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 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 99 98
Rank change year-on-year +46 -1 +22
Contract jobs citing CISSP 52 13 26
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.91% 0.81% 1.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.42% 2.03% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 8 16
10th Percentile £347 £589 £312
25th Percentile £413 £600 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £625 £538
Median % change year-on-year -23.20% +16.28% -2.27%
75th Percentile £500 £650 £646
90th Percentile £775 £845 £763
South East median daily rate £480 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.29 - £71.20
Median hourly rate £87.58 - £72.40
75th Percentile £88.87 - £73.59
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £87.58 - £72.40

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 499 639 788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.49% 39.69% 43.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 347 447
10th Percentile £255 £293 £210
25th Percentile £400 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £565 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +7.62% -0.47%
75th Percentile £550 £648 £623
90th Percentile £625 £712 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £530 £530
% change year-on-year -5.66% - +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 54 53
10th Percentile £19.09 £41.74 £32.47
25th Percentile £20.79 £56.04 £49.95
Median hourly rate £30.11 £61.60 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -51.12% -2.67% +169.32%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.27 £72.33
90th Percentile £88.55 £100.00 £76.01
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.34 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.89% -2.77% +33.33%

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 8 November 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 8 November 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
Wokingham - 23 £447 - 4
Reading +33 22 £500 -20.00% 12
Bracknell - 1 - -
Slough - 1 £750 - 48
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.69%) Confluence
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (32.69%) AWS
1 17 (32.69%) Azure
2 15 (28.85%) GCP
3 5 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.77%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.77%) SaaS
5 2 (3.85%) Google Workspace
5 2 (3.85%) IaaS
5 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.85%) PaaS
6 1 (1.92%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (28.85%) Network Security
2 9 (17.31%) Firewall
3 2 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.92%) Internet
4 1 (1.92%) Intranet
4 1 (1.92%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (1.92%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (9.62%) JIRA
2 2 (3.85%) Burp Suite
General
1 30 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 16 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (17.31%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (13.46%) Legal
4 7 (13.46%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.62%) Finance
6 2 (3.85%) Military
6 2 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.92%) Banking
7 1 (1.92%) Law
7 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (21.15%) Analyst
2 10 (19.23%) Architect
2 10 (19.23%) Security Architect
2 10 (19.23%) SOC Analyst
3 7 (13.46%) SIEM Engineer
4 5 (9.62%) Senior
5 4 (7.69%) Consultant
6 3 (5.77%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 3 (5.77%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 3 (5.77%) Lead
6 3 (5.77%) Security Specialist
7 2 (3.85%) Forensic Consultant
7 2 (3.85%) Penetration Tester
7 2 (3.85%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (3.85%) Tester
7 2 (3.85%) Testing Manager
8 1 (1.92%) Lead Architect
8 1 (1.92%) Network Security Architect
8 1 (1.92%) Security Officer
8 1 (1.92%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.38%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.08%) Management Information System
1 12 (23.08%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (19.23%) Security Posture
3 8 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (13.46%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (9.62%) Cloud Native
6 3 (5.77%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (5.77%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (5.77%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (5.77%) Public Cloud
7 2 (3.85%) CSOC
7 2 (3.85%) IoT
8 1 (1.92%) Clustering
8 1 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.92%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.92%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.92%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (25.00%) Linux
2 11 (21.15%) Windows
3 2 (3.85%) Kali Linux
3 2 (3.85%) Mac OS
3 2 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (65.38%) SIEM
3 23 (44.23%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (42.31%) Incident Response
5 14 (26.92%) DevSecOps
5 14 (26.92%) Security Operations
6 12 (23.08%) CI/CD
7 11 (21.15%) DevOps
7 11 (21.15%) Security Architecture
8 10 (19.23%) Analytical Thinking
8 10 (19.23%) Data Privacy
8 10 (19.23%) Forensic Analysis
8 10 (19.23%) Information Security
8 10 (19.23%) Risk Management
8 10 (19.23%) Threat Intelligence
9 9 (17.31%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 9 (17.31%) Malware Analysis
9 9 (17.31%) Threat Detection
10 8 (15.38%) Mentoring
10 8 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 26 (50.00%) Python
2 4 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (48.08%) Security Cleared
2 22 (42.31%) CISM
3 17 (32.69%) SC Cleared
4 15 (28.85%) GIAC
5 13 (25.00%) GCFA
6 12 (23.08%) Degree
6 12 (23.08%) GCIH
7 11 (21.15%) CEH
7 11 (21.15%) GCIA
8 9 (17.31%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (15.38%) CFCE
10 7 (13.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (13.46%) CCSP
11 5 (9.62%) AWS Certification
11 5 (9.62%) Azure Certification
11 5 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (7.69%) DV Cleared
12 4 (7.69%) PMI Certification
12 4 (7.69%) PMP
12 4 (7.69%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (63.46%) NIST
2 28 (53.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (42.31%) GDPR
4 6 (11.54%) HIPAA
5 4 (7.69%) PCI DSS
5 4 (7.69%) PMO
5 4 (7.69%) PSD2
6 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.92%) QA
System Software
1 9 (17.31%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.77%) Docker
3 1 (1.92%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (11.54%) QRadar
2 5 (9.62%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 4 (7.69%) Kibana
4 3 (5.77%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.85%) EnCase
5 2 (3.85%) FTK
5 2 (3.85%) Nmap
5 2 (3.85%) SCCM
6 1 (1.92%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.92%) Nessus
Vendors
1 17 (32.69%) Splunk
2 16 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 12 (23.08%) ArcSight
4 11 (21.15%) CrowdStrike
5 8 (15.38%) BeyondTrust
5 8 (15.38%) CyberArk
6 7 (13.46%) LogRhythm
7 5 (9.62%) FireEye
7 5 (9.62%) Tanium
8 3 (5.77%) Tenable
9 2 (3.85%) CheckPoint
9 2 (3.85%) Darktrace
9 2 (3.85%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.92%) Carbon Black
10 1 (1.92%) Cisco
10 1 (1.92%) Google
10 1 (1.92%) Intel
10 1 (1.92%) Proofpoint
10 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.92%) SolarWinds