Security Posture Contracts in Reading

Security Posture
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 89 86
Rank change year-on-year +33 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 4 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.67% 0.17% 0.096%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.42% 0.63% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £513 - -
25th Percentile £569 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.85%
75th Percentile £613 - £688
90th Percentile £635 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £600 - £675
% change year-on-year - - +3.85%

All Generic Skills
Reading

Security Posture 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 165 315 326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 27.64% 26.43% 31.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 190 223
10th Percentile £300 £205 £347
25th Percentile £419 £213 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.40% -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £629 £608 £654
90th Percentile £650 £650 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 9
10th Percentile - £42.31 £45.70
25th Percentile - £52.90 £63.14
Median hourly rate £29.00 £60.89 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% -13.01% +169.23%
75th Percentile - £63.29 £79.19
90th Percentile - £69.62 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £42.50 £64.68
% change year-on-year +44.69% -34.29% +187.64%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in Reading

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in Reading

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in Reading

Security Posture
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 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) NGFW
1 1 (25.00%) SSL
General
1 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Detection
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Forensic Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Microservices
4 1 (25.00%) Network Load Balancing
4 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CFCE
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) GCIH
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Splunk