Security Posture Contracts in the Midlands

Security Posture
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture 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 91 116 160
Rank change year-on-year +25 +44 +46
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 20 17 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.04% 0.62% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.45% 1.98% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 16 5
10th Percentile £475 £400 -
25th Percentile £528 £447 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £615 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +17.14% -25.00%
75th Percentile £767 £628 £813
90th Percentile £900 £635 -
England median daily rate £600 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

All Generic Skills
Midlands

Security Posture 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 580 857 1,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.30% 31.08% 32.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 557 737
10th Percentile £200 £220 £237
25th Percentile £375 £350 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £594 £611 £600
90th Percentile £662 £750 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 62 41
10th Percentile - £10.47 £16.70
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.93 £18.13
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.03% -13.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £30.34 £28.88 £53.75
90th Percentile £33.91 £58.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the Midlands

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the Midlands

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the Midlands

Security Posture
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 Posture 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 +16 15 £625 +1.42% 12
East Midlands +12 5 £500 +25.00% 3
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
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 16 (80.00%) Azure
2 10 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 4 (20.00%) AWS
3 4 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (20.00%) GCP
3 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (5.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Network Security
2 3 (15.00%) Firewall
3 2 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (5.00%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Oracle Database
1 4 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Finance
3 4 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Architect
2 7 (35.00%) Security Architect
3 6 (30.00%) Consultant
4 5 (25.00%) Lead
5 2 (10.00%) Azure Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) Security Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Azure Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Information Security Advisor
6 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (5.00%) IT Architect
6 1 (5.00%) IT Security Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Lead Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Lead Security Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Network Security Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Oracle Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Security Advisor
6 1 (5.00%) Security Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) LDAP
2 1 (5.00%) OAuth
2 1 (5.00%) OpenID
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 4 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (15.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (10.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (45.00%) Cloud Security
3 8 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
4 7 (35.00%) Migration
4 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (35.00%) Zero Trust
5 6 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (30.00%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (20.00%) Incident Response
6 4 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 4 (20.00%) RBAC
6 4 (20.00%) SIEM
7 3 (15.00%) Application Security
7 3 (15.00%) Compliance Management
7 3 (15.00%) Design Patterns
7 3 (15.00%) ITSM
7 3 (15.00%) Security Architecture
7 3 (15.00%) Security Operations
8 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
2 3 (15.00%) Python
3 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) CEH
2 3 (15.00%) CISM
2 3 (15.00%) CISSP
2 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) CISA
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.00%) OCP
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) NIST
2 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (15.00%) PMO
3 2 (10.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (5.00%) GDPR
4 1 (5.00%) HIPAA
4 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 10 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (15.00%) AirWatch
2 3 (15.00%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (15.00%) SCCM
3 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (25.00%) Oracle
3 4 (20.00%) CyberArk
3 4 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (10.00%) Proofpoint