Network Segmentation Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Network Segmentation
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Network Segmentation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Segmentation 11 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.41% - 0.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% - 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £468
25th Percentile £575 - £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £550
75th Percentile £725 - £619
90th Percentile - - £653
England median daily rate £620 £575 £638
% change year-on-year +7.83% -9.80% +15.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Network Segmentation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,337 2,244 2,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.82% 82.23% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,520 1,438 1,709
10th Percentile £235 £256 £250
25th Percentile £361 £380 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 74 96
10th Percentile £13.47 £12.88 £13.08
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.11 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.39 £21.55 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% -21.65% +52.78%
75th Percentile £26.69 £41.61 £51.50
90th Percentile £47.00 £55.00 £68.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Network Segmentation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Segmentation in the Midlands

Network Segmentation
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Network Segmentation
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 Segmentation within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
West Midlands - 11 £650 - 4
Network Segmentation
England

Network Segmentation
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 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) DNS
2 5 (45.45%) DMZ
2 5 (45.45%) Firewall
2 5 (45.45%) TCP/IP
3 4 (36.36%) BIG-IP
3 4 (36.36%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 4 (36.36%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 4 (36.36%) HTTP
3 4 (36.36%) SSL
3 4 (36.36%) Wireshark
4 3 (27.27%) VPN
5 2 (18.18%) 5G
5 2 (18.18%) Internet
5 2 (18.18%) Network Security
5 2 (18.18%) NGFW
5 2 (18.18%) VLAN
5 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (18.18%) Wireless
6 1 (9.09%) LoRaWAN
6 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Fiddler
General
1 4 (36.36%) Banking
1 4 (36.36%) Investment Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
1 4 (36.36%) Automation Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Network Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Python Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Junior
2 3 (27.27%) Junior Network Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Security Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Network Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Network Security Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Project Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Operational Technology
2 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 4 (36.36%) Onboarding
2 4 (36.36%) SCADA
3 2 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (18.18%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
4 1 (9.09%) IoT
4 1 (9.09%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Load Balancing
1 4 (36.36%) Migration
1 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
2 3 (27.27%) Network Architecture
2 3 (27.27%) Zero Trust
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (18.18%) Network Design
3 2 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
4 1 (9.09%) Data Acquisition
4 1 (9.09%) ITIL
4 1 (9.09%) Network Management
4 1 (9.09%) Predictive Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) Project Management
4 1 (9.09%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
4 1 (9.09%) Security Architecture
4 1 (9.09%) Security Operations
4 1 (9.09%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) CCIE
2 3 (27.27%) CCNP
2 3 (27.27%) CISSP
3 2 (18.18%) CCNA
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) CCIE Routing and Switching
4 1 (9.09%) CCIE Wireless
4 1 (9.09%) CWSP
4 1 (9.09%) MCP
4 1 (9.09%) MCSA
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Ansible
2 2 (18.18%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) F5
2 4 (36.36%) Blue Coat
2 4 (36.36%) McAfee
2 4 (36.36%) NetApp
3 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
4 1 (9.09%) Aruba
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 1 (9.09%) Zscaler