Cyber Security Jobs in Birmingham

• Birmingham
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Champion SRE best practices across engineering, platform and service operations teams, implementing SLOs, SLIs and error budgets for critical services. Build observability through monitoring, logging, tracing and alerting, automate operational tasks, and support incident response and resilience testing. Also involves AIOps adoption and embedding reliability into delivery pipelines.

AIOps

• Birmingham
• £500 – £560 pd
• Contract

Support the design, development, operation and optimisation of an Elastic-based SIEM platform, strengthening threat detection, security monitoring and incident response. Configure Elasticsearch pipelines to ingest security data including from Kafka, refine queries, rules, alerts and dashboards, and work with security analysts, architects and Security Operations across transitions and transformations.

Elasticsearch · Logstash · Kibana +7

• Birmingham
• Remote
• £28,000 – £40,000 pa
• Junior

A self-funded training programme leading to a junior cyber security role, combining online CompTIA A+, Network+ and Security+ certification study with live labs and hands-on scenarios. Includes CV, LinkedIn and interview support plus recruitment assistance until placement, with flexible payment options spread over 12 months.

CompTIA A+ · CompTIA Network+ · CompTIA Security+ +1

• Birmingham
• Remote
• £24,000 – £45,000 pa
• Entry level

A traineeship programme combining online, accredited IT support training with hands-on Livelabs practice and CompTIA A+ exams, followed by placement into an IT Technician role. After two years' industry experience and further cyber security training, participants progress into a Cyber Security Technician position with partner IT companies.

CompTIA A+ · CompTIA · Microsoft +1

• Solihull
• £30,000 – £40,000 pa
• Entry level

A training programme combining accredited CompTIA online courses, tutor support and practice labs to prepare candidates with no prior experience for entry-level IT roles. Participants sit A+ and Network+ exams, then move into an IT Technician placement before progressing into cybersecurity with Security+ and optional ethical hacking courses.

CompTIA A+ · CompTIA Network+ · CompTIA Security+ +2

• Sutton Coldfield
• Remote
• £24,000 – £45,000 pa
• Entry level

A traineeship combining self-paced online CompTIA, Microsoft and Cisco training with Livelabs practical work, leading to a guaranteed IT Technician placement and later a cyber security role. Candidates study from home with a tutor, sit CompTIA A+ exams, then gain two years' industry experience before progressing into cyber security.

CompTIA A+ · CompTIA · Microsoft +1

• Birmingham
• Mid-level · manages people

Delivers client cyber risk engagements, applying frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Benchmarks, Cyber Essentials and NCSC guidance. Manages, develops and mentors a small team while handling multiple engagements, and combines technical expertise with stakeholder management to drive control improvements.

ISO 27001 · ISO 27002 · NIST CSF +5

• Solihull
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £80,000 – £100,000 pa
• Lead · manages people

Leads physical security, secure data centre operations, personnel security and facilities management across a security-sensitive estate, heading a small team of security and estates professionals. Involves security design, access control, risk assessments, incident investigations, contractor and building project oversight, plus occasional out-of-hours incident response. Requires DV clearance or eligibility and at least three days per week on site.