Network Security Job Trends in the Midlands

Network Security
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 145 213
Rank change year-on-year -52 +68 -139
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 59 75 117
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.47% 1.48% 0.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.36% 8.74% 7.47%
Number of salaries quoted 50 40 86
10th Percentile £36,875 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,438 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £48,500 £43,227
Median % change year-on-year +28.87% +12.20% -27.96%
75th Percentile £81,250 £61,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £78,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £65,773 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.09% +3.33% +4.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 927 858 1,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.38% 16.96% 11.83%
Number of salaries quoted 496 472 1,273
10th Percentile £27,694 £26,968 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,188 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,750 £40,313
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +8.53% -6.79%
75th Percentile £58,450 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,875 £63,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Network Security
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Network Security

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

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 7 June 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
West Midlands -37 41 £62,500 +28.21% 20
East Midlands -29 17 £45,000 +16.13% 16
Network Security
England

Network Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (13.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Line 50
Cloud Services
1 21 (35.59%) Azure
2 20 (33.90%) Entra ID
2 20 (33.90%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (13.56%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (13.56%) Mimecast
4 5 (8.47%) AWS
5 2 (3.39%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.39%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 33 (55.93%) Firewall
2 11 (18.64%) Internet
3 10 (16.95%) VPN
4 9 (15.25%) SAN
4 9 (15.25%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (10.17%) DHCP
5 6 (10.17%) DNS
5 6 (10.17%) Wireless
6 5 (8.47%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (8.47%) SD-WAN
6 5 (8.47%) VLAN
6 5 (8.47%) WAN
7 4 (6.78%) LAN
7 4 (6.78%) VoIP
8 3 (5.08%) WLAN
9 2 (3.39%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (3.39%) DMVPN
9 2 (3.39%) NGFW
9 2 (3.39%) TCP/IP
10 1 (1.69%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.56%) GIS
2 4 (6.78%) FileMaker
General
1 13 (22.03%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.17%) Finance
3 4 (6.78%) Aerospace
3 4 (6.78%) Manufacturing
4 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.08%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.69%) Retail
5 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (20.34%) Architect
2 9 (15.25%) Administrator
2 9 (15.25%) Systems Administrator
3 8 (13.56%) Digital Architect
3 8 (13.56%) Network Engineer
4 7 (11.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) IT Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Lead
5 6 (10.17%) Rust Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Rust Software Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Software Engineer
6 5 (8.47%) IT Administrator
6 5 (8.47%) IT Systems Administrator
6 5 (8.47%) Security Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) IT Support
7 4 (6.78%) IT Support Technician
7 4 (6.78%) IT Technician
7 4 (6.78%) Senior
7 4 (6.78%) Support Technician
7 4 (6.78%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) CSS
1 4 (6.78%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.56%) Clustering
1 8 (13.56%) Security Posture
2 4 (6.78%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (6.78%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.08%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (5.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (5.08%) iPad
3 3 (5.08%) PMI
4 1 (1.69%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.69%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (27.12%) Linux
2 12 (20.34%) Windows
3 8 (13.56%) Windows Server
4 4 (6.78%) Mac OS
4 4 (6.78%) Unix
5 2 (3.39%) CentOS
5 2 (3.39%) Debian
5 2 (3.39%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.42%) ITIL
2 12 (20.34%) Server Management
3 11 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (16.95%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (16.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (16.95%) Patch Management
5 9 (15.25%) Incident Response
6 8 (13.56%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (13.56%) Impact Assessments
6 8 (13.56%) Mobile Device Management
6 8 (13.56%) Storage Management
6 8 (13.56%) TOGAF
6 8 (13.56%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (11.86%) High Availability
7 7 (11.86%) Roadmaps
8 6 (10.17%) Migration
8 6 (10.17%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (10.17%) Software Engineering
8 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.25%) Rust
2 8 (13.56%) SQL
3 6 (10.17%) Python
4 4 (6.78%) PHP
5 3 (5.08%) PowerShell
6 2 (3.39%) Bash
6 2 (3.39%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.69%) Bicep
7 1 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (22.03%) Security Cleared
2 9 (15.25%) SC Cleared
3 8 (13.56%) Degree
4 6 (10.17%) DBS Check
5 5 (8.47%) CCNP
5 5 (8.47%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (8.47%) CISSP
5 5 (8.47%) CTC Cleared
6 4 (6.78%) CCNA
6 4 (6.78%) CISM
6 4 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (6.78%) DV Cleared
7 3 (5.08%) Azure Certification
7 3 (5.08%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.69%) CCIE
8 1 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.47%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (8.47%) ISO 14001
1 5 (8.47%) ISO 9001
1 5 (8.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (3.39%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (37.29%) Active Directory
2 15 (25.42%) Hyper-V
2 15 (25.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.39%) Docker
4 1 (1.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.08%) Kubernetes
1 3 (5.08%) Terraform
1 3 (5.08%) WSUS
2 2 (3.39%) Ansible
2 2 (3.39%) Progress Chef
2 2 (3.39%) Puppet
3 1 (1.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 29 (49.15%) Microsoft
2 20 (33.90%) Cisco
3 15 (25.42%) VMware
4 9 (15.25%) SonicWALL
4 9 (15.25%) Veeam
5 8 (13.56%) Fortinet
5 8 (13.56%) HP
6 7 (11.86%) Apple
7 6 (10.17%) Meraki
8 5 (8.47%) Juniper
8 5 (8.47%) Palo Alto
9 4 (6.78%) Adobe
9 4 (6.78%) Sage
10 2 (3.39%) Dell
10 2 (3.39%) Red Hat
11 1 (1.69%) Aruba
11 1 (1.69%) NetApp
11 1 (1.69%) Nimble Storage
11 1 (1.69%) Sophos
11 1 (1.69%) WatchGuard