Advanced Persistent Threat Contracts in Reading

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Advanced Persistent Threat skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Advanced Persistent Threat over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 86 -
Rank change year-on-year +21 - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Advanced Persistent Threat 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% 0.092% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 -
Berkshire median daily rate - £500 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Advanced Persistent Threat 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 Reading.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 543 934 957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.72% 85.61% 88.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 505 636
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £651 £638
90th Percentile £700 £715 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £521 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 33 21
10th Percentile - £14.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.75 £51.52 £53.50
Median hourly rate £20.38 £61.60 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.92% -6.67% +135.71%
75th Percentile £38.42 £74.87 £74.00
90th Percentile £59.13 £87.46 £75.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £61.33 £59.38
% change year-on-year -47.74% +3.29% +128.37%

Advanced Persistent Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Advanced Persistent Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Advanced Persistent Threat in Reading

Advanced Persistent Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Behavioural Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CFCE
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk