Security Posture Contracts in the West Midlands

Security Posture
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 134 -
Rank change year-on-year +38 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 13 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.68% 0.21% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.03% 0.65% -
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 0
10th Percentile £466 - -
25th Percentile £581 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £616 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% - -
75th Percentile £635 £813 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -11.11%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 641 765 1,004
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.30% 32.14% 28.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 524 719
10th Percentile £304 £263 £255
25th Percentile £363 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +5.26% +12.76%
75th Percentile £632 £638 £586
90th Percentile £750 £700 £688
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 19 27
10th Percentile £10.42 £17.10 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.71 £17.99 £12.96
Median hourly rate £22.50 £24.00 £15.86
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +51.32% -5.71%
75th Percentile £40.25 £52.50 £17.70
90th Percentile £58.75 £65.50 £19.38
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the West Midlands

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the West Midlands

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the West Midlands

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Birmingham +10 2 £475 - 4
Warwickshire +4 1 £425 -46.88% 1
Worcestershire - 1 £500 -
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Firewall
1 5 (38.46%) Network Security
General
1 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) SOC Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Splunk Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Data Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 1 (7.69%) Security Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Security Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Security Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (38.46%) Management Information System
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (76.92%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (69.23%) Analytics
3 9 (69.23%) Computer Science
3 9 (69.23%) Incident Response
3 9 (69.23%) Security Operations
3 9 (69.23%) SIEM
4 6 (46.15%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 6 (46.15%) Threat Intelligence
5 5 (38.46%) Cloud Security
5 5 (38.46%) Data Analytics
5 5 (38.46%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (38.46%) Threat Detection
6 4 (30.77%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (30.77%) Event Correlation
6 4 (30.77%) Log Analytics
7 1 (7.69%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 1 (7.69%) Minimum Viable Product
7 1 (7.69%) Resource Allocation
7 1 (7.69%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) CISSP
1 9 (69.23%) CompTIA Security+
1 9 (69.23%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (69.23%) Degree
1 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) Azure Certification
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Splunk
3 1 (7.69%) Qualys
3 1 (7.69%) Rapid7