Network Intrusion Detection System Contracts in the Midlands

Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Network Intrusion Detection System skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Intrusion Detection System over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 - 153
Rank change year-on-year - - +49
Contract jobs citing Network Intrusion Detection System 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.050% - 0.21%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.37% - 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £490
25th Percentile £763 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - £543
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.65%
75th Percentile £788 - £574
90th Percentile - - £590
England median daily rate £775 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +19.15%

All Systems Management Skills
Midlands

Network Intrusion Detection System falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 273 277 420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.61% 10.29% 12.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 225 283
10th Percentile £200 £190 £276
25th Percentile £317 £319 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £449 £510
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% -11.96% +13.33%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £634
90th Percentile £674 £648 £700
England median daily rate £525 £521 £575
% change year-on-year +0.72% -9.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 16
10th Percentile £14.00 £20.52 £17.72
25th Percentile £15.22 £25.38 £19.56
Median hourly rate £18.13 £25.77 £21.97
Median % change year-on-year -29.63% +17.30% +33.12%
75th Percentile £19.76 £26.15 £40.25
90th Percentile £21.39 £40.57 £53.13
England median hourly rate £28.00 £25.77 £52.32
% change year-on-year +8.67% -50.75% +143.33%

Network Intrusion Detection System
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Network Intrusion Detection System as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Network Intrusion Detection System in the Midlands

Network Intrusion Detection System
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Intrusion Detection System in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Network Intrusion Detection System in the Midlands

Network Intrusion Detection System
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 Network Intrusion Detection System within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 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 - 1 £775 - 1
Network Intrusion Detection System
England

Network Intrusion Detection System
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE Security
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
1 1 (100.00%) CCSM
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler