Cyber Security Posture Contract Job Trends in Reading

Cybersecurity Posture
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Security Posture 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.14% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £425 - -

All Generic Skills
Reading

Cyber Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 225 298 300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 31.47% 32.68% 30.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 136 204
10th Percentile £350 £299 £205
25th Percentile £414 £407 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £470
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% +14.63% -11.32%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £608
90th Percentile £664 £688 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £480 £525 £478
% change year-on-year -8.57% +9.95% -4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 7
10th Percentile - £33.05 £60.45
25th Percentile £58.00 £39.13 £61.29
Median hourly rate £81.00 £50.00 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +62.00% -21.00% +15.07%
75th Percentile £96.25 £62.78 £64.27
90th Percentile £103.30 £70.03 £65.73
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.00 £45.06 £61.25
% change year-on-year +28.71% -26.43% +82.84%

Cyber Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Security Posture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Cyber Security Posture job vacancy trend in Reading

Cyber Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Cyber Security Posture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Cyber Security Posture

Cyber Security Posture
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 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) FireEye
1 1 (100.00%) Tanium