Information Security Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Information Security (InfoSec)
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wokingham requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 28 18
Rank change year-on-year -21 -10 -2
Contract jobs citing Information Security 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 0.67% 0.85% 4.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.99% 4.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £499 - £580
25th Percentile £510 - £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.00%
75th Percentile £564 - £688
90th Percentile £578 - £725
Berkshire median daily rate £648 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +8.00% -4.00% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wokingham

Information Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wokingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 256 101 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 85.62% 86.32% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 67 35
10th Percentile £219 £313 £355
25th Percentile £339 £350 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £451 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% -5.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £600
90th Percentile £575 £600 £818
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £541 £500
% change year-on-year -7.62% +8.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £58.49 £61.72
% change year-on-year -36.26% -5.23% +23.44%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Wokingham

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing Information Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing Information Security

Information Security
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (50.00%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Business Case
1 1 (50.00%) Business Development
1 1 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CHECK Team Member
2 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Scheme
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Nmap