Security Monitoring Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Security Monitoring
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Security Monitoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.56% - 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% - 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £470 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - -64.29%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Security Monitoring 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 747 506 565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 83.00% 87.39% 81.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 332 390
10th Percentile £313 £166 £212
25th Percentile £400 £358 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £638
90th Percentile £675 £638 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% -1.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 50 16
10th Percentile £13.45 - £14.75
25th Percentile £19.34 £12.62 £21.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -53.12% +46.36%
75th Percentile £55.00 £22.08 £53.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £26.89 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.50 £24.34 £21.75
% change year-on-year +25.31% +11.91% -20.91%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Security Monitoring job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Security Monitoring
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Security Monitoring
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 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Consultant
1 4 (80.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 4 (80.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (100.00%) Threat Detection
2 4 (80.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Offensive Security
3 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Red Team
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) SOAR
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Kusto Query Language
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft