Network Security Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Network Security
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.33% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £635 £550
% change year-on-year -21.26% +15.45% +7.84%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 15 12 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 4.98% 10.53% 24.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 3
10th Percentile £182 £165 -
25th Percentile £325 - £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £210 £480
Median % change year-on-year +80.95% -56.25% +32.41%
75th Percentile £400 £580 £516
90th Percentile £460 £585 £529
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £12.18 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year -14.29% +21.74% +18.56%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.

Network Security job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Network Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Network Security

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Shrewsbury - 1 £380 -
Network Security
West Midlands

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Security Patching
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet