Cybersecurity Contracts in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 31 36
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 +32
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 84 130 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.39% 4.72% 5.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.01% 5.74% 5.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 94 137
10th Percentile £413 £391 £420
25th Percentile £500 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £608 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.52% +1.25% +9.09%
75th Percentile £641 £688 £675
90th Percentile £736 £850 £750
England median daily rate £550 £582 £601
% change year-on-year -5.50% -3.08% +4.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.75 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £36.50 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.85% - -
75th Percentile £37.25 £67.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £73.31 £83.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year -12.20% +23.70% +45.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Cybersecurity 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
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 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 -8 74 £550 -10.93% 141
East Midlands +5 10 £500 +25.00% 82
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (2.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 14 (16.67%) Azure
2 6 (7.14%) AWS
2 6 (7.14%) GCP
3 5 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.76%) SaaS
5 3 (3.57%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.19%) Akamai
6 1 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.19%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.19%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.29%) Firewall
2 10 (11.90%) Network Security
3 4 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (3.57%) Modbus
5 2 (2.38%) 5G
5 2 (2.38%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (2.38%) Ethernet
5 2 (2.38%) Internet
5 2 (2.38%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (2.38%) VPN
6 1 (1.19%) MQTT
6 1 (1.19%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.19%) SNMP
6 1 (1.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.19%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (1.19%) JIRA
1 1 (1.19%) LabVIEW
General
1 36 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.48%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (7.14%) Legal
5 5 (5.95%) Finance
6 4 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.76%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.57%) Law
8 2 (2.38%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.38%) Electronics
8 2 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.19%) Banking
9 1 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.19%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (25.00%) Analyst
2 14 (16.67%) Architect
3 7 (8.33%) Business Analyst
3 7 (8.33%) Consultant
3 7 (8.33%) Security Architect
3 7 (8.33%) Security Engineer
4 6 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 6 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 6 (7.14%) Security Analyst
5 5 (5.95%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.76%) Change Analyst
6 4 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (4.76%) Lead
6 4 (4.76%) Security Manager
7 3 (3.57%) Business Change Analyst
7 3 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 3 (3.57%) Information Assurance Manager
7 3 (3.57%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 3 (3.57%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.57%) .NET
1 3 (3.57%) .NET Core
1 3 (3.57%) AngularJS
2 2 (2.38%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.19%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.19%) ADO
3 1 (1.19%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.19%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.19%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 26 (30.95%) Operational Technology
2 10 (11.90%) SCADA
3 9 (10.71%) Management Information System
4 6 (7.14%) Security Posture
5 5 (5.95%) Data Structures
6 4 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (4.76%) Onboarding
7 3 (3.57%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 3 (3.57%) Industry 4.0
7 3 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.38%) CCTV
8 2 (2.38%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.38%) IoT
8 2 (2.38%) NB-IoT
8 2 (2.38%) PKI
8 2 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.19%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.95%) Linux
1 5 (5.95%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (17.86%) Agile
2 15 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (17.86%) Risk Management
3 11 (13.10%) Business Analysis
3 11 (13.10%) Change Management
3 11 (13.10%) Incident Response
3 11 (13.10%) SIEM
4 9 (10.71%) Information Security
4 9 (10.71%) Project Delivery
5 8 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (9.52%) Cyber Resilience
5 8 (9.52%) Decision-Making
5 8 (9.52%) Security Architecture
5 8 (9.52%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (8.33%) Project Management
6 7 (8.33%) Security Operations
7 6 (7.14%) Data Loss Prevention
7 6 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.95%) Python
2 4 (4.76%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.76%) SQL
3 2 (2.38%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.19%) Bash
4 1 (1.19%) C++
4 1 (1.19%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (22.62%) CISSP
2 14 (16.67%) CISM
3 11 (13.10%) Degree
4 9 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 9 (10.71%) Security Cleared
5 8 (9.52%) CISA
6 7 (8.33%) GIAC
7 5 (5.95%) CEH
8 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (4.76%) SANS
9 3 (3.57%) PMI Certification
9 3 (3.57%) PMP
10 2 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (2.38%) CRISC
10 2 (2.38%) ISACA
11 1 (1.19%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (1.19%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (1.19%) Master's Degree
11 1 (1.19%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.24%) NIST
2 11 (13.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (7.14%) GRC
4 5 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (5.95%) NCSC
4 5 (5.95%) NIST 800
5 4 (4.76%) GDPR
5 4 (4.76%) PCI DSS
6 3 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (2.38%) PMO
8 1 (1.19%) Data Quality
8 1 (1.19%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.19%) ISO 31000
8 1 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.19%) Docker
2 1 (1.19%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.38%) FortiGate
1 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.19%) Ansible
2 1 (1.19%) CSIRT
2 1 (1.19%) Grafana
2 1 (1.19%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.19%) Nessus
2 1 (1.19%) Podman
Vendors
1 14 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.57%) Cisco
2 3 (3.57%) Tenable
3 2 (2.38%) CyberArk
3 2 (2.38%) Google
3 2 (2.38%) NEC
3 2 (2.38%) Proofpoint
3 2 (2.38%) SAP
3 2 (2.38%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.38%) Splunk
4 1 (1.19%) Ariba
4 1 (1.19%) F5
4 1 (1.19%) FireEye
4 1 (1.19%) Imperva
4 1 (1.19%) Progress
4 1 (1.19%) Qualys
4 1 (1.19%) Siemens
4 1 (1.19%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.19%) Tanium
4 1 (1.19%) VMware