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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 196 235
Rank change year-on-year +18 +39 +27
Contract jobs citing Network Security 476 668 850
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.31% 1.37% 1.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.90% 11.18% 10.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 427 535
10th Percentile £360 £400 £363
25th Percentile £463 £469 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £575 £545
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +5.50% +14.74%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £540
% change year-on-year - +6.48% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 19
10th Percentile - £21.06 £43.39
25th Percentile £7.43 £22.26 £48.18
Median hourly rate £13.50 £52.13 £54.43
Median % change year-on-year -74.10% -4.23% +36.36%
75th Percentile £41.25 £66.00 £62.75
90th Percentile - £71.25 £71.20
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £53.57 £54.22
% change year-on-year -64.53% -1.20% +22.52%

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 4,808 5,975 7,889
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.18% 12.26% 11.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,893 3,904 5,187
10th Percentile £207 £231 £225
25th Percentile £350 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -5.41% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 430 310
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.87
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.67 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.13 £75.00 £62.56
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +116.22% -32.73% +1.85%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 14 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 -32 181 £538 -10.79% 108
South East +18 95 £540 -10.00% 47
South West +37 63 £575 -8.00% 18
North of England -3 56 £618 +19.04% 46
Midlands +14 49 £613 +16.67% 29
West Midlands +20 45 £625 +8.70% 20
North West +13 40 £663 +36.42% 25
Yorkshire +5 14 £500 -20.00% 13
East of England +5 13 £475 -5.00% 15
East Midlands +5 4 £575 +10.21% 9
North East +13 2 £450 -5.26% 8
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 4 (0.84%) IIS
1 4 (0.84%) MQSeries
2 3 (0.63%) Apache
2 3 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.63%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.42%) nginx
4 1 (0.21%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 93 (19.54%) Azure
2 82 (17.23%) AWS
3 23 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (3.99%) GCP
5 18 (3.78%) Entra ID
6 16 (3.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 15 (3.15%) Amazon EC2
7 15 (3.15%) Amazon S3
7 15 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.10%) SaaS
9 9 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (1.89%) Serverless
10 8 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (1.68%) IaaS
11 7 (1.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (1.47%) PaaS
12 6 (1.26%) Akamai
12 6 (1.26%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 188 (39.50%) Firewall
2 80 (16.81%) VPN
3 62 (13.03%) WAN
4 51 (10.71%) DNS
5 45 (9.45%) BGP
6 44 (9.24%) Cisco ISE
7 42 (8.82%) LAN
8 36 (7.56%) OSPF
8 36 (7.56%) Wireless
9 35 (7.35%) TCP/IP
10 33 (6.93%) Cisco ASA
11 28 (5.88%) SD-WAN
12 27 (5.67%) Intrusion Detection
13 25 (5.25%) MPLS
14 21 (4.41%) 5G
15 19 (3.99%) Internet
16 16 (3.36%) DHCP
16 16 (3.36%) IPsec
17 15 (3.15%) Cisco Nexus
18 14 (2.94%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.15%) Big Data
2 13 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.47%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.26%) InfluxDB
5 5 (1.05%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.63%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.21%) Bigtable
9 1 (0.21%) CockroachDB
9 1 (0.21%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.21%) CouchDB
9 1 (0.21%) GIS
9 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.21%) MySQL
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.21%) QGIS
9 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (5.04%) Git
2 19 (3.99%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.84%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.63%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
General
1 89 (18.70%) Social Skills
2 63 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (9.66%) Finance
4 42 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 21 (4.41%) Banking
6 20 (4.20%) Manufacturing
7 17 (3.57%) Military
8 14 (2.94%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.52%) Retail
10 8 (1.68%) Financial Institution
10 8 (1.68%) Legal
10 8 (1.68%) Marketing
10 8 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.84%) Law
14 3 (0.63%) Electronics
15 2 (0.42%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.42%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 142 (29.83%) Network Engineer
2 84 (17.65%) Architect
3 72 (15.13%) Security Engineer
4 61 (12.82%) Senior
5 59 (12.39%) Security Architect
6 44 (9.24%) Network Security Engineer
7 34 (7.14%) Analyst
8 29 (6.09%) Consultant
9 23 (4.83%) Senior Network Engineer
10 22 (4.62%) Project Manager
11 21 (4.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (4.20%) Network Architect
12 20 (4.20%) Security Consultant
13 18 (3.78%) Security Analyst
14 17 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 15 (3.15%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
16 13 (2.73%) DevOps Engineer
17 12 (2.52%) Azure Engineer
17 12 (2.52%) Cloud Engineer
17 12 (2.52%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.15%) Apache NiFi
2 13 (2.73%) .NET
3 12 (2.52%) SAML
4 10 (2.10%) LDAP
5 9 (1.89%) JSON
6 8 (1.68%) NETCONF
6 8 (1.68%) OAuth
6 8 (1.68%) XML
6 8 (1.68%) YANG
7 7 (1.47%) Web Services
8 5 (1.05%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.05%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (0.84%) Middleware
9 4 (0.84%) Regular Expression
10 3 (0.63%) OpenID
11 2 (0.42%) ARM Templates
11 2 (0.42%) Jinja
11 2 (0.42%) RESTful
11 2 (0.42%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (10.92%) Data Centre
2 33 (6.93%) Management Information System
3 27 (5.67%) Cyber Defence
4 21 (4.41%) PKI
4 21 (4.41%) Security Operations Centre
5 19 (3.99%) Cyber Threat
6 15 (3.15%) Distributed Applications
6 15 (3.15%) Security Posture
7 14 (2.94%) Operational Technology
8 12 (2.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 8 (1.68%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.26%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.05%) Clustering
12 5 (1.05%) NHS
12 5 (1.05%) Social Media
13 4 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
13 4 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 72 (15.13%) Windows
2 48 (10.08%) Linux
3 20 (4.20%) Unix
4 13 (2.73%) Android
4 13 (2.73%) Apple iOS
5 10 (2.10%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.84%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.63%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.21%) VMS
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (23.74%) Cybersecurity
2 98 (20.59%) Information Security
3 78 (16.39%) Security Architecture
4 71 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (12.82%) SIEM
6 56 (11.76%) Cloud Security
7 50 (10.50%) DevOps
8 49 (10.29%) Migration
9 45 (9.45%) Risk Management
10 44 (9.24%) Security Operations
11 42 (8.82%) Identity Access Management
12 37 (7.77%) Network Design
13 36 (7.56%) CI/CD
14 33 (6.93%) Change Management
15 30 (6.30%) Agile
15 30 (6.30%) Load Balancing
15 30 (6.30%) Network Architecture
15 30 (6.30%) Penetration Testing
16 29 (6.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 29 (6.09%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (11.34%) Python
2 24 (5.04%) Java
3 20 (4.20%) PowerShell
4 15 (3.15%) SQL
5 9 (1.89%) Bash
5 9 (1.89%) Go
6 7 (1.47%) Shell Script
7 6 (1.26%) VB
8 5 (1.05%) C
8 5 (1.05%) C#
9 3 (0.63%) PHP
9 3 (0.63%) Ruby
10 2 (0.42%) Bicep
10 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.21%) C++
11 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.21%) Korn
11 1 (0.21%) Scala
11 1 (0.21%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 153 (32.14%) Security Cleared
2 91 (19.12%) Cisco Certification
3 84 (17.65%) DV Cleared
4 73 (15.34%) CCNP
5 63 (13.24%) SC Cleared
6 48 (10.08%) CISSP
7 40 (8.40%) CISM
8 36 (7.56%) Degree
9 26 (5.46%) CCNA
10 23 (4.83%) CCIE
11 20 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (3.78%) AWS Certification
13 15 (3.15%) CISA
14 10 (2.10%) CREST Certified
15 9 (1.89%) JNCIA
16 8 (1.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 8 (1.68%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (1.47%) Azure Certification
17 7 (1.47%) CCSA
17 7 (1.47%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (10.50%) NIST
2 39 (8.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (4.20%) GDPR
4 19 (3.99%) NCSC
5 15 (3.15%) Actionable Recommendations
5 15 (3.15%) COBIT
6 12 (2.52%) PCI DSS
7 11 (2.31%) NIST 800
8 7 (1.47%) SLA
9 4 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.63%) GPG13
10 3 (0.63%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.63%) ISA99
11 2 (0.42%) GRC
11 2 (0.42%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.42%) QA
12 1 (0.21%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (6.93%) Active Directory
2 32 (6.72%) Docker
3 19 (3.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.73%) VMware NSX
5 11 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (1.68%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.84%) Samba
8 2 (0.42%) Squid
8 2 (0.42%) XenApp
9 1 (0.21%) NFS
9 1 (0.21%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 38 (7.98%) Terraform
2 29 (6.09%) Kubernetes
3 24 (5.04%) Ansible
4 19 (3.99%) Nessus
5 17 (3.57%) FortiGate
6 13 (2.73%) Grafana
7 12 (2.52%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.47%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.05%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.84%) CASB
10 4 (0.84%) Puppet
11 3 (0.63%) Kibana
11 3 (0.63%) Nmap
11 3 (0.63%) QRadar
11 3 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.42%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.42%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.42%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.21%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 137 (28.78%) Cisco
2 89 (18.70%) Palo Alto
3 53 (11.13%) Microsoft
4 52 (10.92%) Juniper
5 35 (7.35%) CheckPoint
6 30 (6.30%) F5
6 30 (6.30%) Fortinet
7 29 (6.09%) VMware
8 17 (3.57%) Zscaler
9 15 (3.15%) Red Hat
10 13 (2.73%) Splunk
11 12 (2.52%) Arista
11 12 (2.52%) Dell
11 12 (2.52%) ScienceLogic
12 11 (2.31%) Aruba
12 11 (2.31%) Meraki
13 10 (2.10%) SolarWinds
14 9 (1.89%) Google
15 7 (1.47%) Blue Coat
15 7 (1.47%) LogRhythm