Information Security Contracts in the Midlands

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security 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 70 82 120
Rank change year-on-year +12 +38 -34
Contract jobs citing Information Security 72 80 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.44% 2.49% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 2.84% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 62 67
10th Percentile £445 £400 £210
25th Percentile £547 £453 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £629 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year +14.43% +1.85% +3.05%
75th Percentile £725 £702 £600
90th Percentile £850 £738 £700
England median daily rate £595 £615 £575
% change year-on-year -3.25% +6.96% +6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 - £13.20
75th Percentile £14.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £19.50 £76.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -74.51% +93.67% -32.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Information Security 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,373 2,816 4,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.50% 87.48% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,577 1,978 3,231
10th Percentile £234 £258 £250
25th Percentile £358 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 101 130
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.50 £10.68
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +31.51% +24.91%
75th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £24.50
90th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the Midlands

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Information Security in the Midlands

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in the Midlands

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in the Midlands

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -8 42 £645 +12.17% 56
East Midlands +20 24 £500 -4.76% 25
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (2.78%) Apache
2 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (20.83%) Azure
2 12 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (12.50%) AWS
4 8 (11.11%) SaaS
5 2 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.39%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.39%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (29.17%) Network Security
2 18 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (5.56%) VPN
4 3 (4.17%) Firewall
5 1 (1.39%) LAN
5 1 (1.39%) NAS
5 1 (1.39%) SAN
5 1 (1.39%) WAN
5 1 (1.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (25.00%) Big Data
2 2 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.39%) Metadata
General
1 31 (43.06%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (23.61%) Finance
3 16 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 10 (13.89%) Public Sector
5 9 (12.50%) Manufacturing
6 8 (11.11%) Legal
7 7 (9.72%) Telecoms
8 5 (6.94%) Automotive
9 4 (5.56%) Electronics
9 4 (5.56%) Marketing
10 3 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (2.78%) Law
12 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (1.39%) Local Government
12 1 (1.39%) Military
12 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (23.61%) Analyst
2 9 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 8 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
3 8 (11.11%) IT Services Delivery Manager
3 8 (11.11%) IT Services Manager
3 8 (11.11%) Service Delivery Manager
3 8 (11.11%) Service Manager
4 7 (9.72%) Cyber Defence Analyst
5 4 (5.56%) Architect
5 4 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (5.56%) Information Analyst
5 4 (5.56%) Information Security Analyst
5 4 (5.56%) Product Owner
5 4 (5.56%) Security Analyst
5 4 (5.56%) Security Engineer
6 3 (4.17%) Consultant
6 3 (4.17%) Project Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Security Architect
6 3 (4.17%) Security Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (25.00%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (2.78%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.39%) .NET
3 1 (1.39%) CSS
3 1 (1.39%) HTML
3 1 (1.39%) HTML5
3 1 (1.39%) OAuth
3 1 (1.39%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (37.50%) Cyber Defence
1 27 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 19 (26.39%) Distributed Applications
3 9 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (8.33%) IoT
6 4 (5.56%) Operational Technology
6 4 (5.56%) Product Ownership
7 3 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (4.17%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.39%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.39%) Cyberattack
8 1 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.39%) PKI
8 1 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 24 (33.33%) Windows
2 19 (26.39%) Linux
3 16 (22.22%) Android
3 16 (22.22%) Unix
4 4 (5.56%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (54.17%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (38.89%) SIEM
3 22 (30.56%) Security Architecture
4 20 (27.78%) Data Management
4 20 (27.78%) Security Operations
5 19 (26.39%) Actionable Insight
6 18 (25.00%) Data Engineering
6 18 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
7 16 (22.22%) Analytics
7 16 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
8 15 (20.83%) Data Analysis
9 14 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (18.06%) Service Delivery
11 10 (13.89%) Migration
11 10 (13.89%) Use Case
12 9 (12.50%) Change Management
12 9 (12.50%) IT Governance
12 9 (12.50%) ITSM
12 9 (12.50%) Service Management
12 9 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.11%) Swift
2 2 (2.78%) Java
2 2 (2.78%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.39%) C
3 1 (1.39%) C++
3 1 (1.39%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 28 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 23 (31.94%) DV Cleared
3 9 (12.50%) CISSP
4 6 (8.33%) Degree
4 6 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 5 (6.94%) CISM
5 5 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.78%) CEH
7 1 (1.39%) CISA
7 1 (1.39%) CRISC
7 1 (1.39%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 15 (20.83%) NIST
3 7 (9.72%) NIST 800
4 5 (6.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (5.56%) SLA
6 1 (1.39%) COBIT
6 1 (1.39%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.78%) Kibana
1 2 (2.78%) logstash
2 1 (1.39%) Nessus
2 1 (1.39%) SCCM
2 1 (1.39%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (36.11%) Microsoft
2 15 (20.83%) Red Hat
3 8 (11.11%) Okta
4 4 (5.56%) Computacenter
4 4 (5.56%) SAP
5 1 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.39%) Google
5 1 (1.39%) Netskope
5 1 (1.39%) Thales
5 1 (1.39%) VMware