Network Security Contracts in the West Midlands

Network Security
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 78 142
Rank change year-on-year +8 +64 -25
Contract jobs citing Network Security 41 51 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.01% 2.30% 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.08% 13.60% 8.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 33 23
10th Percentile £425 £320 £235
25th Percentile £500 £450 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £634 £538 £518
Median % change year-on-year +17.91% +3.86% +5.08%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £557
90th Percentile £850 £706 £650
England median daily rate £550 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.98% +13.16%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West 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 contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 370 375 403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 18.12% 16.95% 11.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 223 279
10th Percentile £200 £253 £163
25th Percentile £300 £323 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £451 £413
Median % change year-on-year -11.21% +9.21% -0.60%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £545
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 11
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £11.25
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.63 £13.63
Median hourly rate £19.95 £22.41 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.98% +28.06% +16.67%
75th Percentile £23.75 £28.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £37.58 - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the West Midlands

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the West Midlands

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the West Midlands

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the West Midlands

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Herefordshire +3 18 £675 +3.85% 1
Coventry +9 9 £650 +40.54% 4
Birmingham -1 7 £450 -24.21% 11
Warwickshire -8 2 £543 -13.20% 4
Staffordshire +7 1 £275 -60.71% 3
Solihull - 1 - - 2
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 (4.88%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 12 (29.27%) Azure
2 8 (19.51%) AWS
3 5 (12.20%) CloudFront
3 5 (12.20%) Entra ID
3 5 (12.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (43.90%) Intrusion Detection
2 12 (29.27%) Firewall
3 7 (17.07%) VPN
4 5 (12.20%) DNS
5 4 (9.76%) SAN
6 3 (7.32%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (2.44%) BGP
7 1 (2.44%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (2.44%) Junos
7 1 (2.44%) LAN
7 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.44%) VLAN
7 1 (2.44%) VoIP
7 1 (2.44%) WAN
7 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (43.90%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (63.41%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (24.39%) Public Sector
3 6 (14.63%) Finance
4 5 (12.20%) Retail
4 5 (12.20%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Automotive
5 1 (2.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (24.39%) Security Engineer
2 5 (12.20%) Applications Engineer
2 5 (12.20%) Cloud Engineer
2 5 (12.20%) Network Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Network Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Data Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Analyst
5 1 (2.44%) Architect
5 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) IT Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Network Architect
5 1 (2.44%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) SOC Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (43.90%) Apache NiFi
2 5 (12.20%) OAuth
2 5 (12.20%) OAuth2
2 5 (12.20%) SAML
3 1 (2.44%) .NET
3 1 (2.44%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 20 (48.78%) Cyber Defence
2 18 (43.90%) Distributed Applications
3 15 (36.59%) Management Information System
4 6 (14.63%) Cloud Native
5 5 (12.20%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (4.88%) Security Posture
7 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (2.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (2.44%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.44%) PKI
7 1 (2.44%) Taxonomies
7 1 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (53.66%) Windows
2 16 (39.02%) Android
2 16 (39.02%) Apple iOS
2 16 (39.02%) Linux
2 16 (39.02%) Unix
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (53.66%) Cybersecurity
1 22 (53.66%) SIEM
2 19 (46.34%) Actionable Insight
2 19 (46.34%) Information Security
2 19 (46.34%) Security Architecture
2 19 (46.34%) Security Operations
3 18 (43.90%) Data Engineering
3 18 (43.90%) Data Management
3 18 (43.90%) Data Pipeline
4 17 (41.46%) Kalman Filter
5 16 (39.02%) Analytics
6 14 (34.15%) Data Analysis
7 11 (26.83%) Incident Response
8 9 (21.95%) Infrastructure Management
9 8 (19.51%) Cloud Security
9 8 (19.51%) Identity Access Management
10 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (12.20%) Penetration Testing
11 5 (12.20%) Task Automation
11 5 (12.20%) The Twelve-Factor App
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.88%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.44%) C
2 1 (2.44%) C++
2 1 (2.44%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (60.98%) Security Cleared
2 19 (46.34%) DV Cleared
3 11 (26.83%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (17.07%) CCNP
5 6 (14.63%) CCNA
6 5 (12.20%) AWS Certification
6 5 (12.20%) CCIE
6 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
7 3 (7.32%) Azure Certification
7 3 (7.32%) CISSP
7 3 (7.32%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (4.88%) Degree
8 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.44%) BC Cleared
9 1 (2.44%) CASP
9 1 (2.44%) CCSA
9 1 (2.44%) GCED
9 1 (2.44%) GIAC
9 1 (2.44%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (43.90%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Active Directory
1 5 (12.20%) Docker
2 2 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.44%) Firmware
3 1 (2.44%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) Ansible
1 3 (7.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (34.15%) Red Hat
2 9 (21.95%) Cisco
3 5 (12.20%) CheckPoint
4 4 (9.76%) F5
5 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
5 3 (7.32%) Palo Alto
5 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.88%) Juniper
6 2 (4.88%) VMware
7 1 (2.44%) AlgoSec
7 1 (2.44%) Citrix
7 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.44%) LogRhythm
7 1 (2.44%) Thales
7 1 (2.44%) TippingPoint
7 1 (2.44%) Trend Micro