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 11 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 110 111
Rank change year-on-year +37 +1 +20
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 24 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.00% 0.34% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.37% 1.21% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 1
10th Percentile £473 £468 -
25th Percentile £502 £494 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £850
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -35.29% +30.77%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £875
90th Percentile £663 £653 -
South East median daily rate £550 £475 £650
% change year-on-year +15.79% -26.92% +5.91%

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 447 495 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.22% 28.45% 33.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 268 385
10th Percentile £313 £213 £304
25th Percentile £400 £417 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% +3.00%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £631
90th Percentile £650 £691 £716
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 20
10th Percentile £32.05 £11.87 £18.50
25th Percentile £51.00 £18.91 £31.56
Median hourly rate £62.50 £41.50 £64.90
Median % change year-on-year +50.60% -36.06% +2.61%
75th Percentile £87.50 £59.85 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.87 £68.59 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -42.37% +14.70% +122.22%

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 11 August 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 11 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 +34 12 £600 +33.33% 4
Wokingham - 10 £500 -
Slough - 1 £650 -
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 15 (62.50%) Azure
2 8 (33.33%) AWS
3 7 (29.17%) GCP
4 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (4.17%) IaaS
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) Firewall
1 6 (25.00%) Network Security
2 2 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (8.33%) VPN
3 1 (4.17%) BGP
3 1 (4.17%) DNS
3 1 (4.17%) LAN
3 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
3 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.17%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 10 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Finance
4 2 (8.33%) Legal
4 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Architect
1 8 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 3 (12.50%) Analyst
2 3 (12.50%) Lead
2 3 (12.50%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 2 (8.33%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Head of Information
4 1 (4.17%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (4.17%) Head of Security
4 1 (4.17%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.17%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (4.17%) IT Security Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Security Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Google JAX
1 2 (8.33%) JAX
1 2 (8.33%) PyTorch
1 2 (8.33%) scikit-learn
1 2 (8.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Cloud Native
2 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (12.50%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 3 (12.50%) Public Cloud
4 2 (8.33%) Algorithms
4 2 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (4.17%) Cyberattack
5 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.17%) PKI
5 1 (4.17%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Cloud Security
2 12 (50.00%) SIEM
3 11 (45.83%) DevSecOps
3 11 (45.83%) Incident Response
4 10 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (41.67%) DevOps
4 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 8 (33.33%) Security Architecture
5 8 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
6 7 (29.17%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 7 (29.17%) Threat Intelligence
6 7 (29.17%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (25.00%) CI/CD
7 6 (25.00%) Data Privacy
7 6 (25.00%) SDLC
8 5 (20.83%) Roadmaps
8 5 (20.83%) Secure Coding
8 5 (20.83%) Security Operations
8 5 (20.83%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) Python
2 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.33%) C
3 2 (8.33%) C++
3 2 (8.33%) Java
3 2 (8.33%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) CISSP
2 4 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (16.67%) CCSP
2 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (12.50%) AWS Certification
3 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
3 3 (12.50%) CEH
3 3 (12.50%) CFCE
3 3 (12.50%) CISM
3 3 (12.50%) Degree
3 3 (12.50%) GCIH
4 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (8.33%) GCFA
4 2 (8.33%) GCIA
4 2 (8.33%) GIAC
5 1 (4.17%) CCSK
5 1 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (45.83%) GDPR
1 11 (45.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (45.83%) NIST
2 5 (20.83%) PCI DSS
3 4 (16.67%) PSD2
4 2 (8.33%) EU AI Act
5 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.17%) GRC
5 1 (4.17%) HIPAA
5 1 (4.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.17%) CASB
2 1 (4.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Splunk
3 2 (8.33%) ArcSight
3 2 (8.33%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (8.33%) LogRhythm
4 1 (4.17%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.17%) Forcepoint
4 1 (4.17%) Google
4 1 (4.17%) Intel
4 1 (4.17%) Proofpoint
4 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow