Cloud Security Contracts in Berkshire

Cloud Security
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Cloud Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 101 90
Rank change year-on-year +24 -11 +33
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 26 9 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.17% 0.52% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 0.60% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 14
10th Percentile £422 £443 £313
25th Percentile £500 £463 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +33.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £634
90th Percentile £724 £660 £681
South East median daily rate £538 £540 £625
% change year-on-year -0.46% -13.60% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Cloud Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,105 1,496 1,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 92.16% 85.93% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 678 794 996
10th Percentile £350 £316 £313
25th Percentile £420 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £632
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £518
% change year-on-year -2.91% -0.58% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 81 57
10th Percentile £14.75 £17.00 £17.24
25th Percentile £16.66 £41.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -47.97% +4.85% +95.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.75 £73.59
90th Percentile £87.64 £87.46 £75.84
South East median hourly rate £21.41 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -62.67% +14.70% +100.00%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in Berkshire

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in Berkshire

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in Berkshire

Cloud Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Security in Berkshire

Cloud Security
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 Cloud Security within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 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 +35 13 £588 -6.00% 9
Wokingham -8 8 £475 -20.83%
Slough - 2 £600 - 1
Windsor - 1 £500 -
Bracknell - 1 - -
Cloud Security
South East

Cloud Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) CMS
1 1 (3.85%) Headless CMS
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.85%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 21 (80.77%) Azure
2 11 (42.31%) AWS
2 11 (42.31%) GCP
3 5 (19.23%) IaaS
3 5 (19.23%) PaaS
3 5 (19.23%) SaaS
4 4 (15.38%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (11.54%) Entra ID
5 3 (11.54%) OCI
6 2 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (3.85%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) Firewall
1 5 (19.23%) Network Security
2 2 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.85%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Architect
2 7 (26.92%) Security Architect
3 4 (15.38%) Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) Cloud Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) Cloud Security Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) Oracle Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) Oracle Security Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) Security Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) SOC Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Audit Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Lead
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior
5 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow Architect
5 1 (3.85%) SOC Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Strategy Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Vulnerability Management Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) .NET
1 1 (3.85%) .NET Core
1 1 (3.85%) AngularJS
1 1 (3.85%) CSS
1 1 (3.85%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (3.85%) HTML
1 1 (3.85%) React
1 1 (3.85%) RESTful
1 1 (3.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 6 (23.08%) Cloud Native
2 6 (23.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (11.54%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (11.54%) Public Cloud
5 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (3.85%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (3.85%) Cyberattack
6 1 (3.85%) Mainframe
6 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.85%) PKI
6 1 (3.85%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) DevSecOps
2 11 (42.31%) SIEM
3 10 (38.46%) DevOps
4 9 (34.62%) Threat Modelling
5 7 (26.92%) Security Architecture
6 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (23.08%) Roadmaps
6 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (23.08%) Zero Trust
7 5 (19.23%) CI/CD
7 5 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (19.23%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (19.23%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (19.23%) SDLC
7 5 (19.23%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (15.38%) Application Security
8 4 (15.38%) Data Privacy
8 4 (15.38%) Information Security
8 4 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
8 4 (15.38%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) C#
1 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.85%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) CISSP
2 5 (19.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 5 (19.23%) CCSP
2 5 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (15.38%) AWS Certification
4 3 (11.54%) Azure Certification
4 3 (11.54%) Degree
5 2 (7.69%) CISA
5 2 (7.69%) CISM
5 2 (7.69%) GCIH
5 2 (7.69%) GIAC
5 2 (7.69%) SANS
5 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.85%) GCFA
6 1 (3.85%) GCIA
6 1 (3.85%) OSCP
6 1 (3.85%) PgMP
6 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (42.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (42.31%) NIST
2 9 (34.62%) GDPR
3 7 (26.92%) PCI DSS
4 5 (19.23%) PSD2
5 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
5 1 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (3.85%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.85%) CASB
2 1 (3.85%) QRadar
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Qualys
3 2 (7.69%) CyberArk
3 2 (7.69%) Oracle
3 2 (7.69%) Rapid7
3 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.69%) Splunk
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco
4 1 (3.85%) Darktrace
4 1 (3.85%) Forcepoint
4 1 (3.85%) Google
4 1 (3.85%) Kenna