Network Security Job Trends in the East Midlands

Network Security
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 69 97
Rank change year-on-year -52 +28 +28
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 15 61 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.60% 2.66% 1.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.86% 22.18% 8.87%
Number of salaries quoted 9 7 20
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,000 £28,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £46,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,479 £35,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.37% -35.78% +14.74%
75th Percentile £51,144 £61,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £61,937 £70,250 £66,625
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 389 275 248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 15.43% 11.97% 15.21%
Number of salaries quoted 192 99 197
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £38,750 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £63,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Network Security job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Network Security
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Network Security

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the East Midlands

Network Security
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire -14 8 £31,500 -21.25% 3
Northamptonshire +4 2 £50,000 -6.98%
Leicestershire -21 2 £42,500 - 1
Lincolnshire - 1 £72,500 - 1
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (26.67%) Azure
3 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
3 2 (13.33%) Nutanix
4 1 (6.67%) AWS
4 1 (6.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) DHCP
1 9 (60.00%) DNS
2 6 (40.00%) Internet
3 5 (33.33%) Firewall
4 3 (20.00%) VLAN
5 2 (13.33%) LAN
5 2 (13.33%) MPLS
5 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
5 2 (13.33%) WAN
6 1 (6.67%) BGP
6 1 (6.67%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (6.67%) IPv4
6 1 (6.67%) IPv6
6 1 (6.67%) OSPF
6 1 (6.67%) VPLS
6 1 (6.67%) VPN
6 1 (6.67%) VXLAN
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) IT Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Field Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Security Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Information Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Information Security Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) IT Support
4 2 (13.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Network Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Network Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) iPad
1 6 (40.00%) PMI
2 3 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Windows
2 8 (53.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (40.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 6 (40.00%) Server Management
2 5 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (20.00%) Information Security
4 3 (20.00%) Threat Detection
5 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
5 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
5 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (13.33%) Network Architecture
5 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
6 1 (6.67%) Application Security
6 1 (6.67%) Change Control
6 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) Cost Reduction
6 1 (6.67%) Digital Strategy
6 1 (6.67%) High Availability
6 1 (6.67%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Degree
2 6 (40.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (13.33%) CISM
3 2 (13.33%) CISSP
3 2 (13.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (6.67%) CCNA
4 1 (6.67%) CCNP
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (13.33%) GDPR
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 9 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (53.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (6.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (40.00%) WSUS
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) VMware
2 6 (40.00%) Apple
3 4 (26.67%) Cisco
4 2 (13.33%) Darktrace
4 2 (13.33%) Juniper
4 2 (13.33%) Meraki
5 1 (6.67%) Aruba
5 1 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (6.67%) Veeam