Cybersecurity Jobs in Reading

Cybersecurity
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 46 33
Rank change year-on-year -4 -13 +26
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 18 78 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 3.51% 4.55% 7.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.06% 5.16% 8.17%
Number of salaries quoted 6 48 43
10th Percentile £58,750 £47,025 £52,400
25th Percentile £60,000 £48,825 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £52,550 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.56% -24.93% +29.03%
75th Percentile £66,563 £60,000 £70,625
90th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £75,200
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £52,550 £70,000
% change year-on-year +14.18% -24.93% +32.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 443 1,512 1,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 86.35% 88.21% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 237 912 797
10th Percentile £31,550 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £54,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% -12.10% +3.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,000 £80,000 £92,500
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.21% -11.67% -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Reading

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Reading

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) AWS
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (5.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Broadband
1 2 (11.11%) Firewall
1 2 (11.11%) Mobile Broadband
1 2 (11.11%) Network Security
1 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.56%) MySQL
2 1 (5.56%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) Publishing
3 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
3 2 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.11%) Retail
3 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Security Manager
2 7 (38.89%) Governance Manager
2 7 (38.89%) Information Governance Manager
2 7 (38.89%) Information Manager
3 6 (33.33%) Information Security Manager
4 3 (16.67%) Senior
5 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 2 (11.11%) Head of Security
5 2 (11.11%) Lead
5 2 (11.11%) Project Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Project Leader
5 2 (11.11%) Security Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) Developer
6 1 (5.56%) IT Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) Programme Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) Kafka
2 1 (5.56%) AngularJS
2 1 (5.56%) Node.js
2 1 (5.56%) React
2 1 (5.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (38.89%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (38.89%) Freedom of Information
2 7 (38.89%) Freedom of Information Act
3 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (11.11%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Information Security
2 7 (38.89%) Data Protection
2 7 (38.89%) Incident Management
2 7 (38.89%) Information Security Management
2 7 (38.89%) ISMS
2 7 (38.89%) Psychology
2 7 (38.89%) Security Management
3 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
3 4 (22.22%) SIEM
4 2 (11.11%) Application Security
4 2 (11.11%) Budget Management
4 2 (11.11%) Business Case
4 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (11.11%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 2 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
4 2 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (11.11%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) CISSP
2 9 (50.00%) CISA
2 9 (50.00%) CISM
3 7 (38.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 6 (33.33%) Degree
5 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 2 (11.11%) CCNA
6 2 (11.11%) CCNP
6 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (11.11%) CRISC
6 2 (11.11%) GCIA
6 2 (11.11%) SANS
6 2 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (61.11%) Cyber Essentials
1 11 (61.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (38.89%) HIPAA
4 2 (11.11%) Def Stans
4 2 (11.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Salesforce
1 2 (11.11%) VMware