Cybersecurity Contracts in Berkshire

Cybersecurity
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 42 64
Rank change year-on-year 0 +22 +8
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 92 88 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 4.70% 4.95% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.37% 5.52% 3.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 47 52
10th Percentile £413 £363 £390
25th Percentile £495 £459 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +9.52% +7.91%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £591
90th Percentile - £702 £726
South East median daily rate £600 £591 £550
% change year-on-year +1.59% +7.38% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 0
10th Percentile £81.39 £72.13 -
25th Percentile £81.88 £73.21 -
Median hourly rate £87.23 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.31% - -
75th Percentile £87.48 £75.34 -
90th Percentile £87.53 £75.54 -
South East median hourly rate £87.46 £73.92 £22.00
% change year-on-year +18.32% +235.99% -56.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,714 1,594 2,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 87.54% 89.60% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 995 1,321
10th Percentile £258 £339 £275
25th Percentile £400 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.14% +5.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £588
90th Percentile £675 £710 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.79% +1.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 51 39
10th Percentile £17.45 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.31 £25.31 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.53 £63.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% +200.00% -2.33%
75th Percentile £71.75 £74.90 £34.95
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £70.68
South East median hourly rate £49.50 £52.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.71% +133.33% -10.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Berkshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Berkshire

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Berkshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Berkshire

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Berkshire

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 12 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 -1 60 £578 -3.71% 20
Wokingham 0 6 £573 -0.43% 2
Bracknell -3 5 - -
Maidenhead - 2 £425 - 1
Hungerford 0 1 £475 -26.92%
Windsor - 1 £750 -
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (15.22%) Azure
2 7 (7.61%) AWS
3 6 (6.52%) Azure Logic Apps
4 5 (5.43%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (5.43%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.43%) IaaS
4 5 (5.43%) PaaS
4 5 (5.43%) SaaS
5 4 (4.35%) Azure API Management
6 3 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.26%) Azure Event Grid
7 1 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.09%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.09%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 34 (36.96%) Firewall
2 26 (28.26%) Intrusion Detection
3 16 (17.39%) Network Security
4 11 (11.96%) DNS
5 7 (7.61%) WAN
6 5 (5.43%) DHCP
6 5 (5.43%) SD-WAN
7 3 (3.26%) VPN
8 2 (2.17%) LAN
8 2 (2.17%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.09%) 4G
9 1 (1.09%) 5G
9 1 (1.09%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.09%) Big Data
1 1 (1.09%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.17%) Git
2 2 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 11 (11.96%) Public Sector
2 7 (7.61%) Telecoms
3 5 (5.43%) Social Skills
4 4 (4.35%) Automotive
5 3 (3.26%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.17%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.17%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.09%) Finance
7 1 (1.09%) French Language
7 1 (1.09%) German Language
7 1 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (44.57%) Architect
2 35 (38.04%) Security Architect
3 33 (35.87%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 9 (9.78%) Consultant
4 9 (9.78%) Lead
4 9 (9.78%) Security Consultant
5 8 (8.70%) Analyst
5 8 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 8 (8.70%) Senior
6 6 (6.52%) Project Manager
7 5 (5.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (5.43%) Infrastructure Architect
7 5 (5.43%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
7 5 (5.43%) Security Manager
7 5 (5.43%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (5.43%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 5 (5.43%) WAN Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Business Analyst
8 4 (4.35%) Security Project Manager
8 4 (4.35%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.26%) .NET
1 3 (3.26%) Web Services
2 1 (1.09%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.09%) CSS
2 1 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.09%) Kafka
2 1 (1.09%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.22%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.61%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (5.43%) Operational Technology
3 5 (5.43%) Private Cloud
4 4 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.35%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.26%) CSOC
5 3 (3.26%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (3.26%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.17%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.17%) IoT
6 2 (2.17%) SCADA
7 1 (1.09%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.09%) Cybercrime
7 1 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.09%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.09%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (1.09%) iPad
7 1 (1.09%) PKI
7 1 (1.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.13%) Windows
2 6 (6.52%) Linux
3 3 (3.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (38.04%) DevOps
2 25 (27.17%) Security Architecture
3 23 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (21.74%) Vulnerability Management
5 19 (20.65%) Information Security
6 17 (18.48%) Identity Access Management
7 16 (17.39%) Risk Management
8 14 (15.22%) Security Monitoring
9 11 (11.96%) Incident Response
9 11 (11.96%) ITIL
9 11 (11.96%) Security Operations
10 10 (10.87%) Application Security
11 9 (9.78%) Information Security Management
11 9 (9.78%) OWASP
11 9 (9.78%) Security Management
12 8 (8.70%) Agile
12 8 (8.70%) Cloud Security
12 8 (8.70%) Conflict Resolution
12 8 (8.70%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 8 (8.70%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.43%) Python
2 4 (4.35%) Java
3 3 (3.26%) C#
3 3 (3.26%) PHP
3 3 (3.26%) Ruby
4 2 (2.17%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.09%) Bash
5 1 (1.09%) Bicep
5 1 (1.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (40.22%) Security Cleared
2 32 (34.78%) DV Cleared
3 7 (7.61%) ISACA
4 4 (4.35%) Azure Certification
4 4 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (3.26%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.26%) CISSP
5 3 (3.26%) Degree
6 2 (2.17%) CCSP
6 2 (2.17%) CEH
6 2 (2.17%) CISA
6 2 (2.17%) CISM
7 1 (1.09%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.09%) CBAP
7 1 (1.09%) CCSK
7 1 (1.09%) CISMP
7 1 (1.09%) CRISC
7 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.13%) NIST
2 11 (11.96%) COBIT
3 9 (9.78%) GDPR
4 5 (5.43%) ISO 9000
5 3 (3.26%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.17%) GRC
6 2 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (2.17%) QA
7 1 (1.09%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (7.61%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.26%) Docker
3 3 (3.26%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.26%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (5.43%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (3.26%) Nessus
2 3 (3.26%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (2.17%) RSA Archer
3 2 (2.17%) Terraform
4 1 (1.09%) Ansible
4 1 (1.09%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 14 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.78%) Cisco
3 5 (5.43%) VMware
4 4 (4.35%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (4.35%) Splunk
5 3 (3.26%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.17%) CheckPoint
6 2 (2.17%) Citrix
7 1 (1.09%) BMC
7 1 (1.09%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.09%) Databricks
7 1 (1.09%) Fujitsu
7 1 (1.09%) Proofpoint
7 1 (1.09%) Remedy
7 1 (1.09%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.09%) Zscaler