Computer Emergency Response Teams Contract Job Trends in Reading

Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Computer Emergency Response Teams skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Emergency Response Teams 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.92% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 5.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £387 - -
25th Percentile £389 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 - -
75th Percentile £399 - -
90th Percentile £400 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £395 - -

All Systems Management Skills
Reading

Computer Emergency Response Teams falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 113 117 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 17.36% 10.80% 13.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 88 130
10th Percentile £255 £400 £205
25th Percentile £363 £475 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £599 £638 £659
90th Percentile £659 £700 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £515 £523
% change year-on-year -7.77% -1.44% +2.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £18.87 - £49.07
% change year-on-year - - -24.95%

Computer Emergency Response Teams
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Computer Emergency Response Teams relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Computer Emergency Response Teams job vacancy trend in Reading

Computer Emergency Response Teams
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Computer Emergency Response Teams.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Computer Emergency Response Teams

Computer Emergency Response Teams
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 5 (83.33%) Legal
2 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Analyst
2 5 (83.33%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Management Information System
1 5 (83.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 6 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
2 5 (83.33%) Behavioural Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) Data Privacy
2 5 (83.33%) Forensic Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Malware Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Risk Management
2 5 (83.33%) Task Automation
2 5 (83.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Advanced Persistent Threat
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Forensics
4 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (16.67%) SOAR
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
1 5 (83.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) CFCE
1 5 (83.33%) CISSP
1 5 (83.33%) GCFA
1 5 (83.33%) GCIA
1 5 (83.33%) GCIH
1 5 (83.33%) GIAC
2 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) GDPR
1 5 (83.33%) HIPAA
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (83.33%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) ArcSight
1 5 (83.33%) LogRhythm
1 5 (83.33%) Splunk
2 4 (66.67%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft