Cybersecurity Contracts in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 34 41
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 -13
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 26 46 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.49% 5.11% 4.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 5.89% 4.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 26 43
10th Percentile £373 £363 £412
25th Percentile £398 £403 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £594 £525
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +13.10% -
75th Percentile £553 £650 £598
90th Percentile £600 £756 £638
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 609 781 1,199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 81.85% 86.78% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 512 858
10th Percentile £237 £263 £244
25th Percentile £375 £398 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £490
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +4.59% +15.29%
75th Percentile £581 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £706 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £520 £495
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.05% +16.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 31 18
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.00 £12.72
25th Percentile £18.50 £12.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £20.71 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.57% +20.03% -4.17%
75th Percentile £47.13 £29.38 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £53.75 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £20.97 £17.00
% change year-on-year +7.30% +23.35% +9.68%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (19.23%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (11.54%) WAN
3 2 (7.69%) DNS
3 2 (7.69%) Network Security
3 2 (7.69%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.85%) LAN
General
1 11 (42.31%) Legal
2 9 (34.62%) Public Sector
3 3 (11.54%) Games
4 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (73.08%) Analyst
2 16 (61.54%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Lead
3 3 (11.54%) Security Manager
4 2 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 2 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Security Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) SOC Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Support Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Team Leader
4 2 (7.69%) WAN Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Risk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (19.23%) Cyberattack
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (7.69%) Taxonomies
4 1 (3.85%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (69.23%) Linux
2 11 (42.31%) Mac OS X
3 8 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 13 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 13 (50.00%) SIEM
2 12 (46.15%) Incident Management
3 11 (42.31%) Computer Forensics
3 11 (42.31%) Malware Reverse Engineering
3 11 (42.31%) Purple Team
3 11 (42.31%) Reverse Engineering
3 11 (42.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (42.31%) Threat Analysis
3 11 (42.31%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (23.08%) Security Operations
4 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (19.23%) Incident Response
5 5 (19.23%) Line Management
6 3 (11.54%) Change Control
6 3 (11.54%) Cloud Security
6 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (7.69%) High Availability
7 2 (7.69%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 21 (80.77%) Security Cleared
2 15 (57.69%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) BC Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) CASP
3 2 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (7.69%) GCED
3 2 (7.69%) GIAC
3 2 (7.69%) GSEC
4 1 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.85%) CISSP
4 1 (3.85%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (46.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (46.15%) NIST
2 11 (42.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 11 (42.31%) GDPR
2 11 (42.31%) HIPAA
3 2 (7.69%) ISO 9000
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) LogRhythm
2 5 (19.23%) Darktrace
2 5 (19.23%) FireEye
2 5 (19.23%) Splunk
3 2 (7.69%) Cisco
3 2 (7.69%) Citrix
3 2 (7.69%) Fujitsu
3 2 (7.69%) Palo Alto
3 2 (7.69%) Sage
3 2 (7.69%) TippingPoint
3 2 (7.69%) Trend Micro