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 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 101 89
Rank change year-on-year +43 -12 +26
Contract jobs citing CISSP 43 11 29
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.43% 0.68% 1.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.35% 1.68% 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 7 17
10th Percentile £354 £585 £312
25th Percentile £415 £600 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -21.28% +13.64% +46.67%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £775 £910 £760
South East median daily rate £496 £600 £610
% change year-on-year -17.33% -1.64% +1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
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 460 653 730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.74% 40.38% 41.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 352 436
10th Percentile £255 £283 £210
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £558 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.39% +6.29% -2.33%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £625
90th Percentile £638 £722 £681
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 55 50
10th Percentile £20.43 £41.25 £39.12
25th Percentile £25.95 £55.87 £52.78
Median hourly rate £40.44 £61.60 £63.60
Median % change year-on-year -34.36% -3.14% +170.63%
75th Percentile £79.63 £75.13 £73.28
90th Percentile £88.87 £100.00 £75.71
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -58.08% - +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 21 October 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 21 October 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 +42 19 £608 -4.67% 5
Wokingham - 17 £446 -
Bracknell - 1 - -
Slough - 1 £750 - 15
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 (9.30%) Confluence
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.58%) AWS
1 11 (25.58%) Azure
1 11 (25.58%) GCP
2 3 (6.98%) Entra ID
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.65%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (25.58%) Network Security
2 6 (13.95%) Firewall
3 2 (4.65%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) Burp Suite
General
1 25 (58.14%) Social Skills
2 13 (30.23%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.95%) Legal
3 6 (13.95%) Public Sector
4 5 (11.63%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (11.63%) Finance
5 2 (4.65%) Military
5 2 (4.65%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.33%) Banking
6 1 (2.33%) Law
6 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (20.93%) Analyst
2 8 (18.60%) Architect
2 8 (18.60%) Security Architect
2 8 (18.60%) SOC Analyst
3 7 (16.28%) Senior
4 4 (9.30%) Consultant
4 4 (9.30%) SIEM Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 3 (6.98%) Lead
5 3 (6.98%) Security Specialist
6 2 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 2 (4.65%) Forensic Consultant
6 2 (4.65%) Security Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (4.65%) Testing Manager
7 1 (2.33%) Network Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Network Security Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Security Consultant
7 1 (2.33%) Support Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.63%) LDAP
2 1 (2.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.58%) Management Information System
2 9 (20.93%) Security Posture
3 8 (18.60%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (18.60%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (11.63%) Cloud Native
5 4 (9.30%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (6.98%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (6.98%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (6.98%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (6.98%) Public Cloud
7 2 (4.65%) CSOC
7 2 (4.65%) IoT
8 1 (2.33%) Clustering
8 1 (2.33%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (2.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (2.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (23.26%) Linux
2 9 (20.93%) Windows
3 2 (4.65%) Mac OS
3 2 (4.65%) Unix
4 1 (2.33%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (72.09%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (60.47%) SIEM
3 20 (46.51%) Incident Response
4 16 (37.21%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (25.58%) DevSecOps
6 10 (23.26%) Information Security
6 10 (23.26%) Security Architecture
6 10 (23.26%) Security Operations
7 9 (20.93%) CI/CD
7 9 (20.93%) Data Privacy
7 9 (20.93%) Risk Management
7 9 (20.93%) Threat Intelligence
7 9 (20.93%) Vulnerability Management
8 8 (18.60%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 8 (18.60%) DevOps
8 8 (18.60%) Forensic Analysis
9 7 (16.28%) Analytical Thinking
9 7 (16.28%) Malware Analysis
9 7 (16.28%) Mentoring
10 6 (13.95%) Behavioural Analysis
Programming Languages
1 18 (41.86%) PowerShell
1 18 (41.86%) Python
2 1 (2.33%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (46.51%) CISM
1 20 (46.51%) Security Cleared
2 11 (25.58%) GCFA
2 11 (25.58%) GIAC
2 11 (25.58%) SC Cleared
3 10 (23.26%) Degree
3 10 (23.26%) GCIH
4 9 (20.93%) GCIA
5 8 (18.60%) CEH
6 7 (16.28%) CFCE
6 7 (16.28%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (13.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (13.95%) CCSP
7 6 (13.95%) DV Cleared
8 5 (11.63%) AWS Certification
9 4 (9.30%) PMI Certification
9 4 (9.30%) PMP
10 3 (6.98%) Azure Certification
10 3 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (6.98%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (60.47%) NIST
2 23 (53.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (37.21%) GDPR
4 5 (11.63%) HIPAA
5 4 (9.30%) PCI DSS
5 4 (9.30%) PMO
5 4 (9.30%) PSD2
6 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 6 (13.95%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.98%) Docker
3 1 (2.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (13.95%) QRadar
2 4 (9.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 3 (6.98%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.65%) EnCase
4 2 (4.65%) FTK
5 1 (2.33%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (2.33%) Kibana
5 1 (2.33%) Nmap
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) Splunk
2 12 (27.91%) Microsoft
3 10 (23.26%) ArcSight
3 10 (23.26%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (13.95%) LogRhythm
5 5 (11.63%) BeyondTrust
5 5 (11.63%) CyberArk
6 2 (4.65%) Darktrace
6 2 (4.65%) FireEye
6 2 (4.65%) Tanium
7 1 (2.33%) Cisco
7 1 (2.33%) Google
7 1 (2.33%) Intel
7 1 (2.33%) Proofpoint
7 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.33%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.33%) Tenable