Security Posture Contracts in Berkshire

Security Posture
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture 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 82 122 114
Rank change year-on-year +40 -8 +12
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 11 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.94% 0.10% 0.055%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.69% 0.33% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile £470 - -
25th Percentile £550 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.85%
75th Percentile £645 - £688
90th Percentile £650 - -
South East median daily rate £584 £815 £563
% change year-on-year -28.40% +44.89% +4.17%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 409 599 615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 34.87% 30.19% 34.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 334 393
10th Percentile £307 £205 £313
25th Percentile £424 £281 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £619
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 31 16
10th Percentile £26.40 £11.79 £19.25
25th Percentile £32.05 £22.25 £47.56
Median hourly rate £61.50 £42.50 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +44.69% -34.29% +187.64%
75th Percentile £87.28 £62.23 £74.25
90th Percentile £91.05 £67.50 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
% change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in Berkshire

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in Berkshire

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in Berkshire

Security Posture
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 Posture 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
Wokingham - 5 £550 -
Reading +33 4 £600 - 4
Slough - 2 £640 - 1
Security Posture
South East

Security Posture
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Cloud Foundry
1 1 (9.09%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 4 (36.36%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Firewall
1 3 (27.27%) Network Security
2 2 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (18.18%) VPN
3 1 (9.09%) BGP
3 1 (9.09%) DNS
3 1 (9.09%) LAN
3 1 (9.09%) NGFW
3 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
3 1 (9.09%) SSL
3 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 1 (9.09%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
1 3 (27.27%) Lead
1 3 (27.27%) Security Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) DevSecOps Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Information Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Security Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
1 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
1 2 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Cyberattack
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) PKI
2 1 (9.09%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) SIEM
2 7 (63.64%) Incident Response
3 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (45.45%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 5 (45.45%) Threat Intelligence
5 4 (36.36%) DevSecOps
5 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 3 (27.27%) Cloud Security
6 3 (27.27%) Security Architecture
6 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
6 3 (27.27%) Threat Modelling
7 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
7 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
7 2 (18.18%) DevOps
7 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
7 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
7 2 (18.18%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
1 2 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) CISSP
2 5 (45.45%) CISM
3 4 (36.36%) CEH
4 3 (27.27%) Degree
5 2 (18.18%) CISA
5 2 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
6 1 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (9.09%) CCNA
6 1 (9.09%) CCNP
6 1 (9.09%) CCSP
6 1 (9.09%) CFCE
6 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (9.09%) GIAC
6 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
6 1 (9.09%) PMP
6 1 (9.09%) SANS
6 1 (9.09%) SSCP
6 1 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
3 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (9.09%) Argo
1 1 (9.09%) CASB
1 1 (9.09%) Istio
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Splunk
3 1 (9.09%) CyberArk
3 1 (9.09%) Forcepoint
3 1 (9.09%) Google
3 1 (9.09%) Proofpoint
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow