Information Assurance Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Information Assurance
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Information Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 106 91
Rank change year-on-year 0 -15 +36
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 7 6 33
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.49% 0.38% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.42% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 17
10th Percentile £535 - £455
25th Percentile £550 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £565
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.60%
75th Percentile £650 - £638
90th Percentile £665 - £670
South East median daily rate £600 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 10
10th Percentile £85.08 - £61.02
25th Percentile £85.19 £60.75 £61.22
Median hourly rate £88.25 £61.50 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +43.51% -2.84% -
75th Percentile £93.06 £62.24 £67.13
90th Percentile £94.23 - £83.36
South East median hourly rate £88.25 £61.50 £67.27
% change year-on-year +43.51% -8.58% -

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 1,274 1,438 1,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.53% 89.88% 91.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 841 793 977
10th Percentile £305 £313 £213
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £689
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 45 70
10th Percentile £14.75 £26.10 £24.33
25th Percentile £18.87 £42.50 £48.40
Median hourly rate £37.28 £59.00 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -36.81% -3.98% +21.68%
75th Percentile £80.00 £64.73 £67.75
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.19 £76.47
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +4.76% +23.01%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Information Assurance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Information Assurance job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Information Assurance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Information Assurance

Information Assurance
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Information Assurance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Information Assurance

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 10 December 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 +19 5 £600 - 3
Information Assurance
South East

Information Assurance
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
1 1 (14.29%) Skype
1 1 (14.29%) Unified Communications
1 1 (14.29%) WebEx
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Security Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Information Security Risk Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Lead
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Security Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Security Advisor
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Information Security Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) CESG
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
2 4 (57.14%) Security Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) ArchiMate
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) DevSecOps
5 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) DV Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
4 1 (14.29%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) CCNP
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (28.57%) NCSC
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
1 2 (28.57%) NIST 800
1 2 (28.57%) RMADS
2 1 (14.29%) Def Stans
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Polycom