Security Operations Contracts in the West Midlands

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 98 147
Rank change year-on-year +20 +49 -28
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 38 34 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.99% 1.47% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 1.67% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 17 22
10th Percentile £489 £365 £455
25th Percentile £585 £513 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £634 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +13.04% -2.13%
75th Percentile £713 £763 £763
90th Percentile £850 £768 £1,100
England median daily rate £600 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,602 2,036 3,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.79% 88.29% 90.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,062 1,391 2,325
10th Percentile £275 £263 £275
25th Percentile £371 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +4.59% +15.29%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 47 65
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.30 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.87
Median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +12.93% +0.03%
75th Percentile £40.25 £28.13 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.75 £50.00 £21.40
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the West Midlands

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in the West Midlands

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in the West Midlands

Security Operations
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 Security Operations within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Birmingham +18 16 £563 -13.46% 9
Herefordshire +3 13 £725 +11.54% 1
Warwickshire -4 1 £625 -13.79% 1
Worcestershire - 1 - -
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.16%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.16%) Azure
1 5 (13.16%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (44.74%) Network Security
2 13 (34.21%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (28.95%) Firewall
4 1 (2.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (34.21%) Big Data
2 2 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
General
1 19 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (7.89%) Games
2 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.26%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 19 (50.00%) Analyst
2 18 (47.37%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (10.53%) Security Analyst
3 4 (10.53%) Security Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Lead
4 3 (7.89%) SOC Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Data Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Security Operations Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Splunk Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Team Leader
6 1 (2.63%) Cyber Defence Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Senior
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (34.21%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (5.26%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 22 (57.89%) Security Operations Centre
2 18 (47.37%) Cyber Defence
3 14 (36.84%) Distributed Applications
3 14 (36.84%) Management Information System
4 5 (13.16%) Cyberattack
4 5 (13.16%) Security Posture
5 3 (7.89%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (5.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.63%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 16 (42.11%) Linux
1 16 (42.11%) Windows
2 11 (28.95%) Android
2 11 (28.95%) Apple iOS
2 11 (28.95%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (71.05%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (60.53%) SIEM
3 16 (42.11%) Actionable Insight
3 16 (42.11%) Analytics
3 16 (42.11%) Information Security
4 13 (34.21%) Data Engineering
4 13 (34.21%) Data Management
4 13 (34.21%) Data Pipeline
4 13 (34.21%) Security Architecture
5 12 (31.58%) Incident Response
6 11 (28.95%) Data Analysis
6 11 (28.95%) Kalman Filter
7 8 (21.05%) Threat Detection
8 7 (18.42%) Computer Science
8 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (15.79%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 6 (15.79%) Threat Intelligence
10 5 (13.16%) Data Analytics
11 3 (7.89%) Cloud Security
11 3 (7.89%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.89%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 36 (94.74%) Security Cleared
2 15 (39.47%) DV Cleared
2 15 (39.47%) SC Cleared
3 7 (18.42%) CISSP
3 7 (18.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (18.42%) Degree
4 5 (13.16%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (7.89%) Azure Certification
5 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (5.26%) CEH
7 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (34.21%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 2 (5.26%) Kibana
1 2 (5.26%) logstash
Vendors
1 11 (28.95%) Red Hat
2 7 (18.42%) Splunk
3 5 (13.16%) Darktrace
3 5 (13.16%) FireEye
3 5 (13.16%) LogRhythm
3 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.26%) Sage