CISSP Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wokingham with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing CISSP 33 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 10.61% - 1.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.97% - 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 0 1
10th Percentile £354 - -
25th Percentile £420 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £750
75th Percentile £491 - -
90th Percentile £493 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £471 £625 £325
% change year-on-year -24.64% +92.31% -43.48%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wokingham

CISSP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Wokingham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 174 65 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 55.95% 53.72% 67.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 52 23
10th Percentile £219 £232 £400
25th Percentile £313 £322 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -26.32% -24.00%
75th Percentile £492 £500 £625
90th Percentile £519 £598 £840
Berkshire median daily rate £488 £556 £500
% change year-on-year -12.32% +11.20% -8.54%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISSP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham.

CISSP job vacancy trend in Wokingham

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing CISSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing CISSP

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in Wokingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Wokingham over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in Wokingham

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.12%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (39.39%) AWS
1 13 (39.39%) Azure
1 13 (39.39%) GCP
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (24.24%) Network Security
2 2 (6.06%) Firewall
2 2 (6.06%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) JIRA
General
1 28 (84.85%) Social Skills
2 13 (39.39%) Documentation Skills
3 11 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.03%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) SIEM Engineer
2 3 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 3 (9.09%) Security Specialist
3 2 (6.06%) Lead
3 2 (6.06%) Testing Manager
4 1 (3.03%) Architect
4 1 (3.03%) Consultant
4 1 (3.03%) Information Security Engineer
4 1 (3.03%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (3.03%) PMO Manager
4 1 (3.03%) Security Architect
4 1 (3.03%) Security Consultant
4 1 (3.03%) Security Engineer
4 1 (3.03%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (39.39%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (12.12%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (6.06%) CSOC
4 2 (6.06%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.03%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (93.94%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (75.76%) SIEM
3 19 (57.58%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (45.45%) DevSecOps
5 13 (39.39%) CI/CD
5 13 (39.39%) DevOps
6 10 (30.30%) Incident Response
7 9 (27.27%) Analytical Thinking
7 9 (27.27%) Threat Detection
8 5 (15.15%) Privileged Access Management
8 5 (15.15%) Security Operations
9 4 (12.12%) Actionable Insight
9 4 (12.12%) Penetration Testing
9 4 (12.12%) PRINCE2
9 4 (12.12%) Project Management
9 4 (12.12%) Resource Allocation
9 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (12.12%) Vulnerability Management
10 3 (9.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 2 (6.06%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (69.70%) PowerShell
1 23 (69.70%) Python
2 5 (15.15%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 24 (72.73%) SC Cleared
1 24 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 22 (66.67%) CISM
3 13 (39.39%) GIAC
4 11 (33.33%) CEH
5 8 (24.24%) Degree
6 4 (12.12%) CREST Certified
6 4 (12.12%) PMI Certification
6 4 (12.12%) PMP
7 2 (6.06%) SANS
8 1 (3.03%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (63.64%) NIST
2 18 (54.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (39.39%) GDPR
4 4 (12.12%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (39.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Kibana
2 5 (15.15%) QRadar
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) BeyondTrust
1 13 (39.39%) CyberArk
2 6 (18.18%) FireEye
2 6 (18.18%) Tanium
3 5 (15.15%) Splunk
4 4 (12.12%) ArcSight
5 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
6 1 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (3.03%) Proofpoint
6 1 (3.03%) Tenable