Security Posture Contracts in the West Midlands

Security Posture
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture 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 105 120 176
Rank change year-on-year +15 +56 -41
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 6 9 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.29% 0.41% 0.028%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.96% 1.22% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 0
10th Percentile £425 £400 -
25th Percentile £463 £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £750 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -
75th Percentile £635 £781 -
90th Percentile - £813 -
England median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -

All Generic Skills
West 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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 628 736 1,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.75% 33.26% 28.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 478 734
10th Percentile £271 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £413 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £646 £638 £588
90th Percentile £750 £700 £700
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 22 18
10th Percentile £10.42 £17.77 £13.95
25th Percentile £14.71 £21.54 £15.06
Median hourly rate £23.58 £27.50 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.27% +61.76% +3.37%
75th Percentile £40.38 £30.00 £23.25
90th Percentile £58.75 £57.13 £36.58
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the West Midlands

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the West Midlands

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the West Midlands

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the West 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
Birmingham +14 2 £475 -36.67% 2
Warwickshire -6 1 £425 -45.16%
Worcestershire - 1 £500 -
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Data Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Security Posture
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (33.33%) SIEM
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
4 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Qualys
2 1 (16.67%) Rapid7