Security Hardening Contract Job Trends in the Midlands
Security Hardening
England > Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands citing Security Hardening skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 195 | 156 | 136 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -39 | -20 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing Security Hardening | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands | 0.18% | 0.035% | 0.075% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.22% | 0.039% | 0.090% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £405 | - | £354 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £584 | £355 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £617 | £365 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.12% | +69.04% | -51.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £651 | £380 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £385 |
| England median daily rate | £575 | £540 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.48% | -10.00% | +11.63% |
All Process & 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 citing process or methodology skills in the Midlands.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 4,098 | 2,589 | 2,225 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands | 82.97% | 89.52% | 83.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,294 | 1,680 | 1,400 |
| 10th Percentile | £305 | £250 | £255 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £367 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -5.00% | +2.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £575 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £651 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £508 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -3.33% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 469 | 202 | 69 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.00 | £14.03 | £14.69 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.81 | £17.55 | £17.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.58 | £21.35 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.98% | -11.06% | -12.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £28.09 | £26.51 | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £44.17 | £38.77 | £53.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.15 | £39.59 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.17% | -36.47% | -11.03% |
Security Hardening Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Hardening relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
Security Hardening Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Security Hardening.
Security Hardening 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 Security Hardening within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 October 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | -31 | 8 | £425 | -31.12% | 1 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £500 | - | |
| Security Hardening England |
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Security Hardening Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Migration | 66.7% | 6 |
| 2 | Capacity Planning | 55.6% | 5 |
| 2 | Data Centre Operations | 55.6% | 5 |
| 2 | Disaster Recovery | 55.6% | 5 |
| 5 | Root Cause Analysis | 44.4% | 4 |
| 6 | ITIL | 33.3% | 3 |
| 7 | BCP | 22.2% | 2 |
| 7 | Business Continuity | 22.2% | 2 |
| 7 | Business Continuity Planning | 22.2% | 2 |
| 7 | DevOps | 22.2% | 2 |
| 7 | High Availability | 22.2% | 2 |
| 7 | Incident Response | 22.2% | 2 |
| 7 | Infrastructure Engineering | 22.2% | 2 |
| 7 | Network Design | 22.2% | 2 |
| 7 | Observability | 22.2% | 2 |
| 7 | Project Delivery | 22.2% | 2 |
| 7 | Server Management | 22.2% | 2 |
| 18 | API Integration | 11.1% | 1 |
| 18 | Change Management | 11.1% | 1 |
| 18 | Configuration Management | 11.1% | 1 |