Data Security Contracts in Berkshire

Data Security
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Data Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Security over the 6 months leading up to 6 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 101 84
Rank change year-on-year +17 -17 +48
Contract jobs citing Data Security 13 11 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.08% 0.63% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 0.73% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 26
10th Percentile £522 - £488
25th Percentile £551 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +23.81% +31.25%
75th Percentile £688 - £563
90th Percentile £740 - £599
South East median daily rate £498 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -23.46% +18.18% +12.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Data Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,113 1,501 1,606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 92.37% 85.92% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 682 795 1,010
10th Percentile £350 £315 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £701
South East median daily rate £500 £520 £518
% change year-on-year -3.85% +0.31% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 79 56
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.70 £17.17
25th Percentile £17.69 £41.25 £24.50
Median hourly rate £34.80 £61.06 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year -43.02% +7.34% +89.62%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.39 £70.90
90th Percentile £87.48 £87.46 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £21.58 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -62.38% +14.70% +112.77%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in Berkshire

Data Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Data Security in Berkshire

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security in Berkshire over the 6 months to 6 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in Berkshire

Data Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Security in Berkshire

Data Security
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 Data Security within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 6 August 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 +13 5 £750 +15.38% 6
Wokingham - 4 - -
Windsor - 2 £505 -
Data Security
South East

Data Security
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 3 (23.08%) Apache Spark
2 2 (15.38%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) Entra ID
2 3 (23.08%) GCP
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (15.38%) Amazon S3
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Functions
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (7.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) Firewall
2 3 (23.08%) Network Security
3 2 (15.38%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (15.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (15.38%) MongoDB
2 2 (15.38%) Spark SQL
3 1 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (7.69%) Data Lake
3 1 (7.69%) Data Vault
3 1 (7.69%) MySQL
3 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
3 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
3 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Automotive
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Architect
1 4 (30.77%) Security Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Data Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Security Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Coordinator
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Security Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Security Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Security Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Kafka
2 2 (15.38%) JDBC
2 2 (15.38%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Security Posture
2 3 (23.08%) Cloud Native
2 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (23.08%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (23.08%) Public Cloud
3 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (7.69%) Cyberattack
4 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
4 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (53.85%) Data Loss Prevention
3 5 (38.46%) Roadmaps
3 5 (38.46%) SIEM
4 4 (30.77%) Architectural Design
4 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
4 4 (30.77%) Data Privacy
4 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
4 4 (30.77%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (30.77%) Security Architecture
4 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
5 3 (23.08%) Configuration Management
5 3 (23.08%) Data Integration
5 3 (23.08%) ETL
5 3 (23.08%) Information Security
5 3 (23.08%) SDLC
5 3 (23.08%) Secure Coding
5 3 (23.08%) Security Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (23.08%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CISSP
2 3 (23.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (23.08%) AWS Certification
2 3 (23.08%) Azure Certification
2 3 (23.08%) CCSP
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (15.38%) CEH
3 2 (15.38%) CISM
3 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) NIST
2 4 (30.77%) GDPR
3 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (23.08%) PCI DSS
3 3 (23.08%) PSD2
4 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
4 1 (7.69%) GRC
4 1 (7.69%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Proofpoint
3 1 (7.69%) Databricks