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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 65 141
Rank change year-on-year -122 +76 -14
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 35 246 84
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.45% 3.76% 1.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.18% 25.31% 8.54%
Number of salaries quoted 28 49 79
10th Percentile £35,875 £32,500 £34,413
25th Percentile £48,328 £41,250 £38,272
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £71,125 £66,090 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £64,800 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.27% +3.68% +8.70%

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 1,603 972 984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.56% 14.84% 18.92%
Number of salaries quoted 435 402 859
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £27,900 £35,813 £29,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £47,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.03% +6.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,500 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +8.00% -4.76%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 -90 20 £60,000 +16.50% 34
East Midlands -45 15 £49,479 +41.37% 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 2 (5.71%) Confluence
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.71%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (42.86%) Azure
2 13 (37.14%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (11.43%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (5.71%) AWS
6 2 (5.71%) Nutanix
7 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.86%) GCP
7 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 18 (51.43%) Firewall
2 12 (34.29%) DHCP
2 12 (34.29%) DNS
3 11 (31.43%) WAN
4 8 (22.86%) SD-WAN
5 7 (20.00%) VLAN
6 6 (17.14%) Internet
6 6 (17.14%) LAN
6 6 (17.14%) VPN
7 5 (14.29%) BGP
7 5 (14.29%) OSPF
7 5 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (11.43%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (8.57%) IPsec
9 3 (8.57%) Wireshark
10 2 (5.71%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (5.71%) MPLS
10 2 (5.71%) TCP/IP
11 1 (2.86%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (2.86%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.43%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Finance
3 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Back Office
4 1 (2.86%) Law
4 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) IT Engineer
2 8 (22.86%) Network Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) Architect
3 7 (20.00%) Field Engineer
4 6 (17.14%) Analyst
4 6 (17.14%) Field Service Engineer
5 5 (14.29%) Security Analyst
6 4 (11.43%) Digital Architect
6 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Network Architect
7 3 (8.57%) Security Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Senior
8 2 (5.71%) Information Analyst
8 2 (5.71%) Information Security Analyst
8 2 (5.71%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Network Analyst
8 2 (5.71%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) iPad
1 6 (17.14%) PMI
2 5 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.57%) Cloud Native
3 3 (8.57%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (8.57%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.86%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (31.43%) Windows
2 9 (25.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 8 (22.86%) ITIL
2 6 (17.14%) Customer Service
2 6 (17.14%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (17.14%) Preventative Maintenance
2 6 (17.14%) Server Management
3 5 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (11.43%) Change Control
4 4 (11.43%) Impact Assessments
4 4 (11.43%) Network Architecture
4 4 (11.43%) TOGAF
5 3 (8.57%) DevOps
5 3 (8.57%) Information Security
5 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (8.57%) Mentoring
5 3 (8.57%) SIEM
5 3 (8.57%) Threat Detection
6 2 (5.71%) Presales
6 2 (5.71%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Degree
2 6 (17.14%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (17.14%) PMI Certification
2 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) Security Cleared
3 5 (14.29%) CCNP
4 4 (11.43%) CTC Cleared
4 4 (11.43%) DBS Check
5 3 (8.57%) Azure Certification
6 2 (5.71%) CCNA
6 2 (5.71%) CISM
6 2 (5.71%) CISSP
6 2 (5.71%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.86%) CCIE
7 1 (2.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.57%) GDPR
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (2.86%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (48.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (37.14%) Active Directory
3 10 (28.57%) Hyper-V
4 3 (8.57%) Firmware
5 1 (2.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) WSUS
2 4 (11.43%) Terraform
3 3 (8.57%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.86%) Ansible
5 1 (2.86%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 17 (48.57%) Cisco
1 17 (48.57%) VMware
2 7 (20.00%) Meraki
2 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (17.14%) Apple
3 6 (17.14%) Juniper
4 5 (14.29%) Palo Alto
5 4 (11.43%) Dell
5 4 (11.43%) HP
5 4 (11.43%) SolarWinds
5 4 (11.43%) Zscaler
6 2 (5.71%) Aruba
6 2 (5.71%) Darktrace
6 2 (5.71%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.86%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.86%) Veeam