Cybersecurity Manager Contract Job Trends in Reading

Cybersecurity Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Cybersecurity Manager daily rate in Reading is £518, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 90 -
Rank change year-on-year +22 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 5 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.74% 0.45% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 0
10th Percentile £427 - -
25th Percentile £450 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.31% - -
75th Percentile £536 £788 -
90th Percentile - £795 -
Berkshire median daily rate £518 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -20.31% +8.33% -

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 632 999 956
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 90.33% 92.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 552 627
10th Percentile £313 £336 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £520
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +10.58% +1.22%
75th Percentile £605 £650 £620
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 22 16
10th Percentile £14.75 £48.18 £59.32
25th Percentile £16.66 £56.56 £60.99
Median hourly rate £67.50 £71.31 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -5.34% +12.67% +19.42%
75th Percentile £94.83 £100.00 £66.11
90th Percentile £96.75 - £71.38
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £61.50 £61.79
% change year-on-year -34.25% -0.48% +80.70%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Cybersecurity Manager job vacancy trend in Reading

Cybersecurity Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, Cybersecurity Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
3 3 (60.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (40.00%) ADO
4 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (40.00%) Change Control
4 2 (40.00%) Change Management
4 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (40.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (40.00%) GRC
4 2 (40.00%) Logistics
4 2 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (40.00%) Network Security
4 2 (40.00%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Power BI
4 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (40.00%) Release Management
4 2 (40.00%) Scrum
4 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (40.00%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Waterfall

Cybersecurity Manager 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
1 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
3 3 (60.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (40.00%) Change Management
4 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (40.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Logistics
4 2 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (40.00%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Release Management
4 2 (40.00%) Scrum
4 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (40.00%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GRC