Information Security Contracts in Reading

Information Security (InfoSec)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 67 51
Rank change year-on-year +33 -16 -2
Contract jobs citing Information Security 26 24 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 4.36% 2.01% 3.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 2.23% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 14
10th Percentile £500 £448 £403
25th Percentile £528 - £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £680
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -26.44% +16.70%
75th Percentile £638 £533 £702
90th Percentile £644 £566 £746
Berkshire median daily rate £613 £525 £630
% change year-on-year +16.67% -16.67% +8.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £74.08
25th Percentile - - £74.20
Median hourly rate - - £74.40
75th Percentile - - £74.59
90th Percentile - - £74.71
Berkshire median hourly rate £87.50 - £74.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Information Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Reading

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Reading

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Reading

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Reading

Information Security
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 7 (26.92%) Azure
2 2 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (3.85%) AWS
3 1 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) Network Security
2 6 (23.08%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (3.85%) NGFW
3 1 (3.85%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Burp Suite
1 2 (7.69%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Retail
3 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.85%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.85%) Law
4 1 (3.85%) Legal
4 1 (3.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Senior
2 8 (30.77%) Security Specialist
2 8 (30.77%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 8 (30.77%) Senior Security Specialist
3 7 (26.92%) Information Security Specialist
3 7 (26.92%) Information Specialist
3 7 (26.92%) Senior Information Security Specialist
4 6 (23.08%) Head of Architecture
4 6 (23.08%) Head of Security
5 5 (19.23%) Head of Strategy
5 5 (19.23%) Security Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) Architect
6 3 (11.54%) Security Architect
6 3 (11.54%) Senior Security Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) Penetration Tester
7 2 (7.69%) Tester
8 1 (3.85%) Consultant
8 1 (3.85%) Head of Mobile
8 1 (3.85%) Head of Networks
8 1 (3.85%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (19.23%) Web Services
2 1 (3.85%) OAuth
2 1 (3.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Data Centre
1 3 (11.54%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Security Architecture
2 10 (38.46%) Risk Management
2 10 (38.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 9 (34.62%) OWASP
4 8 (30.77%) Threat Modelling
5 7 (26.92%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (26.92%) ITIL
6 5 (19.23%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (19.23%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (19.23%) Roadmaps
6 5 (19.23%) SOA
6 5 (19.23%) Validation
7 4 (15.38%) Application Security
7 4 (15.38%) Budgeting
7 4 (15.38%) Strategic Roadmap
8 3 (11.54%) Decision-Making
8 3 (11.54%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (11.54%) Security Operations
8 3 (11.54%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) C
1 2 (7.69%) C++
1 2 (7.69%) Java
1 2 (7.69%) Python
1 2 (7.69%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (53.85%) CISM
2 11 (42.31%) Security Cleared
3 9 (34.62%) DV Cleared
4 6 (23.08%) CISSP
5 4 (15.38%) Degree
5 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
6 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (7.69%) GPEN
6 2 (7.69%) GWAPT
6 2 (7.69%) Master's Degree
6 2 (7.69%) OSCE
6 2 (7.69%) OSCP
7 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.85%) ISACA
7 1 (3.85%) ISEB
7 1 (3.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (38.46%) GDPR
2 8 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (26.92%) COBIT
3 7 (26.92%) NIST
4 2 (7.69%) HIPAA
4 2 (7.69%) NCSC
4 2 (7.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft