Information Security Job Trends in Reading

Information Security (InfoSec)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 32 86
Rank change year-on-year -15 +54 -21
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 2 47 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.35% 6.47% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 7.33% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1 13 13
10th Percentile - £57,500 £53,750
25th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +25.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - £67,250
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -13.33% +27.66% -9.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 454 641 993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 78.82% 88.29% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 291 274 647
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,813 £50,000 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.35% +14.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £68,875 £82,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £112,125 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.78%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Reading

Information Security
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Information Security

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 (50.00%) Confluence
1 1 (50.00%) WordPress
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Development Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Development Team Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Web Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CESG
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Sitecore