Network Security Contracts in the Thames Valley

Network Security
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 104 105
Rank change year-on-year +16 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing Network Security 44 51 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.67% 1.77% 1.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.19% 10.30% 9.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 29 42
10th Percentile £435 £393 £360
25th Percentile £533 £431 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £510 £538
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.12% +16.85%
75th Percentile £825 £600 £650
90th Percentile £915 £698 £707
South East median daily rate £540 £600 £508
% change year-on-year -10.00% +18.23% +12.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 -
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £7.43 £19.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -60.89% -60.00% +16.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 537 495 659
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 20.36% 17.19% 18.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 295 374
10th Percentile £205 £281 £213
25th Percentile £350 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +2.74% +18.75%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £560
90th Percentile £638 £670 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £481 £450
% change year-on-year +4.05% +6.79% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 21 21
10th Percentile £16.73 £18.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £22.58 £19.50 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £15.80
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +317.72% -47.33%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £81.00 £25.00
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £58.20 £21.50
% change year-on-year -1.46% +170.71% -47.88%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the Thames Valley

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the Thames Valley

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the Thames Valley

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the Thames Valley

Network Security
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 Network Security within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 June 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 -26 26 £533 +1.04% 24
Buckinghamshire +42 16 £800 +56.86% 2
Oxfordshire +5 2 £425 -2.86% 2
Network Security
South East

Network Security
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.27%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.00%) AWS
2 10 (22.73%) Azure
3 5 (11.36%) GCP
4 3 (6.82%) Azure API Management
4 3 (6.82%) Azure Event Grid
4 3 (6.82%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (6.82%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.82%) IaaS
4 3 (6.82%) PaaS
4 3 (6.82%) SaaS
4 3 (6.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (4.55%) Amazon ECS
5 2 (4.55%) Amazon EMR
5 2 (4.55%) Amazon S3
5 2 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (4.55%) Serverless
6 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 18 (40.91%) Firewall
2 15 (34.09%) Cisco ASA
3 14 (31.82%) Cisco ISE
4 8 (18.18%) VPN
5 7 (15.91%) WAN
6 5 (11.36%) LAN
7 4 (9.09%) BGP
7 4 (9.09%) EIGRP
7 4 (9.09%) IPsec
7 4 (9.09%) MPLS
7 4 (9.09%) OSPF
7 4 (9.09%) SD-WAN
8 3 (6.82%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (4.55%) DMVPN
9 2 (4.55%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 2 (4.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (4.55%) Internet
9 2 (4.55%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (4.55%) Sourcefire
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Visual Studio
2 2 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 11 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (13.64%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (6.82%) Finance
3 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.55%) Electronics
4 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.55%) Marketing
4 2 (4.55%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (20.45%) Analyst
1 9 (20.45%) Consultant
1 9 (20.45%) Network Analyst
1 9 (20.45%) Network Engineer
1 9 (20.45%) Network Security Analyst
1 9 (20.45%) Security Analyst
1 9 (20.45%) Security Consultant
2 7 (15.91%) Architect
2 7 (15.91%) Senior
3 6 (13.64%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 6 (13.64%) Security Architect
4 5 (11.36%) Juniper Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Lead
5 4 (9.09%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 4 (9.09%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Security Specialist
5 4 (9.09%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 4 (9.09%) Senior Security Specialist
5 4 (9.09%) Splunk Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) .NET
1 3 (6.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.45%) Data Centre
2 6 (13.64%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.82%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.82%) Public Cloud
4 2 (4.55%) IoT
4 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.27%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.27%) Life Science
5 1 (2.27%) PKI
5 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.09%) Linux
1 4 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) Identity Access Management
2 14 (31.82%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (25.00%) ITIL
4 10 (22.73%) Application Security
4 10 (22.73%) Information Security
5 9 (20.45%) Information Security Management
5 9 (20.45%) OWASP
5 9 (20.45%) Security Management
5 9 (20.45%) Vulnerability Management
6 8 (18.18%) Conflict Resolution
6 8 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 7 (15.91%) Budget Management
7 7 (15.91%) Budgeting
7 7 (15.91%) Capacity Management
7 7 (15.91%) Project Planning
7 7 (15.91%) Risk Management
7 7 (15.91%) Roadmaps
8 6 (13.64%) Data Protection
8 6 (13.64%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.09%) Python
2 3 (6.82%) C#
2 3 (6.82%) Java
2 3 (6.82%) PHP
2 3 (6.82%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (40.91%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (36.36%) CCNP
3 15 (34.09%) Security Cleared
4 11 (25.00%) DV Cleared
5 7 (15.91%) ISACA
6 6 (13.64%) SC Cleared
7 5 (11.36%) CCNA
7 5 (11.36%) CISM
8 4 (9.09%) Azure Certification
8 4 (9.09%) Degree
9 3 (6.82%) AWS Certification
9 3 (6.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (4.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (2.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (2.27%) BC Cleared
11 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (2.27%) HP ASE
11 1 (2.27%) JNCIE
11 1 (2.27%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.73%) COBIT
2 9 (20.45%) GDPR
2 9 (20.45%) NIST
3 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.27%) QA
System Software
1 4 (9.09%) Hyper-V
1 4 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.82%) Docker
2 3 (6.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (22.73%) Nessus
2 3 (6.82%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.82%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.27%) Ansible
3 1 (2.27%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 17 (38.64%) Cisco
2 16 (36.36%) Palo Alto
3 15 (34.09%) Juniper
4 11 (25.00%) ScienceLogic
5 9 (20.45%) Microsoft
6 4 (9.09%) Splunk
6 4 (9.09%) VMware
7 3 (6.82%) Aruba
7 3 (6.82%) CheckPoint
7 3 (6.82%) Fortinet
8 2 (4.55%) Blue Coat
8 2 (4.55%) F5
8 2 (4.55%) McAfee
8 2 (4.55%) SAP
8 2 (4.55%) Zscaler
9 1 (2.27%) ADVA
9 1 (2.27%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 1 (2.27%) Meraki
9 1 (2.27%) SolarWinds