SANS Contracts in the Midlands

SANS Institute
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered 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 107 - 163
Rank change year-on-year - - +46
Contract jobs citing SANS 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.21% - 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.71% - 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £629 - -
25th Percentile £653 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.00%
75th Percentile £778 - -
90th Percentile £806 - -
England median daily rate £700 £675 £700
% change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +2.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

SANS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 564 899 970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.47% 32.61% 28.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 556 615
10th Percentile £150 £230 £253
25th Percentile £272 £325 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £519
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -13.21% +15.22%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £689
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 71 76
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.25 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.51 £17.00 £14.30
Median hourly rate £24.50 £24.65 £18.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +32.35% -6.88%
75th Percentile £31.38 £43.13 £26.64
90th Percentile £59.00 £56.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SANS in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for SANS in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for SANS in the Midlands

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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 SANS 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 - 4 £713 - 1
SANS
England

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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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Register
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) SABSA
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (25.00%) ISMS
4 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (75.00%) CISA
2 3 (75.00%) GIAC
3 2 (50.00%) CISM
3 2 (50.00%) ISACA
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) Tenable
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft