Network Security Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Network Security
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands citing Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 71 50
Rank change year-on-year -1 -21 -3
Contract jobs citing Network Security 12 4 15
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.87% 0.45% 2.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.01% 6.35% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 8
10th Percentile £247 - £217
25th Percentile £360 - £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £513 - £388
90th Percentile £585 - -
England median daily rate £550 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +9.45% -4.29% -4.55%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in the East Midlands.

6 months to
13 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills 109 63 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 7.86% 7.09% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 36 40
10th Percentile £226 £146 £152
25th Percentile £263 £154 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £338 £375
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -10.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £500 £479 £609
90th Percentile £540 £500 £721
England median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 8 4
10th Percentile £17.67 £15.60 £21.14
25th Percentile £20.52 £18.06 £22.40
Median hourly rate £25.75 £22.99 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +12.01% -4.92% +15.14%
75th Percentile - £25.15 £24.46
90th Percentile £36.52 - £24.96
England median hourly rate £45.00 £33.39 £50.00
% change year-on-year +34.79% -33.23% -11.49%

Network Security Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Network Security job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Network Security Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Network Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Network Security

Network Security Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 13 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the East Midlands

Network Security Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Network Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Network Security

Network Security Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 November 2026. 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire - 6 £488 - 4
Lincolnshire -7 3 £500 - 3
Nottinghamshire - 3 £453 - 3
Network Security
England

Network Security Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Firewall83.3%10
2DNS33.3%4
2VPN33.3%4
2Wireless33.3%4
5BGP25.0%3
5IPsec25.0%3
5OSPF25.0%3
5VLAN25.0%3
5WAN25.0%3
10Cisco ISE16.7%2
10Cisco Nexus16.7%2
10Cisco Wireless16.7%2
10DHCP16.7%2
10EIGRP16.7%2
10LAN16.7%2
10MPLS16.7%2
10SD-WAN16.7%2
10TCP/IP16.7%2
19Cisco ASA8.3%1
19Reverse Proxy8.3%1