Red Team Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Red Teaming
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Red Team skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Red Team 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.13% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £536 - -
25th Percentile £553 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £591 - -
90th Percentile £596 - -
England median daily rate £513 £600 £700
% change year-on-year -14.58% -14.29% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Red Team 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 2,750 2,001 2,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.13% 86.55% 84.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,717 1,257 1,474
10th Percentile £250 £250 £252
25th Percentile £380 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.67% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 72 97
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.15
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.67
Median hourly rate £18.87 £21.80 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% -5.24% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £32.60 £51.50
90th Percentile £30.25 £52.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +22.56%

Red Team
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Red Team job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Red Team
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Red Team.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Red Team

Red Team
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 Red Team within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 December 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 - 4 £575 - 7
Red Team
England

Red Team
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 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 2 (50.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Modelling