Network Security Contracts in the South East

Network Security
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 122 155
Rank change year-on-year +13 +33 -31
Contract jobs citing Network Security 94 101 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.70% 1.74% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.53% 10.29% 8.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 71 73
10th Percentile £363 £363 £289
25th Percentile £470 £441 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.30% +15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £580
90th Percentile £825 £838 £670
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +18.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile - £19.93 £47.61
25th Percentile - £22.06 £49.64
Median hourly rate £7.43 £26.25 £52.89
Median % change year-on-year -71.70% -50.36% +0.73%
75th Percentile - £30.56 £63.81
90th Percentile £12.26 £32.78 £75.18
England median hourly rate £13.50 £52.13 £54.72
% change year-on-year -74.10% -4.72% +68.80%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,248 982 1,241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.61% 16.90% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 612 592 774
10th Percentile £205 £236 £189
25th Percentile £363 £363 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £486 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.26% +8.06% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £657
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 74 68
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.33 £15.25
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.50 £16.81
Median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -34.85%
75th Percentile £64.69 £67.50 £46.40
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.82 £23.91
% change year-on-year +108.55% -21.29% -4.36%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Thames Valley 0 45 £650 +30.00% 28
Berkshire -21 27 £533 +4.51% 21
Hampshire +17 26 £543 -1.36% 21
Buckinghamshire +40 17 £800 +62.44% 4
West Sussex +8 10 £400 -36.00% 5
Kent +6 8 £523 +60.77% 6
Surrey -7 5 £375 -46.43% 8
Oxfordshire +2 1 £425 -2.86% 3
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (1.06%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.06%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (18.09%) Azure
2 14 (14.89%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (7.45%) AWS
4 3 (3.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.13%) Amazon ECS
5 2 (2.13%) Amazon EMR
5 2 (2.13%) Amazon S3
5 2 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (2.13%) Azure API Management
5 2 (2.13%) Azure Event Grid
5 2 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.13%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.13%) GCP
5 2 (2.13%) IaaS
5 2 (2.13%) PaaS
5 2 (2.13%) SaaS
5 2 (2.13%) Serverless
6 1 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.06%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 38 (40.43%) Firewall
2 24 (25.53%) Cisco ISE
3 19 (20.21%) Cisco ASA
4 17 (18.09%) VPN
5 12 (12.77%) LAN
6 11 (11.70%) WAN
7 10 (10.64%) Wireless
8 6 (6.38%) DNS
9 4 (4.26%) Internet
10 3 (3.19%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (3.19%) TCP/IP
10 3 (3.19%) VoIP
10 3 (3.19%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (2.13%) DMZ
11 2 (2.13%) MPLS
11 2 (2.13%) NX-OS
11 2 (2.13%) VLAN
12 1 (1.06%) BGP
12 1 (1.06%) DSL
12 1 (1.06%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (20.21%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.83%) Telecoms
3 10 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.45%) Finance
4 7 (7.45%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (7.45%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (7.45%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.13%) Electronics
6 2 (2.13%) Law
6 2 (2.13%) Legal
6 2 (2.13%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.13%) Marketing
7 1 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 25 (26.60%) Network Engineer
2 16 (17.02%) Consultant
3 15 (15.96%) Analyst
3 15 (15.96%) Security Analyst
4 13 (13.83%) Security Consultant
4 13 (13.83%) Security Engineer
5 11 (11.70%) Senior
6 10 (10.64%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 10 (10.64%) Network Analyst
6 10 (10.64%) Network Security Analyst
6 10 (10.64%) Network Security Engineer
7 8 (8.51%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 7 (7.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (6.38%) IT Support
9 6 (6.38%) IT Support Technician
9 6 (6.38%) IT Technician
9 6 (6.38%) Support Technician
10 5 (5.32%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (5.32%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 5 (5.32%) Network Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.13%) .NET
1 2 (2.13%) Web Services
2 1 (1.06%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.21%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.45%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.13%) CSOC
3 2 (2.13%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.13%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.06%) CCTV
4 1 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.06%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.06%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.06%) GNSS
4 1 (1.06%) IoT
4 1 (1.06%) Life Science
4 1 (1.06%) NHS
4 1 (1.06%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.70%) Windows
2 6 (6.38%) Linux
3 3 (3.19%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.19%) Windows 7
3 3 (3.19%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (3.19%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (3.19%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (2.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (25.53%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (23.40%) Information Security
3 18 (19.15%) Identity Access Management
3 18 (19.15%) Migration
3 18 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (14.89%) Information Security Management
4 14 (14.89%) Security Management
5 13 (13.83%) Incident Management
6 10 (10.64%) Application Security
6 10 (10.64%) Conflict Resolution
6 10 (10.64%) ITIL
6 10 (10.64%) OWASP
6 10 (10.64%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (9.57%) Cloud Security
7 9 (9.57%) Decision-Making
7 9 (9.57%) Project Management
7 9 (9.57%) Security Architecture
7 9 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (9.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 8 (8.51%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.26%) Python
2 3 (3.19%) SQL
3 2 (2.13%) C#
3 2 (2.13%) Java
3 2 (2.13%) PHP
3 2 (2.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 34 (36.17%) Security Cleared
2 23 (24.47%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (21.28%) CCNP
3 20 (21.28%) DV Cleared
4 18 (19.15%) SC Cleared
5 8 (8.51%) CISM
5 8 (8.51%) ISACA
6 7 (7.45%) Degree
7 5 (5.32%) CCSA
7 5 (5.32%) JNCIA
8 4 (4.26%) CCNA
9 3 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.19%) PMI Certification
9 3 (3.19%) PMP
9 3 (3.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (2.13%) AWS Certification
10 2 (2.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (2.13%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.83%) GDPR
2 10 (10.64%) COBIT
2 10 (10.64%) NIST
3 4 (4.26%) SLA
4 2 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.06%) QA
System Software
1 8 (8.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (7.45%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.45%) VMware NSX
3 3 (3.19%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.13%) Docker
4 2 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.06%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (11.70%) Nessus
2 3 (3.19%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.13%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.06%) Ansible
4 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.06%) Nagios
Vendors
1 30 (31.91%) Palo Alto
2 29 (30.85%) Microsoft
3 27 (28.72%) Cisco
4 24 (25.53%) Juniper
5 13 (13.83%) CheckPoint
6 12 (12.77%) ScienceLogic
6 12 (12.77%) VMware
7 6 (6.38%) Blue Coat
7 6 (6.38%) Splunk
8 5 (5.32%) Dell
9 3 (3.19%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.13%) AlgoSec
10 2 (2.13%) Fortinet
10 2 (2.13%) Meraki
10 2 (2.13%) SAP
10 2 (2.13%) SonicWALL
11 1 (1.06%) ADVA
11 1 (1.06%) Alcatel-Lucent
11 1 (1.06%) Citrix
11 1 (1.06%) F5