CISSP Contracts in Berkshire

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 93 118
Rank change year-on-year -4 +25 -9
Contract jobs citing CISSP 13 26 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.81% 1.45% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.02% 3.39% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 11
10th Percentile £589 £312 -
25th Percentile £600 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -2.27% +2.33%
75th Percentile £650 £646 £656
90th Percentile £845 £763 £738
South East median daily rate £600 £600 £613
% change year-on-year - -2.04% +9.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £72.40 -
South East median hourly rate - £72.40 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

CISSP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 644 767 657
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 40.22% 42.68% 28.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 444 373
10th Percentile £296 £210 £324
25th Percentile £425 £400 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £571 £525 £531
Median % change year-on-year +8.76% -1.04% +7.61%
75th Percentile £645 £623 £620
90th Percentile £714 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £525 £528 £525
% change year-on-year -0.47% +0.48% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 52 15
10th Percentile £41.74 £31.44 £18.60
25th Percentile £56.04 £49.90 £21.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £63.15 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.45% +174.54% +9.26%
75th Percentile £75.27 £72.65 £59.88
90th Percentile £100.00 £76.06 £90.75
South East median hourly rate £58.49 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -2.52% +33.33% -2.01%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in Berkshire

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISSP in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for CISSP in Berkshire

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in Berkshire

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISSP in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in Berkshire

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -10 10 £625 +78.57% 3
CISSP
South East

CISSP
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:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) AWS
3 3 (23.08%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (23.08%) GCP
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 2 (15.38%) SaaS
5 1 (7.69%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) Network Security
2 3 (23.08%) NGFW
2 3 (23.08%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (23.08%) SSL
3 2 (15.38%) BGP
3 2 (15.38%) Broadband
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (15.38%) DMVPN
3 2 (15.38%) EIGRP
3 2 (15.38%) Firewall
3 2 (15.38%) IPsec
3 2 (15.38%) Mobile Broadband
3 2 (15.38%) MPLS
3 2 (15.38%) OSPF
3 2 (15.38%) VPN
4 1 (7.69%) 4G
4 1 (7.69%) 5G
4 1 (7.69%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (7.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (7.69%) Sourcefire
General
1 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Architect
1 6 (46.15%) Security Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Compliance Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Network Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Network Security Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Security Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Security Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Chief Information Security Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Information Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Operations Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Security Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Security Compliance Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Telecoms Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.69%) IoT
1 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
1 1 (7.69%) PKI
1 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
1 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (7.69%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Information Security
2 6 (46.15%) Risk Management
3 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (38.46%) Project Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) Application Security
4 4 (30.77%) Cloud Security
4 4 (30.77%) Data Security
4 4 (30.77%) Security Architecture
4 4 (30.77%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (23.08%) Microservices
5 3 (23.08%) Network Load Balancing
5 3 (23.08%) SIEM
5 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (23.08%) TOGAF
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (15.38%) ITIL
6 2 (15.38%) Migration
6 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (15.38%) RBAC
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) CISM
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
3 2 (15.38%) CCNA
3 2 (15.38%) CCNP
3 2 (15.38%) CISA
3 2 (15.38%) CISMP
3 2 (15.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
4 1 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.69%) CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
4 1 (7.69%) PMP
4 1 (7.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (15.38%) GDPR
2 2 (15.38%) NIST
3 1 (7.69%) COBIT
3 1 (7.69%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco
2 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto
2 2 (15.38%) VMware
2 2 (15.38%) Zscaler
3 1 (7.69%) F5