Security Consultant Contracts in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Security Consultant daily rate in the West Midlands is £515 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 117 167
Rank change year-on-year +21 +50 -45
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 10 14 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.53% 0.62% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.66% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 5
10th Percentile - £493 £423
25th Percentile £468 £513 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £584 £575 £750
90th Percentile £643 £600 £780
England median daily rate £625 £600 £568
% change year-on-year +4.17% +5.73% +3.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,735 2,129 3,431
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.70% 94.62% 96.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,176 1,453 2,485
10th Percentile £255 £250 £226
25th Percentile £360 £381 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +15.15%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £713 £700 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 64 75
10th Percentile £12.08 £12.50 £12.43
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.47 £14.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +7.94%
75th Percentile £40.81 £28.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.63 £56.38 £23.15
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +4.55%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Security Consultant in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
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 Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Shropshire +16 5 £485 -1.62%
Warwickshire +7 3 £625 +13.64%
Birmingham +10 1 £575 +9.52% 2
Coventry +9 1 £575 +4.55%
Security Consultant
England

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Security Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) SAP
2 6 (60.00%) SAP BW
2 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) SAP Security
3 4 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (40.00%) Test Management
4 2 (20.00%) SAP GRC
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (20.00%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (10.00%) SAP ERP
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (10.00%) NCSC
5 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (10.00%) Police
5 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (10.00%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (10.00%) GRC
5 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 1 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) Concur
5 1 (10.00%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365

Security Consultant Skill Set
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 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) SAP GRC
1 2 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (10.00%) SAP BPC
2 1 (10.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
1 1 (10.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (10.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 1 (10.00%) Law
1 1 (10.00%) Police
1 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (10.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) SAP Security
2 4 (40.00%) Cloud Security
2 4 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Test Management
2 4 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Security Management
4 1 (10.00%) SIEM
4 1 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) CISM
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (10.00%) GRC
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) NCSC
1 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Concur
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle