Cyber Threat Specialist Contract Job Trends in Reading

Cyber Threat Specialist
Berkshire > Reading

The median Cyber Threat Specialist daily rate in Reading is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 89 -
Rank change year-on-year +25 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cyber Threat Specialist 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% 0.27% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.31% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £475 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £57.50 -

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 526 983 1,075
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 88.64% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 547 713
10th Percentile £348 £333 £301
25th Percentile £423 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £638
90th Percentile £650 £713 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -7.74% +3.33% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 36 18
10th Percentile - £48.59 £38.80
25th Percentile £14.75 £57.19 £54.81
Median hourly rate £24.13 £66.26 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.59% +0.40% +89.17%
75th Percentile £53.13 £90.00 £74.59
90th Percentile £68.75 £100.00 £75.77
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £56.47
% change year-on-year -47.97% +9.08% +61.86%

Cyber Threat Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Cyber Threat Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat Specialist in Reading

Cyber Threat Specialist Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Cyber Threat Specialist 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 Cyber Threat Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Web Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Insider Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

Cyber Threat Specialist 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Insider Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Web Operations