Cybersecurity Contracts in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 38 41
Rank change year-on-year +6 +3 -17
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 30 39 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.09% 4.44% 4.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.97% 5.07% 4.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 25 44
10th Percentile £373 £368 £425
25th Percentile £406 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £600 £650 £603
90th Percentile £760 £738 £642
West Midlands median daily rate £583 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -2.83% +9.09% +7.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Cybersecurity 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 Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 604 769 1,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 82.40% 87.49% 91.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 508 869
10th Percentile £236 £290 £225
25th Percentile £375 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £480
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +6.77% +12.94%
75th Percentile £581 £638 £600
90th Percentile £698 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £490
% change year-on-year -2.44% +4.59% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 32 21
10th Percentile £13.25 £11.10 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £12.50 £13.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £19.60 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.64% +15.31% -5.56%
75th Percentile £47.13 £29.06 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £53.00 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £20.97 £16.83
% change year-on-year +7.30% +24.64% +1.11%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 5 (16.67%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (43.33%) Firewall
2 3 (10.00%) WAN
3 2 (6.67%) DNS
3 2 (6.67%) Network Security
3 2 (6.67%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.33%) LAN
General
1 10 (33.33%) Legal
1 10 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (10.00%) Games
3 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Finance
3 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (6.67%) Police
3 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (60.00%) Analyst
2 15 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Consultant
4 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Lead
4 3 (10.00%) Security Manager
5 2 (6.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Asset Management Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) IT Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
5 2 (6.67%) Security Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Security Project Manager
5 2 (6.67%) SOC Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Team Leader
5 2 (6.67%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Cyberattack
1 5 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.67%) CMDB
2 2 (6.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (6.67%) Taxonomies
3 1 (3.33%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (56.67%) Linux
2 10 (33.33%) Mac OS X
3 7 (23.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) SIEM
2 12 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 12 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 12 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 10 (33.33%) Computer Forensics
3 10 (33.33%) Malware Reverse Engineering
3 10 (33.33%) Purple Team
3 10 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
3 10 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
3 10 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (20.00%) Incident Response
6 5 (16.67%) Line Management
6 5 (16.67%) Security Operations
7 3 (10.00%) Change Control
7 3 (10.00%) Cloud Security
7 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.67%) Offensive Security
8 2 (6.67%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 24 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (56.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) BC Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) CASP
3 2 (6.67%) CISSP
3 2 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (6.67%) GCED
3 2 (6.67%) GIAC
3 2 (6.67%) GSEC
4 1 (3.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.33%) CISM
4 1 (3.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (43.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (40.00%) NIST
3 11 (36.67%) GDPR
4 10 (33.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 10 (33.33%) HIPAA
5 2 (6.67%) ISO 9000
6 1 (3.33%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (3.33%) NCSC
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) LogRhythm
2 5 (16.67%) Darktrace
2 5 (16.67%) FireEye
2 5 (16.67%) Splunk
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco
3 2 (6.67%) Citrix
3 2 (6.67%) Fujitsu
3 2 (6.67%) Palo Alto
3 2 (6.67%) Sage
3 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.67%) TippingPoint
3 2 (6.67%) Trend Micro
4 1 (3.33%) Rapid7
4 1 (3.33%) Sophos