Security Hardening Job Trends in Birmingham

Security Hardening
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Security Hardening skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Hardening 3 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.10% - 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% - 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44,343 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,801 - £43,227
75th Percentile £58,380 - -
90th Percentile £63,852 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £46,801 - £43,227
% change year-on-year - - -47.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Security Hardening falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,116 1,178 2,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 72.02% 94.47% 82.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,577 765 1,831
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £69,957
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Security Hardening
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Hardening relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Security Hardening job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Security Hardening
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Security Hardening.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Security Hardening

Security Hardening
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Hardening in Birmingham over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Hardening in Birmingham

Security Hardening
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) IAM Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Identity and Access Management Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) CCTV
1 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Patch Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Software Licensing
2 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft