Network Security Jobs in the Midlands

Network Security
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 219 89 257
Rank change year-on-year -130 +168 -55
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 102 333 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.86% 3.59% 0.97%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.50% 19.28% 6.10%
Number of salaries quoted 78 83 77
10th Percentile £27,873 £35,375 £32,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,864 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.56% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £70,750 £78,500 £76,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,569 1,727 1,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.22% 18.61% 15.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,287 732 1,092
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £57,563
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the Midlands

Network Security
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Network Security in the Midlands

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the Midlands

Network Security
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 Network Security within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -96 70 £43,227 -27.96% 22
East Midlands -61 32 £32,500 -20.40% 9
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 12 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.96%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 17 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Sage 200
2 2 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.96%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.96%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 41 (40.20%) Azure
2 18 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (8.82%) Entra ID
4 6 (5.88%) AWS
5 5 (4.90%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.96%) SaaS
7 1 (0.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 54 (52.94%) Firewall
2 24 (23.53%) VPN
3 17 (16.67%) WAN
4 16 (15.69%) LAN
5 15 (14.71%) VLAN
6 14 (13.73%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (11.76%) MPLS
8 10 (9.80%) BGP
8 10 (9.80%) OSPF
9 8 (7.84%) DNS
10 6 (5.88%) TCP/IP
10 6 (5.88%) Wireless
10 6 (5.88%) WLAN
11 5 (4.90%) Internet
11 5 (4.90%) SD-WAN
12 4 (3.92%) DHCP
12 4 (3.92%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (3.92%) SAN
12 4 (3.92%) VoIP
13 3 (2.94%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.96%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.96%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Git
1 1 (0.98%) Jenkins
General
1 33 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 11 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (10.78%) Telecoms
3 10 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (4.90%) Police
4 5 (4.90%) Retail
5 4 (3.92%) Finance
5 4 (3.92%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.94%) Banking
6 3 (2.94%) Legal
6 3 (2.94%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.94%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.98%) Back Office
7 1 (0.98%) Games
7 1 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (23.53%) Network Engineer
2 14 (13.73%) IT Support
3 12 (11.76%) IT Manager
4 11 (10.78%) Analyst
5 8 (7.84%) IT Engineer
6 7 (6.86%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (6.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (6.86%) IT Analyst
6 7 (6.86%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (6.86%) Support Engineer
7 6 (5.88%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 6 (5.88%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
7 6 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 6 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (5.88%) Desktop Engineer
7 6 (5.88%) Desktop Support
7 6 (5.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 6 (5.88%) Field Engineer
7 6 (5.88%) Field Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.94%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.78%) Management Information System
2 8 (7.84%) Driving Licence
3 7 (6.86%) CCTV
3 7 (6.86%) Data Centre
4 6 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 6 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (4.90%) EPoS
6 4 (3.92%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (3.92%) FMCG
7 3 (2.94%) iPad
7 3 (2.94%) Media Streaming
7 3 (2.94%) PKI
7 3 (2.94%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.96%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.96%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.98%) Cybercrime
9 1 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 24 (23.53%) Windows
2 10 (9.80%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.88%) Mac OS
4 4 (3.92%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (3.92%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (3.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (2.94%) Linux
6 2 (1.96%) Android
7 1 (0.98%) Unix
7 1 (0.98%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (24.51%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (22.55%) ITIL
3 17 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 17 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 15 (14.71%) Agile
5 14 (13.73%) Customer Service
6 13 (12.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (12.75%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (9.80%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (9.80%) Project Delivery
8 10 (9.80%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (8.82%) Security Operations
9 9 (8.82%) Service Management
9 9 (8.82%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 8 (7.84%) IT Strategy
10 8 (7.84%) Network Architecture
10 8 (7.84%) Network Virtualisation
10 8 (7.84%) Roadmaps
11 7 (6.86%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.88%) Python
2 5 (4.90%) Bash
2 5 (4.90%) Bicep
2 5 (4.90%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (24.51%) Degree
2 18 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (16.67%) CCNA
4 16 (15.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (13.73%) CCNP
6 13 (12.75%) Security Cleared
7 12 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (8.82%) MCP
8 9 (8.82%) SC Cleared
9 8 (7.84%) DBS Check
10 6 (5.88%) A+ Certification
10 6 (5.88%) Azure Certification
11 5 (4.90%) CCIE
11 5 (4.90%) DV Cleared
11 5 (4.90%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (4.90%) JNCIA
11 5 (4.90%) MCSE
12 1 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.96%) GDPR
2 2 (1.96%) NCSC
2 2 (1.96%) SLA
3 1 (0.98%) ISO 22301
3 1 (0.98%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.98%) NIST
3 1 (0.98%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (18.63%) Active Directory
2 18 (17.65%) Hyper-V
3 9 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.90%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.92%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.96%) Terraform
4 1 (0.98%) SCCM
4 1 (0.98%) WSUS
Vendors
1 45 (44.12%) Cisco
2 34 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 14 (13.73%) VMware
4 10 (9.80%) Juniper
5 8 (7.84%) Ericsson
5 8 (7.84%) Meraki
6 7 (6.86%) Sage
7 6 (5.88%) Aruba
8 5 (4.90%) Fortinet
8 5 (4.90%) Nokia
8 5 (4.90%) SonicWALL
9 4 (3.92%) Avaya
9 4 (3.92%) Palo Alto
9 4 (3.92%) WatchGuard
10 3 (2.94%) Apple
10 3 (2.94%) Sophos
10 3 (2.94%) ZyXEL
11 2 (1.96%) SAP
11 2 (1.96%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.98%) CheckPoint