Cyber Defence
South East > Berkshire
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 92 | 122 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +30 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Cyber Defence | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | 0.085% | 0.10% | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.24% | 0.33% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £500 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £700 | £800 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | - |
All Generic Skills
Berkshire
Cyber Defence falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 409 | 599 | 615 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire | 34.87% | 30.19% | 34.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 232 | 334 | 393 |
| 10th Percentile | £307 | £205 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £424 | £281 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.44% | +2.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £608 | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -2.44% | +2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 31 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £26.40 | £11.79 | £19.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £32.05 | £22.25 | £47.56 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.50 | £42.50 | £64.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +44.69% | -34.29% | +187.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £87.28 | £62.23 | £74.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £91.05 | £67.50 | £79.19 |
| South East median hourly rate | £47.81 | £47.19 | £51.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.31% | -7.93% | +138.37% |
Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
Cyber Defence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in Berkshire.
Cyber Defence
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 Cyber Defence within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 | - | 1 | £450 | - | |
| Cyber Defence South East |
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Cyber Defence
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:
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