Offensive Security Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Offensive Security
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Offensive Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Offensive Security 11 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.20% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £360 - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £425 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Offensive Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 762 477 554
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 83.19% 86.57% 81.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 314 389
10th Percentile £313 £164 £231
25th Percentile £400 £321 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £626
90th Percentile £675 £639 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 50 16
10th Percentile £13.45 - £13.63
25th Percentile £23.46 £12.62 £19.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -51.30% +53.47%
75th Percentile £55.00 £22.08 £51.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £26.89 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.98 £24.34 £19.99
% change year-on-year +39.61% +21.79% -25.98%

Offensive Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Offensive Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Offensive Security job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Offensive Security
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Offensive Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Offensive Security

Offensive Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
Development Applications
1 8 (72.73%) Claude Code
2 1 (9.09%) Rational Performance Tester
General
1 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Lead
2 5 (45.45%) Penetration Tester
2 5 (45.45%) Tester
3 4 (36.36%) Lead Tester
3 4 (36.36%) Security Penetration Tester
3 4 (36.36%) Security Tester
4 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 2 (18.18%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Security Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Red Team
3 4 (36.36%) Purple Team
4 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) SIEM
5 2 (18.18%) SOAR
6 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
6 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
6 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
6 1 (9.09%) ITSM
6 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance
6 1 (9.09%) Security Monitoring
6 1 (9.09%) Security Operations
6 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (9.09%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CREST Certified
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Scheme
1 1 (9.09%) ECSA
1 1 (9.09%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) NIST
1 2 (18.18%) PCI DSS
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto