Security Operations Contracts in Birmingham

Security Operations (SecOps)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 65 88
Rank change year-on-year +20 +23 -32
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 16 13 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.11% 1.47% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 1.67% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 9
10th Percentile - £494 £445
25th Percentile £388 £622 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +8.33% +2.13%
75th Percentile £700 - £625
90th Percentile - £706 £800
West Midlands median daily rate £629 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -3.17% +13.04% -2.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 628 779 1,217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 82.85% 88.12% 91.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 521 878
10th Percentile £252 £275 £225
25th Percentile £375 £398 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £515 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% +8.42% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £594
90th Percentile £685 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £488
% change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 29 22
10th Percentile £13.19 £11.00 £12.05
25th Percentile £17.00 £12.50 £13.81
Median hourly rate £26.00 £16.29 £17.24
Median % change year-on-year +59.66% -5.54% -4.22%
75th Percentile £47.13 £28.75 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £62.50 £19.87
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £18.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year +21.62% +8.82% +1.07%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Birmingham

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in Birmingham

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (31.25%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) Firewall
General
1 3 (18.75%) Games
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Analyst
1 16 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Lead
3 2 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Security Operations Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Team Leader
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (81.25%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (31.25%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Linux
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (31.25%) Incident Response
2 3 (18.75%) Threat Detection
3 2 (12.50%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Darktrace
1 5 (31.25%) FireEye
1 5 (31.25%) LogRhythm
1 5 (31.25%) Splunk
2 2 (12.50%) Sage