Reverse Engineering Contracts in Berkshire

Reverse Engineering
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Reverse Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Reverse Engineering 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 91 - 112
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs citing Reverse Engineering 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.17% - 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £484
25th Percentile - - £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £569
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile - - £633
90th Percentile - - £658
South East median daily rate £500 £425 £650
% change year-on-year +17.65% -34.62% +23.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Reverse Engineering 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%

Reverse Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Reverse Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Reverse Engineering in Berkshire

Reverse Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Reverse Engineering in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Reverse Engineering in Berkshire

Reverse Engineering
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 Reverse Engineering 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 - 2 £500 -
Reverse Engineering
South East

Reverse Engineering
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 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 2 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) GPEN
1 2 (100.00%) GWAPT
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) OSCE
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft