Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
South East > Berkshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring OWASP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OWASP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 79 | 90 | 109 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | +19 | +21 |
| Contract jobs citing OWASP | 14 | 34 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | 1.19% | 1.71% | 0.33% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.28% | 1.93% | 0.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | - | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £650 | £567 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.54% | +14.59% | -0.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | - | £702 |
| 90th Percentile | £595 | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £538 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.27% | - | +4.76% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire
OWASP 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 | 1,096 | 1,764 | 1,640 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire | 93.44% | 88.91% | 90.66% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 641 | 918 | 1,053 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £213 | £341 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £375 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £511 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.10% | -2.71% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £615 | £608 | £626 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £711 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £508 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -1.53% | +1.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 26 | 101 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.29 | £20.17 | £19.20 |
| 25th Percentile | £32.05 | £41.50 | £25.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.50 | £61.60 | £57.82 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.17% | +6.54% | +174.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £76.77 | £71.75 | £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% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings citing OWASP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OWASP in Berkshire.
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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 OWASP within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 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 | +29 | 12 | £575 | -11.54% | 3 |
| Bracknell | +15 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Thatcham | - | 1 | £600 | - | |
| OWASP South East |
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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: