Network Security Consultant Contracts

Network Security Consultant
UK

The median Network Security Consultant daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 711 843
Rank change year-on-year +127 +132 -183
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Consultant 10 5 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.008% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.009% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 9
10th Percentile £481 £570 £463
25th Percentile £495 £600 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% +20.00%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £638
90th Percentile £705 £690 £660
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +19.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,181 56,479 84,762
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,164 39,476 59,482
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £491 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.87% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,646 1,570 2,098
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.49 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.18% +117.95% +2.55%

Network Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Consultant in the UK

Network Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security Consultant.

Daily rate trend for Network Security Consultant in the UK

Network Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Security Consultant in the UK

Network Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security Consultant in the UK

Network Security Consultant
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Consultant within the UK 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
England +123 7 £500 -23.08% 8
UK excluding London +70 6 £500 - 3
South East - 5 £500 -
London +107 1 - - 2
South West - 1 - -

Network Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Network Security Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Network Security Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Network Security
2 7 (70.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco ISE
3 6 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
4 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
5 4 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (30.00%) Zscaler
6 3 (30.00%) NGFW
6 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
6 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (30.00%) Palo Alto
6 3 (30.00%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (30.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (30.00%) Application Security
6 3 (30.00%) Tufin
6 3 (30.00%) Information Security
6 3 (30.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (30.00%) Juniper
6 3 (30.00%) CheckPoint
6 3 (30.00%) Wireless
7 2 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (20.00%) Internet
7 2 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (20.00%) WAN

Network Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) Network Security
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco ISE
2 7 (70.00%) Firewall
3 3 (30.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (30.00%) NGFW
3 3 (30.00%) Wireless
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (20.00%) DNS
4 2 (20.00%) Internet
4 2 (20.00%) NX-OS
4 2 (20.00%) VPN
4 2 (20.00%) WAN
4 2 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (30.00%) Application Security
2 3 (30.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (30.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (30.00%) Information Security
2 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (20.00%) Network Design
3 2 (20.00%) WAN Optimisation
4 1 (10.00%) Log Correlation
4 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) SIEM
4 1 (10.00%) Time Management
4 1 (10.00%) Use Case
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (10.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) CCNP
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GDPR
1 2 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (30.00%) Juniper
2 3 (30.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (30.00%) Tufin
2 3 (30.00%) Zscaler
3 1 (10.00%) ScienceLogic