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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 98 100
Rank change year-on-year +55 +2 +15
Contract jobs citing CISSP 69 15 25
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 4.96% 0.93% 1.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.39% 2.42% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 10 15
10th Percentile £340 £596 £283
25th Percentile £411 £603 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £638 £350
Median % change year-on-year -25.61% +82.14% -36.36%
75th Percentile £495 £650 £636
90th Percentile £766 £715 £765
South East median daily rate £479 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -23.40% +4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £85.26 - -
25th Percentile £85.65 - £71.20
Median hourly rate £87.58 - £72.40
75th Percentile £91.94 - £73.59
90th Percentile £93.77 - -
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 557 621 798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 40.04% 38.52% 44.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 334 459
10th Percentile £253 £287 £205
25th Percentile £375 £413 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £571 £520
Median % change year-on-year -13.84% +9.81% -4.67%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £623
90th Percentile £638 £716 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £540 £538
% change year-on-year -7.41% +0.47% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 50 60
10th Percentile £20.25 £42.72 £29.87
25th Percentile £25.15 £56.04 £51.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.73 £63.15
Median % change year-on-year +5.29% -2.24% +168.70%
75th Percentile £95.00 £83.41 £72.33
90th Percentile £96.00 £100.00 £76.19
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.30 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.86% -2.83% +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 22 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 22 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 - 33 £450 - 3
Reading +33 28 £480 -26.15% 7
Slough - 1 £750 -
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 (5.80%) Confluence
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (42.03%) Azure
2 26 (37.68%) AWS
3 23 (33.33%) GCP
4 7 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.35%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.35%) SaaS
6 2 (2.90%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.90%) IaaS
6 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.90%) PaaS
7 1 (1.45%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (23.19%) Network Security
2 9 (13.04%) Firewall
3 2 (2.90%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.45%) Internet
4 1 (1.45%) Intranet
4 1 (1.45%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (1.45%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (7.25%) JIRA
2 2 (2.90%) Burp Suite
General
1 41 (59.42%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.54%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (24.64%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (11.59%) Public Sector
5 7 (10.14%) Legal
6 5 (7.25%) Finance
7 2 (2.90%) Military
7 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.45%) Banking
8 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Law
8 1 (1.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (17.39%) Architect
2 11 (15.94%) Analyst
2 11 (15.94%) Security Architect
3 10 (14.49%) SOC Analyst
4 9 (13.04%) SIEM Engineer
5 5 (7.25%) Consultant
5 5 (7.25%) Lead
5 5 (7.25%) Senior
6 4 (5.80%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 3 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 3 (4.35%) Security Specialist
8 2 (2.90%) Forensic Consultant
8 2 (2.90%) Operations Manager
8 2 (2.90%) Penetration Tester
8 2 (2.90%) Security Consultant
8 2 (2.90%) Security Engineer
8 2 (2.90%) Security Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.90%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.90%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (23.19%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.29%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (17.39%) Management Information System
2 12 (17.39%) Security Posture
3 8 (11.59%) Cyber Security Posture
3 8 (11.59%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (7.25%) Cloud Native
5 3 (4.35%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.35%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.90%) CSOC
6 2 (2.90%) IoT
6 2 (2.90%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.45%) Clustering
7 1 (1.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.45%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (18.84%) Linux
2 11 (15.94%) Windows
3 2 (2.90%) Kali Linux
3 2 (2.90%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (78.26%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (66.67%) SIEM
3 31 (44.93%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (37.68%) Incident Response
5 23 (33.33%) DevSecOps
6 20 (28.99%) CI/CD
7 19 (27.54%) DevOps
8 18 (26.09%) Security Operations
9 13 (18.84%) Threat Detection
10 12 (17.39%) Analytical Thinking
10 12 (17.39%) Threat Intelligence
11 11 (15.94%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 11 (15.94%) Risk Management
11 11 (15.94%) Security Architecture
12 10 (14.49%) Data Privacy
12 10 (14.49%) Forensic Analysis
12 10 (14.49%) Information Security
12 10 (14.49%) Vulnerability Management
13 9 (13.04%) Malware Analysis
13 9 (13.04%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 36 (52.17%) PowerShell
1 36 (52.17%) Python
2 5 (7.25%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (49.28%) Security Cleared
2 31 (44.93%) CISM
3 26 (37.68%) SC Cleared
4 21 (30.43%) GIAC
5 15 (21.74%) CEH
6 14 (20.29%) Degree
7 13 (18.84%) GCFA
8 12 (17.39%) GCIH
9 11 (15.94%) GCIA
10 9 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (11.59%) CFCE
12 7 (10.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (10.14%) CCSP
13 6 (8.70%) AWS Certification
13 6 (8.70%) Azure Certification
13 6 (8.70%) CREST Certified
14 5 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (7.25%) TOGAF Certification
15 4 (5.80%) DV Cleared
15 4 (5.80%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (62.32%) NIST
2 37 (53.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (43.48%) GDPR
4 6 (8.70%) HIPAA
5 4 (5.80%) PCI DSS
5 4 (5.80%) PMO
5 4 (5.80%) PSD2
6 2 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.45%) COBIT
7 1 (1.45%) Def Stans
7 1 (1.45%) GRC
7 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 17 (24.64%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.35%) Docker
3 1 (1.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (8.70%) Kibana
1 6 (8.70%) QRadar
2 5 (7.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 3 (4.35%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.90%) EnCase
4 2 (2.90%) FTK
4 2 (2.90%) Nmap
4 2 (2.90%) SCCM
5 1 (1.45%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.45%) Nessus
Vendors
1 19 (27.54%) Microsoft
2 17 (24.64%) Splunk
3 16 (23.19%) BeyondTrust
3 16 (23.19%) CyberArk
4 12 (17.39%) ArcSight
5 11 (15.94%) CrowdStrike
6 7 (10.14%) FireEye
6 7 (10.14%) LogRhythm
6 7 (10.14%) Tanium
7 3 (4.35%) Tenable
8 2 (2.90%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.90%) Darktrace
8 2 (2.90%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.45%) Carbon Black
9 1 (1.45%) Cisco
9 1 (1.45%) Google
9 1 (1.45%) Intel
9 1 (1.45%) Proofpoint
9 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.45%) SolarWinds