Network Security Jobs in the Midlands

Network Security
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 221 97
Rank change year-on-year +100 -124 +154
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 145 104 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.09% 0.89% 3.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.39% 6.50% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 44 82 70
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,975 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,813 £31,250 £41,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £39,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.38% -33.75% +20.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,875 £76,375
90th Percentile £66,190 £66,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

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 834 1,599 1,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.01% 13.70% 18.03%
Number of salaries quoted 475 1,299 719
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -1.16% -4.44%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £64,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +83 110 £49,000 +13.36% 35
East Midlands +50 35 £35,000 +7.69% 13
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 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.38%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.38%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.38%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 30 (20.69%) Azure
2 11 (7.59%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.52%) AWS
5 6 (4.14%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.38%) Cloudflare
7 2 (1.38%) GCP
7 2 (1.38%) IaaS
7 2 (1.38%) OCI
7 2 (1.38%) PaaS
8 1 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.69%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 94 (64.83%) Internet
1 94 (64.83%) WLAN
2 33 (22.76%) Firewall
3 24 (16.55%) WAN
4 18 (12.41%) VLAN
5 17 (11.72%) SD-WAN
6 13 (8.97%) VPN
7 11 (7.59%) LAN
8 10 (6.90%) DHCP
8 10 (6.90%) DNS
9 7 (4.83%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (2.76%) BGP
10 4 (2.76%) MPLS
11 3 (2.07%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (2.07%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (2.07%) IPsec
11 3 (2.07%) OSPF
12 2 (1.38%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (1.38%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (1.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.38%) Oracle Database
General
1 14 (9.66%) Social Skills
2 5 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (3.45%) Retail
3 4 (2.76%) Finance
3 4 (2.76%) Legal
4 3 (2.07%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.07%) Public Sector
5 2 (1.38%) Police
6 1 (0.69%) Automotive
6 1 (0.69%) German Language
6 1 (0.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 98 (67.59%) IT Support
2 97 (66.90%) IT Engineer
3 92 (63.45%) IT Support Engineer
3 92 (63.45%) Support Engineer
4 23 (15.86%) Network Engineer
5 13 (8.97%) Senior
6 8 (5.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (4.83%) Senior Network Engineer
8 6 (4.14%) IT Support Specialist
8 6 (4.14%) Support Specialist
9 4 (2.76%) Architect
9 4 (2.76%) Consultant
10 3 (2.07%) Azure Engineer
10 3 (2.07%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.07%) Network Architect
10 3 (2.07%) Security Engineer
11 2 (1.38%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 2 (1.38%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 2 (1.38%) Embedded Engineer
11 2 (1.38%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.38%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 93 (64.14%) Driving Licence
2 5 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.76%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.76%) Operational Technology
3 4 (2.76%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.38%) IoT
4 2 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.69%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.69%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 108 (74.48%) Windows
2 98 (67.59%) Linux
3 13 (8.97%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.14%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.38%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (71.03%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (70.34%) ITIL
3 100 (68.97%) Mentoring
4 96 (66.21%) Computer Science
5 94 (64.83%) Asset Management
6 93 (64.14%) Network Management
7 92 (63.45%) IT Asset Management
8 16 (11.03%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (8.28%) Network Monitoring
10 10 (6.90%) Migration
11 8 (5.52%) Customer Service
11 8 (5.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 7 (4.83%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (4.83%) Information Security
12 7 (4.83%) Security Management
13 6 (4.14%) Data Analysis
13 6 (4.14%) Network Virtualisation
14 5 (3.45%) Business Continuity
14 5 (3.45%) Cloud Security
14 5 (3.45%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.97%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.38%) Bash
2 2 (1.38%) C
2 2 (1.38%) C#
2 2 (1.38%) C++
2 2 (1.38%) Perl
2 2 (1.38%) Python
2 2 (1.38%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.69%) Ada
3 1 (0.69%) Embedded C
3 1 (0.69%) Embedded C++
3 1 (0.69%) Groovy
3 1 (0.69%) Ruby
3 1 (0.69%) Rust
3 1 (0.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (71.03%) Cisco Certification
2 101 (69.66%) Degree
3 100 (68.97%) CCNP
4 99 (68.28%) CCNA
5 95 (65.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 94 (64.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 92 (63.45%) LPIC
7 92 (63.45%) MCP
7 92 (63.45%) MCSE
8 16 (11.03%) Security Cleared
9 14 (9.66%) SC Cleared
10 11 (7.59%) Azure Certification
11 5 (3.45%) CISSP
12 4 (2.76%) CISM
12 4 (2.76%) DV Cleared
13 3 (2.07%) AWS Certification
13 3 (2.07%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (1.38%) CASP
14 2 (1.38%) CCSA
14 2 (1.38%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.14%) GDPR
2 4 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.69%) JTAG
4 1 (0.69%) MISRA
4 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (13.10%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.59%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.07%) Firmware
5 2 (1.38%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (3.45%) Ansible
1 5 (3.45%) Terraform
2 3 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 115 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 114 (78.62%) Cisco
3 9 (6.21%) SolarWinds
4 7 (4.83%) Fortinet
5 5 (3.45%) Aruba
5 5 (3.45%) CheckPoint
5 5 (3.45%) Juniper
5 5 (3.45%) Palo Alto
5 5 (3.45%) VMware
6 4 (2.76%) Meraki
7 3 (2.07%) Google
8 2 (1.38%) F5
8 2 (1.38%) Hyperion
8 2 (1.38%) JD Edwards
8 2 (1.38%) Oracle
8 2 (1.38%) PeopleSoft
8 2 (1.38%) Sophos
8 2 (1.38%) TP-LINK
9 1 (0.69%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.69%) Parasoft