Information Security Contracts in the West Midlands

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 62 106
Rank change year-on-year -12 +44 -34
Contract jobs citing Information Security 42 71 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.16% 3.16% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 3.59% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 54 55
10th Percentile £510 £400 £210
25th Percentile £575 £431 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £648 £588 £540
Median % change year-on-year +10.21% +8.80% -1.82%
75th Percentile £744 £734 £600
90th Percentile £850 £746 £700
England median daily rate £600 £618 £575
% change year-on-year -2.83% +7.39% +9.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,612 1,976 3,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.88% 87.86% 90.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,074 1,343 2,346
10th Percentile £263 £263 £280
25th Percentile £373 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.05% +16.47%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £586
90th Percentile £746 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 49 61
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.22 £13.70 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.97 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% +23.35% +9.68%
75th Percentile £40.81 £28.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £48.75 £24.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the West Midlands

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in the West Midlands

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in the West Midlands

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in the West Midlands

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Herefordshire +4 23 £642 -1.25% 1
Warwickshire -11 6 £675 -6.90% 3
Birmingham -5 5 £563 -2.17% 18
Coventry +3 2 £700 +75.00% 6
Staffordshire +8 1 - - 6
Worcestershire +5 1 - - 4
Solihull - 1 - - 3
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 (4.76%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.14%) Azure
2 2 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.38%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 19 (45.24%) Network Security
2 18 (42.86%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (42.86%) Big Data
2 2 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
General
1 24 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 6 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.76%) Finance
5 2 (4.76%) Law
5 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (23.81%) Analyst
2 7 (16.67%) Cyber Defence Analyst
3 3 (7.14%) Architect
3 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 3 (7.14%) Lead
3 3 (7.14%) Security Engineer
4 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 2 (4.76%) Product Owner
4 2 (4.76%) Programme Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Project Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Security Architect
4 2 (4.76%) Security Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Security Project Manager
4 2 (4.76%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (2.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (2.38%) Governance Manager
5 1 (2.38%) Information Assurance Leader
5 1 (2.38%) IT Security Project Manager
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
5 1 (2.38%) Security Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (42.86%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (4.76%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 27 (64.29%) Cyber Defence
2 23 (54.76%) Management Information System
3 19 (45.24%) Distributed Applications
4 9 (21.43%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (19.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 3 (7.14%) Operational Technology
6 3 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (4.76%) IoT
7 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
8 1 (2.38%) Cyberattack
8 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 17 (40.48%) Windows
2 16 (38.10%) Android
2 16 (38.10%) Apple iOS
2 16 (38.10%) Linux
2 16 (38.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (69.05%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (64.29%) SIEM
3 21 (50.00%) Data Management
4 20 (47.62%) Security Architecture
4 20 (47.62%) Security Operations
5 19 (45.24%) Actionable Insight
6 18 (42.86%) Data Engineering
6 18 (42.86%) Data Pipeline
7 16 (38.10%) Analytics
7 16 (38.10%) Kalman Filter
8 15 (35.71%) Data Analysis
9 9 (21.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 9 (21.43%) Threat Intelligence
10 8 (19.05%) Case Management
10 8 (19.05%) Incident Management
10 8 (19.05%) Incident Response
10 8 (19.05%) Protective Monitoring
10 8 (19.05%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (19.05%) Use Case
11 6 (14.29%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.38%) Java
1 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 23 (54.76%) DV Cleared
3 4 (9.52%) CISSP
4 3 (7.14%) Degree
5 2 (4.76%) CEH
5 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (2.38%) CCSP
6 1 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.38%) CISM
6 1 (2.38%) CRISC
6 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.38%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (42.86%) Actionable Recommendations
2 6 (14.29%) NIST
2 6 (14.29%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.38%) COBIT
3 1 (2.38%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Kibana
1 2 (4.76%) logstash
2 1 (2.38%) Nessus
2 1 (2.38%) SCCM
2 1 (2.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (35.71%) Red Hat
2 8 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.38%) Netskope
3 1 (2.38%) VMware