Network Security Engineer Contracts in England

Network Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Security Engineer daily rate in England is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 491 570 704
Rank change year-on-year +79 +134 -130
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 45 84 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.18% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 58 54
10th Percentile £330 £339 £400
25th Percentile £425 £406 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £524 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% +2.20% +24.62%
75th Percentile £538 £634 £580
90th Percentile £574 £669 £643
UK median daily rate £506 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -3.57% +2.44% +20.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £33.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £33.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,391 47,499 67,898
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.62% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,834 33,731 48,300
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,437 1,404 1,900
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.34 £44.77 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.83% +98.96% +0.36%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.66 £76.85 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
London +80 18 £499 -16.79% 18
South East +24 10 £469 -1.32% 6
South West +33 8 £600 +35.21%
North of England +15 2 £481 +42.59% 3
North West +4 2 £481 +42.59% 3
East of England +15 1 £400 +14.29% 4
Network Security Engineer
UK

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Network Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 43 (95.56%) Network Security
2 36 (80.00%) Firewall
3 24 (53.33%) Palo Alto
4 18 (40.00%) Cisco
5 14 (31.11%) Migration
6 13 (28.89%) Data Centre
7 12 (26.67%) Security Cleared
8 10 (22.22%) DV Cleared
8 10 (22.22%) VMware
8 10 (22.22%) VPN
8 10 (22.22%) BGP
8 10 (22.22%) VMware NSX
9 9 (20.00%) Social Skills
10 8 (17.78%) SIEM
10 8 (17.78%) Fortinet
11 7 (15.56%) Dell
11 7 (15.56%) OSPF
11 7 (15.56%) Python
11 7 (15.56%) CCNP
11 7 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (15.56%) F5
11 7 (15.56%) Public Sector
12 6 (13.33%) Cloud Security
13 5 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
13 5 (11.11%) Azure
13 5 (11.11%) Network Architecture
13 5 (11.11%) CISSP
13 5 (11.11%) Finance
14 4 (8.89%) EIGRP
14 4 (8.89%) Problem-Solving

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (11.11%) Azure
2 3 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (2.22%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 43 (95.56%) Network Security
2 36 (80.00%) Firewall
3 10 (22.22%) BGP
3 10 (22.22%) VPN
4 7 (15.56%) OSPF
5 4 (8.89%) EIGRP
5 4 (8.89%) NGFW
6 3 (6.67%) DNS
6 3 (6.67%) IPsec
6 3 (6.67%) LAN
6 3 (6.67%) SSL
7 2 (4.44%) 5G
7 2 (4.44%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (4.44%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (4.44%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (4.44%) DMZ
7 2 (4.44%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (4.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (4.44%) MPLS
7 2 (4.44%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Git
2 1 (2.22%) Burp Suite
General
1 9 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.56%) Public Sector
3 5 (11.11%) Finance
4 3 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Banking
5 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.22%) Advertising
6 1 (2.22%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) JSON
1 2 (4.44%) NETCONF
1 2 (4.44%) Regular Expression
1 2 (4.44%) XML
1 2 (4.44%) YANG
2 1 (2.22%) gRPC
2 1 (2.22%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.89%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (4.44%) Cyberattack
3 2 (4.44%) PKI
4 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Windows
2 1 (2.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.11%) Migration
2 8 (17.78%) SIEM
3 6 (13.33%) Cloud Security
4 5 (11.11%) Network Architecture
4 5 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.67%) Network Monitoring
7 2 (4.44%) Information Security
7 2 (4.44%) Investment Management
7 2 (4.44%) Load Balancing
7 2 (4.44%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 2 (4.44%) Privileged Access Management
7 2 (4.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (4.44%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (4.44%) Vulnerability Management
8 1 (2.22%) Data Loss Prevention
8 1 (2.22%) Decision-Making
8 1 (2.22%) Hardware Maintenance
8 1 (2.22%) Infrastructure Transformation
8 1 (2.22%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.56%) Python
2 2 (4.44%) Bash
2 2 (4.44%) SQL
3 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 10 (22.22%) DV Cleared
3 7 (15.56%) CCNP
3 7 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (11.11%) CISSP
5 3 (6.67%) CCIE
6 2 (4.44%) CEH
6 2 (4.44%) CISM
6 2 (4.44%) RHCE
6 2 (4.44%) SANS
6 2 (4.44%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.22%) CCNA
7 1 (2.22%) CCSE
7 1 (2.22%) CCSP
7 1 (2.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) QA
System Software
1 10 (22.22%) VMware NSX
2 3 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Ansible
1 2 (4.44%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (2.22%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (53.33%) Palo Alto
2 18 (40.00%) Cisco
3 10 (22.22%) VMware
4 8 (17.78%) Fortinet
5 7 (15.56%) Dell
5 7 (15.56%) F5
6 4 (8.89%) Zscaler
7 3 (6.67%) CheckPoint
7 3 (6.67%) McAfee
8 2 (4.44%) AlienVault
8 2 (4.44%) ArcSight
8 2 (4.44%) Carbon Black
8 2 (4.44%) Huawei
8 2 (4.44%) Juniper
8 2 (4.44%) LogRhythm
8 2 (4.44%) Nokia
8 2 (4.44%) Symantec
9 1 (2.22%) AlgoSec
9 1 (2.22%) Meraki
9 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds