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 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 45 65
Rank change year-on-year +2 +20 0
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 88 79 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 4.57% 4.48% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.16% 4.99% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 44 53
10th Percentile £413 £354 £390
25th Percentile £500 £419 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £588
90th Percentile £680 £702 £686
South East median daily rate £600 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +23.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 0
10th Percentile £81.86 - -
25th Percentile £81.88 £27.00 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £29.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +201.59% - -
75th Percentile £87.50 £31.00 -
90th Percentile £87.53 - -
South East median hourly rate £87.46 £36.38 £22.00
% change year-on-year +140.44% +65.34% -56.00%

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 1,707 1,584 2,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.63% 89.75% 89.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 876 999 1,343
10th Percentile £235 £340 £268
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £608 £629 £588
90th Percentile £675 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £501 £500
% change year-on-year +0.10% +0.10% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 52 37
10th Percentile £17.05 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £24.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.30 £57.82 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% +174.67% -
75th Percentile £71.75 £73.69 £52.50
90th Percentile £87.41 £79.19 £73.11
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.93
% change year-on-year -5.00% +128.00% -20.25%

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 May 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 May 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 +3 54 £560 +1.73% 27
Wokingham +5 6 £573 -0.43% 1
Bracknell -4 5 - -
Maidenhead - 2 £425 -
Hungerford 0 1 £475 -26.92%
Windsor - 1 £750 - 1
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 (1.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.50%) Azure
2 6 (6.82%) AWS
2 6 (6.82%) Azure Logic Apps
3 5 (5.68%) Entra ID
3 5 (5.68%) IaaS
3 5 (5.68%) PaaS
3 5 (5.68%) SaaS
4 4 (4.55%) Azure API Management
4 4 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (3.41%) Azure Event Grid
6 2 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.14%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.14%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 33 (37.50%) Firewall
2 25 (28.41%) Intrusion Detection
3 13 (14.77%) DNS
3 13 (14.77%) Network Security
4 7 (7.95%) DHCP
4 7 (7.95%) WAN
5 5 (5.68%) SD-WAN
6 3 (3.41%) VPN
7 2 (2.27%) LAN
7 2 (2.27%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.14%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.14%) Big Data
1 1 (1.14%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 3 (3.41%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.27%) Git
3 1 (1.14%) JIRA
General
1 11 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 6 (6.82%) Telecoms
3 5 (5.68%) Social Skills
4 4 (4.55%) Automotive
5 2 (2.27%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.27%) French Language
5 2 (2.27%) German Language
5 2 (2.27%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (47.73%) Architect
2 34 (38.64%) Security Architect
3 33 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 10 (11.36%) Consultant
4 10 (11.36%) Security Consultant
5 9 (10.23%) Lead
6 8 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 7 (7.95%) Infrastructure Architect
7 7 (7.95%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
7 7 (7.95%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (6.82%) Senior
9 5 (5.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 5 (5.68%) Analyst
9 5 (5.68%) WAN Engineer
10 4 (4.55%) Project Manager
11 3 (3.41%) Business Analyst
11 3 (3.41%) Product Analyst
11 3 (3.41%) Security Engineer
11 3 (3.41%) Security Manager
11 3 (3.41%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.41%) .NET
1 3 (3.41%) Web Services
2 1 (1.14%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.14%) CSS
2 1 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.14%) Kafka
2 1 (1.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.95%) Private Cloud
3 5 (5.68%) Operational Technology
4 4 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.55%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.41%) CSOC
5 3 (3.41%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.27%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.27%) SCADA
6 2 (2.27%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.14%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.14%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (1.14%) IoT
7 1 (1.14%) iPad
7 1 (1.14%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.64%) Windows
2 6 (6.82%) Linux
3 3 (3.41%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (38.64%) DevOps
2 24 (27.27%) Security Architecture
3 23 (26.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (20.45%) Information Security
5 16 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
6 15 (17.05%) Vulnerability Management
7 14 (15.91%) Risk Management
7 14 (15.91%) Security Monitoring
8 11 (12.50%) ITIL
9 9 (10.23%) Application Security
9 9 (10.23%) Information Security Management
9 9 (10.23%) OWASP
9 9 (10.23%) Security Management
10 8 (9.09%) Cloud Security
10 8 (9.09%) Conflict Resolution
10 8 (9.09%) Privileged Access Management
11 7 (7.95%) Budget Management
11 7 (7.95%) Budgeting
11 7 (7.95%) Project Planning
11 7 (7.95%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.68%) Python
2 4 (4.55%) Java
3 3 (3.41%) C#
3 3 (3.41%) PHP
3 3 (3.41%) Ruby
4 2 (2.27%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.14%) Bash
5 1 (1.14%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 39 (44.32%) Security Cleared
2 34 (38.64%) DV Cleared
3 7 (7.95%) ISACA
4 4 (4.55%) CISM
4 4 (4.55%) CISSP
4 4 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (3.41%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.41%) CISA
5 3 (3.41%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.41%) Degree
6 2 (2.27%) CEH
6 2 (2.27%) CISMP
6 2 (2.27%) CRISC
7 1 (1.14%) CCSK
7 1 (1.14%) CCSP
7 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (18.18%) NIST
2 11 (12.50%) COBIT
3 9 (10.23%) GDPR
4 5 (5.68%) ISO 9000
5 4 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (3.41%) GRC
6 3 (3.41%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.27%) QA
8 1 (1.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (7.95%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.41%) Docker
3 3 (3.41%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.27%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (5.68%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (3.41%) Nessus
2 3 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.27%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (2.27%) RSA Archer
3 2 (2.27%) Terraform
4 1 (1.14%) Ansible
4 1 (1.14%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 16 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.23%) Cisco
3 5 (5.68%) VMware
4 4 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (4.55%) Splunk
5 3 (3.41%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.27%) CheckPoint
6 2 (2.27%) Citrix
7 1 (1.14%) BMC
7 1 (1.14%) Databricks
7 1 (1.14%) Fujitsu
7 1 (1.14%) Proofpoint
7 1 (1.14%) Remedy
7 1 (1.14%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.14%) Zscaler