Security Specialist Contracts in Reading

Security Specialist
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Specialist daily rate in Reading is £533 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 79 94
Rank change year-on-year -17 +15 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 6 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.51% 0.40% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.42% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £553 £725
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -23.72% -
75th Percentile - - £788
90th Percentile £603 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £533 £553 £600
% change year-on-year -3.62% -7.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £74.40 -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £74.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,080 957 1,268
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 95.89% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 623 644 855
10th Percentile £213 £363 £187
25th Percentile £413 £460 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £495
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +11.11% +4.21%
75th Percentile £624 £650 £594
90th Percentile £688 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £491
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.03% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 23 7
10th Percentile £35.70 £45.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -26.76%
75th Percentile £73.50 £74.40 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.15 £56.89 £19.25
% change year-on-year +3.98% +195.51% -8.55%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Reading

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in Reading

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in Reading over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Specialist in Reading

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Security Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 6 (100.00%) Splunk
1 6 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (66.67%) Network Security
2 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
3 2 (33.33%) Broadband

Security Specialist 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (33.33%) Broadband
General
1 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 6 (100.00%) Security Operations
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Splunk