Cyber Threat Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Cyber Threats
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 127 138
Rank change year-on-year -24 +11 +47
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 4 11 6
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.14% 0.41% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.38% 1.42% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 5
10th Percentile - £550 £518
25th Percentile - £597 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £775 £560
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% +38.39% +1.82%
75th Percentile - £795 £631
90th Percentile - £804 £702
England median daily rate £593 £661 £604
% change year-on-year -10.30% +9.40% +0.63%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

Cyber Threat 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,051 773 924
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 37.74% 28.89% 31.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 665 459 593
10th Percentile £255 £208 £263
25th Percentile £380 £359 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £622 £600
90th Percentile £663 £713 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 20 50
10th Percentile £18.80 £15.46 £17.70
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.30 £20.13
Median hourly rate £25.08 £27.53 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.91% +0.10% +56.61%
75th Percentile £40.46 £51.25 £64.63
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.45 £68.88
England median hourly rate £27.53 £52.50 £45.21
% change year-on-year -47.56% +16.12% +75.50%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Threat relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cyber Threat.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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 -18 4 £600 -22.58% 11
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 3 (75.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) CSOC
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (75.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISM
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) GIAC
2 2 (50.00%) SANS
3 1 (25.00%) CEH
3 1 (25.00%) GCFA
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (25.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Splunk
1 1 (25.00%) Tenable