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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 104 75
Rank change year-on-year +47 -29 +37
Contract jobs citing CISSP 35 9 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.98% 0.53% 2.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.75% 1.22% 5.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 5 20
10th Percentile £344 £578 £312
25th Percentile £450 - £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £600 £552
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +8.79% +19.24%
75th Percentile £722 £650 £626
90th Percentile £775 £1,040 £753
South East median daily rate £500 £575 £610
% change year-on-year -13.04% -5.74% +6.09%
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 400 739 683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 34.10% 43.55% 38.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 392 399
10th Percentile £270 £325 £213
25th Percentile £406 £455 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £583 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.24% +11.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £653 £623
90th Percentile £676 £738 £688
South East median daily rate £515 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 68 44
10th Percentile £25.95 £42.47 £29.36
25th Percentile £31.57 £56.65 £51.63
Median hourly rate £43.96 £63.15 £64.52
Median % change year-on-year -30.40% -2.12% +206.85%
75th Percentile £87.31 £85.75 £74.39
90th Percentile £88.87 £98.25 £75.97
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.17 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.77% -3.05% +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
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 17 September 2025.

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
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 17 September 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 +38 19 £591 -3.59% 2
Wokingham - 8 £413 - 3
Slough - 2 £650 - 10
Windsor - 1 £500 - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (25.71%) Azure
2 7 (20.00%) AWS
3 6 (17.14%) GCP
4 3 (8.57%) Entra ID
4 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (5.71%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.86%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.86%) OCI
6 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (28.57%) Network Security
2 6 (17.14%) Firewall
3 2 (5.71%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 13 (37.14%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Finance
3 5 (14.29%) Legal
3 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.57%) Military
5 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (28.57%) Architect
1 10 (28.57%) Security Architect
2 8 (22.86%) Senior
3 7 (20.00%) Analyst
3 7 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
4 6 (17.14%) Consultant
5 4 (11.43%) Lead
5 4 (11.43%) SIEM Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Security Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) SOC Consultant
7 2 (5.71%) Applications Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Forensic Consultant
7 2 (5.71%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Audit Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Azure Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) Lead Security Architect
8 1 (2.86%) Security Advisor
8 1 (2.86%) SIEM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) Apache Axis
2 1 (2.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (31.43%) Management Information System
2 8 (22.86%) Security Posture
3 6 (17.14%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (14.29%) Cloud Native
4 5 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (11.43%) Cyber Security Posture
5 4 (11.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (8.57%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (8.57%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (8.57%) Public Cloud
7 2 (5.71%) IoT
7 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
8 1 (2.86%) Clustering
8 1 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (2.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 10 (28.57%) Windows
2 8 (22.86%) Linux
3 2 (5.71%) Mac OS
3 2 (5.71%) Unix
3 2 (5.71%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (57.14%) SIEM
2 19 (54.29%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (48.57%) Incident Response
4 13 (37.14%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (31.43%) Security Architecture
6 10 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
7 9 (25.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 9 (25.71%) Information Security
8 8 (22.86%) Data Privacy
8 8 (22.86%) Risk Management
8 8 (22.86%) Security Operations
9 7 (20.00%) Cloud Security
9 7 (20.00%) Forensic Analysis
9 7 (20.00%) Mentoring
9 7 (20.00%) Threat Detection
10 6 (17.14%) Analytical Thinking
10 6 (17.14%) Threat Modelling
11 5 (14.29%) DevSecOps
11 5 (14.29%) Malware Analysis
11 5 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 15 (42.86%) PowerShell
1 15 (42.86%) Python
2 3 (8.57%) SQL
3 2 (5.71%) C#
3 2 (5.71%) Java
3 2 (5.71%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (5.71%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (48.57%) Security Cleared
2 11 (31.43%) GCIH
3 9 (25.71%) CISM
3 9 (25.71%) GCFA
3 9 (25.71%) GIAC
4 8 (22.86%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (22.86%) GCIA
5 7 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 7 (20.00%) CCSP
5 7 (20.00%) DV Cleared
5 7 (20.00%) SC Cleared
6 6 (17.14%) CEH
6 6 (17.14%) CFCE
7 5 (14.29%) AWS Certification
8 3 (8.57%) Azure Certification
8 3 (8.57%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (5.71%) GCFE
9 2 (5.71%) GREM
9 2 (5.71%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (45.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (37.14%) NIST
3 11 (31.43%) GDPR
4 5 (14.29%) PCI DSS
5 4 (11.43%) HIPAA
5 4 (11.43%) PSD2
6 1 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (2.86%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) Docker
2 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) QRadar
2 4 (11.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 4 (11.43%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.71%) EnCase
3 2 (5.71%) FTK
3 2 (5.71%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.86%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (2.86%) Kibana
Vendors
1 13 (37.14%) Splunk
2 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
3 9 (25.71%) ArcSight
4 8 (22.86%) CrowdStrike
5 5 (14.29%) LogRhythm
6 2 (5.71%) Darktrace
6 2 (5.71%) FireEye
6 2 (5.71%) Tanium
7 1 (2.86%) Cisco
7 1 (2.86%) Intel
7 1 (2.86%) Proofpoint
7 1 (2.86%) Rapid7
7 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds