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 10 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 97 99
Rank change year-on-year +48 +2 +11
Contract jobs citing CISSP 68 15 25
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 4.78% 0.94% 1.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.64% 2.45% 3.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 10 15
10th Percentile £340 £527 £268
25th Percentile £409 £600 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £625 £325
Median % change year-on-year -24.64% +92.31% -43.48%
75th Percentile £493 £650 £556
90th Percentile £722 £715 £765
South East median daily rate £479 £600 £599
% change year-on-year -20.21% +0.21% -0.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £85.13 - -
25th Percentile £85.32 - -
Median hourly rate £88.79 - -
75th Percentile £93.47 - -
90th Percentile £94.39 - -
South East median hourly rate £88.79 £73.31 -
% change year-on-year +21.12% - -

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 584 611 769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 41.04% 38.19% 43.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 338 446
10th Percentile £255 £256 £205
25th Percentile £375 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £556 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.32% +11.20% -8.54%
75th Percentile £550 £656 £620
90th Percentile £638 £714 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 36 55
10th Percentile £19.38 £41.25 £45.21
25th Percentile £20.79 £53.95 £55.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.70% -2.39% +168.09%
75th Percentile £95.00 £65.04 £70.50
90th Percentile £95.75 £80.74 £75.93
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +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 10 December 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 10 December 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 - 33 £450 - 2
Reading +32 29 £480 -23.20% 5
Bracknell - 1 - -
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 (5.88%) Confluence
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (42.65%) Azure
2 26 (38.24%) AWS
3 23 (33.82%) GCP
4 7 (10.29%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.41%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.41%) SaaS
6 2 (2.94%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.94%) IaaS
6 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.94%) PaaS
7 1 (1.47%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (23.53%) Network Security
2 9 (13.24%) Firewall
3 2 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.47%) Internet
4 1 (1.47%) Intranet
4 1 (1.47%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (1.47%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (7.35%) JIRA
2 2 (2.94%) Burp Suite
General
1 39 (57.35%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.94%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 7 (10.29%) Legal
6 4 (5.88%) Finance
7 1 (1.47%) Banking
7 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Law
7 1 (1.47%) Military
7 1 (1.47%) Retail
7 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (17.65%) Architect
2 11 (16.18%) Analyst
2 11 (16.18%) Security Architect
3 10 (14.71%) SOC Analyst
4 9 (13.24%) SIEM Engineer
5 5 (7.35%) Consultant
6 4 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 4 (5.88%) Lead
6 4 (5.88%) Senior
7 3 (4.41%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 3 (4.41%) Security Specialist
8 2 (2.94%) Operations Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Penetration Tester
8 2 (2.94%) Security Consultant
8 2 (2.94%) Security Engineer
8 2 (2.94%) Security Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Security Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.94%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.94%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (23.53%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.12%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (17.65%) Security Posture
3 11 (16.18%) Management Information System
4 8 (11.76%) Cyber Security Posture
4 8 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (7.35%) Cloud Native
6 3 (4.41%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (4.41%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (4.41%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (4.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (4.41%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.94%) CSOC
7 2 (2.94%) IoT
7 2 (2.94%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.47%) Clustering
8 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.47%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.47%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (19.12%) Linux
2 11 (16.18%) Windows
3 2 (2.94%) Kali Linux
3 2 (2.94%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (77.94%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (66.18%) SIEM
3 31 (45.59%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (36.76%) Incident Response
5 23 (33.82%) DevSecOps
6 20 (29.41%) CI/CD
7 19 (27.94%) DevOps
8 17 (25.00%) Security Operations
9 13 (19.12%) Threat Detection
10 12 (17.65%) Analytical Thinking
11 11 (16.18%) Risk Management
11 11 (16.18%) Threat Intelligence
12 10 (14.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 10 (14.71%) Data Privacy
12 10 (14.71%) Forensic Analysis
12 10 (14.71%) Information Security
12 10 (14.71%) Security Architecture
13 9 (13.24%) Malware Analysis
13 9 (13.24%) TOGAF
13 9 (13.24%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (52.94%) PowerShell
1 36 (52.94%) Python
2 5 (7.35%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 31 (45.59%) CISM
3 26 (38.24%) SC Cleared
4 21 (30.88%) GIAC
5 16 (23.53%) CEH
6 14 (20.59%) Degree
7 13 (19.12%) GCFA
8 12 (17.65%) GCIH
9 10 (14.71%) GCIA
10 9 (13.24%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (11.76%) CFCE
12 7 (10.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (10.29%) CCSP
13 6 (8.82%) AWS Certification
13 6 (8.82%) Azure Certification
13 6 (8.82%) CREST Certified
14 5 (7.35%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (7.35%) TOGAF Certification
15 4 (5.88%) PMI Certification
15 4 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (63.24%) NIST
2 37 (54.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (44.12%) GDPR
4 6 (8.82%) HIPAA
5 4 (5.88%) PCI DSS
5 4 (5.88%) PMO
5 4 (5.88%) PSD2
6 2 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.47%) COBIT
7 1 (1.47%) Def Stans
7 1 (1.47%) GRC
7 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.47%) JSP 440
7 1 (1.47%) NCSC
7 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 17 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.41%) Docker
3 1 (1.47%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (8.82%) Kibana
2 5 (7.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 5 (7.35%) QRadar
3 3 (4.41%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.94%) EnCase
4 2 (2.94%) FTK
4 2 (2.94%) Nmap
4 2 (2.94%) SCCM
5 1 (1.47%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.47%) Nessus
Vendors
1 18 (26.47%) Microsoft
2 16 (23.53%) BeyondTrust
2 16 (23.53%) CyberArk
2 16 (23.53%) Splunk
3 12 (17.65%) ArcSight
4 11 (16.18%) CrowdStrike
5 7 (10.29%) FireEye
5 7 (10.29%) LogRhythm
5 7 (10.29%) Tanium
6 3 (4.41%) Tenable
7 2 (2.94%) CheckPoint
7 2 (2.94%) Darktrace
7 2 (2.94%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.47%) Carbon Black
8 1 (1.47%) Cisco
8 1 (1.47%) Google
8 1 (1.47%) Intel
8 1 (1.47%) Proofpoint
8 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.47%) SolarWinds