Security Operations Contracts in Birmingham

Security Operations (SecOps)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 64 80
Rank change year-on-year +10 +16 -30
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 14 13 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.83% 1.45% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 1.64% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 10
10th Percentile - £494 £448
25th Percentile £388 £622 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% -2.13%
75th Percentile £681 - £619
90th Percentile £693 £706 £800
West Midlands median daily rate £629 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -3.17% +13.04% -2.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Security Operations 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 640 792 1,215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 83.55% 88.20% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 532 879
10th Percentile £248 £264 £213
25th Percentile £363 £395 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +7.89% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £488
% change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% +17.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 27 23
10th Percentile £13.20 £11.00 £12.10
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.50 £13.88
Median hourly rate £27.25 £15.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +81.67% -14.19% -2.89%
75th Percentile £48.75 £26.50 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £71.25 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £17.00
% change year-on-year +26.98% +4.24% +1.07%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Birmingham

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in Birmingham

Security Operations
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 4 (28.57%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (14.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Analyst
1 14 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Security Operations Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 11 (78.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (28.57%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (28.57%) Incident Response
2 3 (21.43%) Threat Detection
3 1 (7.14%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Darktrace
1 4 (28.57%) FireEye
1 4 (28.57%) LogRhythm
1 4 (28.57%) Splunk
2 2 (14.29%) Sage