Security Officer Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Security Officer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Security Officer daily rate in Birmingham is £516, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 65 69
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Security Officer 6 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.83% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 0.15% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £489 - -
25th Percentile £499 £588 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £533 £613 -
90th Percentile £543 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -12.50% -7.69% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 647 653 681
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.24% 94.64% 93.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 449 463
10th Percentile £213 £190 £258
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.11% -2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £588
90th Percentile £638 £731 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -3.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 20
10th Percentile £12.62 £17.33 £14.05
25th Percentile £13.09 £23.78 £15.41
Median hourly rate £17.85 £30.45 £43.02
Median % change year-on-year -41.40% -29.22% +126.42%
75th Percentile £25.00 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £32.63 £56.45 £67.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £23.82 £22.29
% change year-on-year +5.58% +6.86% +25.79%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Officer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Security Officer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Security Officer
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Officer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Officer job vacancies in Birmingham

Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Security Officer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Security Officer in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 4 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 3 (50.00%) Threat Management
2 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Network Security
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) CISM
4 1 (16.67%) CISSP
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) GDPR
4 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (16.67%) Key Management
4 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) OpenShift
4 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
4 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (16.67%) Secure Coding
4 1 (16.67%) Site Reliability Engineering

Security Officer Skill Set
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 (16.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 4 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 3 (50.00%) Threat Management
2 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (16.67%) Secure Coding
4 1 (16.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Detection
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CISM
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes