Network Security Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Security
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 165 210
Rank change year-on-year +23 +45 -11
Contract jobs citing Network Security 292 343 372
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.38% 1.51% 1.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.88% 9.74% 8.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 216 229
10th Percentile £400 £359 £325
25th Percentile £475 £438 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £672 £675 £591
90th Percentile £775 £750 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £563 £530
% change year-on-year -2.22% +6.13% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 18
10th Percentile - - £35.53
25th Percentile - £18.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £7.43 £22.26 £52.39
Median % change year-on-year -66.62% -57.51% +120.57%
75th Percentile £16.88 £52.13 £58.44
90th Percentile £23.00 - £63.65
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £55.00 £52.39
% change year-on-year -61.82% +4.99% +30.96%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,287 3,523 4,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.57% 15.48% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,854 2,193 2,783
10th Percentile £203 £213 £190
25th Percentile £350 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £580 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -3.41% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 302 241
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.45
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.05
Median hourly rate £47.50 £18.47 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +157.24% -14.12% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.66 £47.50
90th Percentile £73.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +116.22% -28.85% +4.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
South East +7 101 £540 -10.00% 62
South West +39 63 £575 -4.17% 24
North of England 0 62 £625 +22.55% 39
North West +10 47 £666 +37.04% 23
Midlands +6 47 £593 +12.86% 31
West Midlands +5 40 £634 +14.04% 23
Yorkshire -2 13 £500 -20.00% 14
Scotland +26 12 £480 -11.23% 22
East Midlands -2 5 £563 +7.14% 8
Wales +10 4 £263 -38.24% 9
East of England -12 4 £425 -22.73% 15
North East - 2 £450 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
Network Security
UK

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (0.68%) Apache
1 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.34%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 46 (15.75%) Azure
2 40 (13.70%) AWS
3 11 (3.77%) Entra ID
3 11 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.42%) Amazon EC2
4 10 (3.42%) Amazon S3
4 10 (3.42%) AWS Lambda
4 10 (3.42%) Serverless
5 9 (3.08%) SaaS
6 8 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.74%) GCP
6 8 (2.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 7 (2.40%) IaaS
7 7 (2.40%) OpenShift
8 6 (2.05%) Akamai
8 6 (2.05%) Cloudflare
8 6 (2.05%) PaaS
9 5 (1.71%) CloudFront
10 4 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 101 (34.59%) Firewall
2 44 (15.07%) VPN
3 36 (12.33%) Cisco ISE
3 36 (12.33%) WAN
4 27 (9.25%) LAN
5 26 (8.90%) Wireless
6 24 (8.22%) Cisco ASA
7 23 (7.88%) Intrusion Detection
8 20 (6.85%) DNS
9 16 (5.48%) SD-WAN
9 16 (5.48%) TCP/IP
10 15 (5.14%) BGP
11 13 (4.45%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (3.77%) Cisco Nexus
13 10 (3.42%) MPLS
13 10 (3.42%) OSPF
14 9 (3.08%) IPsec
15 8 (2.74%) DHCP
15 8 (2.74%) Internet
16 7 (2.40%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.16%) Big Data
2 8 (2.74%) Relational Database
3 7 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (2.40%) InfluxDB
4 4 (1.37%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 8 (2.74%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.05%) Git
3 4 (1.37%) JIRA
4 3 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.03%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.34%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.34%) GitLab
General
1 53 (18.15%) Analytical Skills
2 39 (13.36%) Public Sector
2 39 (13.36%) Social Skills
3 17 (5.82%) Military
4 16 (5.48%) Finance
5 13 (4.45%) Manufacturing
6 12 (4.11%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.42%) Retail
8 6 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.71%) Legal
10 2 (0.68%) Automotive
10 2 (0.68%) Aviation
10 2 (0.68%) Electronics
10 2 (0.68%) Law
10 2 (0.68%) Marketing
11 1 (0.34%) Advertising
11 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 66 (22.60%) Network Engineer
2 50 (17.12%) Architect
3 38 (13.01%) Security Architect
4 34 (11.64%) Security Engineer
5 26 (8.90%) Consultant
6 25 (8.56%) Senior
7 20 (6.85%) Network Security Engineer
7 20 (6.85%) Security Consultant
8 19 (6.51%) Analyst
9 18 (6.16%) Project Manager
10 15 (5.14%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 15 (5.14%) Network Architect
11 12 (4.11%) Security Analyst
12 11 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 10 (3.42%) Network Analyst
13 10 (3.42%) Network Consultant
13 10 (3.42%) Network Security Architect
13 10 (3.42%) Network Security Consultant
13 10 (3.42%) Platform Manager
14 9 (3.08%) Network Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.16%) Apache NiFi
2 6 (2.05%) RabbitMQ
3 5 (1.71%) OAuth
3 5 (1.71%) OAuth2
3 5 (1.71%) SAML
4 4 (1.37%) .NET
5 3 (1.03%) Web Services
6 1 (0.34%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.34%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.34%) J2EE
6 1 (0.34%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.27%) Cyber Defence
2 27 (9.25%) Data Centre
3 23 (7.88%) Management Information System
4 18 (6.16%) Distributed Applications
5 16 (5.48%) Security Operations Centre
6 15 (5.14%) Security Posture
7 14 (4.79%) PKI
8 13 (4.45%) Operational Technology
9 10 (3.42%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (2.74%) Cloud Native
11 7 (2.40%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.71%) IoT
13 4 (1.37%) CMDB
13 4 (1.37%) Public Cloud
14 3 (1.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 3 (1.03%) Cyberattack
14 3 (1.03%) NHS
14 3 (1.03%) SCADA
14 3 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 51 (17.47%) Windows
2 33 (11.30%) Linux
3 16 (5.48%) Android
3 16 (5.48%) Apple iOS
3 16 (5.48%) Unix
4 4 (1.37%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.68%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.34%) AIX
7 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (27.74%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (22.60%) Information Security
3 59 (20.21%) Security Architecture
4 48 (16.44%) SIEM
5 41 (14.04%) Identity Access Management
6 37 (12.67%) Security Operations
7 34 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (10.96%) Risk Management
9 28 (9.59%) Cloud Security
10 25 (8.56%) Agile
11 24 (8.22%) Actionable Insight
11 24 (8.22%) DevOps
12 23 (7.88%) Analytics
12 23 (7.88%) Migration
13 20 (6.85%) Application Security
13 20 (6.85%) Change Management
14 19 (6.51%) Data Management
14 19 (6.51%) Penetration Testing
15 18 (6.16%) Data Engineering
15 18 (6.16%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (6.85%) Python
2 12 (4.11%) SQL
3 11 (3.77%) Java
4 7 (2.40%) Go
5 6 (2.05%) Bash
5 6 (2.05%) Shell Script
6 4 (1.37%) C
6 4 (1.37%) C#
7 3 (1.03%) PHP
7 3 (1.03%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.03%) Ruby
8 2 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.34%) Bicep
9 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 129 (44.18%) Security Cleared
2 88 (30.14%) DV Cleared
3 56 (19.18%) Cisco Certification
4 47 (16.10%) CCNP
5 44 (15.07%) SC Cleared
6 26 (8.90%) CISSP
7 23 (7.88%) CCNA
8 16 (5.48%) CISM
9 15 (5.14%) CCIE
10 13 (4.45%) AWS Certification
10 13 (4.45%) Degree
11 9 (3.08%) CCSA
12 7 (2.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 7 (2.40%) Azure Certification
12 7 (2.40%) ISACA
12 7 (2.40%) JNCIA
13 6 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (1.37%) CCIE Security
14 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.33%) NIST
2 18 (6.16%) Actionable Recommendations
2 18 (6.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (5.48%) GDPR
4 11 (3.77%) NIST 800
5 10 (3.42%) COBIT
6 5 (1.71%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.71%) SLA
7 3 (1.03%) GRC
7 3 (1.03%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.03%) ISA99
8 2 (0.68%) QA
8 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.34%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (7.19%) Docker
2 18 (6.16%) Active Directory
3 12 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.40%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.71%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.34%) Firmware
7 1 (0.34%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 21 (7.19%) Terraform
2 17 (5.82%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.45%) Ansible
4 11 (3.77%) FortiGate
5 10 (3.42%) Nessus
6 8 (2.74%) Grafana
7 7 (2.40%) Progress Chef
7 7 (2.40%) Prometheus
8 6 (2.05%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.34%) Kibana
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.34%) Nagios
Vendors
1 91 (31.16%) Cisco
2 53 (18.15%) Palo Alto
3 44 (15.07%) Microsoft
4 36 (12.33%) Juniper
5 24 (8.22%) F5
6 21 (7.19%) CheckPoint
7 19 (6.51%) VMware
8 16 (5.48%) Fortinet
9 14 (4.79%) Red Hat
10 11 (3.77%) ScienceLogic
11 9 (3.08%) Blue Coat
12 8 (2.74%) Dell
13 7 (2.40%) Aruba
14 6 (2.05%) Splunk
15 5 (1.71%) Zscaler
16 4 (1.37%) LogRhythm
16 4 (1.37%) SolarWinds
17 3 (1.03%) Meraki
17 3 (1.03%) Rapid7
17 3 (1.03%) ServiceNow