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 5 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 85 89
Rank change year-on-year +34 +4 +9
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 12 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.01% 0.53% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.45% 2.01% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £491 - -
25th Percentile £530 - £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £450 £850
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -47.06% +30.77%
75th Percentile £638 - £875
90th Percentile £713 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £550 £850
% change year-on-year +4.55% -35.29% +30.77%

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 186 299 324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 31.16% 26.48% 29.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 170 224
10th Percentile £320 £213 £331
25th Percentile £416 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £581 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% +5.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £623 £638
90th Percentile £625 £701 £713
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 8
10th Percentile £24.80 £19.49 £49.75
25th Percentile £31.44 £38.50 £63.64
Median hourly rate £45.00 £57.50 £68.88
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -16.52% +164.90%
75th Percentile £51.25 £60.83 £75.30
90th Percentile £53.50 £64.51 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £66.75 £41.50 £64.90
% change year-on-year +60.84% -36.06% +2.61%

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 5 August 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 4 (33.33%) AWS
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) GCP
3 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Network Security
2 2 (16.67%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Git
General
1 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Legal
3 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Architect
1 5 (41.67%) Security Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Head of Information
4 1 (8.33%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (8.33%) Head of Security
4 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Security Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Google JAX
1 2 (16.67%) JAX
1 2 (16.67%) PyTorch
1 2 (16.67%) scikit-learn
1 2 (16.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (16.67%) Algorithms
3 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (16.67%) Public Cloud
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (58.33%) Mentoring
2 7 (58.33%) SIEM
3 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (41.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 5 (41.67%) Data Privacy
4 5 (41.67%) Security Architecture
4 5 (41.67%) Threat Intelligence
4 5 (41.67%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 4 (33.33%) Information Security
5 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 4 (33.33%) SDLC
5 4 (33.33%) Secure Coding
5 4 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 4 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
6 3 (25.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Python
2 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (16.67%) C
3 2 (16.67%) C++
3 2 (16.67%) Java
3 2 (16.67%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) CISSP
2 3 (25.00%) CFCE
2 3 (25.00%) GCIH
3 2 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (16.67%) AWS Certification
3 2 (16.67%) Azure Certification
3 2 (16.67%) CCSP
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (16.67%) GCFA
3 2 (16.67%) GCIA
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) GIAC
4 1 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) GDPR
1 8 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (66.67%) NIST
2 3 (25.00%) PCI DSS
2 3 (25.00%) PSD2
3 2 (16.67%) EU AI Act
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (8.33%) GRC
4 1 (8.33%) HIPAA
4 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (25.00%) Splunk
2 2 (16.67%) ArcSight
2 2 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (16.67%) LogRhythm
3 1 (8.33%) Intel