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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 88 105
Rank change year-on-year +47 +17 +5
Contract jobs citing CISSP 73 15 23
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 4.93% 0.98% 1.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.89% 2.56% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 10 14
10th Percentile £340 £527 £267
25th Percentile £411 £600 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £625 £325
Median % change year-on-year -25.28% +92.31% -46.39%
75th Percentile £492 £650 £536
90th Percentile £666 £715 £715
South East median daily rate £479 £600 £596
% change year-on-year -20.21% +0.63% -6.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £88.68 - -
25th Percentile £94.19 - -
Median hourly rate £105.89 - -
75th Percentile £115.08 - -
90th Percentile £119.09 - -
South East median hourly rate £105.89 £73.31 -
% change year-on-year +44.43% - -

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 614 587 764
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 41.49% 38.17% 44.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 325 451
10th Percentile £255 £258 £205
25th Percentile £374 £400 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £580 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +16.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £542 £660 £619
90th Percentile £625 £722 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £540 £537
% change year-on-year -7.45% +0.70% +0.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 32 53
10th Percentile £19.38 £41.25 £45.85
25th Percentile £20.79 £55.87 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.60 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.52% -2.22% +168.09%
75th Percentile £95.00 £65.62 £68.63
90th Percentile £98.00 £75.35 £76.01
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 17 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISSP in Berkshire over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

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 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 - 37 £450 - 1
Reading +32 30 £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 (5.48%) Confluence
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (41.10%) Azure
2 27 (36.99%) AWS
3 23 (31.51%) GCP
4 7 (9.59%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.11%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.11%) IaaS
5 3 (4.11%) PaaS
5 3 (4.11%) SaaS
6 2 (2.74%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.37%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 22 (30.14%) Network Security
2 9 (12.33%) Firewall
3 2 (2.74%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.37%) Internet
4 1 (1.37%) Intranet
4 1 (1.37%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (1.37%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (6.85%) JIRA
2 2 (2.74%) Burp Suite
General
1 44 (60.27%) Social Skills
2 23 (31.51%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (24.66%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (10.96%) Public Sector
5 7 (9.59%) Legal
6 4 (5.48%) Finance
7 1 (1.37%) Banking
7 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Law
7 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (19.18%) SIEM Engineer
2 11 (15.07%) Analyst
2 11 (15.07%) Architect
3 10 (13.70%) Security Architect
3 10 (13.70%) SOC Analyst
4 5 (6.85%) Consultant
5 4 (5.48%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 3 (4.11%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 3 (4.11%) Security Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.11%) Security Specialist
6 3 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.74%) Chief Information Security Officer
7 2 (2.74%) Operations Manager
7 2 (2.74%) Penetration Tester
7 2 (2.74%) Security Consultant
7 2 (2.74%) Security Engineer
7 2 (2.74%) Security Manager
7 2 (2.74%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (2.74%) Tester
7 2 (2.74%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (23.29%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.18%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (16.44%) Cyber Security Posture
2 12 (16.44%) Security Posture
3 9 (12.33%) Management Information System
4 8 (10.96%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (5.48%) Cloud Native
6 3 (4.11%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (4.11%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (4.11%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.74%) CSOC
7 2 (2.74%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (2.74%) IoT
7 2 (2.74%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.37%) Clustering
8 1 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.37%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.37%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 14 (19.18%) Linux
2 11 (15.07%) Windows
3 2 (2.74%) Kali Linux
3 2 (2.74%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (79.45%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (71.23%) SIEM
3 35 (47.95%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (35.62%) Incident Response
5 24 (32.88%) DevSecOps
6 21 (28.77%) CI/CD
7 20 (27.40%) DevOps
8 18 (24.66%) Security Operations
9 17 (23.29%) Threat Detection
10 16 (21.92%) Analytical Thinking
11 11 (15.07%) Information Security
11 11 (15.07%) Threat Intelligence
12 10 (13.70%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 10 (13.70%) Data Privacy
12 10 (13.70%) Forensic Analysis
12 10 (13.70%) Risk Management
12 10 (13.70%) Vulnerability Management
13 9 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (12.33%) Malware Analysis
13 9 (12.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 42 (57.53%) PowerShell
1 42 (57.53%) Python
2 10 (13.70%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (52.05%) Security Cleared
2 32 (43.84%) SC Cleared
3 31 (42.47%) CISM
4 26 (35.62%) GIAC
5 21 (28.77%) CEH
6 15 (20.55%) Degree
7 13 (17.81%) GCFA
8 12 (16.44%) GCIH
9 10 (13.70%) GCIA
10 9 (12.33%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (10.96%) CFCE
12 7 (9.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (9.59%) Azure Certification
12 7 (9.59%) CCSP
13 6 (8.22%) CREST Certified
14 5 (6.85%) AWS Certification
14 5 (6.85%) TOGAF Certification
15 4 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (5.48%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (60.27%) NIST
2 38 (52.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (42.47%) GDPR
4 6 (8.22%) HIPAA
5 4 (5.48%) PCI DSS
5 4 (5.48%) PMO
5 4 (5.48%) PSD2
6 2 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.37%) COBIT
7 1 (1.37%) Def Stans
7 1 (1.37%) GRC
7 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.37%) JSP 440
7 1 (1.37%) NCSC
7 1 (1.37%) QA
System Software
1 18 (24.66%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.11%) Docker
3 1 (1.37%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (15.07%) Kibana
2 5 (6.85%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 5 (6.85%) QRadar
3 3 (4.11%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.74%) EnCase
4 2 (2.74%) FTK
4 2 (2.74%) Nmap
4 2 (2.74%) SCCM
5 1 (1.37%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.37%) Nessus
Vendors
1 20 (27.40%) Microsoft
2 17 (23.29%) BeyondTrust
2 17 (23.29%) CyberArk
3 16 (21.92%) Splunk
4 12 (16.44%) ArcSight
5 11 (15.07%) CrowdStrike
5 11 (15.07%) FireEye
5 11 (15.07%) Tanium
6 7 (9.59%) LogRhythm
7 4 (5.48%) Tenable
8 2 (2.74%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.74%) Darktrace
8 2 (2.74%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.37%) Carbon Black
9 1 (1.37%) Cisco
9 1 (1.37%) Google
9 1 (1.37%) Intel
9 1 (1.37%) Proofpoint
9 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.37%) SolarWinds