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 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 37 32
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +27
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 87 115 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.39% 4.20% 5.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.97% 5.15% 6.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 77 134
10th Percentile £375 £389 £413
25th Percentile £459 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £594
Median % change year-on-year - -7.37% +7.95%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £680
90th Percentile £731 £850 £759
England median daily rate £550 £583 £613
% change year-on-year -5.58% -4.90% +6.52%
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 £73.60 £83.50 £72.98
% change year-on-year -11.86% +14.41% +87.13%

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 1,750 2,232 2,882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 88.29% 81.58% 88.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,151 1,505 2,022
10th Percentile £200 £233 £258
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £551 £600 £600
90th Percentile £645 £699 £690
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 170 99
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.06 £12.40
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.60 £14.76
Median hourly rate £18.63 £18.00 £22.41
Median % change year-on-year +3.47% -19.68% +27.62%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.84 £44.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.13 £59.00
England median hourly rate £27.70 £36.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -24.11% -2.67% +50.00%

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 27 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 27 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 -7 70 £570 +3.64% 708
East Midlands +17 17 £389 -2.88% 511
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 3 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 18 (20.69%) Azure
2 11 (12.64%) AWS
3 9 (10.34%) GCP
4 4 (4.60%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.45%) SaaS
6 1 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.15%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.79%) Firewall
2 10 (11.49%) Network Security
3 6 (6.90%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (3.45%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (3.45%) Modbus
5 2 (2.30%) 5G
5 2 (2.30%) Ethernet
5 2 (2.30%) Internet
5 2 (2.30%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (2.30%) SD-WAN
5 2 (2.30%) WAN
6 1 (1.15%) MQTT
6 1 (1.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.15%) Big Data
2 1 (1.15%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (1.15%) JIRA
General
1 40 (45.98%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.54%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (5.75%) Legal
5 4 (4.60%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.45%) Finance
6 3 (3.45%) Law
6 3 (3.45%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.45%) Retail
7 1 (1.15%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.15%) Banking
7 1 (1.15%) Electronics
7 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (29.89%) Analyst
2 13 (14.94%) Architect
3 10 (11.49%) Business Analyst
4 9 (10.34%) Security Analyst
5 8 (9.20%) Consultant
6 7 (8.05%) Security Architect
6 7 (8.05%) Security Engineer
7 6 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (5.75%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (4.60%) Change Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 4 (4.60%) Lead
9 4 (4.60%) Project Manager
9 4 (4.60%) Security Consultant
10 3 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 3 (3.45%) Operations Analyst
10 3 (3.45%) Security Specialist
10 3 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.45%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.45%) .NET
1 3 (3.45%) .NET Core
1 3 (3.45%) AngularJS
1 3 (3.45%) LDAP
1 3 (3.45%) REST
2 2 (2.30%) FIDO
2 2 (2.30%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.15%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.15%) ADO
3 1 (1.15%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.15%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.15%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 27 (31.03%) Operational Technology
2 10 (11.49%) SCADA
3 9 (10.34%) Management Information System
4 8 (9.20%) Security Posture
5 6 (6.90%) Data Structures
6 4 (4.60%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (4.60%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (4.60%) Onboarding
7 3 (3.45%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 2 (2.30%) CCTV
8 2 (2.30%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (2.30%) IoT
8 2 (2.30%) NB-IoT
8 2 (2.30%) PKI
8 2 (2.30%) Product Ownership
8 2 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (1.15%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.60%) Linux
1 4 (4.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (20.69%) Agile
3 16 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (18.39%) Risk Management
4 13 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (13.79%) Business Analysis
5 12 (13.79%) SIEM
6 11 (12.64%) Change Management
6 11 (12.64%) Incident Response
6 11 (12.64%) Information Security
7 10 (11.49%) Decision-Making
7 10 (11.49%) Project Delivery
8 9 (10.34%) Identity Access Management
8 9 (10.34%) Vulnerability Management
9 8 (9.20%) Cyber Resilience
9 8 (9.20%) Project Management
9 8 (9.20%) Security Architecture
9 8 (9.20%) Security Operations
10 7 (8.05%) Data Modelling
10 7 (8.05%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.75%) SQL
2 4 (4.60%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.45%) Python
4 2 (2.30%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.15%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (18.39%) CISSP
2 12 (13.79%) CISM
3 9 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.34%) Security Cleared
4 8 (9.20%) Degree
5 7 (8.05%) CISA
6 5 (5.75%) GIAC
7 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (4.60%) SANS
8 3 (3.45%) CEH
8 3 (3.45%) CRISC
9 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.30%) ISACA
9 2 (2.30%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.30%) PMP
10 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.15%) CCIE Security
10 1 (1.15%) CCSE
10 1 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (22.99%) NIST
2 12 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (10.34%) GRC
4 6 (6.90%) NCSC
4 6 (6.90%) NIST 800
5 4 (4.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (4.60%) GDPR
6 3 (3.45%) PCI DSS
6 3 (3.45%) QA
7 2 (2.30%) HIPAA
7 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.15%) Data Quality
8 1 (1.15%) PMO
8 1 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (11.49%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.15%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.15%) Docker
2 1 (1.15%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.30%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.15%) Ansible
3 1 (1.15%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.15%) Grafana
3 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.15%) Nessus
3 1 (1.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.15%) Podman
Vendors
1 14 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.45%) Cisco
2 3 (3.45%) NEC
2 3 (3.45%) Tenable
3 2 (2.30%) CyberArk
3 2 (2.30%) Google
3 2 (2.30%) Proofpoint
3 2 (2.30%) SAP
3 2 (2.30%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.30%) Splunk
4 1 (1.15%) Alibaba
4 1 (1.15%) Ariba
4 1 (1.15%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.15%) FireEye
4 1 (1.15%) Okta
4 1 (1.15%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.15%) Progress
4 1 (1.15%) Tanium
4 1 (1.15%) VMware
4 1 (1.15%) Zscaler