Network Security Contracts in Coventry

Network Security
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Coventry requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 17 29
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 -1
Contract jobs citing Network Security 6 9 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry 5.45% 8.41% 4.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.00% 33.33% 20.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 6
10th Percentile £406 £525 £388
25th Percentile £414 £625 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £650 £463
Median % change year-on-year -32.69% +40.54% +89.74%
75th Percentile £505 £675 £475
90th Percentile £592 - £500
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £634 £531
% change year-on-year -17.24% +19.41% +4.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Coventry

Network Security 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 Coventry.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 24 27 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 21.82% 25.23% 19.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 15 33
10th Percentile £214 £299 £250
25th Percentile £255 £381 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £627 £675 £488
90th Percentile £725 - £535
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% +18.75%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Coventry.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Coventry

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Coventry.

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Coventry

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Daily Rate Histogram in Coventry

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Coventry over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Coventry

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Coventry.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Coventry

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry 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 6 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) BIG-IP
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 3 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (33.33%) LAN
3 2 (33.33%) Unified Communications
3 2 (33.33%) VoIP
3 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (16.67%) 5G
4 1 (16.67%) LoRaWAN
4 1 (16.67%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (16.67%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Network Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Network Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Switch Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (16.67%) IoT
1 1 (16.67%) NB-IoT
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) Load Balancing
1 3 (50.00%) Network Design
2 2 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Ansible
2 2 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (50.00%) F5
2 3 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (50.00%) SolarWinds
3 2 (33.33%) Aruba
3 2 (33.33%) Mitel