Security Monitoring Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Security Monitoring
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Security Monitoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 108 114
Rank change year-on-year +4 +6 +17
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 6 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.43% 0.062% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.070% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile £370 - £450
25th Percentile £400 £613 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -23.20% - -
75th Percentile - £638 £650
90th Percentile £590 - £704
South East median daily rate £480 £638 £588
% change year-on-year -24.71% +8.51% +2.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Security Monitoring 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 1,267 1,428 1,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.86% 89.19% 91.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 831 774 970
10th Percentile £306 £316 £213
25th Percentile £413 £423 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £650 £692 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.01% +2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 45 73
10th Percentile £14.75 £22.85 £24.37
25th Percentile £18.87 £41.25 £48.40
Median hourly rate £37.28 £58.38 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year -36.14% -5.30% +26.45%
75th Percentile £77.50 £64.73 £70.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.19 £76.01
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £54.36 £52.50
% change year-on-year -59.53% +3.54% +21.84%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Monitoring relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Security Monitoring job vacancy trend in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Security Monitoring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Security Monitoring

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in Berkshire over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Monitoring in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Security Monitoring.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Security Monitoring

Security Monitoring
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 Monitoring within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 29 November 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 - 6 £480 - 4
Security Monitoring
South East

Security Monitoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) IaaS
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) PaaS
2 2 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) SIEM Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 3 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (50.00%) SIEM
1 3 (50.00%) SOAR
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 2 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 2 (33.33%) Tenable