Network Security Specialist Contracts

Network Security Specialist
UK

The median Network Security Specialist daily rate in the UK is £900 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 692 833
Rank change year-on-year +107 +141 -144
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Specialist 1 1 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.002% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.002% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - £178
25th Percentile - £669 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £688 £388
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% +77.42% -24.39%
75th Percentile - £706 £488
90th Percentile - - £534
UK excluding London median daily rate - £688 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £55.00

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 39,991 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,011 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,675 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.28 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Network Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Specialist in the UK

Network Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security Specialist in the UK

Network Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security Specialist in the UK

Network Security Specialist
Top 2 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 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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 +91 1 £900 +30.91% 2
London - 1 £900 -

Network Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Network Security Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 1 (100.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code

Network Security Specialist 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 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto