Cyber Essentials PLUS Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Cyber Essentials PLUS
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.068% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £530 £625 £525
% change year-on-year -15.20% +19.05% +43.84%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Berkshire

Cyber Essentials PLUS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 263 216 381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.88% 14.22% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 77 200
10th Percentile £400 £363 £148
25th Percentile £450 £450 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% +5.26% +2.70%
75th Percentile £625 £585 £575
90th Percentile £650 £675 £676
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +11.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 16
10th Percentile £18.65 £52.30 £24.30
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £32.50
Median hourly rate £50.50 £61.71 £59.53
Median % change year-on-year -18.16% +3.65% +183.48%
75th Percentile £81.00 £64.73 £77.02
90th Percentile £83.30 £64.90 £81.44
South East median hourly rate £36.00 £50.00 £51.06
% change year-on-year -28.00% -2.07% +143.12%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Essentials PLUS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Cyber Essentials PLUS job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Cyber Essentials PLUS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Cyber Essentials PLUS

Cyber Essentials PLUS
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 Essentials PLUS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 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
Reading - 1 - - 1
Cyber Essentials PLUS
South East

Cyber Essentials PLUS
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS Manager
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Sales Enablement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS