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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 59 106
Rank change year-on-year -19 +47 -28
Contract jobs citing CISSP 50 37 8
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.58% 3.05% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.49% 8.55% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 22 7
10th Percentile £415 £446 £543
25th Percentile £553 £456 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £531 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% -11.46% +8.79%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £770 £910
South East median daily rate £617 £513 £575
% change year-on-year +20.39% -10.87% -10.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 0
10th Percentile £78.16 - -
25th Percentile £85.00 £86.29 -
Median hourly rate £87.96 £87.58 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.43% - -
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 910 433 766
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 47.00% 35.64% 44.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 530 267 406
10th Percentile £325 £334 £325
25th Percentile £430 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £650 £606 £660
90th Percentile £769 £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 17 73
10th Percentile £31.25 £29.93 £41.30
25th Percentile £71.71 £32.31 £55.75
Median hourly rate £83.54 £70.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% +13.64% -5.41%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.50 £85.65
90th Percentile £104.00 £88.87 £97.50
South East median hourly rate £68.22 £27.88 £57.35
% change year-on-year +144.67% -51.39% -6.94%

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 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 10 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 10 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 -3 36 £600 +1.61% 9
Wokingham -11 12 £575 +27.78%
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 (2.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (56.00%) Azure
2 21 (42.00%) AWS
3 17 (34.00%) GCP
4 6 (12.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.00%) GitHub
5 2 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (4.00%) SaaS
5 2 (4.00%) Serverless
6 1 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.00%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.00%) Cohesity
6 1 (2.00%) OpenShift
6 1 (2.00%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.00%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.00%) Network Security
2 2 (4.00%) Firewall
3 1 (2.00%) BGP
3 1 (2.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.00%) LAN
3 1 (2.00%) Modbus
3 1 (2.00%) MPLS
3 1 (2.00%) NGFW
3 1 (2.00%) OSPF
3 1 (2.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.00%) VXLAN
3 1 (2.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.00%) GitLab
1 2 (4.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.00%) tSQLt
General
1 30 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (32.00%) Aerospace
3 9 (18.00%) Finance
4 8 (16.00%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (12.00%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (24.00%) Project Manager
2 9 (18.00%) Architect
3 8 (16.00%) Security Manager
3 8 (16.00%) Security Project Manager
4 7 (14.00%) Product Owner
5 6 (12.00%) Lead
6 5 (10.00%) Consultant
7 4 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 4 (8.00%) Project Assurance Manager
7 4 (8.00%) Security Assurance Manager
7 4 (8.00%) Security Consultant
8 3 (6.00%) Cloud Architect
8 3 (6.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 3 (6.00%) Enterprise Architect
8 3 (6.00%) Security Architect
8 3 (6.00%) Senior
9 2 (4.00%) Cloud Security Architect
9 2 (4.00%) Product Lead
10 1 (2.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 1 (2.00%) Lead Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (24.00%) LDAP
2 5 (10.00%) OAuth
2 5 (10.00%) OpenID
2 5 (10.00%) SAML
3 4 (8.00%) SailPoint
4 1 (2.00%) ARM Templates
4 1 (2.00%) FIDO
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (2.00%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 6 (12.00%) Operational Technology
3 5 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (8.00%) Management Information System
4 4 (8.00%) PKI
4 4 (8.00%) Virtual Team
5 2 (4.00%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.00%) SCADA
6 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (78.00%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (46.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (34.00%) DevOps
4 16 (32.00%) Risk Management
4 16 (32.00%) SIEM
5 15 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (26.00%) Budget Management
6 13 (26.00%) CI/CD
7 12 (24.00%) DevSecOps
7 12 (24.00%) TOGAF
8 11 (22.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (22.00%) Roadmaps
8 11 (22.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 10 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
9 10 (20.00%) SDLC
10 9 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (18.00%) Programme Delivery
11 8 (16.00%) Matrix Organization
11 8 (16.00%) SABSA
11 8 (16.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.00%) Python
2 13 (26.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (8.00%) Bash
3 4 (8.00%) SQL
4 2 (4.00%) Bicep
5 1 (2.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (62.00%) CISM
2 25 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 24 (48.00%) SC Cleared
4 14 (28.00%) PMI Certification
4 14 (28.00%) PMP
5 11 (22.00%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 8 (16.00%) Degree
8 7 (14.00%) AWS Certification
8 7 (14.00%) Azure Certification
9 6 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (12.00%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (10.00%) CSPO
11 4 (8.00%) GIAC
11 4 (8.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (8.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (6.00%) CCSP
13 2 (4.00%) CEH
13 2 (4.00%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (66.00%) NIST
2 27 (54.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (24.00%) GDPR
4 8 (16.00%) SOC 2
5 4 (8.00%) Def Stans
5 4 (8.00%) EU AI Act
5 4 (8.00%) NIST 800
6 2 (4.00%) NCSC
7 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (2.00%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (18.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (12.00%) Kubernetes
2 5 (10.00%) Ansible
2 5 (10.00%) Terraform
3 2 (4.00%) CASB
3 2 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (16.00%) CyberArk
2 7 (14.00%) BeyondTrust
3 5 (10.00%) ForgeRock
3 5 (10.00%) Okta
3 5 (10.00%) Ping Identity
4 4 (8.00%) Google
5 3 (6.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.00%) Cisco
6 1 (2.00%) Dell
6 1 (2.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.00%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.00%) Veeam