OSINT Contracts in Reading

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring OSINT skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OSINT over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 79 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Contract jobs citing OSINT 1 7 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% 0.64% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.74% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% - -
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 -
% change year-on-year -7.41% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

OSINT 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 543 944 997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.88% 85.90% 88.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 515 660
10th Percentile £355 £350 £317
25th Percentile £450 £474 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £715 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £514 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.59% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 31 21
10th Percentile - £14.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.75 £54.58 £53.50
Median hourly rate £20.38 £61.60 £65.13
Median % change year-on-year -66.92% -5.41% +168.56%
75th Percentile £38.42 £75.93 £74.00
90th Percentile £59.13 £87.46 £75.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -47.97% +2.67% +147.42%

OSINT
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for OSINT in Reading

OSINT
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing OSINT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing OSINT

OSINT
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations