Vulnerability Assessment Contracts in Berkshire

Vulnerability Assessment
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Assessment 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 68 123 110
Rank change year-on-year +55 -13 +22
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 25 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.13% 0.050% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 0.057% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £525 - £701
25th Percentile £563 - £703
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £713
Median % change year-on-year - - +86.89%
75th Percentile £688 - £728
90th Percentile £725 - £734
South East median daily rate £663 £800 £600
% change year-on-year -17.19% +33.33% +144.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.75 - £71.20
Median hourly rate £73.25 - £72.40
75th Percentile £88.53 - £73.59
90th Percentile £90.69 - -
South East median hourly rate £73.25 £70.00 £72.40
% change year-on-year +4.64% -3.31% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Vulnerability Assessment 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 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
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 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in Berkshire

Vulnerability Assessment
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Assessment in Berkshire

Vulnerability Assessment
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Vulnerability Assessment in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in Berkshire

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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 Vulnerability Assessment 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
Reading +43 13 £500 - 10
Vulnerability Assessment
South East

Vulnerability Assessment
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 1 (4.00%) AWS
1 1 (4.00%) Azure
1 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (4.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) Firewall
1 6 (24.00%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.00%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (24.00%) Military
1 6 (24.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (16.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (88.00%) Senior
2 13 (52.00%) Security Specialist
2 13 (52.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 13 (52.00%) Senior Security Specialist
3 12 (48.00%) Information Security Specialist
3 12 (48.00%) Information Specialist
3 12 (48.00%) Senior Information Security Specialist
4 5 (20.00%) Security Advisor
5 4 (16.00%) Lead
6 2 (8.00%) Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Security Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Consultant
7 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Information Security Consultant
7 1 (4.00%) Information Security Risk Consultant
7 1 (4.00%) Penetration Tester
7 1 (4.00%) Security Consultant
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Security Consultant
7 1 (4.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (24.00%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (20.00%) JBoss Seam
Miscellaneous
1 17 (68.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.00%) CESG
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (68.00%) Security Architecture
2 16 (64.00%) Risk Assessment
2 16 (64.00%) Risk Management
3 14 (56.00%) Decision-Making
3 14 (56.00%) Information Security
4 10 (40.00%) Information Assurance
5 9 (36.00%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (32.00%) Threat Modelling
7 6 (24.00%) DevOps
8 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (4.00%) Ethical Hacking
9 1 (4.00%) Information Security Management
9 1 (4.00%) Open Source
9 1 (4.00%) OSINT
9 1 (4.00%) Penetration Testing
9 1 (4.00%) Risk Analysis
9 1 (4.00%) Security Management
9 1 (4.00%) SIEM
9 1 (4.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (4.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 22 (88.00%) Security Cleared
2 19 (76.00%) DV Cleared
3 12 (48.00%) CISM
4 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (8.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (48.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (36.00%) NCSC
3 1 (4.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Darktrace