Network Security Contracts in England

Network Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 208 246
Rank change year-on-year +41 +38 +10
Contract jobs citing Network Security 515 673 826
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.39% 1.33% 1.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.29% 10.90% 10.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 434 535
10th Percentile £360 £382 £359
25th Percentile £463 £463 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +19.57%
75th Percentile £667 £700 £658
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £575 £565 £543
% change year-on-year +1.77% +4.15% +14.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 18
10th Percentile - £21.10 £43.19
25th Percentile £7.43 £24.88 £47.41
Median hourly rate £13.50 £52.13 £54.72
Median % change year-on-year -74.10% -4.72% +68.80%
75th Percentile £41.25 £63.88 £63.61
90th Percentile - £71.13 £71.80
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £52.13 £52.60
% change year-on-year -63.55% -0.89% +25.49%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,003 6,173 7,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.54% 12.21% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 4,061 5,228
10th Percentile £206 £231 £222
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 442 304
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.38 £48.08
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.46
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
% change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in England

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in England

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in England

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in England

Network Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Security in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Security in England

Network Security
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 -24 184 £538 -11.16% 106
South East +19 94 £533 -7.36% 83
South West +57 74 £575 -8.00% 21
North of England +18 70 £630 +14.55% 101
Midlands +18 56 £608 +15.71% 47
West Midlands +41 55 £608 +5.65% 31
North West +18 54 £650 +27.45% 69
East of England +8 18 £475 -22.45% 36
Yorkshire +3 15 £500 -11.11% 24
North East +17 1 - - 9
East Midlands -1 1 - - 16
Network Security
UK

Network Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.17%) IIS
2 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.78%) MQSeries
3 3 (0.58%) Apache
3 3 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.58%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.39%) nginx
5 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 105 (20.39%) Azure
2 85 (16.50%) AWS
3 29 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (3.50%) Entra ID
4 18 (3.50%) GCP
5 17 (3.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 16 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
6 16 (3.11%) Amazon S3
7 15 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
9 10 (1.94%) Serverless
10 9 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
10 9 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (1.75%) SaaS
11 8 (1.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (1.36%) IaaS
13 6 (1.17%) Akamai
13 6 (1.17%) PaaS
13 6 (1.17%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 216 (41.94%) Firewall
2 93 (18.06%) VPN
3 79 (15.34%) WAN
4 58 (11.26%) DNS
5 57 (11.07%) LAN
6 46 (8.93%) BGP
7 42 (8.16%) Cisco ISE
8 38 (7.38%) OSPF
9 37 (7.18%) Cisco ASA
10 35 (6.80%) TCP/IP
11 33 (6.41%) Wireless
12 31 (6.02%) SD-WAN
13 26 (5.05%) 5G
13 26 (5.05%) Intrusion Detection
14 24 (4.66%) MPLS
15 21 (4.08%) VoIP
16 19 (3.69%) Internet
17 18 (3.50%) 4G
18 17 (3.30%) EIGRP
19 16 (3.11%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.91%) Big Data
2 14 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.36%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.17%) InfluxDB
5 5 (0.97%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.78%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (0.78%) GIS
6 4 (0.78%) QGIS
7 3 (0.58%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.19%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.19%) Bigtable
8 1 (0.19%) CockroachDB
8 1 (0.19%) Couchbase
8 1 (0.19%) CouchDB
8 1 (0.19%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.19%) MySQL
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (4.85%) Git
2 19 (3.69%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.36%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.78%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.19%) Burp Suite
General
1 102 (19.81%) Social Skills
2 69 (13.40%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (9.32%) Finance
4 42 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 20 (3.88%) Banking
5 20 (3.88%) Manufacturing
6 16 (3.11%) Military
6 16 (3.11%) Telecoms
7 12 (2.33%) Retail
8 9 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.55%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.36%) Marketing
11 5 (0.97%) Legal
12 4 (0.78%) Law
13 2 (0.39%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.39%) Electronics
13 2 (0.39%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 156 (30.29%) Network Engineer
2 90 (17.48%) Architect
3 75 (14.56%) Security Engineer
4 65 (12.62%) Senior
5 57 (11.07%) Security Architect
6 47 (9.13%) Network Security Engineer
7 35 (6.80%) Analyst
8 29 (5.63%) Consultant
9 27 (5.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 26 (5.05%) Project Manager
11 24 (4.66%) Senior Network Engineer
12 19 (3.69%) Security Analyst
12 19 (3.69%) Security Consultant
13 17 (3.30%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 17 (3.30%) Network Architect
14 15 (2.91%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
15 13 (2.52%) DevOps Engineer
16 12 (2.33%) Azure Engineer
16 12 (2.33%) Cisco Engineer
16 12 (2.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.91%) Apache NiFi
2 11 (2.14%) SAML
3 10 (1.94%) JSON
3 10 (1.94%) LDAP
4 9 (1.75%) NETCONF
4 9 (1.75%) XML
4 9 (1.75%) YANG
5 8 (1.55%) .NET
6 7 (1.36%) OAuth
7 5 (0.97%) ASP.NET
7 5 (0.97%) OAuth2
7 5 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.78%) Middleware
8 4 (0.78%) Regular Expression
9 3 (0.58%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.58%) HTML
10 2 (0.39%) Jinja
10 2 (0.39%) OpenID
10 2 (0.39%) SPML
10 2 (0.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 63 (12.23%) Data Centre
2 35 (6.80%) Management Information System
3 27 (5.24%) Cyber Defence
3 27 (5.24%) PKI
4 24 (4.66%) Security Operations Centre
5 19 (3.69%) Security Posture
6 18 (3.50%) Cyber Threat
7 15 (2.91%) Distributed Applications
8 13 (2.52%) Video Conferencing
9 12 (2.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 12 (2.33%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.55%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.97%) Clustering
13 5 (0.97%) Distributed Architecture
13 5 (0.97%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.97%) Social Media
14 4 (0.78%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 77 (14.95%) Windows
2 51 (9.90%) Linux
3 20 (3.88%) Unix
4 13 (2.52%) Android
4 13 (2.52%) Apple iOS
5 12 (2.33%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.78%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.58%) VMS
8 3 (0.58%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (22.52%) Cybersecurity
2 96 (18.64%) Information Security
3 84 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (15.15%) Security Architecture
5 63 (12.23%) SIEM
6 59 (11.46%) Cloud Security
7 53 (10.29%) Migration
8 52 (10.10%) DevOps
9 48 (9.32%) Security Operations
10 46 (8.93%) Risk Management
11 45 (8.74%) Network Design
12 44 (8.54%) Identity Access Management
13 41 (7.96%) ITIL
14 39 (7.57%) Load Balancing
15 37 (7.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 36 (6.99%) Mentoring
17 35 (6.80%) CI/CD
18 33 (6.41%) Agile
19 32 (6.21%) Change Management
19 32 (6.21%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 57 (11.07%) Python
2 23 (4.47%) Java
3 22 (4.27%) PowerShell
4 17 (3.30%) SQL
5 9 (1.75%) Bash
5 9 (1.75%) Go
6 6 (1.17%) Shell Script
6 6 (1.17%) VB
7 5 (0.97%) C
7 5 (0.97%) C#
7 5 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.39%) PHP
8 2 (0.39%) Ruby
9 1 (0.19%) Bicep
9 1 (0.19%) C++
9 1 (0.19%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.19%) Korn
9 1 (0.19%) Scala
9 1 (0.19%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 180 (34.95%) Security Cleared
2 102 (19.81%) Cisco Certification
3 83 (16.12%) DV Cleared
3 83 (16.12%) SC Cleared
4 82 (15.92%) CCNP
5 48 (9.32%) CISSP
6 39 (7.57%) Degree
7 38 (7.38%) CISM
8 33 (6.41%) CCNA
9 27 (5.24%) CCIE
10 21 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (3.30%) AWS Certification
12 12 (2.33%) CISA
13 11 (2.14%) Azure Certification
14 10 (1.94%) CREST Certified
14 10 (1.94%) JNCIA
15 9 (1.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 9 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
16 8 (1.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (9.90%) NIST
2 38 (7.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (4.27%) GDPR
4 19 (3.69%) NCSC
5 16 (3.11%) COBIT
6 15 (2.91%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (1.94%) NIST 800
8 9 (1.75%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.36%) SLA
10 4 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.58%) GPG13
12 2 (0.39%) GRC
12 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.39%) ISA99
12 2 (0.39%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.39%) QA
13 1 (0.19%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (6.80%) Active Directory
2 29 (5.63%) Docker
3 19 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.33%) VMware NSX
5 10 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.17%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.78%) Samba
8 2 (0.39%) Squid
8 2 (0.39%) XenApp
9 1 (0.19%) NFS
9 1 (0.19%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (8.16%) Terraform
2 28 (5.44%) Ansible
3 26 (5.05%) Kubernetes
4 19 (3.69%) FortiGate
4 19 (3.69%) Nessus
5 13 (2.52%) Grafana
6 12 (2.33%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.36%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.97%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (0.78%) Puppet
10 3 (0.58%) CASB
10 3 (0.58%) Kibana
10 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.58%) Nmap
10 3 (0.58%) QRadar
11 2 (0.39%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.39%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.39%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.39%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 151 (29.32%) Cisco
2 100 (19.42%) Palo Alto
3 62 (12.04%) Juniper
4 61 (11.84%) Microsoft
5 41 (7.96%) CheckPoint
5 41 (7.96%) Fortinet
6 34 (6.60%) F5
7 29 (5.63%) VMware
8 18 (3.50%) Zscaler
9 15 (2.91%) Splunk
10 14 (2.72%) Red Hat
11 12 (2.33%) Arista
11 12 (2.33%) Aruba
11 12 (2.33%) Dell
11 12 (2.33%) ScienceLogic
12 11 (2.14%) Meraki
13 10 (1.94%) SolarWinds
14 9 (1.75%) Google
15 8 (1.55%) Nokia
16 7 (1.36%) Blue Coat