Security Consultant Contracts in Berkshire

Security Consultant
South East > Berkshire

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Berkshire is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 87 113
Rank change year-on-year -21 +26 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 13 28 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.67% 1.58% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 1.67% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 13
10th Percentile - £509 £238
25th Percentile - £547 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £667 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +6.76% +25.00%
75th Percentile £656 £719 £700
90th Percentile £668 £750 £708
South East median daily rate £625 £638 £613
% change year-on-year -1.96% +4.08% +37.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,801 1,681 2,267
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 94.86% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 933 1,047 1,457
10th Percentile £243 £325 £213
25th Percentile £388 £419 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +10.00%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 59 37
10th Percentile £19.23 £17.42 £13.00
25th Percentile £42.00 £24.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.06 £64.68 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +207.98% -2.33%
75th Percentile £76.12 £74.90 £34.89
90th Percentile £87.53 £79.40 £67.80
South East median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -20.00%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in Berkshire

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in Berkshire

Security Consultant
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 Security Consultant within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 -21 10 £650 -5.04% 3
Security Consultant
South East

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Security Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (61.54%) OWASP
2 8 (61.54%) Network Security
2 8 (61.54%) ITIL
2 8 (61.54%) Identity Access Management
2 8 (61.54%) NIST
2 8 (61.54%) Application Security
3 7 (53.85%) COBIT
4 6 (46.15%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (46.15%) Information Security Management
4 6 (46.15%) Security Management
4 6 (46.15%) Information Security
4 6 (46.15%) Data Centre
4 6 (46.15%) GDPR
5 5 (38.46%) Conflict Resolution
5 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (38.46%) Risk Management
6 4 (30.77%) Capacity Management
6 4 (30.77%) ISACA
6 4 (30.77%) JIRA
6 4 (30.77%) Project Planning
6 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
6 4 (30.77%) Budget Management
6 4 (30.77%) Budgeting
7 3 (23.08%) AWS
7 3 (23.08%) Agile
7 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (15.38%) Juniper
8 2 (15.38%) CheckPoint
8 2 (15.38%) MPLS

Security Consultant Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) Network Security
2 2 (15.38%) BGP
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Firepower
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (15.38%) DMVPN
2 2 (15.38%) EIGRP
2 2 (15.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 2 (15.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) IPsec
2 2 (15.38%) MPLS
2 2 (15.38%) OSPF
2 2 (15.38%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (15.38%) SD-WAN
2 2 (15.38%) Sourcefire
2 2 (15.38%) VPN
2 2 (15.38%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) JIRA
General
1 1 (7.69%) French Language
1 1 (7.69%) German Language
1 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
1 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Cyberattack
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (61.54%) Application Security
2 8 (61.54%) Identity Access Management
2 8 (61.54%) ITIL
2 8 (61.54%) OWASP
3 6 (46.15%) Information Security
3 6 (46.15%) Information Security Management
3 6 (46.15%) Security Management
3 6 (46.15%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (38.46%) Conflict Resolution
4 5 (38.46%) Risk Management
4 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (30.77%) Budget Management
5 4 (30.77%) Budgeting
5 4 (30.77%) Capacity Management
5 4 (30.77%) Project Planning
5 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
6 3 (23.08%) Agile
7 2 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (15.38%) Security Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) ISACA
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (15.38%) CCNA
3 2 (15.38%) CCNP
4 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) CISA
4 1 (7.69%) CISM
4 1 (7.69%) CISMP
4 1 (7.69%) CISSP
4 1 (7.69%) CRISC
4 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (61.54%) NIST
2 7 (53.85%) COBIT
3 6 (46.15%) GDPR
4 1 (7.69%) GRC
4 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Aruba
1 2 (15.38%) Blue Coat
1 2 (15.38%) CheckPoint
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco
1 2 (15.38%) F5
1 2 (15.38%) Fortinet
1 2 (15.38%) Juniper
1 2 (15.38%) McAfee
1 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto
1 2 (15.38%) Zscaler
2 1 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (7.69%) Splunk