Security Posture Job Trends in Berkshire

Security Posture
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 119 142
Rank change year-on-year -5 +23 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 4 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.20% 0.12% 0.048%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.70% 0.40% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £62,500 -
25th Percentile - £70,000 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £87,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.06% +15.38%
75th Percentile - £107,500 £83,750
90th Percentile - £116,500 -
South East median annual salary £63,750 £55,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year +15.91% +34.15% -45.33%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 569 496 682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.90% 30.32% 32.66%
Number of salaries quoted 276 209 455
10th Percentile £27,800 £40,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £33,063 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +19.05% -8.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £82,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,625 £114,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £57,000 £54,995
% change year-on-year -21.05% +3.65% -0.01%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Security Posture
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Security Posture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Security Posture

Security Posture
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Reading +26 4 - - 6
Security Posture
South East

Security Posture
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Junior
1 2 (50.00%) Junior Penetration Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Junior Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Product Owner
1 2 (50.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Protective Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CHECK Team Leader
2 2 (50.00%) CHECK Team Member
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) GRC
2 2 (50.00%) NCSC