Information Assurance Contracts in Berkshire

Information Assurance
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Information Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Assurance over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 114 101
Rank change year-on-year +29 -13 +29
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 10 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.85% 0.40% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.45% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £483
25th Percentile - £458 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £465 £625
Median % change year-on-year +61.29% -25.60% +8.70%
75th Percentile - £473 £694
90th Percentile - - £728
South East median daily rate £663 £615 £620
% change year-on-year +7.72% -0.81% +7.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.75 £52.90 £71.20
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.65 £72.40
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% -14.85% -
75th Percentile £68.56 £63.29 £73.59
90th Percentile £79.92 - -
South East median hourly rate £61.50 £61.65 £72.40
% change year-on-year -0.24% -14.85% +12.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Information Assurance 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 1,098 1,761 1,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.37% 88.89% 90.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 921 1,045
10th Percentile £313 £213 £340
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £675 £704
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 100 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.05 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.30 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year +0.32% +6.02% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.89 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance in Berkshire

Information Assurance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Information Assurance in Berkshire

Information Assurance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Assurance in Berkshire

Information Assurance
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Assurance in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Assurance in Berkshire

Information Assurance
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 Information Assurance within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 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 +33 4 - - 3
Information Assurance
South East

Information Assurance
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (10.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (40.00%) Military
3 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Senior
2 5 (50.00%) Security Specialist
2 5 (50.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 5 (50.00%) Senior Security Specialist
3 4 (40.00%) Information Security Specialist
3 4 (40.00%) Information Specialist
3 4 (40.00%) Senior Information Security Specialist
4 3 (30.00%) Security Advisor
5 2 (20.00%) Architect
5 2 (20.00%) Security Architect
6 1 (10.00%) Consultant
6 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (10.00%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (10.00%) Information Security Risk Consultant
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Consultant
6 1 (10.00%) Security Consultant
6 1 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (10.00%) Senior Information Security Consultant
6 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 10 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 10 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 9 (90.00%) Decision-Making
2 9 (90.00%) Risk Assessment
3 5 (50.00%) Information Security
4 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
6 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (10.00%) DevOps
6 1 (10.00%) Information Security Management
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Security Management
6 1 (10.00%) Security Monitoring
6 1 (10.00%) SIEM
6 1 (10.00%) SOAR
6 1 (10.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) DV Cleared
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) CISM
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) NCSC
2 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Darktrace