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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 134 274
Rank change year-on-year -13 +140 -51
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 176 167 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.51% 2.20% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.70% 11.61% 6.33%
Number of salaries quoted 73 109 83
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,375 £36,700
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,625 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,475 £54,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -16.92% -1.89%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,500 £73,150 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,526 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.80% -0.79% -

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 1,386 1,438 1,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.93% 18.94% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 947 710 1,127
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,813 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £44,625 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -6.05% +7.95%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,819 £75,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +19 136 £47,500 -17.39% 17
East Midlands -48 40 £33,750 -35.10% 3
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 9 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.14%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 19 (10.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.27%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (2.27%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (2.27%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 4 (2.27%) Sage 200
2 2 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.14%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.57%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 26 (14.77%) Azure
2 21 (11.93%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (6.25%) AWS
4 7 (3.98%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.84%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.27%) OCI
7 1 (0.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.57%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.57%) GCP
7 1 (0.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (39.20%) Internet
2 68 (38.64%) WLAN
3 56 (31.82%) Firewall
4 24 (13.64%) VPN
5 19 (10.80%) WAN
6 16 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (8.52%) LAN
8 14 (7.95%) VLAN
9 10 (5.68%) DNS
9 10 (5.68%) SD-WAN
10 9 (5.11%) 5G
11 7 (3.98%) DHCP
11 7 (3.98%) IPsec
11 7 (3.98%) Wireless
12 6 (3.41%) MPLS
13 5 (2.84%) BGP
13 5 (2.84%) OSPF
14 4 (2.27%) TCP/IP
14 4 (2.27%) VoIP
15 3 (1.70%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (0.57%) MySQL
2 1 (0.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.57%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Git
1 1 (0.57%) Subversion
General
1 23 (13.07%) Social Skills
2 17 (9.66%) Finance
3 15 (8.52%) Telecoms
4 13 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.41%) Law
6 6 (3.41%) Legal
7 5 (2.84%) Police
7 5 (2.84%) Retail
8 4 (2.27%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.27%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.14%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.57%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 74 (42.05%) IT Engineer
1 74 (42.05%) IT Support
2 73 (41.48%) Support Engineer
3 65 (36.93%) IT Support Engineer
4 29 (16.48%) Network Engineer
5 17 (9.66%) Senior
6 14 (7.95%) IT Manager
7 10 (5.68%) Technical Manager
8 9 (5.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (5.11%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (4.55%) Desktop Engineer
9 8 (4.55%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (4.55%) Project Manager
9 8 (4.55%) Technical Project Manager
10 7 (3.98%) Consultant
10 7 (3.98%) Desktop Support
10 7 (3.98%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 7 (3.98%) Field Engineer
11 6 (3.41%) 2nd Line Support
11 6 (3.41%) Field Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.27%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.70%) EDI
3 2 (1.14%) .NET
4 1 (0.57%) WinForms
4 1 (0.57%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 71 (40.34%) Onboarding
2 70 (39.77%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.55%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.41%) CCTV
4 6 (3.41%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (2.84%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.27%) EPoS
6 4 (2.27%) FMCG
6 4 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.27%) PKI
7 3 (1.70%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.70%) Replication
8 2 (1.14%) iPad
8 2 (1.14%) Media Streaming
8 2 (1.14%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.14%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.57%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 97 (55.11%) Windows
2 71 (40.34%) Linux
3 16 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.68%) Mac OS
5 6 (3.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (2.27%) Oracle Linux
6 4 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.14%) Android
8 2 (1.14%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (51.70%) ITIL
2 88 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (46.02%) Computer Science
4 69 (39.20%) Mentoring
5 68 (38.64%) Asset Management
6 66 (37.50%) IT Asset Management
6 66 (37.50%) Network Management
7 24 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
8 17 (9.66%) Project Delivery
9 14 (7.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 13 (7.39%) Agile
11 12 (6.82%) Customer Service
12 11 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
13 10 (5.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (5.68%) Service Delivery
14 9 (5.11%) ERP
15 7 (3.98%) Collaborative Culture
15 7 (3.98%) Incident Response
15 7 (3.98%) IT Strategy
15 7 (3.98%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.98%) C++
1 7 (3.98%) PowerShell
1 7 (3.98%) Python
2 5 (2.84%) Bash
2 5 (2.84%) Bicep
2 5 (2.84%) Go
2 5 (2.84%) Rust
2 5 (2.84%) SQL
3 2 (1.14%) C
4 1 (0.57%) C#
4 1 (0.57%) Embedded C
4 1 (0.57%) Embedded C++
4 1 (0.57%) Java
4 1 (0.57%) Perl
4 1 (0.57%) XAML
Qualifications
1 86 (48.86%) Degree
2 79 (44.89%) Cisco Certification
3 78 (44.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 77 (43.75%) CCNP
4 77 (43.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 75 (42.61%) CCNA
5 75 (42.61%) MCP
6 69 (39.20%) MCSE
7 65 (36.93%) LPIC
8 15 (8.52%) Security Cleared
9 10 (5.68%) DBS Check
9 10 (5.68%) SC Cleared
10 8 (4.55%) A+ Certification
11 6 (3.41%) CCIE
11 6 (3.41%) DV Cleared
12 5 (2.84%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (2.27%) Azure Certification
13 4 (2.27%) Oracle Certification
14 3 (1.70%) JNCIA
15 2 (1.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.11%) SLA
2 6 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.14%) GDPR
4 1 (0.57%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.57%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.57%) NCSC
4 1 (0.57%) NIST
4 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (15.34%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.95%) Hyper-V
3 11 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.84%) Docker
5 1 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.57%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.27%) FortiGate
2 4 (2.27%) Terraform
3 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.57%) Ansible
4 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.57%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 104 (59.09%) Cisco
2 103 (58.52%) Microsoft
3 15 (8.52%) VMware
4 7 (3.98%) CheckPoint
4 7 (3.98%) Fortinet
4 7 (3.98%) Meraki
5 6 (3.41%) Palo Alto
5 6 (3.41%) Sage
6 4 (2.27%) Avaya
6 4 (2.27%) Hyperion
6 4 (2.27%) JD Edwards
6 4 (2.27%) Oracle
6 4 (2.27%) PeopleSoft
6 4 (2.27%) WatchGuard
7 3 (1.70%) Aruba
7 3 (1.70%) Juniper
8 2 (1.14%) Apple
8 2 (1.14%) Ericsson
8 2 (1.14%) F5
8 2 (1.14%) Sophos