Network Security Job Trends in Staffordshire

Network Security
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 49 25
Rank change year-on-year -24 -24 +47
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 4 17 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.40% 3.06% 5.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.34% 15.45% 21.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 22
10th Percentile £50,750 £31,250 £31,150
25th Percentile £57,500 £36,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £40,000 £39,274
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% +1.85% +42.81%
75th Percentile £63,750 £51,251 £43,375
90th Percentile - £51,751 £53,750
West Midlands median annual salary £55,500 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.77% -1.90% -10.64%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 298 110 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 30.04% 19.82% 25.37%
Number of salaries quoted 30 85 96
10th Percentile - - £26,768
25th Percentile £27,694 £32,500 £32,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -6.98% +1.18%
75th Percentile £47,188 £52,500 £50,250
90th Percentile £65,125 £54,500 £55,000
West Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +11.11% -5.26%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Network Security
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Network Security

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Staffordshire

Network Security
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Tamworth -1 1 £47,500 -
Network Security
West Midlands

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) GIS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Digital Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Impact Assessments
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CTC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) DBS Check
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) HP
2 3 (75.00%) Juniper
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Fortinet