Information Security Engineer Contracts in Berkshire

Information Security Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Information Security Engineer daily rate in Berkshire is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.084% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
South East median daily rate £650 £400 -
% change year-on-year +62.50% - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,089 1,532 1,659
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 91.41% 95.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 677 834 1,057
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £430 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £523
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +5.26% +4.50%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £692 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 84 58
10th Percentile £14.75 £22.78 £17.38
25th Percentile £18.48 £52.55 £36.42
Median hourly rate £34.80 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -43.51% +6.54% +122.38%
75th Percentile £69.06 £75.80 £72.25
90th Percentile £87.43 £95.25 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +122.22%

Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Information Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Engineer in Berkshire

Information Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire

Information Security Engineer
DemandTrendContract 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 Security Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 23 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 1 £650 -
Information Security Engineer
South East

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, Information Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST