Cyber Scheme Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Cyber Scheme
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Cyber Scheme qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Scheme 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.54% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £494 - -
25th Percentile £498 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 - -
75th Percentile £509 - -
90th Percentile £513 - -
South East median daily rate £504 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

Cyber Scheme 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 627 523 771
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 42.08% 36.12% 45.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 284 460
10th Percentile £255 £245 £205
25th Percentile £350 £376 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £501
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +9.78% -8.91%
75th Percentile £538 £656 £615
90th Percentile £625 £700 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 29 54
10th Percentile £19.43 £41.20 £46.17
25th Percentile £21.79 £55.87 £54.67
Median hourly rate £72.00 £61.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.08% -2.39% +88.06%
75th Percentile £95.00 £64.73 £68.63
90th Percentile £101.20 £74.97 £75.97
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%

Cyber Scheme
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Cyber Scheme job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Cyber Scheme
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 Scheme within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Wokingham - 7 £492 - 2
Reading - 1 £515 - 3
Cyber Scheme
South East

Cyber Scheme
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 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) AWS
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 8 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
2 7 (87.50%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (87.50%) Cloud Security
2 7 (87.50%) Regulatory Compliance
3 6 (75.00%) Business Development
3 6 (75.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 6 (75.00%) Customer Service
3 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (75.00%) Information Security
3 6 (75.00%) Line Management
3 6 (75.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 8 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) Degree
2 7 (87.50%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) GDPR
1 8 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 6 (75.00%) PMO
2 6 (75.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 8 (100.00%) Nmap