Information Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Information Security Engineer
Berkshire > Wokingham

The median Information Security Engineer daily rate in Wokingham is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 0.37% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £535 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wokingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wokingham. 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 Wokingham with a recognized job title 210 111 63
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 78.36% 97.37% 98.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 78 30
10th Percentile £303 £245 £393
25th Percentile £386 £350 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £443 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% -11.50% +13.90%
75th Percentile £519 £571 £619
90th Percentile £650 £600 £863
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £26.33 £61.28 £61.79
% change year-on-year -57.04% -0.83% +77.10%

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham

For the 6 months to 14 November 2025, Information Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wokingham region featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) FireEye
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Tanium
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) FireEye
1 1 (100.00%) Tanium