Threat Detection Contracts in Berkshire

Threat Detection
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Threat Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Threat Detection over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 - 107
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Contract jobs citing Threat Detection 10 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.87% - 0.058%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% - 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile £292 - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.39%
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile £601 - -
South East median daily rate £510 £500 £613
% change year-on-year +2.00% -18.37% +6.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Threat Detection 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 1,065 1,697 1,558
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.01% 88.94% 89.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 643 877 992
10th Percentile £311 £232 £350
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £675 £702
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year -0.05% -1.43% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 100 48
10th Percentile £21.81 £17.45 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.25 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £60.50 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year +1.64% +4.64% +175.32%
75th Percentile £77.19 £71.89 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.32 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £27.05 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -43.06% -5.00% +132.56%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Threat Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in Berkshire

Threat Detection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Threat Detection in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Threat Detection in Berkshire

Threat Detection
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in Berkshire over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Detection in Berkshire

Threat Detection
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 Threat Detection within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 22 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 - 7 £475 - 7
Slough - 1 £550 - 2
Windsor - 1 £500 -
Wokingham - 1 £585 -
Threat Detection
South East

Threat Detection
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (10.00%) AWS
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (10.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (10.00%) Wireless
2 1 (10.00%) Wireless Security
General
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Consultant
1 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Lead
1 2 (20.00%) Security Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) SOC Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Audit Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Security Advisor
2 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) SIEM Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) SIEM
2 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (60.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 6 (60.00%) Security Operations
3 6 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 5 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 5 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
5 4 (40.00%) SOAR
6 3 (30.00%) Cloud Security
6 3 (30.00%) Incident Management
6 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (20.00%) Event Correlation
7 2 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
7 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
7 2 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
7 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
8 1 (10.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) CISSP
1 3 (30.00%) GCIH
2 2 (20.00%) CEH
2 2 (20.00%) CISA
2 2 (20.00%) GCFA
2 2 (20.00%) GCIA
3 1 (10.00%) CCNA
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) CISM
3 1 (10.00%) ECSA
3 1 (10.00%) GIAC
3 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GDPR
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (20.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (10.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) Splunk
2 1 (10.00%) Darktrace
2 1 (10.00%) IBM
2 1 (10.00%) Rapid7