Network Security Engineer Contracts in the West Midlands

Network Security Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Network Security Engineer daily rate in the West Midlands is £380, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 102 128
Rank change year-on-year -4 +26 -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 4 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.24% 0.32% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.35% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £445 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.61% - -
England median daily rate £420 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% -10.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,511 1,709 2,077
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.81% 91.64% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 960 1,175 1,449
10th Percentile £235 £250 £253
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £600
90th Percentile £650 £725 £713
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 77 55
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.90 £13.38
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £16.37
Median hourly rate £24.34 £19.59 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.25% -4.44% +13.89%
75th Percentile £34.54 £37.50 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £49.15
England median hourly rate £25.32 £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -43.73% +5.88% +66.67%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in the West Midlands

Network Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security Engineer in the West Midlands

Network Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
Warwickshire - 3 £380 - 4
Herefordshire - 1 - -
Network Security Engineer
England

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 5 August 2025, Network Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) IPsec
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Juniper
2 3 (75.00%) DMVPN
2 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (50.00%) 802.1X
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Detection
3 2 (50.00%) Inventory Management
3 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (50.00%) VPN
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) SSL
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 2 (50.00%) F5
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (50.00%) Blue Coat
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) VLAN
4 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) SIEM
4 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
2 3 (75.00%) DMVPN
2 3 (75.00%) IPsec
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) SSL
3 2 (50.00%) VPN
3 2 (50.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) BGP
4 1 (25.00%) EIGRP
4 1 (25.00%) OSPF
4 1 (25.00%) Spanning Tree
4 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (25.00%) VLAN
4 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Juniper
2 2 (50.00%) Blue Coat
2 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (50.00%) F5
3 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds