Security Posture Contracts in the Midlands

Security Posture
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 140 200
Rank change year-on-year +10 +60 -36
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 12 13 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.41% 0.40% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.33% 1.26% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 3
10th Percentile - £400 £493
25th Percentile £400 £519 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £750 £625
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +20.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £626 - £638
90th Percentile £635 £813 -
England median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% 0.00% +5.26%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 900 1,029 1,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.47% 32.05% 29.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 570 691 1,070
10th Percentile £220 £263 £213
25th Percentile £359 £375 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year - +2.83% +14.41%
75th Percentile £623 £600 £575
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
England median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.31% +2.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 37 47
10th Percentile £10.42 £18.70 £14.05
25th Percentile £13.91 £20.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £27.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +48.65% +13.85%
75th Percentile £33.93 £53.75 £23.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £26.37
England median hourly rate £37.50 £23.33 £26.00
% change year-on-year +60.77% -10.29% +4.00%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the Midlands

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the Midlands

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the Midlands

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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 +11 9 £600 -20.00% 4
East Midlands +10 3 £400 -23.81% 2
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
1 3 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Information Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Information Security Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Data Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 2 (16.67%) Security Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Security Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) SOC Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Elasticsearch Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Security Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) SIEM Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (41.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 5 (41.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 4 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) SIEM
3 4 (33.33%) Threat Detection
4 3 (25.00%) Analytics
4 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (25.00%) Data Analytics
4 3 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (25.00%) Information Security
4 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 1 (8.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 1 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (8.33%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (8.33%) Tech Ops
5 1 (8.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (25.00%) CISSP
2 3 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kibana
1 1 (8.33%) logstash
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Qualys
2 1 (8.33%) Rapid7