CISSP Contracts 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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 102 78
Rank change year-on-year +37 -24 +38
Contract jobs citing CISSP 34 9 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.81% 0.52% 2.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.91% 1.17% 6.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 7 20
10th Percentile £450 £543 £312
25th Percentile £500 £581 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £552
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +8.79% -4.09%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £626
90th Percentile £773 £910 £753
South East median daily rate £536 £575 £650
% change year-on-year -6.74% -11.54% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.29 - £71.20
Median hourly rate £87.58 - £73.20
75th Percentile £88.87 - £74.20
90th Percentile - - £74.55
South East median hourly rate £87.58 - £73.20

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 430 772 620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 35.51% 44.42% 34.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 408 342
10th Percentile £325 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £472 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £600 £526
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +14.07% +5.20%
75th Percentile £603 £651 £622
90th Percentile £700 £738 £699
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 70 42
10th Percentile £30.99 £41.48 £18.50
25th Percentile £42.91 £55.80 £54.56
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.65 £64.90
Median % change year-on-year +13.54% -5.00% +209.05%
75th Percentile £87.38 £85.65 £74.19
90th Percentile £88.87 £97.75 £76.06
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -51.18% -4.42% +33.33%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in Berkshire

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISSP in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for CISSP in Berkshire

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Berkshire over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in Berkshire

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISSP in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend 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 3 August 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 +39 19 £591 -3.59% 15
Wokingham - 6 £450 - 7
Slough -1 3 £650 +10.64%
Windsor - 1 £500 -
CISSP
South East

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 14 (41.18%) Azure
2 10 (29.41%) AWS
3 9 (26.47%) GCP
4 4 (11.76%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (8.82%) Entra ID
6 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.94%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.94%) OCI
7 1 (2.94%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.59%) Firewall
1 7 (20.59%) Network Security
2 3 (8.82%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (5.88%) VPN
4 1 (2.94%) BGP
4 1 (2.94%) DNS
4 1 (2.94%) LAN
4 1 (2.94%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.94%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 15 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 11 (32.35%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Finance
3 5 (14.71%) Public Sector
4 4 (11.76%) Legal
5 3 (8.82%) Military
5 3 (8.82%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Architect
1 11 (32.35%) Security Architect
2 8 (23.53%) Senior
3 6 (17.65%) Analyst
3 6 (17.65%) SOC Analyst
4 5 (14.71%) Lead
4 5 (14.71%) Security Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Consultant
6 3 (8.82%) SOC Consultant
7 2 (5.88%) Applications Architect
7 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 2 (5.88%) Senior Security Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) Chief Information Security Officer
8 1 (2.94%) Chief Security Officer
8 1 (2.94%) Information Security Officer
8 1 (2.94%) Lead Architect
8 1 (2.94%) Security Manager
8 1 (2.94%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 1 (2.94%) Senior Security Architect
8 1 (2.94%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) Web Services
2 2 (5.88%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 10 (29.41%) Security Posture
2 9 (26.47%) Management Information System
3 6 (17.65%) Cloud Native
4 5 (14.71%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (14.71%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (14.71%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (8.82%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (8.82%) Public Cloud
6 2 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (2.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
7 1 (2.94%) PKI
7 1 (2.94%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Windows
2 5 (14.71%) Linux
3 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) SIEM
2 17 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (44.12%) Security Architecture
4 14 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (35.29%) Incident Response
6 11 (32.35%) Threat Intelligence
7 10 (29.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 9 (26.47%) Cloud Security
8 9 (26.47%) Information Security
9 8 (23.53%) Risk Management
9 8 (23.53%) Security Operations
9 8 (23.53%) Threat Modelling
9 8 (23.53%) Vulnerability Management
10 7 (20.59%) Data Privacy
10 7 (20.59%) DevSecOps
11 6 (17.65%) Forensic Analysis
11 6 (17.65%) Mentoring
11 6 (17.65%) Zero Trust
12 5 (14.71%) CI/CD
12 5 (14.71%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 11 (32.35%) PowerShell
1 11 (32.35%) Python
2 2 (5.88%) C#
2 2 (5.88%) Java
2 2 (5.88%) Ruby
2 2 (5.88%) SQL
3 1 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (38.24%) Security Cleared
2 12 (35.29%) CISM
3 8 (23.53%) GCIH
4 7 (20.59%) DV Cleared
4 7 (20.59%) GCIA
5 6 (17.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (17.65%) CCSP
5 6 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (17.65%) GCFA
6 5 (14.71%) AWS Certification
6 5 (14.71%) CFCE
6 5 (14.71%) Degree
6 5 (14.71%) GIAC
7 4 (11.76%) CEH
7 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
8 3 (8.82%) Azure Certification
8 3 (8.82%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (8.82%) SANS
9 2 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (52.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (38.24%) NIST
3 12 (35.29%) GDPR
4 6 (17.65%) PCI DSS
5 4 (11.76%) PSD2
6 3 (8.82%) HIPAA
7 1 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (2.94%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Docker
2 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.82%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (5.88%) QRadar
3 2 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.94%) CASB
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) Microsoft
2 9 (26.47%) Splunk
3 5 (14.71%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (11.76%) ArcSight
4 4 (11.76%) LogRhythm
5 2 (5.88%) Proofpoint
6 1 (2.94%) CyberArk
6 1 (2.94%) Forcepoint
6 1 (2.94%) Google
6 1 (2.94%) Intel
6 1 (2.94%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow