Security Monitoring Contract Job Trends in Reading

Security Monitoring
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Security Monitoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 - 83
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 6 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.87% - 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% - 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile £370 - £551
25th Percentile £400 - £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 - £638
75th Percentile - - £673
90th Percentile £590 - £713
Berkshire median daily rate £480 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -23.20% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Security Monitoring 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 626 972 964
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.25% 89.50% 91.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 534 618
10th Percentile £329 £338 £213
25th Percentile £450 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £607 £650 £623
90th Percentile £650 £700 £699
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 13 18
10th Percentile £14.75 £26.80 £45.30
25th Percentile £17.35 £42.50 £60.12
Median hourly rate £58.00 £58.49 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -0.84% -7.58% +15.07%
75th Percentile £81.00 £64.73 £65.81
90th Percentile £96.25 £73.83 £69.93
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £58.38 £61.65
% change year-on-year -36.14% -5.30% +26.45%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Monitoring relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Security Monitoring job vacancy trend in Reading

Security Monitoring
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Security Monitoring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Security Monitoring

Security Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in Reading over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Monitoring in Reading

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Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Security Monitoring.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Security Monitoring

Security Monitoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) IaaS
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) PaaS
2 2 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) SIEM Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 3 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (50.00%) SIEM
1 3 (50.00%) SOAR
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 2 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 2 (33.33%) Tenable