IPsec Job Trends in the Midlands

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring IPsec skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 188 261
Rank change year-on-year -54 +73 +59
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 2 21 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.019% 0.43% 0.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.13% 2.91% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 17 26
10th Percentile - £50,213 -
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £26,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £27,400
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +137.23% -45.20%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,250 £50,125
90th Percentile - £77,500 £58,125
England median annual salary £47,500 £62,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -24.00% +31.58% -9.52%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

IPsec 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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,587 721 1,484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.19% 14.84% 14.48%
Number of salaries quoted 421 428 1,258
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,775 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £29,230
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,446
% change year-on-year -19.05% +8.37% -3.59%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

IPsec job vacancy trend in the Midlands

IPsec
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing IPsec.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing IPsec

IPsec
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 March 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
East Midlands - 1 £62,500 -
IPsec
England

IPsec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) X.509
General
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Cryptography Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Key Management
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) F5
1 1 (50.00%) VMware