Insider Threat Contract Job Trends in Reading

Insider Threats
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Insider Threat in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Insider Threat over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Insider Threat 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.34% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.99% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £475 - -

All Generic Skills
Reading

Insider Threat 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 202 323 331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 34.77% 28.94% 29.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 159 231
10th Percentile £350 £337 £213
25th Percentile £445 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £580 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +5.45% +7.32%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £664 £702 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £541 £520
% change year-on-year -7.62% +4.09% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 6
10th Percentile £31.44 £42.05 £40.13
25th Percentile £45.63 £56.25 £62.27
Median hourly rate £56.50 £60.60 £66.44
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% -8.79% -
75th Percentile £58.00 £65.37 £72.44
90th Percentile - £71.76 £76.60
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.00 £52.37 £64.31
% change year-on-year +10.75% -18.57% -24.34%

Insider Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Insider Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Insider Threat in Reading

Insider Threat
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 1 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) OSINT
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Web Operations
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Intel