Network Security Contracts in the Midlands

Network Security
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 96 159
Rank change year-on-year +10 +63 -36
Contract jobs citing Network Security 47 62 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.68% 1.90% 0.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.77% 12.35% 8.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 40 35
10th Percentile £425 £346 £263
25th Percentile £526 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +6.06% +16.47%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £550
90th Percentile £820 £703 £680
England median daily rate £564 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -1.96% +6.98% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.26 -
England median hourly rate £13.50 £52.13 £54.50
% change year-on-year -74.10% -4.35% +68.13%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 481 502 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.23% 15.35% 11.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 323 413
10th Percentile £200 £250 £163
25th Percentile £306 £313 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £584 £594 £526
90th Percentile £688 £700 £625
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 14 29
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.15
25th Percentile £13.00 £15.81 £14.82
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +17.91% +17.07%
75th Percentile £24.95 £26.23 £20.51
90th Percentile £28.75 £37.18 £23.30
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.07 £23.91
% change year-on-year +134.40% -28.63% +3.96%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the Midlands

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the Midlands

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the Midlands

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +8 42 £634 +14.04% 22
East Midlands -2 4 £575 +9.52% 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 2 (4.26%) Apache
2 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (27.66%) Azure
2 8 (17.02%) AWS
3 5 (10.64%) CloudFront
3 5 (10.64%) Entra ID
3 5 (10.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (4.26%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (42.55%) Intrusion Detection
2 14 (29.79%) Firewall
3 9 (19.15%) VPN
4 6 (12.77%) DNS
5 4 (8.51%) SAN
5 4 (8.51%) TCP/IP
6 3 (6.38%) BGP
6 3 (6.38%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (4.26%) MPLS
7 2 (4.26%) OSPF
7 2 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (2.13%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (2.13%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (2.13%) Junos
8 1 (2.13%) LAN
8 1 (2.13%) SD-WAN
8 1 (2.13%) VLAN
8 1 (2.13%) VoIP
8 1 (2.13%) WAN
8 1 (2.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (38.30%) Big Data
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (57.45%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (23.40%) Public Sector
3 7 (14.89%) Finance
4 6 (12.77%) Social Skills
5 5 (10.64%) Retail
6 1 (2.13%) Automotive
6 1 (2.13%) Legal
6 1 (2.13%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (25.53%) Security Engineer
2 6 (12.77%) Network Engineer
3 5 (10.64%) Applications Engineer
3 5 (10.64%) Cloud Engineer
3 5 (10.64%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Architect
4 4 (8.51%) Network Manager
5 2 (4.26%) Data Engineer
5 2 (4.26%) IT Architect
5 2 (4.26%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (4.26%) SOC Engineer
5 2 (4.26%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (2.13%) IT Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365 Architect
6 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
6 1 (2.13%) Senior
6 1 (2.13%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (38.30%) Apache NiFi
2 5 (10.64%) OAuth
2 5 (10.64%) OAuth2
2 5 (10.64%) SAML
3 2 (4.26%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 20 (42.55%) Cyber Defence
2 18 (38.30%) Distributed Applications
3 15 (31.91%) Management Information System
4 7 (14.89%) Cloud Native
5 5 (10.64%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (6.38%) Operational Technology
7 2 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (4.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (4.26%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (4.26%) Security Posture
7 2 (4.26%) Taxonomies
8 1 (2.13%) IoT
8 1 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (48.94%) Windows
2 16 (34.04%) Android
2 16 (34.04%) Apple iOS
2 16 (34.04%) Linux
2 16 (34.04%) Unix
3 2 (4.26%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (48.94%) Cybersecurity
1 23 (48.94%) SIEM
2 20 (42.55%) Information Security
3 19 (40.43%) Actionable Insight
3 19 (40.43%) Security Architecture
3 19 (40.43%) Security Operations
4 18 (38.30%) Data Engineering
4 18 (38.30%) Data Management
4 18 (38.30%) Data Pipeline
5 17 (36.17%) Kalman Filter
6 16 (34.04%) Analytics
7 14 (29.79%) Data Analysis
8 11 (23.40%) Cloud Security
8 11 (23.40%) Incident Response
9 9 (19.15%) Infrastructure Management
10 8 (17.02%) Identity Access Management
10 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (12.77%) Capacity Planning
11 6 (12.77%) Network Design
12 5 (10.64%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.26%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.13%) SQL
2 1 (2.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (57.45%) Security Cleared
2 19 (40.43%) DV Cleared
3 13 (27.66%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (14.89%) CCNP
4 7 (14.89%) SC Cleared
5 6 (12.77%) CCIE
5 6 (12.77%) CCNA
6 5 (10.64%) AWS Certification
6 5 (10.64%) CISSP
7 4 (8.51%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (6.38%) Azure Certification
8 3 (6.38%) Degree
8 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (4.26%) BC Cleared
9 2 (4.26%) CASP
9 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (4.26%) GCED
9 2 (4.26%) GIAC
9 2 (4.26%) GSEC
10 1 (2.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (38.30%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (4.26%) HIPAA
2 2 (4.26%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.13%) GDPR
3 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.13%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (12.77%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.64%) Docker
3 2 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (6.38%) Ansible
1 3 (6.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (29.79%) Red Hat
2 10 (21.28%) Cisco
3 5 (10.64%) CheckPoint
4 4 (8.51%) F5
4 4 (8.51%) Microsoft
4 4 (8.51%) Palo Alto
5 3 (6.38%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.26%) Citrix
6 2 (4.26%) Juniper
6 2 (4.26%) LogRhythm
6 2 (4.26%) TippingPoint
6 2 (4.26%) Trend Micro
6 2 (4.26%) VMware
7 1 (2.13%) AlgoSec
7 1 (2.13%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.13%) Oracle