IPsec Contracts in the Midlands

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 46 149
Rank change year-on-year -44 +103 +38
Contract jobs citing IPsec 21 97 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.10% 3.52% 0.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.81% 19.72% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 52 5
10th Percentile £191 £263 £348
25th Percentile £250 £297 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -17.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £574 £388 £475
90th Percentile £631 - £505
England median daily rate £516 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +29.06% -23.81% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £15.00
England median hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £69.11
% change year-on-year -20.83% -65.27% +55.30%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 214 492 513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.18% 17.85% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 294 337
10th Percentile £162 £200 £250
25th Percentile £249 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +12.64%
75th Percentile £597 £575 £594
90th Percentile £693 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 36 17
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.28 £12.50
25th Percentile - £13.13 £16.25
Median hourly rate £13.81 £14.27 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% -31.08% +18.31%
75th Percentile £18.13 £24.35 £28.50
90th Percentile £24.21 £28.75 £40.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IPsec in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for IPsec in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IPsec in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IPsec in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for IPsec in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West Midlands -50 16 £300 -14.29% 2
East Midlands - 5 £618 - 1
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England

IPsec
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (76.19%) VPN
2 14 (66.67%) BGP
3 11 (52.38%) MPLS
3 11 (52.38%) WAN
4 10 (47.62%) Firewall
5 8 (38.10%) OSPF
5 8 (38.10%) VLAN
6 5 (23.81%) DNS
6 5 (23.81%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 5 (23.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 5 (23.81%) Network Security
7 4 (19.05%) HSRP
7 4 (19.05%) SSL
7 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
8 2 (9.52%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (4.76%) Junos
General
1 7 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 9 (42.86%) 2nd Line Support
1 9 (42.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 9 (42.86%) Support Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Network Engineer
3 7 (33.33%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
3 7 (33.33%) Network Support
3 7 (33.33%) Network Support Engineer
4 6 (28.57%) Architect
5 5 (23.81%) Network Architect
6 4 (19.05%) Check Point Expert
7 3 (14.29%) WAN Engineer
8 2 (9.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 2 (9.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
9 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 1 (4.76%) Cloud Architect
9 1 (4.76%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
9 1 (4.76%) Oracle Architect
9 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (52.38%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Load Balancing
2 5 (23.81%) Configuration Management
3 4 (19.05%) High Availability
3 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (19.05%) SIEM
4 1 (4.76%) Agile
4 1 (4.76%) Biometrics
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security
4 1 (4.76%) Incident Response
4 1 (4.76%) Use Case
4 1 (4.76%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 17 (80.95%) Security Cleared
2 12 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) CCNP
3 4 (19.05%) CCSE
3 4 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 16 (76.19%) Juniper
2 7 (33.33%) Cisco
3 5 (23.81%) F5
3 5 (23.81%) SolarWinds
4 4 (19.05%) CheckPoint
4 4 (19.05%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle