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 requiring Network Security skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 50 44
Rank change year-on-year -17 -6 +31
Contract jobs citing Network Security 4 16 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.51% 2.00% 2.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.78% 14.68% 21.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 14
10th Percentile - £349 £339
25th Percentile - £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -30.23% +26.47%
75th Percentile - £509 £683
90th Percentile - £589 £700
England median daily rate £533 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -1.39% -1.82% +3.04%

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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 59 109 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 7.48% 13.63% 13.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 55 74
10th Percentile £146 £175 £198
25th Percentile £171 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year -19.45% +14.29% +2.94%
75th Percentile £492 £600 £547
90th Percentile £545 £693 £693
England median daily rate £488 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -3.94% +1.50% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 8
10th Percentile £13.81 - £10.76
25th Percentile £17.32 £12.75 £17.69
Median hourly rate £25.15 £13.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +81.13% -33.88% -6.67%
75th Percentile - £23.21 £54.00
90th Percentile - £24.52 -
England median hourly rate £41.50 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -27.64% +1.52% +34.50%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security 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
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 19 September 2025. 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
Northamptonshire -10 3 - -
Lincolnshire 0 1 - -
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Governance Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Lead
3 1 (25.00%) Lead Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
1 2 (50.00%) ITSM
1 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) CRISC
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) GRC
1 2 (50.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (25.00%) Zscaler