Project Manager - Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
South East > Berkshire

The median Project Manager - Cybersecurity daily rate in Berkshire is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 88 119
Rank change year-on-year -18 +31 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager - Cybersecurity 9 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.50% 0.088% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.096% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 2
10th Percentile £508 - £593
25th Percentile £575 - £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £500 £638
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -21.57% +27.50%
75th Percentile £725 - £663
90th Percentile £825 - -
South East median daily rate £700 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +40.00% -13.04% +10.31%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,616 1,046 1,801
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.23% 92.57% 93.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 667 933
10th Percentile £306 £319 £243
25th Percentile £401 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £504 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% -1.76% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £612 £608
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 27 123
10th Percentile £28.33 £31.33 £19.23
25th Percentile £48.06 £45.25 £42.00
Median hourly rate £83.00 £63.75 £61.06
Median % change year-on-year +30.21% +4.40% -5.59%
75th Percentile £88.00 £78.60 £76.12
90th Percentile £107.00 £88.87 £87.53
South East median hourly rate £52.00 £33.05 £48.00
% change year-on-year +57.34% -31.15% -4.00%

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager - Cybersecurity' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Project Manager - Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager - Cybersecurity job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager - Cybersecurity job vacancies in Berkshire

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager - Cybersecurity in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager - Cybersecurity in Berkshire

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
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 Project Manager - Cybersecurity within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 June 2026. 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 - 8 £700 -
Project Manager - Cybersecurity
South East

Project Manager - Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 2 June 2026, Project Manager - Cybersecurity contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (77.78%) Change Management
2 7 (77.78%) GDPR
2 7 (77.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (77.78%) NIST
2 7 (77.78%) SOC 2
2 7 (77.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (55.56%) SIEM
4 4 (44.44%) Matrix Organization
4 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
5 3 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (33.33%) PMO
5 3 (33.33%) Principle of Least Privilege
5 3 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (33.33%) Zero Trust
6 1 (11.11%) Agile
6 1 (11.11%) Azure
6 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (11.11%) DevOps
6 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 1 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
6 1 (11.11%) Network Security
6 1 (11.11%) Project Management
6 1 (11.11%) Release Management
6 1 (11.11%) Scrum
6 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management

Project Manager - Cybersecurity Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (77.78%) Change Management
2 7 (77.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (55.56%) SIEM
4 4 (44.44%) Matrix Organization
4 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
5 3 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (33.33%) Principle of Least Privilege
5 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (33.33%) Zero Trust
6 1 (11.11%) Agile
6 1 (11.11%) DevOps
6 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 1 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
6 1 (11.11%) Project Management
6 1 (11.11%) Release Management
6 1 (11.11%) Scrum
6 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) GDPR
1 7 (77.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (77.78%) NIST
1 7 (77.78%) SOC 2
2 3 (33.33%) PMO
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Single Sign-On