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 advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 156 203
Rank change year-on-year +34 +47 -51
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 17 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.62% 0.17% 0.079%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.01% 0.55% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 4
10th Percentile £400 - -
25th Percentile £447 £400 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £525 £700
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% -25.00% +16.67%
75th Percentile £628 £813 £813
90th Percentile £635 - -
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -11.11%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 844 1,088 1,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.94% 31.63% 29.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 733 1,077
10th Percentile £220 £240 £213
25th Percentile £350 £373 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +17.28%
75th Percentile £611 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 41 58
10th Percentile £10.47 £16.70 £12.27
25th Percentile £13.93 £18.13 £14.66
Median hourly rate £19.50 £22.50 £16.37
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +37.43% +5.63%
75th Percentile £28.88 £53.75 £19.94
90th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £22.90
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%

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 April 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 April 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 +38 13 £616 +2.71% 8
East Midlands +20 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Azure
2 5 (29.41%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) Firewall
2 5 (29.41%) Network Security
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (5.88%) LAN
3 1 (5.88%) SAN
3 1 (5.88%) VPN
3 1 (5.88%) WAN
3 1 (5.88%) Wireless
3 1 (5.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) MySQL
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Finance
2 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Analyst
1 4 (23.53%) SOC Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) Splunk Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Information Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Information Security Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Security Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Data Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Security Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Lead
4 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.88%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Security Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (29.41%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.76%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (11.76%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.88%) CCTV
4 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Android
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
1 1 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Ubuntu
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
1 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
1 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (52.94%) Analytics
3 9 (52.94%) Computer Science
3 9 (52.94%) Incident Response
3 9 (52.94%) Security Operations
3 9 (52.94%) SIEM
4 6 (35.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 6 (35.29%) Threat Intelligence
5 5 (29.41%) Cloud Security
5 5 (29.41%) Data Analytics
5 5 (29.41%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (29.41%) Threat Detection
6 4 (23.53%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (23.53%) Event Correlation
6 4 (23.53%) Log Analytics
7 3 (17.65%) Information Security
7 3 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
8 2 (11.76%) Coaching
9 1 (5.88%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) CISSP
1 9 (52.94%) CompTIA Security+
1 9 (52.94%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (52.94%) Degree
1 9 (52.94%) SC Cleared
1 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) Azure Certification
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.88%) PaperCut
1 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Splunk
3 1 (5.88%) Aruba
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) HP
3 1 (5.88%) Nimble Storage
3 1 (5.88%) Qualys
3 1 (5.88%) Rapid7
3 1 (5.88%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.88%) Sage
3 1 (5.88%) Veeam
3 1 (5.88%) VMware
3 1 (5.88%) WatchGuard