Cybersecurity Contracts in Berkshire

Cybersecurity
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 47 53
Rank change year-on-year +21 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 124 73 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.25% 4.03% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.03% 4.42% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 41 52
10th Percentile £270 £394 £390
25th Percentile £491 £469 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +9.52% +5.41%
75th Percentile £663 £702 £588
90th Percentile £680 £784 £678
South East median daily rate £590 £575 £548
% change year-on-year +2.61% +4.88% +27.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 0
10th Percentile £81.86 £27.58 -
25th Percentile £81.88 £28.44 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £31.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +179.87% - -
75th Percentile £87.50 £33.44 -
90th Percentile £87.53 £33.93 -
South East median hourly rate £87.23 £33.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +160.39% -8.22% +43.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,764 1,652 2,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.96% 91.17% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 914 1,062 1,383
10th Percentile £213 £350 £268
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £498
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% +5.53% +7.86%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £675 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £506 £500
% change year-on-year -1.14% +1.25% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 48 43
10th Percentile £20.17 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.50 £25.72 £17.25
Median hourly rate £61.60 £57.82 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% +174.67% -2.09%
75th Percentile £72.04 £73.69 £33.75
90th Percentile £87.37 £79.51 £68.10
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -12.62%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Berkshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Berkshire

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Berkshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Berkshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Berkshire

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 Cybersecurity within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 +16 63 £560 -17.11% 37
Wokingham - 11 £575 - 1
Newbury +3 10 £525 -4.55%
Bracknell -6 10 - -
Maidenhead - 9 £425 - 1
Hungerford 0 1 £475 -26.92%
Windsor - 1 £750 - 3
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
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 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 37 (29.84%) IaaS
1 37 (29.84%) PaaS
1 37 (29.84%) SaaS
2 11 (8.87%) Azure
3 5 (4.03%) AWS
3 5 (4.03%) Azure Logic Apps
3 5 (4.03%) Entra ID
4 4 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.42%) Azure API Management
6 2 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.61%) Azure Event Grid
7 1 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.81%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.81%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.81%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.81%) GCP
7 1 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 35 (28.23%) Broadband
2 33 (26.61%) 5G
2 33 (26.61%) Firewall
3 25 (20.16%) Intrusion Detection
4 14 (11.29%) DNS
5 13 (10.48%) Network Security
6 8 (6.45%) WAN
7 7 (5.65%) DHCP
8 5 (4.03%) SD-WAN
9 3 (2.42%) LAN
10 2 (1.61%) TCP/IP
10 2 (1.61%) VPN
11 1 (0.81%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.81%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.81%) Big Data
1 1 (0.81%) Hadoop
1 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Git
1 2 (1.61%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.81%) JIRA
General
1 34 (27.42%) Organisational Skills
2 33 (26.61%) Law
3 11 (8.87%) Public Sector
4 6 (4.84%) Social Skills
4 6 (4.84%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.23%) Automotive
5 4 (3.23%) French Language
5 4 (3.23%) German Language
6 2 (1.61%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.61%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (33.87%) Architect
2 34 (27.42%) Security Architect
3 33 (26.61%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 33 (26.61%) Penetration Tester
3 33 (26.61%) Security Penetration Tester
3 33 (26.61%) Security Specialist
3 33 (26.61%) Security Tester
3 33 (26.61%) Tester
3 33 (26.61%) Testing Specialist
4 15 (12.10%) Consultant
4 15 (12.10%) Security Consultant
5 9 (7.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 8 (6.45%) Lead
7 7 (5.65%) Infrastructure Architect
7 7 (5.65%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
7 7 (5.65%) Senior
7 7 (5.65%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.03%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) Analyst
8 5 (4.03%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (28.23%) Web Services
2 2 (1.61%) .NET
3 1 (0.81%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.81%) CSS
3 1 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.81%) Kafka
3 1 (0.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (26.61%) Mobile App
2 17 (13.71%) Data Centre
3 7 (5.65%) Private Cloud
4 5 (4.03%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.23%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.42%) CSOC
6 3 (2.42%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.61%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.61%) IoT
7 2 (1.61%) SCADA
7 2 (1.61%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.81%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.81%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.81%) iPad
8 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.81%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.48%) Windows
2 6 (4.84%) Linux
3 4 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (45.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (34.68%) Application Security
2 43 (34.68%) OWASP
3 34 (27.42%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 34 (27.42%) Penetration Testing
4 33 (26.61%) DevOps
4 33 (26.61%) Security Testing
5 23 (18.55%) Security Architecture
6 17 (13.71%) Information Security
6 17 (13.71%) Risk Management
7 16 (12.90%) Identity Access Management
8 14 (11.29%) Vulnerability Management
9 13 (10.48%) Security Monitoring
10 12 (9.68%) ITIL
11 11 (8.87%) Cloud Security
12 10 (8.06%) Information Security Management
12 10 (8.06%) Security Management
13 9 (7.26%) Conflict Resolution
14 8 (6.45%) Agile
14 8 (6.45%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.23%) Python
2 3 (2.42%) Java
3 2 (1.61%) C#
3 2 (1.61%) PHP
3 2 (1.61%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.61%) Ruby
4 1 (0.81%) Bash
4 1 (0.81%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 72 (58.06%) Security Cleared
2 34 (27.42%) DV Cleared
3 33 (26.61%) CREST Certified
3 33 (26.61%) GIAC
3 33 (26.61%) GPEN
3 33 (26.61%) OSCP
3 33 (26.61%) SANS
4 8 (6.45%) CISM
4 8 (6.45%) CISSP
4 8 (6.45%) ISACA
5 7 (5.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 7 (5.65%) CISA
5 7 (5.65%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (4.84%) CISMP
6 6 (4.84%) CRISC
7 5 (4.03%) Degree
8 4 (3.23%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.61%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.61%) CCSP
9 2 (1.61%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (34.68%) GDPR
2 36 (29.03%) PCI DSS
3 33 (26.61%) NCSC
4 21 (16.94%) NIST
5 16 (12.90%) COBIT
6 8 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (5.65%) GRC
8 5 (4.03%) ISO 9000
9 2 (1.61%) QA
10 1 (0.81%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (5.65%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.61%) Docker
3 2 (1.61%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.61%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (2.42%) Nessus
3 2 (1.61%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (1.61%) RSA Archer
3 2 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.61%) Terraform
4 1 (0.81%) Ansible
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 33 (26.61%) Virgin Media
2 16 (12.90%) Microsoft
3 10 (8.06%) Cisco
4 5 (4.03%) VMware
5 4 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (3.23%) Splunk
6 3 (2.42%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.61%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.61%) Citrix
8 1 (0.81%) BMC
8 1 (0.81%) Databricks
8 1 (0.81%) Fujitsu
8 1 (0.81%) Meraki
8 1 (0.81%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.81%) Remedy
8 1 (0.81%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.81%) Zscaler