Security Specialist Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Security Specialist
England > Midlands

The median Security Specialist daily rate in the Midlands is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 - 126
Rank change year-on-year - - +69
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 19 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.60% - 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% - 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 0 1
10th Percentile £375 - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £750
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.98%
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £505 £600 £667
% change year-on-year -15.79% -10.04% +13.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,817 2,143 2,436
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.09% 93.26% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,771 1,365 1,689
10th Percentile £213 £209 £213
25th Percentile £370 £358 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.53% -2.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £676
England median daily rate £508 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 84 107
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.12 £14.20
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.84
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.71 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% +18.55% +13.70%
75th Percentile £26.25 £30.83 £33.88
90th Percentile £35.60 £48.13 £67.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Security Specialist job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Specialist in the Midlands

Security Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands

Security Specialist
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 Specialist within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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 - 15 £550 - 4
East Midlands - 4 £425 - 1
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Security Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (52.63%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (42.11%) CISSP
2 8 (42.11%) NIST
3 7 (36.84%) Agile
3 7 (36.84%) CISM
3 7 (36.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (26.32%) Firewall
5 5 (26.32%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 5 (26.32%) Network Security
5 5 (26.32%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (21.05%) Alteryx
6 4 (21.05%) CISA
6 4 (21.05%) COBIT
6 4 (21.05%) Fintech
6 4 (21.05%) Incident Response
6 4 (21.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (21.05%) IT Audit
6 4 (21.05%) JIRA
6 4 (21.05%) Kanban
6 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
6 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (21.05%) NIST 800
6 4 (21.05%) Power BI
6 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
6 4 (21.05%) Rapid7
6 4 (21.05%) RSA Archer
6 4 (21.05%) SailPoint
6 4 (21.05%) ServiceNow

Security Specialist Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
2 3 (15.79%) Azure
3 2 (10.53%) AWS
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) Firewall
1 5 (26.32%) Network Security
2 4 (21.05%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) Power BI
1 4 (21.05%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JIRA
General
1 5 (26.32%) Telecoms
2 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Banking
3 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (15.79%) Security Operations Centre
1 3 (15.79%) Security Posture
2 2 (10.53%) CSOC
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (5.26%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
1 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (36.84%) Agile
2 7 (36.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (26.32%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 5 (26.32%) Threat Modelling
4 4 (21.05%) Fintech
4 4 (21.05%) Incident Response
4 4 (21.05%) IT Audit
4 4 (21.05%) Kanban
5 3 (15.79%) DevSecOps
5 3 (15.79%) Security Operations
5 3 (15.79%) Test Strategy
6 2 (10.53%) Cloud Security
6 2 (10.53%) Red Team
6 2 (10.53%) SIEM
6 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 1 (5.26%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (5.26%) IT Asset Management
7 1 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) CISSP
2 7 (36.84%) CISM
3 4 (21.05%) CISA
3 4 (21.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 3 (15.79%) CREST Certified
4 3 (15.79%) Degree
4 3 (15.79%) GIAC
5 2 (10.53%) SANS
6 1 (5.26%) CEH
6 1 (5.26%) GCFA
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
6 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (42.11%) NIST
2 6 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (21.05%) COBIT
3 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (21.05%) NIST 800
4 1 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.26%) ISO 22301
4 1 (5.26%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) RSA Archer
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (5.26%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Alteryx
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (21.05%) Rapid7
1 4 (21.05%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco
2 1 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (5.26%) Splunk
2 1 (5.26%) Tenable