Cloud Security Contracts in the West Midlands

Cloud Security
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security 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 82 103 164
Rank change year-on-year +21 +61 -51
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 27 36 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.40% 1.51% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.71% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 33 9
10th Percentile £468 £450 £465
25th Percentile £492 £490 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% -8.33% +7.87%
75th Percentile £675 £731 £688
90th Percentile - £800 £753
England median daily rate £600 £641 £625
% change year-on-year -6.36% +2.52% +9.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Cloud 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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,617 2,107 3,207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.00% 88.53% 90.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,446 2,363
10th Percentile £275 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £406 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% +17.47%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £694 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 45 71
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.81
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +4.24% +1.07%
75th Percentile £41.13 £23.75 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.75 £51.25 £22.25
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in the West Midlands

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in the West Midlands

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in the West Midlands

Cloud Security
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the West 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
Coventry +18 8 £650 +33.33% 2
Birmingham +5 6 £600 0.00% 2
Shropshire +32 4 £485 -1.62% 1
Warwickshire +2 4 £600 -20.00% 2
Cloud Security
England

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (59.26%) Azure
2 7 (25.93%) AWS
3 6 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 5 (18.52%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (18.52%) CloudFront
4 5 (18.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (11.11%) IaaS
5 3 (11.11%) PaaS
6 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (3.70%) Azure Storage
7 1 (3.70%) OCI
7 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (55.56%) Network Security
2 12 (44.44%) Firewall
3 9 (33.33%) VPN
4 7 (25.93%) DNS
5 2 (7.41%) DMZ
6 1 (3.70%) LAN
6 1 (3.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Git
General
1 8 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Finance
3 5 (18.52%) Retail
3 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Security Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Applications Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Cloud Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Senior
2 5 (18.52%) SOC Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Consultant
3 4 (14.81%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (14.81%) SAP Security Consultant
3 4 (14.81%) Security Consultant
3 4 (14.81%) Senior Consultant
3 4 (14.81%) Senior SAP Consultant
3 4 (14.81%) Senior Security Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Network Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Platform Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Security Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Security Project Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) OAuth
1 5 (18.52%) OAuth2
1 5 (18.52%) SAML
2 2 (7.41%) JSON
2 2 (7.41%) Regular Expression
2 2 (7.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) Cloud Native
2 5 (18.52%) Management Information System
2 5 (18.52%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (18.52%) Security Posture
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (7.41%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (7.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.41%) PKI
3 2 (7.41%) Taxonomies
4 1 (3.70%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Identity Access Management
2 10 (37.04%) Incident Response
3 8 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (29.63%) SIEM
4 7 (25.93%) CI/CD
5 6 (22.22%) Analytics
6 5 (18.52%) Application Security
6 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
6 5 (18.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 5 (18.52%) Data Analytics
6 5 (18.52%) Data Security
6 5 (18.52%) Defensive Programming
6 5 (18.52%) DevSecOps
6 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure Management
6 5 (18.52%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (18.52%) Security Operations
6 5 (18.52%) Task Automation
6 5 (18.52%) Threat Detection
6 5 (18.52%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.70%) Python
3 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) SC Cleared
1 14 (51.85%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.93%) CISSP
2 7 (25.93%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (22.22%) Azure Certification
3 6 (22.22%) Degree
4 5 (18.52%) AWS Certification
4 5 (18.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (7.41%) BC Cleared
5 2 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (7.41%) CASP
5 2 (7.41%) GCED
5 2 (7.41%) GIAC
5 2 (7.41%) GSEC
6 1 (3.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (3.70%) CCSP
6 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.70%) CISM
6 1 (3.70%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) COBIT
1 1 (3.70%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 5 (18.52%) Docker
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Terraform
2 2 (7.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Palo Alto
2 4 (14.81%) SAP
3 2 (7.41%) Citrix
3 2 (7.41%) F5
3 2 (7.41%) Fortinet
3 2 (7.41%) LogRhythm
3 2 (7.41%) TippingPoint
3 2 (7.41%) Trend Micro
4 1 (3.70%) Oracle