Security Posture Contract Job Trends in Coventry

Security Posture
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Coventry. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 1.74% - 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.85% - 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £305 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - -
75th Percentile £315 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £494 £635 £750
% change year-on-year -22.24% -15.33% +30.43%

All Generic Skills
Coventry

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Coventry.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 78 19 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 45.35% 20.88% 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 12 35
10th Percentile £274 - £393
25th Percentile £306 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £609 £467
Median % change year-on-year -32.24% +30.35% +9.88%
75th Percentile £516 £626 £550
90th Percentile £549 - £650
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -11.36% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £19.19 - -
25th Percentile £24.35 £15.50 £26.00
Median hourly rate £27.21 £17.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.06% -37.04% -8.47%
75th Percentile - £18.50 £28.00
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £27.53 £27.00
% change year-on-year +8.98% +1.95% +42.11%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Coventry

Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Security Posture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Security Posture

Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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 2 (66.67%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Subject Matter Expert
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
1 2 (66.67%) SOAR
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Qualys
3 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike