Network Security Contracts in the West Midlands

Network Security
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 91 143
Rank change year-on-year +27 +52 -39
Contract jobs citing Network Security 52 46 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.68% 1.95% 0.73%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.37% 12.96% 6.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 31 15
10th Percentile £350 £313 £435
25th Percentile £425 £450 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% +15.00% +6.10%
75th Percentile £675 £681 £544
90th Percentile £770 £703 £596
England median daily rate £555 £575 £548
% change year-on-year -3.48% +5.02% +15.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 389 355 387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.08% 15.07% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 219 265
10th Percentile £200 £263 £164
25th Percentile £307 £363 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £495 £400
Median % change year-on-year -19.19% +23.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £503
90th Percentile £689 £700 £618
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 17
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £11.93
25th Percentile £13.50 £13.13 £12.38
Median hourly rate £19.95 £16.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +1.52% +10.00%
75th Percentile £23.75 £20.58 £20.00
90th Percentile £28.75 £21.80 £20.51
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the West Midlands

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the West Midlands

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the West Midlands

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the West Midlands

Network Security
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 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
Herefordshire +4 15 £700 +7.69% 1
Birmingham +13 12 £450 -16.28% 9
Coventry +13 10 £650 +36.84%
Warwickshire +2 6 £625 +8.70%
Staffordshire +8 2 £275 -60.71% 7
Solihull - 1 - - 1
Network Security
England

Network Security
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:

Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (34.62%) Azure
2 9 (17.31%) AWS
3 5 (9.62%) CloudFront
3 5 (9.62%) Entra ID
3 5 (9.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 4 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (28.85%) Firewall
1 15 (28.85%) Intrusion Detection
2 9 (17.31%) VPN
3 6 (11.54%) DNS
4 4 (7.69%) SAN
5 3 (5.77%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (5.77%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (3.85%) Wireless
7 1 (1.92%) BGP
7 1 (1.92%) DMZ
7 1 (1.92%) Junos
7 1 (1.92%) LAN
7 1 (1.92%) OSPF
7 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.92%) VoIP
7 1 (1.92%) WAN
7 1 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (28.85%) Big Data
2 3 (5.77%) GIS
2 3 (5.77%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 29 (55.77%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (21.15%) Public Sector
2 11 (21.15%) Social Skills
3 6 (11.54%) Finance
4 5 (9.62%) Retail
5 1 (1.92%) Law
5 1 (1.92%) Military
5 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (21.15%) Security Engineer
2 6 (11.54%) Cloud Engineer
2 6 (11.54%) Network Engineer
3 5 (9.62%) Applications Engineer
3 5 (9.62%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 5 (9.62%) SOC Engineer
4 4 (7.69%) Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) Network Manager
5 2 (3.85%) Architect
5 2 (3.85%) Data Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Lead
5 2 (3.85%) Network Specialist
5 2 (3.85%) Process Analyst
5 2 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (3.85%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (1.92%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (1.92%) Cyber Threat Analyst
6 1 (1.92%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (1.92%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (28.85%) Apache NiFi
2 5 (9.62%) OAuth
2 5 (9.62%) OAuth2
2 5 (9.62%) SAML
3 2 (3.85%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 17 (32.69%) Cyber Defence
2 16 (30.77%) Management Information System
3 15 (28.85%) Distributed Applications
4 8 (15.38%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (13.46%) Cloud Native
6 4 (7.69%) Security Posture
7 3 (5.77%) Operational Technology
7 3 (5.77%) PACS
8 2 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (3.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (3.85%) Onboarding
8 2 (3.85%) Taxonomies
9 1 (1.92%) PKI
9 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (38.46%) Windows
2 14 (26.92%) Linux
3 13 (25.00%) Android
3 13 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 13 (25.00%) Unix
4 1 (1.92%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (42.31%) SIEM
3 18 (34.62%) Security Operations
4 17 (32.69%) Actionable Insight
4 17 (32.69%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (30.77%) Information Security
6 15 (28.85%) Data Engineering
6 15 (28.85%) Data Management
6 15 (28.85%) Security Architecture
7 14 (26.92%) Analytics
7 14 (26.92%) Data Pipeline
7 14 (26.92%) Kalman Filter
8 13 (25.00%) Cloud Security
8 13 (25.00%) Incident Response
9 10 (19.23%) Data Analysis
9 10 (19.23%) Identity Access Management
10 9 (17.31%) Infrastructure Management
11 8 (15.38%) Agile
12 7 (13.46%) ITIL
12 7 (13.46%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 29 (55.77%) Security Cleared
2 16 (30.77%) DV Cleared
3 12 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (19.23%) SC Cleared
5 7 (13.46%) CCNP
6 6 (11.54%) Azure Certification
6 6 (11.54%) CCNA
6 6 (11.54%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (9.62%) AWS Certification
7 5 (9.62%) CISSP
7 5 (9.62%) Degree
8 4 (7.69%) CCIE
8 4 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (3.85%) BC Cleared
9 2 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (3.85%) CASP
9 2 (3.85%) GCED
9 2 (3.85%) GIAC
9 2 (3.85%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (28.85%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (9.62%) Active Directory
1 5 (9.62%) Docker
2 1 (1.92%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (7.69%) Ansible
1 4 (7.69%) Terraform
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (19.23%) Red Hat
2 7 (13.46%) Cisco
3 6 (11.54%) Microsoft
4 5 (9.62%) Palo Alto
5 4 (7.69%) CheckPoint
5 4 (7.69%) F5
6 3 (5.77%) Ericsson
6 3 (5.77%) ESRI
6 3 (5.77%) Greenplum
6 3 (5.77%) Mapinfo
6 3 (5.77%) Pega
6 3 (5.77%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.85%) Citrix
7 2 (3.85%) Juniper
7 2 (3.85%) LogRhythm
7 2 (3.85%) TippingPoint
7 2 (3.85%) Trend Micro
8 1 (1.92%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.92%) Oracle
8 1 (1.92%) VMware