Cybersecurity Consultant Job Trends in Berkshire

Cybersecurity Consultant
South East > Berkshire

The median Cybersecurity Consultant salary in Berkshire is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 November 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	144	-	129
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	+10
Permanent Cybersecurity Consultant jobs	4	0	8
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire	0.11%	-	0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.11%	-	0.39%
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£100,000	-	-
South East median annual salary	£67,500	£75,000	£45,000
% change year-on-year	-10.00%	+66.67%	-23.08%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in Berkshire matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in Berkshire matching a recognised job title	3,484	1,715	2,045
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title	92.07%	93.05%	93.98%
Number of salaries quoted	2,295	788	1,091
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,000	£35,000
25^th Percentile	£42,500	£33,982	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£47,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+15.79%	-20.83%	+10.09%
75^th Percentile	£78,750	£67,500	£76,250
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£83,750	£85,000
South East median annual salary	£55,000	£47,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+15.79%	-13.64%	+1.85%

Cybersecurity Consultant Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Cybersecurity Consultant job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Cybersecurity Consultant Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in Berkshire.

Cybersecurity Consultant Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Cybersecurity Consultant jobs within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 11 November 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Reading	-	2	£100,000	-	2
Cybersecurity Consultant South East

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, Cybersecurity Consultant job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent Cybersecurity Consultant job ads across the Berkshire region.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	4
2	5G	50.0%	2
2	Accessibility	50.0%	2
2	Agile	50.0%	2
2	AI	50.0%	2
2	Big Data	50.0%	2
2	Business Intelligence	50.0%	2
2	Change Management	50.0%	2
2	CI/CD	50.0%	2
2	Customer Experience	50.0%	2
2	DBS Check	50.0%	2
2	Development Roadmap	50.0%	2
2	DevSecOps	50.0%	2
2	Firewall	50.0%	2
2	Identity Access Management	50.0%	2
2	Information Security	50.0%	2
2	Line Management	50.0%	2
2	Risk Management	50.0%	2
2	Roadmaps	50.0%	2
2	SaaS	50.0%	2
2	Security Architecture	50.0%	2
2	Security Testing	50.0%	2
2	SIEM	50.0%	2
2	Stakeholder Management	50.0%	2
2	Technical Leadership	50.0%	2
2	Vulnerability Management	50.0%	2

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Senior Cybersecurity Consultant	100.0%	4