Risk Assessment Contracts in Berkshire

Risk Assessment
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Risk Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 91 92
Rank change year-on-year +16 +1 +33
Contract jobs citing Risk Assessment 23 19 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.92% 1.12% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 1.30% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 15
10th Percentile £518 - £446
25th Percentile £536 £575 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% - +12.15%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £603
90th Percentile £700 - £650
South East median daily rate £536 £608 £525
% change year-on-year -11.77% +15.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £67.27 - £71.14
25th Percentile £77.06 - £71.20
Median hourly rate £85.75 - £72.84
75th Percentile £88.75 - £76.10
90th Percentile £91.00 - £81.81
South East median hourly rate £73.25 - £72.62
% change year-on-year - - +340.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Risk Assessment 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 1,106 1,460 1,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 92.17% 85.88% 89.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 678 774 993
10th Percentile £350 £316 £313
25th Percentile £420 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.18% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £699 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 78 58
10th Percentile £14.75 £16.25 £17.30
25th Percentile £16.66 £41.25 £36.42
Median hourly rate £32.05 £60.83 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -47.31% +5.21% +106.49%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.39 £72.69
90th Percentile £87.64 £87.46 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £21.74 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -62.10% +14.70% +100.00%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Risk Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Assessment in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Assessment in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Risk Assessment in Berkshire

Risk Assessment
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment in Berkshire over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Assessment in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Assessment in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Assessment in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Assessment in Berkshire over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Assessment 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 Risk Assessment within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +23 10 £536 - 7
Wokingham - 1 £600 - 1
Risk Assessment
South East

Risk Assessment
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) Firewall
1 8 (34.78%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (8.70%) IPsec
2 2 (8.70%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.35%) Metasploit
General
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
3 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.70%) Military
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) Senior
2 7 (30.43%) Lead
3 6 (26.09%) Architect
3 6 (26.09%) Security Architect
4 5 (21.74%) Security Advisor
5 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) Information Security Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) Information Security Risk Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) Information Specialist
6 2 (8.70%) Risk Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) Security Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) Security Solutions Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Information Security Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Information Security Specialist
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Security Specialist
6 2 (8.70%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (34.78%) Elastic Stack
1 8 (34.78%) JBoss Seam
Miscellaneous
1 17 (73.91%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) CESG
2 2 (8.70%) Operational Technology
2 2 (8.70%) SCADA
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Kali Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (78.26%) Risk Management
1 18 (78.26%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 17 (73.91%) Security Architecture
3 15 (65.22%) Decision-Making
4 14 (60.87%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (43.48%) Information Security
6 8 (34.78%) DevOps
6 8 (34.78%) Information Assurance
7 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (13.04%) Vulnerability Management
9 2 (8.70%) Actionable Insight
9 2 (8.70%) Architectural Design
9 2 (8.70%) Cyber Resilience
9 2 (8.70%) Data Lineage
9 2 (8.70%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 2 (8.70%) Network Segmentation
9 2 (8.70%) Threat Modelling
9 2 (8.70%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 17 (73.91%) Security Cleared
2 15 (65.22%) DV Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) CISM
4 2 (8.70%) CISSP
5 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (34.78%) NCSC
2 3 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.35%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.35%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Darktrace
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) BMC
3 1 (4.35%) BT
3 1 (4.35%) Remedy