Head of Security Contracts in Reading

Head of Security
Berkshire > Reading

The median Head of Security daily rate in Reading is £1,000 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 - 98
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Security 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.34% - 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 - £750
75th Percentile - - £775
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £1,000 - £750

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,080 973 1,284
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 95.96% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 656 872
10th Percentile £213 £363 £176
25th Percentile £413 £460 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +11.11% +4.21%
75th Percentile £619 £655 £595
90th Percentile £688 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 23 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £45.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -26.76%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.40 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.30 £56.89 £19.25
% change year-on-year +2.49% +195.51% -8.55%

Head of Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Security in Reading

Head of Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Security in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Head of Security in Reading

Head of Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Head of Security 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 Head of Security in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (75.00%) Security Monitoring
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Nessus
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (50.00%) XenApp
3 2 (50.00%) Splunk
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (50.00%) Line Management
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (50.00%) Network Intrusion Detection System

Head of Security 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) LAN
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (50.00%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Security Monitoring
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (50.00%) Line Management
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (50.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (75.00%) Nessus
3 2 (50.00%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Splunk
1 2 (50.00%) VMware