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 in the West 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 82 98 133
Rank change year-on-year +16 +35 -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 15 13 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.12% 0.67% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.59% 2.01% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 4
10th Percentile £580 £466 -
25th Percentile £603 £581 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £616 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% +2.71% -
75th Percentile £800 £635 £813
90th Percentile £900 - -
England median daily rate £600 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

All Generic Skills
West 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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 418 647 792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.08% 33.23% 33.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 410 525
10th Percentile £197 £307 £263
25th Percentile £406 £363 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £632 £638
90th Percentile £675 £750 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 47 19
10th Percentile £16.23 £10.42 £17.10
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.71 £17.99
Median hourly rate £28.18 £22.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.24% -6.25% +51.32%
75th Percentile £31.49 £40.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £33.91 £58.75 £65.50
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 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 1 May 2025.

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 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
Warwickshire +11 9 £625 +47.06% 7
Worcestershire +2 3 £900 +80.00%
Herefordshire - 3 £900 -
Birmingham +17 2 £564 +18.74% 2
Coventry - 1 £600 - 1
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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (80.00%) Azure
2 7 (46.67%) Entra ID
3 4 (26.67%) AWS
3 4 (26.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (26.67%) GCP
3 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (6.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Network Security
2 3 (20.00%) Firewall
3 2 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (6.67%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle Database
1 4 (26.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 4 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Architect
1 7 (46.67%) Security Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Azure Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (6.67%) CyberArk Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (6.67%) IT Architect
4 1 (6.67%) IT Security Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Lead Security Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Network Security Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Security Advisor
4 1 (6.67%) Security Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Security Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) LDAP
2 1 (6.67%) OAuth
2 1 (6.67%) OpenID
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (6.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Data Centre
1 4 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (20.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (13.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Linux
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Cloud Security
2 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (46.67%) Zero Trust
4 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
5 5 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (26.67%) Incident Response
6 4 (26.67%) Migration
6 4 (26.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 4 (26.67%) RBAC
6 4 (26.67%) SIEM
6 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (20.00%) Application Security
7 3 (20.00%) Design Patterns
7 3 (20.00%) ITSM
7 3 (20.00%) Security Architecture
7 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
8 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 2 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) SQL
2 3 (20.00%) Python
3 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (6.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) CEH
2 3 (20.00%) CISM
2 3 (20.00%) CISSP
2 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
4 1 (6.67%) CISA
4 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (6.67%) OCP
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) NIST
2 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (20.00%) PMO
3 2 (13.33%) PCI DSS
3 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (6.67%) GDPR
4 1 (6.67%) HIPAA
4 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Oracle
3 4 (26.67%) CyberArk
3 4 (26.67%) ServiceNow
4 2 (13.33%) Proofpoint