The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
49
64
73
Rank change year-on-year
+15
+9
-
Contract jobs citing Security Testing
7
2
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
Security Testing 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
490
558
716
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
87.19%
81.70%
83.26%
Number of daily rates quoted
325
391
485
10th Percentile
£164
£230
£263
25th Percentile
£325
£400
£388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£450
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-10.00%
-
+2.15%
75th Percentile
£538
£626
£625
90th Percentile
£639
£738
£731
West Midlands median daily rate
£481
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-3.90%
-
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
50
16
23
10th Percentile
-
£13.63
£12.74
25th Percentile
£12.62
£19.25
£15.57
Median hourly rate
£18.87
£38.75
£25.25
Median % change year-on-year
-51.30%
+53.47%
+41.46%
75th Percentile
£22.08
£51.25
£30.52
90th Percentile
£26.89
£56.25
£88.75
West Midlands median hourly rate
£24.34
£21.00
£27.00
% change year-on-year
+15.90%
-22.22%
+54.29%
Security Testing Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Security Testing Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in Birmingham.
Security Testing Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in Birmingham over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.
Security Testing Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Security Testing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for Security Testing.
Security Testing 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:
