Vulnerability Specialist Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Vulnerability Specialist
South East > Berkshire

The median Vulnerability Specialist daily rate in Berkshire is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.067% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £388 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £413 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £400 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,349 1,228 1,651
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 90.43% 94.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 935 697 986
10th Percentile £300 £250 £213
25th Percentile £408 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £600
90th Percentile £663 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 31 89
10th Percentile £16.72 £41.25 £20.19
25th Percentile £20.79 £51.00 £43.33
Median hourly rate £72.00 £61.50 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.08% +4.23% -9.23%
75th Percentile £95.00 £65.17 £65.86
90th Percentile £100.00 £75.40 £75.33
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £51.06
% change year-on-year -40.82% -16.76% +17.37%

Vulnerability Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Vulnerability Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Vulnerability Specialist job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Vulnerability Specialist
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 Specialist within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 17 January 2026. 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 - 1 £400 - 3
Vulnerability Specialist
South East

Vulnerability Specialist Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 17 January 2026, Vulnerability Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Vulnerability Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Gamification
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVAS
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid7
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research

Vulnerability Specialist Skill Set
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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Gamification
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid7