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 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 62 53
Rank change year-on-year +25 -9 +14
Contract jobs citing Information Security 30 30 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 4.98% 2.65% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.40% 3.08% 3.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 12
10th Percentile - £428 £533
25th Percentile £575 £452 £611
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £510 £670
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% -23.88% +27.62%
75th Percentile £688 £540 £700
90th Percentile £774 - £768
Berkshire median daily rate £625 £600 £638
% change year-on-year +4.17% -5.88% +10.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £74.08
25th Percentile - £56.25 £74.20
Median hourly rate - £57.50 £74.40
Median % change year-on-year - -22.71% -
75th Percentile - £58.75 £74.59
90th Percentile - - £74.71
Berkshire median hourly rate £86.50 £57.50 £73.20
% change year-on-year +50.43% -21.45% -

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 556 974 955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.36% 85.97% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 528 629
10th Percentile £351 £347 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.42% +6.86% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £715 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 35 22
10th Percentile - £14.50 £21.40
25th Percentile £14.75 £52.21 £54.50
Median hourly rate £20.38 £61.60 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.92% -6.67% +120.00%
75th Percentile £38.42 £75.93 £74.59
90th Percentile £59.13 £87.46 £76.82
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £58.75
% change year-on-year -47.97% +4.85% +95.83%

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 14 August 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) AWS
3 3 (10.00%) GCP
4 2 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Firewall
1 3 (10.00%) Network Security
2 1 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (23.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 7 (23.33%) Oracle Reports
General
1 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.67%) Retail
5 1 (3.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Senior
2 6 (20.00%) Architect
2 6 (20.00%) Information Security Specialist
2 6 (20.00%) Information Specialist
2 6 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 6 (20.00%) Security Specialist
3 5 (16.67%) Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Oracle Developer
4 4 (13.33%) Report Developer
4 4 (13.33%) Security Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 4 (13.33%) Senior Information Security Specialist
4 4 (13.33%) Senior Security Specialist
5 3 (10.00%) Lead
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Security Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Chief Information Security Officer
7 1 (3.33%) Chief Security Officer
7 1 (3.33%) Information Security Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Information Security Officer
7 1 (3.33%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (23.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (10.00%) Web Services
3 1 (3.33%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (3.33%) JBoss Seam
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Management Information System
2 4 (13.33%) Security Posture
3 3 (10.00%) Cloud Native
4 2 (6.67%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (6.67%) Public Cloud
5 1 (3.33%) CESG
5 1 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Linux
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Security Architecture
2 10 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 9 (30.00%) Risk Management
4 8 (26.67%) Information Security Management
4 8 (26.67%) Security Management
4 8 (26.67%) Threat Modelling
5 7 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (20.00%) Validation
7 5 (16.67%) Data Modelling
7 5 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
7 5 (16.67%) Information Assurance
7 5 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
7 5 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
7 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
8 4 (13.33%) Mentoring
8 4 (13.33%) Security Testing
8 4 (13.33%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (36.67%) Security Cleared
2 8 (26.67%) CISM
2 8 (26.67%) CISSP
3 6 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 3 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (10.00%) AWS Certification
5 3 (10.00%) CCSP
5 3 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (6.67%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.33%) CFCE
7 1 (3.33%) Degree
7 1 (3.33%) GCFA
7 1 (3.33%) GCIA
7 1 (3.33%) GCIH
7 1 (3.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (63.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (43.33%) NIST
3 8 (26.67%) COBIT
4 6 (20.00%) GDPR
5 5 (16.67%) NCSC
6 3 (10.00%) PCI DSS
6 3 (10.00%) PSD2
7 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (3.33%) GRC
8 1 (3.33%) ISO 9001
8 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Oracle
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.33%) ArcSight
3 1 (3.33%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.33%) Darktrace
3 1 (3.33%) Intel
3 1 (3.33%) LogRhythm
3 1 (3.33%) Splunk
3 1 (3.33%) Virgin Media