Security Management Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Security Management
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Security Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 59 64
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Management 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.44% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.19% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £437 - -
25th Percentile £473 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% - -
75th Percentile £601 £538 -
90th Percentile £634 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £553 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +7.90% +2.50% -21.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Security Management 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 757 519 579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 83.28% 88.12% 81.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 341 389
10th Percentile £313 £185 £200
25th Percentile £400 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -6.20% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £638
90th Percentile £688 £639 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £477 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -4.60% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 51 15
10th Percentile £13.45 - £14.60
25th Percentile £19.34 £12.62 £20.88
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -56.12% +56.36%
75th Percentile £55.00 £22.08 £55.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £26.51 £56.85
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.27 £24.34 £21.59
% change year-on-year +24.36% +12.74% -21.49%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Security Management job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Security Management
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Management in Birmingham over the 6 months to 29 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Management in Birmingham

Security Management
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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Head of Information
1 2 (50.00%) Head of Information Security
1 2 (50.00%) Head of Security
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Information Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Process Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Information Governance
2 2 (50.00%) ISMS
2 2 (50.00%) ITSM
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security Governance
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GRC
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) NCSC
3 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Qualys