Cybersecurity Jobs in Berkshire

Cybersecurity
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 53 39
Rank change year-on-year -36 -14 +32
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 36 136 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.25% 4.31% 6.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 5.07% 6.84%
Number of salaries quoted 23 103 66
10th Percentile £30,700 £47,025 £37,463
25th Percentile £36,375 £47,500 £54,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,550 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.12% -24.93% +32.08%
75th Percentile £66,875 £63,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £73,500 £85,682 £95,000
South East median annual salary £47,683 £50,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.58% -8.18% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,479 2,680 2,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 92.50% 84.86% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 527 1,797 1,588
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £38,183 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,263 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.65% -11.23% -
75th Percentile £75,625 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,250 £85,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Berkshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Berkshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Berkshire

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading 0 15 £60,000 +14.18% 112
Bracknell +31 5 £37,000 -67.83% 2
Wokingham +4 1 £42,500 -39.29%
Windsor -23 1 - -
Slough - 1 - - 297
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.89%) Apache
1 5 (13.89%) IIS
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (19.44%) Azure
2 5 (13.89%) AWS
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.78%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (30.56%) Firewall
2 9 (25.00%) DNS
3 7 (19.44%) Network Security
4 6 (16.67%) VPN
5 5 (13.89%) TCP/IP
6 4 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (11.11%) SD-WAN
6 4 (11.11%) WAN
7 1 (2.78%) Broadband
7 1 (2.78%) DHCP
7 1 (2.78%) Mobile Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 5 (13.89%) Relational Database
3 4 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (8.33%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.78%) MySQL
5 1 (2.78%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
General
1 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 6 (16.67%) Back Office
3 6 (16.67%) Publishing
4 5 (13.89%) Local Government
5 4 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 3 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (5.56%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.78%) Advertising
8 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.78%) Military
8 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (27.78%) Analyst
2 7 (19.44%) Security Manager
3 6 (16.67%) Governance Manager
3 6 (16.67%) Information Governance Manager
3 6 (16.67%) Information Manager
3 6 (16.67%) Information Security Manager
4 4 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) WAN Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (8.33%) IT Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Head of Cybersecurity
6 2 (5.56%) Head of Security
6 2 (5.56%) Lead
6 2 (5.56%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Security Operations Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Senior
6 2 (5.56%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) Kafka
2 1 (2.78%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.78%) Node.js
2 1 (2.78%) React
2 1 (2.78%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (30.56%) Management Information System
2 6 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
2 6 (16.67%) Freedom of Information Act
3 5 (13.89%) Client/Server
3 5 (13.89%) Data Centre
3 5 (13.89%) Onboarding
4 4 (11.11%) Operational Technology
4 4 (11.11%) Security Posture
5 3 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (5.56%) Driving Licence
7 1 (2.78%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.78%) Life Science
7 1 (2.78%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 14 (38.89%) Windows
2 9 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (33.33%) Information Security
2 11 (30.56%) Incident Management
3 9 (25.00%) Analytics
3 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (19.44%) Data Protection
4 7 (19.44%) Decision-Making
5 6 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 6 (16.67%) Information Security Management
5 6 (16.67%) ISMS
5 6 (16.67%) Psychology
5 6 (16.67%) Security Management
6 5 (13.89%) Change Management
6 5 (13.89%) Client Onboarding
6 5 (13.89%) ITIL
6 5 (13.89%) ITSM
6 5 (13.89%) Project Delivery
6 5 (13.89%) Project Management
6 5 (13.89%) Risk Management
6 5 (13.89%) Service Management
7 4 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) SQL
2 5 (13.89%) PowerShell
2 5 (13.89%) Python
3 2 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 12 (33.33%) CISSP
2 10 (27.78%) CISM
3 8 (22.22%) CISA
4 7 (19.44%) Degree
4 7 (19.44%) SC Cleared
4 7 (19.44%) Security Cleared
5 6 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (5.56%) CCSP
6 2 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (5.56%) CRISC
6 2 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.78%) CREST Certified
7 1 (2.78%) DBS Check
7 1 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (19.44%) HIPAA
3 7 (19.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (5.56%) Def Stans
4 2 (5.56%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (11.11%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (13.89%) ZABBIX
2 4 (11.11%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 11 (30.56%) VMware
3 5 (13.89%) Oracle
4 4 (11.11%) Cisco
4 4 (11.11%) Fortinet
5 3 (8.33%) Salesforce