Security Management Contracts in Berkshire

Security Management
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Management over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 112 97
Rank change year-on-year +26 -15 +26
Contract jobs citing Security Management 6 9 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.52% 0.46% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.52% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £446
25th Percentile £615 - £628
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 - £685
Median % change year-on-year - - +24.45%
75th Percentile £645 - £744
90th Percentile - - £761
South East median daily rate £550 £495 £685
% change year-on-year +11.11% -27.68% +21.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Security Management 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 1,068 1,721 1,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 92.79% 88.89% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 904 1,012
10th Percentile £304 £213 £349
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £509 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.77% -3.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £610 £608 £627
90th Percentile £675 £675 £702
South East median daily rate £500 £501 £510
% change year-on-year -0.20% -1.76% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £18.50 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.25 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.00 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% +5.50% +174.99%
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 £49.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -3.06% +127.91%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in Berkshire

Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Management in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Security Management in Berkshire

Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Management in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Security Management in Berkshire

Security Management
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 Security Management within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 13 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 +37 4 - - 14
Slough - 1 £630 - 1
Security Management
South East

Security Management
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Head of Security
1 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Security Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Information
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Information Security
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Mobile
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Networks
2 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Information Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security Management
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL
3 3 (50.00%) OWASP
3 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (33.33%) Application Security
4 2 (33.33%) Budget Management
4 2 (33.33%) Budgeting
4 2 (33.33%) Capacity Management
4 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 2 (33.33%) Project Planning
4 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 1 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) ISACA
2 1 (16.67%) CEH
2 1 (16.67%) CISA
2 1 (16.67%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) GDPR
1 4 (66.67%) NIST
2 3 (50.00%) COBIT
3 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (16.67%) GRC
4 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
4 1 (16.67%) NIST 800