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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 82 132
Rank change year-on-year +8 +50 -19
Contract jobs citing Network Security 42 48 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.16% 2.15% 0.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.20% 13.08% 8.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 31 23
10th Percentile £425 £313 £235
25th Percentile £506 £438 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £634 £538 £518
Median % change year-on-year +18.02% +3.86% +9.81%
75th Percentile £713 £681 £557
90th Percentile £850 £703 £650
England median daily rate £564 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -1.96% +6.98% +13.16%

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 375 367 396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 19.28% 16.41% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 216 273
10th Percentile £200 £263 £163
25th Percentile £307 £347 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £408
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +16.56% -2.69%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £540
90th Percentile £688 £700 £648
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 14
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £11.59
25th Percentile £13.44 £14.38 £13.56
Median hourly rate £16.98 £19.60 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.40% +15.31% +13.33%
75th Percentile £23.75 £23.68 £20.00
90th Percentile £33.16 £28.25 £20.36
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +135.29% -28.90% +3.48%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +3 18 £675 +3.85% 1
Coventry +11 9 £650 +40.54% 1
Birmingham +4 8 £450 -24.21% 12
Warwickshire -3 2 £643 +2.80%
Staffordshire +9 1 £275 -60.71% 2
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.76%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 13 (30.95%) Azure
2 8 (19.05%) AWS
3 5 (11.90%) CloudFront
3 5 (11.90%) Entra ID
3 5 (11.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (42.86%) Intrusion Detection
2 12 (28.57%) Firewall
3 7 (16.67%) VPN
4 5 (11.90%) DNS
5 4 (9.52%) SAN
6 3 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (2.38%) BGP
7 1 (2.38%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (2.38%) Junos
7 1 (2.38%) LAN
7 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.38%) VLAN
7 1 (2.38%) VoIP
7 1 (2.38%) WAN
7 1 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (42.86%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (64.29%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (26.19%) Public Sector
3 6 (14.29%) Finance
3 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 5 (11.90%) Retail
5 1 (2.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (26.19%) Security Engineer
2 5 (11.90%) Applications Engineer
2 5 (11.90%) Cloud Engineer
2 5 (11.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 5 (11.90%) Network Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Network Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Architect
4 2 (4.76%) Data Engineer
4 2 (4.76%) SOC Engineer
4 2 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) Analyst
5 1 (2.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) IT Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
5 1 (2.38%) Network Architect
5 1 (2.38%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) Security Architect
5 1 (2.38%) Security Specialist
5 1 (2.38%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (42.86%) Apache NiFi
2 5 (11.90%) OAuth
2 5 (11.90%) OAuth2
2 5 (11.90%) SAML
3 2 (4.76%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 20 (47.62%) Cyber Defence
2 18 (42.86%) Distributed Applications
3 15 (35.71%) Management Information System
4 7 (16.67%) Cloud Native
5 5 (11.90%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (4.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (4.76%) Operational Technology
6 2 (4.76%) Security Posture
6 2 (4.76%) Taxonomies
7 1 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (2.38%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (52.38%) Windows
2 16 (38.10%) Android
2 16 (38.10%) Apple iOS
2 16 (38.10%) Linux
2 16 (38.10%) Unix
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (54.76%) Cybersecurity
1 23 (54.76%) SIEM
2 19 (45.24%) Actionable Insight
2 19 (45.24%) Information Security
2 19 (45.24%) Security Operations
3 18 (42.86%) Data Engineering
3 18 (42.86%) Data Management
3 18 (42.86%) Data Pipeline
3 18 (42.86%) Security Architecture
4 17 (40.48%) Kalman Filter
5 16 (38.10%) Analytics
6 14 (33.33%) Data Analysis
7 11 (26.19%) Incident Response
8 10 (23.81%) Cloud Security
9 9 (21.43%) Infrastructure Management
10 8 (19.05%) Identity Access Management
10 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (11.90%) Application Security
11 5 (11.90%) Task Automation
11 5 (11.90%) The Twelve-Factor App
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 26 (61.90%) Security Cleared
2 19 (45.24%) DV Cleared
3 12 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (16.67%) CCNP
5 6 (14.29%) CCNA
5 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 5 (11.90%) AWS Certification
6 5 (11.90%) CCIE
7 4 (9.52%) CISSP
7 4 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (7.14%) Azure Certification
8 3 (7.14%) Degree
9 2 (4.76%) BC Cleared
9 2 (4.76%) CASP
9 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (4.76%) GCED
9 2 (4.76%) GIAC
9 2 (4.76%) GSEC
9 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (42.86%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 5 (11.90%) Active Directory
1 5 (11.90%) Docker
2 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (7.14%) Ansible
1 3 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 9 (21.43%) Cisco
3 5 (11.90%) CheckPoint
4 4 (9.52%) F5
4 4 (9.52%) Palo Alto
5 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
5 3 (7.14%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.76%) Citrix
6 2 (4.76%) Juniper
6 2 (4.76%) LogRhythm
6 2 (4.76%) TippingPoint
6 2 (4.76%) Trend Micro
6 2 (4.76%) VMware
7 1 (2.38%) AlgoSec
7 1 (2.38%) Fortinet