Network Security Contracts in the North of England

Network Security
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 132 152
Rank change year-on-year +9 +20 -19
Contract jobs citing Network Security 61 83 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.30% 1.45% 1.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.74% 12.58% 11.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 44 54
10th Percentile £425 £306 £362
25th Percentile £489 £446 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £525 £519
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +1.20% +15.28%
75th Percentile £672 £638 £636
90th Percentile £775 £700 £675
England median daily rate £575 £575 £549
% change year-on-year - +4.78% +15.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile - £45.60 £29.50
25th Percentile £12.75 £49.80 £36.25
Median hourly rate £13.50 £52.13 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -74.10% +9.75% +126.73%
75th Percentile £18.63 - £58.75
90th Percentile £21.25 - £65.50
England median hourly rate £13.50 £52.13 £54.72
% change year-on-year -74.10% -4.72% +118.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 568 660 876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.10% 11.56% 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 450 608
10th Percentile £200 £205 £180
25th Percentile £313 £325 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £607 £574 £550
90th Percentile £750 £675 £638
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 48 27
10th Percentile £13.31 - £11.01
25th Percentile £18.89 £9.80 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.87 £10.63 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +133.96% -40.94% +2.86%
75th Percentile £45.88 £15.15 £23.26
90th Percentile £48.75 £34.13 £48.82
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North West +15 44 £666 +37.04% 25
Yorkshire +12 15 £500 -20.00% 17
North East +17 2 £450 -5.26% 6
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.39%) AWS
2 9 (14.75%) Azure
3 6 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (8.20%) Akamai
4 5 (8.20%) Cloudflare
4 5 (8.20%) SaaS
5 3 (4.92%) IaaS
5 3 (4.92%) PaaS
6 2 (3.28%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.64%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.64%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (22.95%) Firewall
2 13 (21.31%) WAN
3 10 (16.39%) LAN
4 6 (9.84%) SD-WAN
4 6 (9.84%) Wireless
5 4 (6.56%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (6.56%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (6.56%) Converged Networks
5 4 (6.56%) ISDN
5 4 (6.56%) Skype
5 4 (6.56%) VoIP
5 4 (6.56%) VPN
6 2 (3.28%) DNS
6 2 (3.28%) WLAN
7 1 (1.64%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (1.64%) DHCP
7 1 (1.64%) IPsec
7 1 (1.64%) SAN
7 1 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.64%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (9.84%) Git
General
1 6 (9.84%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.20%) Retail
3 4 (6.56%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.28%) Aviation
5 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.64%) Finance
5 1 (1.64%) Law
5 1 (1.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 30 (49.18%) Architect
2 21 (34.43%) Security Architect
3 12 (19.67%) Network Engineer
3 12 (19.67%) Senior
4 8 (13.11%) Network Architect
5 7 (11.48%) Network Security Architect
6 6 (9.84%) AWS DevOps
6 6 (9.84%) Project Manager
6 6 (9.84%) Senior DevOps
7 5 (8.20%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 4 (6.56%) AWS Consultant
8 4 (6.56%) Cisco Architect
8 4 (6.56%) Cisco Network Architect
8 4 (6.56%) Cisco Security Architect
8 4 (6.56%) DevOps Consultant
8 4 (6.56%) Security Manager
8 4 (6.56%) Security Project Manager
8 4 (6.56%) Senior DevOps Consultant
8 4 (6.56%) Senior Network Engineer
8 4 (6.56%) Voice Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (3.28%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.28%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.64%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.64%) NHS
3 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (24.59%) Risk Management
2 14 (22.95%) Business Strategy
2 14 (22.95%) Information Security
3 13 (21.31%) Project Delivery
3 13 (21.31%) Security Architecture
4 12 (19.67%) DevOps
4 12 (19.67%) Service Delivery
5 10 (16.39%) Cryptography
5 10 (16.39%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (16.39%) IT Strategy
5 10 (16.39%) Penetration Testing
5 10 (16.39%) Technology Strategy
6 7 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (9.84%) CI/CD
7 6 (9.84%) Containerisation
8 5 (8.20%) Network Monitoring
8 5 (8.20%) RAD
9 4 (6.56%) Agile
9 4 (6.56%) Migration
9 4 (6.56%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.11%) Python
2 6 (9.84%) Bash
3 1 (1.64%) Java
3 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (16.39%) CCNP
1 10 (16.39%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (13.11%) CISSP
3 7 (11.48%) SC Cleared
3 7 (11.48%) Security Cleared
4 6 (9.84%) AWS Certification
4 6 (9.84%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 6 (9.84%) CCNA
5 4 (6.56%) CCIE
5 4 (6.56%) CCIE Security
6 3 (4.92%) CISM
7 2 (3.28%) DBS Check
7 2 (3.28%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.64%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (18.03%) NIST
3 2 (3.28%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.64%) GDPR
4 1 (1.64%) GRC
System Software
1 7 (11.48%) Docker
2 3 (4.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (16.39%) Terraform
2 7 (11.48%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.64%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (22.95%) Cisco
2 6 (9.84%) F5
3 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.56%) SolarWinds
4 3 (4.92%) Aruba
5 2 (3.28%) Darktrace
5 2 (3.28%) Fortinet
5 2 (3.28%) Juniper
5 2 (3.28%) Meraki
5 2 (3.28%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.28%) Rapid7
5 2 (3.28%) Zscaler
6 1 (1.64%) Splunk