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 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 62 102
Rank change year-on-year -12 +40 -21
Contract jobs citing CISSP 52 36 8
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.70% 3.00% 0.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.78% 8.37% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 21 7
10th Percentile £420 £445 £543
25th Percentile £556 £450 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £513 £600
Median % change year-on-year +17.07% -14.58% +8.79%
75th Percentile £678 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £773 £910
South East median daily rate £618 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +23.60% -13.04% -6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 0
10th Percentile £72.94 - -
25th Percentile £82.00 £86.29 -
Median hourly rate £87.56 £87.58 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.02% - -
75th Percentile £104.00 £88.87 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £87.16 £87.58 -
% change year-on-year -0.48% - -

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 899 430 757
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.63% 35.83% 44.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 530 263 404
10th Percentile £356 £342 £325
25th Percentile £450 £439 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £656 £606 £663
90th Percentile £775 £700 £738
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 16 70
10th Percentile £31.25 £29.40 £41.25
25th Percentile £71.43 £32.25 £55.80
Median hourly rate £83.54 £70.00 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% +13.54% -3.42%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.84 £76.59
90th Percentile £104.00 £88.87 £97.75
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £27.76 £57.35
% change year-on-year +152.16% -51.60% -4.42%

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 17 August 2026.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISSP in Berkshire over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CISSP in Berkshire

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 August 2026. 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 -6 38 £600 +1.61% 3
Wokingham -14 12 £575 +28.49%
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.92%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 30 (57.69%) Azure
2 23 (44.23%) AWS
3 17 (32.69%) GCP
4 6 (11.54%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (5.77%) GitHub
5 3 (5.77%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (3.85%) SaaS
6 2 (3.85%) Serverless
7 1 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.92%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.92%) Cohesity
7 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.92%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.92%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.92%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.69%) Network Security
2 2 (3.85%) Firewall
3 1 (1.92%) BGP
3 1 (1.92%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.92%) LAN
3 1 (1.92%) Modbus
3 1 (1.92%) MPLS
3 1 (1.92%) NGFW
3 1 (1.92%) OSPF
3 1 (1.92%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.92%) VXLAN
3 1 (1.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) GitLab
1 3 (5.77%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.92%) tSQLt
General
1 30 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 17 (32.69%) Aerospace
3 9 (17.31%) Finance
4 8 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (11.54%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (23.08%) Project Manager
2 10 (19.23%) Architect
3 8 (15.38%) Security Manager
3 8 (15.38%) Security Project Manager
4 7 (13.46%) Product Owner
5 6 (11.54%) Lead
6 5 (9.62%) Consultant
7 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 4 (7.69%) Project Assurance Manager
7 4 (7.69%) Security Architect
7 4 (7.69%) Security Assurance Manager
7 4 (7.69%) Security Consultant
7 4 (7.69%) Senior
8 3 (5.77%) Cloud Architect
8 3 (5.77%) Enterprise Architect
9 2 (3.85%) Cloud Security Architect
9 2 (3.85%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 2 (3.85%) Product Lead
10 1 (1.92%) Software Assurance Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (23.08%) LDAP
2 5 (9.62%) OAuth
2 5 (9.62%) OpenID
2 5 (9.62%) SAML
3 4 (7.69%) SailPoint
4 2 (3.85%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.92%) FIDO
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (1.92%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.23%) Product Ownership
2 6 (11.54%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (11.54%) Operational Technology
3 4 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.69%) PKI
3 4 (7.69%) Virtual Team
4 2 (3.85%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.92%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.92%) IoT
5 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.92%) SCADA
5 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (44.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (34.62%) DevOps
3 18 (34.62%) SIEM
4 16 (30.77%) Risk Management
5 15 (28.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (26.92%) CI/CD
7 13 (25.00%) Budget Management
7 13 (25.00%) DevSecOps
7 13 (25.00%) TOGAF
7 13 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 11 (21.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (21.15%) Roadmaps
8 11 (21.15%) SDLC
9 10 (19.23%) Cloud Security
9 10 (19.23%) Identity Access Management
10 9 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (17.31%) Programme Delivery
10 9 (17.31%) Zero Trust
11 8 (15.38%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 16 (30.77%) Python
2 14 (26.92%) PowerShell
3 5 (9.62%) Bash
4 4 (7.69%) SQL
5 3 (5.77%) Bicep
6 1 (1.92%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (59.62%) CISM
2 26 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 25 (48.08%) SC Cleared
4 14 (26.92%) PMI Certification
4 14 (26.92%) PMP
5 12 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (21.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 8 (15.38%) Azure Certification
7 8 (15.38%) Degree
8 7 (13.46%) AWS Certification
9 6 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (11.54%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (9.62%) CSPO
11 4 (7.69%) GIAC
11 4 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (5.77%) CCSP
12 3 (5.77%) CEH
12 3 (5.77%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (3.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (67.31%) NIST
2 28 (53.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (25.00%) GDPR
4 8 (15.38%) SOC 2
5 4 (7.69%) Def Stans
5 4 (7.69%) EU AI Act
5 4 (7.69%) NIST 800
6 3 (5.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (5.77%) NCSC
7 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.92%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (17.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (13.46%) Kubernetes
2 6 (11.54%) Ansible
2 6 (11.54%) Terraform
3 2 (3.85%) CASB
3 2 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (15.38%) CyberArk
2 7 (13.46%) BeyondTrust
3 5 (9.62%) ForgeRock
3 5 (9.62%) Okta
3 5 (9.62%) Ping Identity
4 4 (7.69%) Google
5 3 (5.77%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.92%) Cisco
6 1 (1.92%) Dell
6 1 (1.92%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.92%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.92%) Tenable
6 1 (1.92%) Veeam