Cybersecurity Specialist Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Specialist
England > Midlands

The median Cybersecurity Specialist daily rate in the Midlands is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £575 £667
% change year-on-year -8.70% -13.79% -4.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,470 2,472 2,728
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.56% 93.07% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,627 1,533 1,900
10th Percentile £225 £225 £213
25th Percentile £360 £358 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.61% +3.16% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £594
90th Percentile £661 £688 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 98 115
10th Percentile £13.62 £12.58 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.83 £15.03 £16.58
Median hourly rate £24.67 £22.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.64% +12.50% +13.90%
75th Percentile £31.00 £34.73 £38.38
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.08 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +67.93%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 7 £550 - 5
Cybersecurity Specialist
England

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Cybersecurity Specialist 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 Midlands region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) CISSP
2 4 (57.14%) NIST
2 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 3 (42.86%) CISM
3 3 (42.86%) GIAC
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
3 3 (42.86%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (42.86%) CREST Certified
3 3 (42.86%) DevSecOps
4 2 (28.57%) SANS
4 2 (28.57%) Network Design
4 2 (28.57%) Security Management
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) CSOC
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
4 2 (28.57%) SIEM
5 1 (14.29%) Tenable
5 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (14.29%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (42.86%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (28.57%) CSOC
2 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (14.29%) SCADA
3 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) DevSecOps
3 3 (42.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
4 2 (28.57%) Network Design
4 2 (28.57%) Security Management
4 2 (28.57%) SIEM
5 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) CISM
2 3 (42.86%) CREST Certified
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) GIAC
3 2 (28.57%) SANS
4 1 (14.29%) CEH
4 1 (14.29%) GCFA
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (14.29%) ISO 22301
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk
2 1 (14.29%) Tenable