Information Security Job Trends in Berkshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 65 102
Rank change year-on-year -57 +37 -12
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 7 69 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.35% 3.98% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 4.31% 2.43%
Number of salaries quoted 5 17 36
10th Percentile - £57,500 £43,913
25th Percentile £62,500 £59,498 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +25.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £69,688
90th Percentile £70,500 £77,000 £122,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Information Security 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 1,650 1,602 1,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.62% 92.33% 89.29%
Number of salaries quoted 751 715 1,204
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,925 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £39,948
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.78%
75th Percentile £69,840 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,250 £87,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Information Security
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Information Security

Information Security
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Slough -29 4 £65,000 +62.50% 1
Reading -13 2 £70,000 -6.67% 4
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 1 (14.29%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Unit4 Business World
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Law
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Information Manager
1 4 (57.14%) Information Security Manager
1 4 (57.14%) Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Development Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Development Team Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) PMO Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Web Development Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Web Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) CESG
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Decision-Making
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) DevSecOps
4 1 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Project Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 4 (57.14%) CISA
2 4 (57.14%) CISM
3 1 (14.29%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) PMO
2 1 (14.29%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Remedy
1 1 (14.29%) Sitecore