IPsec Contracts in the Thames Valley

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for IPsec skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IPsec over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 133 159
Rank change year-on-year +4 +26 -29
Contract jobs citing IPsec 11 18 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.41% 0.61% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.82% 3.77% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 4
10th Percentile £353 £410 £361
25th Percentile - £484 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile - - £672
90th Percentile £500 £620 £756
South East median daily rate £400 £519 £450
% change year-on-year -22.89% +15.28% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £35.98 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £62.19 -
Median hourly rate £19.00 £78.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -75.80% - -
75th Percentile £19.50 £80.44 -
90th Percentile - £80.78 -
South East median hourly rate £41.00 £78.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -47.77% +65.26% +123.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

IPsec 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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 603 477 603
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 22.47% 16.24% 17.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 293 343
10th Percentile £205 £313 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +5.41% +15.63%
75th Percentile £600 £570 £553
90th Percentile £650 £648 £646
South East median daily rate £489 £486 £450
% change year-on-year +0.51% +8.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 15 18
10th Percentile £17.79 £19.70 £12.19
25th Percentile £23.78 £25.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -47.29%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.47 £81.22 £38.80
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -37.68%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing IPsec as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for IPsec in the Thames Valley

IPsec
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IPsec in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for IPsec in the Thames Valley

IPsec
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IPsec in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IPsec in the Thames Valley

IPsec
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IPsec in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for IPsec in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 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
Berkshire -8 11 £400 -11.11% 2
IPsec
South East

IPsec
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) BGP
1 7 (63.64%) MPLS
2 5 (45.45%) Firewall
3 4 (36.36%) SNMP
3 4 (36.36%) VPN
4 3 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (27.27%) Diameter Protocol
4 3 (27.27%) GGSN
4 3 (27.27%) GLBP
4 3 (27.27%) HSRP
4 3 (27.27%) Junos
4 3 (27.27%) SGSN
4 3 (27.27%) SSL
4 3 (27.27%) VPLS
4 3 (27.27%) VRRP
4 3 (27.27%) WAN
5 1 (9.09%) OSPF
5 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
5 1 (9.09%) Unified Communications
5 1 (9.09%) xDSL
General
1 5 (45.45%) Telecoms
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Advertising
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Network Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Tester
3 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Integration Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Network Support
3 1 (9.09%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Test Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) WAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
1 3 (27.27%) PKI
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Functional Testing
1 3 (27.27%) Network Monitoring
1 3 (27.27%) Non-Functional Testing
1 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (18.18%) Load Balancing
3 1 (9.09%) Change Management
3 1 (9.09%) Communications Security
3 1 (9.09%) Migration
3 1 (9.09%) Process Management
3 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) CCNA
1 4 (36.36%) CCNP
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) BC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (9.09%) CCDP
3 1 (9.09%) CCIP
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Juniper
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) ADVA
3 1 (9.09%) Alcatel-Lucent