Security Advisor Contracts in Reading

Security Adviser
Berkshire > Reading

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Adviser daily rate in Reading.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Advisor 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £750 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 563 1,112 996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 632 664
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £651
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 51 24
10th Percentile - £35.00 £26.45
25th Percentile - £52.90 £51.48
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £74.66 £74.20
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

Security Advisor
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Advisor in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Advisor 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 Security Advisor in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Darktrace
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) NCSC
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP

Security Advisor 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Darktrace