Kerberos Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Kerberos
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Kerberos skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - +69
Contract jobs citing Kerberos 6 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.28% - 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.72% - 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £680
25th Percentile - - £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £639 - £725
75th Percentile - - £750
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £465 £550 £663
% change year-on-year -15.50% -16.98% +25.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

Kerberos falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 349 245 416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 16.02% 13.46% 22.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 135 226
10th Percentile £210 £173 £203
25th Percentile £300 £288 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £458 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.13% +7.65% -3.95%
75th Percentile £525 £583 £575
90th Percentile £584 £672 £694
England median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 21
10th Percentile £18.50 £12.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £25.25 £15.22 £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% +13.40%
75th Percentile £34.00 £35.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £45.92 £40.00 -
England median hourly rate £31.39 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -35.37% -14.04% +25.53%

Kerberos
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Kerberos relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Kerberos job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Kerberos
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Kerberos
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Kerberos.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Kerberos

Kerberos
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 Kerberos within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
Shropshire - 5 £639 -
Kerberos
England

Kerberos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) SSH
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Consultant
2 5 (83.33%) Management Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) LDAP
2 5 (83.33%) OAuth
2 5 (83.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) AIX
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
1 5 (83.33%) Solaris
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 6 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 5 (83.33%) Data Protection
2 5 (83.33%) Key Management
2 5 (83.33%) RBAC
3 3 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
4 1 (16.67%) Privileged Identity Management
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (16.67%) Security Hardening
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Bash
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) GSEC
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (50.00%) NIST
1 3 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 3 (50.00%) SOC 2
2 1 (16.67%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) BeyondTrust
1 5 (83.33%) CyberArk
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft