Security Hardening Contracts in the Midlands

Security Hardening
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Security Hardening skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Hardening over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 135 144
Rank change year-on-year - +9 +63
Contract jobs citing Security Hardening 0 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands - 0.17% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.21% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 8
10th Percentile - - £563
25th Percentile - £525 £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £738
Median % change year-on-year - -25.42% +22.92%
75th Percentile - £575 £750
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £550 £700
% change year-on-year - -21.43% +18.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Security Hardening 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 1,960 2,369 2,808
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 88.49% 80.22% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,250 1,573 1,985
10th Percentile £206 £242 £258
25th Percentile £356 £360 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% +4.17%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £639 £688 £700
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 178 97
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.90 £14.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £21.25 £18.99 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.93% -24.81% +29.49%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.34
% change year-on-year -34.02% +2.09% +45.40%

Security Hardening
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Hardening in the Midlands

Security Hardening
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Hardening in the Midlands