Cybersecurity Manager Contracts in Reading

Cybersecurity Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Cybersecurity Manager daily rate in Reading is £470, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 89 87
Rank change year-on-year +28 -2 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 2 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.34% 0.41% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.46% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £421 £603 -
25th Percentile £436 £625 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +30.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £504 £675 £513
90th Percentile £518 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -23.08% +13.04% +7.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 549 1,098 1,076
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 91.12% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 595 704
10th Percentile £350 £313 £359
25th Percentile £450 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £616 £644 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £715
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 60 24
10th Percentile - £39.88 £45.75
25th Percentile £14.75 £56.13 £57.44
Median hourly rate £28.00 £61.60 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.55% -6.67% +135.71%
75th Percentile £58.44 £87.47 £74.84
90th Percentile £70.00 £100.00 £78.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £46.50 £61.60 £59.38
% change year-on-year -24.51% +3.75% +172.68%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Manager in Reading

Cybersecurity Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Manager in Reading

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 19 July 2025, Cybersecurity Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
8 Cybersecurity Manager jobs in the South East