Security Specialist Contracts in the Midlands

Security Specialist
England > Midlands

The median Security Specialist daily rate in the Midlands is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 158 206
Rank change year-on-year +22 +48 -57
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 3 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.11% 0.12% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.12% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £525 £414 -
25th Percentile £563 £416 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £497 £488
Median % change year-on-year +25.82% +1.90% -27.78%
75th Percentile £688 £530 £506
90th Percentile £725 £535 -
England median daily rate £488 £591 £533
% change year-on-year -17.46% +10.91% +6.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,508 3,256 4,857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 94.65% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,690 2,289 3,556
10th Percentile £213 £223 £206
25th Percentile £325 £363 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +3.83% +14.38%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 128 177
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.35 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.21 £13.75
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +15.74% +14.47%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £61.50 £32.70
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the Midlands

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in the Midlands

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Specialist in the Midlands

Security Specialist
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 Specialist 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 +32 3 £625 +31.58% 6
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Security Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (33.33%) DDoS Mitigation
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security

Security Specialist Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (33.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) DDoS Mitigation
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) OWASP
2 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft