CREST Certified Contracts in the West Midlands

CREST Certification
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CREST Certified 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.057% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £650 £700 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% +33.33% -10.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

CREST Certified 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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 597 620 579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 34.02% 32.55% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 399 355
10th Percentile £218 £308 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +9.09%
75th Percentile £584 £633 £606
90th Percentile £638 £725 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 18 22
10th Percentile - £14.00 £13.78
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.69 £18.90
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.15 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.69% +16.91% +37.50%
75th Percentile £43.63 £51.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £51.00 £57.70 £69.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -49.70% -9.09% +22.22%

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in the West Midlands

CREST Certified
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CREST Certified.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CREST Certified

CREST Certified
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Warwickshire - 1 - - 1
CREST Certified
England

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations