISM
2 10 (35.71%) Security Cleared
3 7 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (21.43%) Degree
5 5 (17.86%) CEH
6 3 (10.71%) CISA
6 3 (10.71%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (10.71%) GCIH
6 3 (10.71%) SANS
6 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
7 2 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (7.14%) CCSP
7 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (7.14%) GCIA
7 2 (7.14%) GIAC
7 2 (7.14%) PMI Certification
7 2 (7.14%) PMP
8 1 (3.57%) CCNP
8 1 (3.57%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (28.57%) NIST
3 4 (14.29%) GDPR
4 2 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (7.14%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.57%) JSP 440
5 1 (3.57%) NCSC
5 1 (3.57%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) QRadar
1 2 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.57%) CASB
2 1 (3.57%) CSIRT
2 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.29%) Splunk
3 1 (3.57%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.57%) Forcepoint
3 1 (3.57%) Google
3 1 (3.57%) Proofpoint
3 1 (3.57%) Rapid7
3 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow