Network Security Jobs in the Midlands

Network Security
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 75 255
Rank change year-on-year -140 +180 -51
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 113 385 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.87% 4.50% 0.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.11% 22.51% 5.86%
Number of salaries quoted 83 96 74
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,375 £37,650
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,625 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,227 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.96% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £74,375
90th Percentile £72,000 £78,125 £82,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,590 1,710 1,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.17% 19.99% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,280 712 1,089
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,724
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £43,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -3.89% -
75th Percentile £54,063 £60,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 1 June 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 1 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -110 82 £44,351 -26.08% 21
East Midlands -94 31 £32,500 -30.97% 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 12 (10.62%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.77%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 18 (15.93%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Sage 200
2 2 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.77%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.77%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.77%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.77%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 2 (1.77%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 41 (36.28%) Azure
2 19 (16.81%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (8.85%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.08%) AWS
5 5 (4.42%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.77%) OCI
6 2 (1.77%) SaaS
7 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 58 (51.33%) Firewall
2 26 (23.01%) VPN
3 20 (17.70%) WAN
4 18 (15.93%) LAN
5 16 (14.16%) VLAN
6 14 (12.39%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (10.62%) MPLS
8 10 (8.85%) BGP
8 10 (8.85%) OSPF
9 9 (7.96%) DNS
10 7 (6.19%) SD-WAN
10 7 (6.19%) TCP/IP
10 7 (6.19%) Wireless
11 6 (5.31%) WLAN
12 5 (4.42%) DHCP
12 5 (4.42%) Internet
12 5 (4.42%) IPsec
13 4 (3.54%) SAN
13 4 (3.54%) VoIP
14 3 (2.65%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.77%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.77%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 33 (29.20%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (10.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (9.73%) Telecoms
4 6 (5.31%) Finance
5 5 (4.42%) Legal
5 5 (4.42%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.42%) Police
5 5 (4.42%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.42%) Retail
6 3 (2.65%) Banking
6 3 (2.65%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.77%) Law
8 1 (0.88%) Back Office
8 1 (0.88%) Games
8 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (24.78%) Network Engineer
2 16 (14.16%) IT Support
3 13 (11.50%) Analyst
3 13 (11.50%) IT Manager
4 11 (9.73%) Senior
5 9 (7.96%) IT Analyst
5 9 (7.96%) IT Engineer
6 8 (7.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.08%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.19%) Senior Network Engineer
7 7 (6.19%) Support Engineer
8 6 (5.31%) 2nd Line Support
8 6 (5.31%) Desktop Engineer
8 6 (5.31%) Desktop Support
8 6 (5.31%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 6 (5.31%) Field Engineer
8 6 (5.31%) Field Support Engineer
8 6 (5.31%) IT Support Analyst
8 6 (5.31%) Junior
8 6 (5.31%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.65%) EDI
2 2 (1.77%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.73%) Management Information System
2 9 (7.96%) Data Centre
3 8 (7.08%) Driving Licence
4 7 (6.19%) CCTV
5 6 (5.31%) Onboarding
5 6 (5.31%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (4.42%) EPoS
7 4 (3.54%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (3.54%) FMCG
8 3 (2.65%) iPad
8 3 (2.65%) Media Streaming
8 3 (2.65%) PKI
8 3 (2.65%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.77%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.77%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.88%) Cybercrime
10 1 (0.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 29 (25.66%) Windows
2 12 (10.62%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.19%) Mac OS
4 6 (5.31%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (4.42%) Linux
5 5 (4.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (3.54%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.77%) Android
7 2 (1.77%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.88%) Unix
8 1 (0.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (23.89%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (21.24%) ITIL
3 19 (16.81%) Computer Science
4 16 (14.16%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (14.16%) Service Delivery
5 15 (13.27%) Agile
6 14 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (12.39%) Customer Service
7 13 (11.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 12 (10.62%) Project Delivery
9 11 (9.73%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (8.85%) Vulnerability Management
11 9 (7.96%) Network Virtualisation
11 9 (7.96%) Security Operations
11 9 (7.96%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
12 8 (7.08%) ERP
12 8 (7.08%) IT Strategy
12 8 (7.08%) Network Architecture
12 8 (7.08%) Service Management
13 7 (6.19%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.31%) PowerShell
1 6 (5.31%) Python
2 5 (4.42%) Bash
2 5 (4.42%) Bicep
3 4 (3.54%) SQL
4 2 (1.77%) C++
4 2 (1.77%) Go
4 2 (1.77%) Rust
Qualifications
1 27 (23.89%) Degree
2 19 (16.81%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (15.04%) CCNA
4 16 (14.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (13.27%) CCNP
5 15 (13.27%) Security Cleared
6 13 (11.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (9.73%) SC Cleared
8 10 (8.85%) MCP
9 9 (7.96%) DBS Check
10 7 (6.19%) A+ Certification
11 6 (5.31%) Azure Certification
11 6 (5.31%) CCIE
12 5 (4.42%) DV Cleared
12 5 (4.42%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (4.42%) JNCIA
12 5 (4.42%) MCSE
13 2 (1.77%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (1.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.54%) SLA
3 2 (1.77%) GDPR
4 1 (0.88%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.88%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.88%) NCSC
4 1 (0.88%) NIST
4 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (19.47%) Active Directory
2 18 (15.93%) Hyper-V
3 11 (9.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.42%) Docker
5 1 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (4.42%) FortiGate
1 5 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.65%) Terraform
3 1 (0.88%) Ansible
3 1 (0.88%) SCCM
3 1 (0.88%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.88%) WSUS
Vendors
1 48 (42.48%) Cisco
2 38 (33.63%) Microsoft
3 16 (14.16%) VMware
4 10 (8.85%) Juniper
5 9 (7.96%) Meraki
6 8 (7.08%) Ericsson
7 7 (6.19%) Aruba
7 7 (6.19%) Sage
8 6 (5.31%) Fortinet
9 5 (4.42%) Nokia
9 5 (4.42%) Palo Alto
9 5 (4.42%) SonicWALL
10 4 (3.54%) Avaya
10 4 (3.54%) WatchGuard
11 3 (2.65%) Apple
11 3 (2.65%) CheckPoint
11 3 (2.65%) Sophos
11 3 (2.65%) ZyXEL
12 2 (1.77%) Hyperion
12 2 (1.77%) JD Edwards