The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Security Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Security Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security Engineer
Rank 376 367 426
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +59
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 9 39 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.042% 0.146% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.157% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 22 5
Average daily rate £270 £344 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.45% -5.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £305 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £286 £425 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £375 £338
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £21.50 -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19929 24797 28916
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.30% 92.59% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 13475 15993 18573
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 606 683
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.25 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Network Security Engineer
England

Network Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Network Security Engineer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Network Security Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Network Security Engineer across the London region.

London Network Security Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Network Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Network Security Engineer across the London region.

London Network Security Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Network Security Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Engineer within the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +6 7 £270 -14.96%
Uxbridge +3 1 - -
Network Security Engineer
England

Network Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Network Security Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Network Security Engineer in their job title.

1 17 (94.44%) Network Security
2 14 (77.78%) Firewall
3 12 (66.67%) CheckPoint
4 11 (61.11%) Cisco
5 8 (44.44%) WAN
6 7 (38.89%) LAN
6 7 (38.89%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (33.33%) Juniper
7 6 (33.33%) Migration
8 5 (27.78%) Finance
8 5 (27.78%) BGP
8 5 (27.78%) VPN
8 5 (27.78%) CCNP
9 4 (22.22%) CCNA
9 4 (22.22%) NetScreen
9 4 (22.22%) MPLS
9 4 (22.22%) OSPF
9 4 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (16.67%) CCSA
10 3 (16.67%) Change Management
10 3 (16.67%) Internet
10 3 (16.67%) SSL
11 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
11 2 (11.11%) DNS
11 2 (11.11%) CCDA
11 2 (11.11%) CCDP
11 2 (11.11%) CISSP
11 2 (11.11%) CCIE
11 2 (11.11%) CCSP
11 2 (11.11%) Cisco PIX

Network Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Network Security Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Network Security Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 17 (94.44%) Network Security
2 14 (77.78%) Firewall
3 8 (44.44%) WAN
4 7 (38.89%) LAN
5 5 (27.78%) VPN
5 5 (27.78%) BGP
6 4 (22.22%) NetScreen
6 4 (22.22%) MPLS
6 4 (22.22%) OSPF
6 4 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (16.67%) SSL
7 3 (16.67%) Internet
8 2 (11.11%) DNS
8 2 (11.11%) IPsec
8 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
8 2 (11.11%) Cisco PIX
9 1 (5.556%) VLAN
9 1 (5.556%) FWSM
9 1 (5.556%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (5.556%) VoIP
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) EFT
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (5.556%) ITIL
3 1 (5.556%) E-Commerce
3 1 (5.556%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (5.556%) Incident Management
3 1 (5.556%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (27.78%) CCNP
3 4 (22.22%) CCNA
4 3 (16.67%) CCSA
5 2 (11.11%) CCSE
5 2 (11.11%) CCIE
5 2 (11.11%) CCSP
5 2 (11.11%) CCDA
5 2 (11.11%) CCDP
5 2 (11.11%) CISSP
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) CheckPoint
2 11 (61.11%) Cisco
3 6 (33.33%) Juniper
4 2 (11.11%) F5
4 2 (11.11%) Blue Coat
4 2 (11.11%) Sourcefire
5 1 (5.556%) Fortinet
5 1 (5.556%) SonicWALL
5 1 (5.556%) IronPort
5 1 (5.556%) Avaya
5 1 (5.556%) BT