IPsec Contracts in Birmingham

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring IPsec skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IPsec over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 40 59
Rank change year-on-year -2 +19 +32
Contract jobs citing IPsec 13 20 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.35% 2.94% 2.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.33% 21.28% 9.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 0
10th Percentile £222 - -
25th Percentile £269 £263 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £275 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - -
75th Percentile £419 £375 -
90th Percentile £453 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £350 £350 £413
% change year-on-year - -15.15% -16.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

IPsec falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 75 94 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.56% 13.82% 20.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 55 94
10th Percentile £237 - £256
25th Percentile £300 £263 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £515 £488 £669
90th Percentile £575 £623 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +11.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £44.35 £13.48 £13.08
25th Percentile £44.88 £13.81 £13.94
Median hourly rate £47.00 £14.00 £15.75
Median % change year-on-year +235.71% -11.11% -21.25%
75th Percentile £50.38 £16.44 £17.44
90th Percentile £51.65 £20.83 £18.23
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £14.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year +114.29% -48.62% +45.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for IPsec in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for IPsec in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IPsec in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IPsec in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IPsec in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for IPsec in Birmingham

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) BGP
1 13 (100.00%) VPN
2 7 (53.85%) MPLS
2 7 (53.85%) WAN
3 6 (46.15%) Firewall
3 6 (46.15%) Network Security
3 6 (46.15%) OSPF
3 6 (46.15%) SSL
3 6 (46.15%) TCP/IP
3 6 (46.15%) VLAN
4 3 (23.08%) Junos
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
3 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Check Point Expert
1 6 (46.15%) Support Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (23.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (23.08%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Network Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) WAN Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Network Support
4 2 (15.38%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) PKI
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Load Balancing
1 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (46.15%) High Availability
2 6 (46.15%) SIEM
3 3 (23.08%) Network Design
4 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 6 (46.15%) CCSE
3 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Juniper
2 6 (46.15%) CheckPoint
2 6 (46.15%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco