Information Security Contracts in the Midlands

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 87 105
Rank change year-on-year +17 +18 -30
Contract jobs citing Information Security 65 80 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.38% 2.34% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.89% 2.64% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 62 68
10th Percentile £413 £400 £210
25th Percentile £513 £478 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £581 £545
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +6.65% +10.21%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £609
90th Percentile £850 £738 £704
England median daily rate £583 £618 £575
% change year-on-year -5.59% +7.39% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 - £13.20
75th Percentile £14.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £19.50 £75.75 £67.50
% change year-on-year -74.26% +12.22% +164.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,250 3,028 4,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.30% 88.49% 88.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,505 2,116 3,273
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £356 £370 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +4.74% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £565
90th Percentile £700 £680 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 122 148
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.05 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.60 £15.13 £13.73
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.43 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% +5.33% +10.34%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.69 £22.14
90th Percentile £55.00 £53.53 £34.65
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
% change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the Midlands

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in the Midlands

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in the Midlands

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in the Midlands

Information Security
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 Information Security within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 May 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 -2 44 £606 +1.04% 31
East Midlands +29 19 £400 -27.27% 33
Information Security
England

Information Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (20.00%) Azure
2 11 (16.92%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (12.31%) AWS
3 8 (12.31%) SaaS
4 2 (3.08%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.54%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.54%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (24.62%) Network Security
2 15 (23.08%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (6.15%) VPN
4 2 (3.08%) Wireless
5 1 (1.54%) LAN
5 1 (1.54%) NAS
5 1 (1.54%) SAN
5 1 (1.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (23.08%) Big Data
2 2 (3.08%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.54%) Metadata
General
1 24 (36.92%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (26.15%) Social Skills
3 16 (24.62%) Public Sector
4 14 (21.54%) Finance
5 8 (12.31%) Legal
6 7 (10.77%) Telecoms
7 6 (9.23%) Manufacturing
8 4 (6.15%) Electronics
8 4 (6.15%) Marketing
8 4 (6.15%) Police
9 3 (4.62%) Law
10 1 (1.54%) Military
10 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (27.69%) Analyst
2 10 (15.38%) IT Manager
3 8 (12.31%) Cyber Defence Analyst
3 8 (12.31%) Delivery Manager
3 8 (12.31%) IT Services Delivery Manager
3 8 (12.31%) IT Services Manager
3 8 (12.31%) Service Delivery Manager
3 8 (12.31%) Service Manager
4 6 (9.23%) Consultant
5 4 (6.15%) Architect
5 4 (6.15%) Information Analyst
5 4 (6.15%) Information Security Analyst
5 4 (6.15%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.15%) Security Analyst
5 4 (6.15%) Security Manager
5 4 (6.15%) Security Project Manager
6 3 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Data Consultant
6 3 (4.62%) Data Protection Consultant
6 3 (4.62%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (23.08%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (3.08%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.54%) CSS
3 1 (1.54%) HTML
3 1 (1.54%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 25 (38.46%) Cyber Defence
2 20 (30.77%) Management Information System
3 16 (24.62%) Distributed Applications
4 10 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (13.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (6.15%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (4.62%) Operational Technology
7 3 (4.62%) Security Posture
8 2 (3.08%) IoT
8 2 (3.08%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.54%) Cyberattack
9 1 (1.54%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (32.31%) Apple iOS
2 17 (26.15%) Windows
3 13 (20.00%) Android
3 13 (20.00%) Linux
3 13 (20.00%) Unix
4 4 (6.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (58.46%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (40.00%) SIEM
3 18 (27.69%) Security Architecture
4 17 (26.15%) Data Management
4 17 (26.15%) Security Operations
5 16 (24.62%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (23.08%) Data Engineering
7 14 (21.54%) Data Pipeline
8 13 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
9 12 (18.46%) Analytics
9 12 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (18.46%) Service Delivery
10 11 (16.92%) Data Analysis
10 11 (16.92%) Migration
11 10 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 10 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
12 9 (13.85%) Case Management
12 9 (13.85%) Incident Response
12 9 (13.85%) Protective Monitoring
12 9 (13.85%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.31%) Swift
2 1 (1.54%) Java
2 1 (1.54%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (49.23%) Security Cleared
2 19 (29.23%) DV Cleared
3 11 (16.92%) SC Cleared
4 6 (9.23%) CISSP
5 4 (6.15%) Degree
6 3 (4.62%) CISM
6 3 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.08%) CEH
7 2 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.54%) CCNA
8 1 (1.54%) CCNP
8 1 (1.54%) CCSP
8 1 (1.54%) CRISC
8 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (23.08%) Actionable Recommendations
2 8 (12.31%) NIST
3 7 (10.77%) NIST 800
4 5 (7.69%) SLA
5 3 (4.62%) GDPR
6 2 (3.08%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (3.08%) NCSC
7 1 (1.54%) COBIT
7 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.54%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (1.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.08%) Kibana
1 2 (3.08%) logstash
Vendors
1 22 (33.85%) Microsoft
2 11 (16.92%) Red Hat
3 8 (12.31%) Okta
4 4 (6.15%) Computacenter
4 4 (6.15%) SAP
5 1 (1.54%) Cisco
5 1 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.54%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.54%) Juniper