Cybersecurity Engineer Contract Job Trends in Reading

Cybersecurity Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Cybersecurity Engineer daily rate in Reading is £280, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
2 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 71 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.33% 0.27% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.29% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £270 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -
Berkshire median daily rate £280 £325 -
% change year-on-year -13.85% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 867 680 1,065
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 92.90% 93.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 388 646
10th Percentile £304 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £421 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -5.09%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £608
90th Percentile £670 £675 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 1 40
10th Percentile £35.00 - £19.91
25th Percentile £80.50 - £48.94
Median hourly rate £83.54 £77.19 £59.22
Median % change year-on-year +8.22% +30.34% -8.89%
75th Percentile £95.00 - £67.50
90th Percentile £107.00 - £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £82.50 £61.50 £58.00
% change year-on-year +34.16% +6.03% -10.32%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancy trend in Reading

Cybersecurity Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in Reading

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 2 March 2026, Cybersecurity Engineer 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 Reading region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Tanium
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (33.33%) Windows

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Tanium
Cybersecurity Engineer jobs