Network Security Contracts in the Midlands

Network Security
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 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 82 77 106
Rank change year-on-year -5 +29 +70
Contract jobs citing Network Security 29 56 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.52% 2.03% 1.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.55% 11.38% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 42 40
10th Percentile £419 £350 £361
25th Percentile £469 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £608 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +15.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £628 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £16.26 - £22.26
England median hourly rate £80.68 £13.50 £52.13
% change year-on-year +497.59% -74.10% -4.72%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 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%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the Midlands

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the Midlands

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the Midlands

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the Midlands

Network Security
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 Security 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 -16 25 £525 -13.58% 35
East Midlands +13 4 £650 - 13
Network Security
England

Network Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (24.14%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) AWS
2 5 (17.24%) GCP
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.45%) Akamai
4 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.45%) Cloudflare
4 1 (3.45%) OCI
4 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (55.17%) Firewall
2 6 (20.69%) BGP
2 6 (20.69%) OSPF
2 6 (20.69%) VPN
2 6 (20.69%) WAN
3 5 (17.24%) IPsec
3 5 (17.24%) LAN
3 5 (17.24%) SD-WAN
3 5 (17.24%) VLAN
4 4 (13.79%) SSL
4 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
5 3 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (6.90%) 5G
6 2 (6.90%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (6.90%) EIGRP
6 2 (6.90%) Internet
6 2 (6.90%) Unified Communications
6 2 (6.90%) VoIP
7 1 (3.45%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (3.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Telecoms
4 4 (13.79%) Legal
5 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Finance
6 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.90%) Retail
7 1 (3.45%) Banking
7 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Architect
2 5 (17.24%) Senior
3 4 (13.79%) Check Point Expert
4 3 (10.34%) Consultant
4 3 (10.34%) Information Assurance Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Information Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Network Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Security Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Security Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) ICT Officer
5 2 (6.90%) ICT Support
5 2 (6.90%) ICT Support Officer
5 2 (6.90%) Network Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Network Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) 802.1X
1 1 (3.45%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Security Posture
2 3 (10.34%) Industry 4.0
2 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.34%) Operational Technology
2 3 (10.34%) SCADA
3 2 (6.90%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.45%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.45%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (3.45%) IoT
4 1 (3.45%) NB-IoT
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.45%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Check Point GAiA
2 3 (10.34%) Linux
2 3 (10.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (27.59%) Cloud Security
4 7 (24.14%) High Availability
4 7 (24.14%) Mentoring
5 6 (20.69%) SIEM
6 5 (17.24%) Network Design
6 5 (17.24%) Security Architecture
7 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (13.79%) Information Security
7 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
8 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
8 3 (10.34%) Design Patterns
8 3 (10.34%) Information Assurance
8 3 (10.34%) Network Architecture
8 3 (10.34%) Network Management
8 3 (10.34%) OWASP
8 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (10.34%) Threat Modelling
8 3 (10.34%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) Python
2 1 (3.45%) Bash
2 1 (3.45%) Perl
2 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Degree
2 5 (17.24%) CISSP
3 4 (13.79%) CCSE
3 4 (13.79%) CISA
3 4 (13.79%) CISM
3 4 (13.79%) GIAC
3 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
4 3 (10.34%) CCNP
4 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.90%) CEH
5 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.45%) CCIE
6 1 (3.45%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (24.14%) NIST
2 3 (10.34%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (10.34%) NIST 800
2 3 (10.34%) PCI DSS
3 2 (6.90%) GDPR
3 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.45%) HIPAA
4 1 (3.45%) NCSC
4 1 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (27.59%) FortiGate
2 2 (6.90%) Ansible
3 1 (3.45%) CSIRT
3 1 (3.45%) Kibana
3 1 (3.45%) logstash
3 1 (3.45%) QRadar
3 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Cisco
2 6 (20.69%) Fortinet
3 4 (13.79%) CheckPoint
4 3 (10.34%) Juniper
5 2 (6.90%) Aruba
5 2 (6.90%) F5
5 2 (6.90%) Mitel
5 2 (6.90%) Splunk
6 1 (3.45%) Arista
6 1 (3.45%) FireEye
6 1 (3.45%) IBM
6 1 (3.45%) Imperva
6 1 (3.45%) Infoblox
6 1 (3.45%) Meraki
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
6 1 (3.45%) Oracle
6 1 (3.45%) Palo Alto
6 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.45%) Tanium
6 1 (3.45%) Zscaler