Network Security Contracts

Network Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 192 237
Rank change year-on-year +18 +45 0
Contract jobs citing Network Security 606 832 1,122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.40% 1.39% 1.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.79% 11.29% 11.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 519 747
10th Percentile £376 £400 £363
25th Percentile £463 £466 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £543
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +4.15% +14.21%
75th Percentile £665 £700 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £533 £500
% change year-on-year +7.98% +6.50% +16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 24
10th Percentile - £21.16 £29.50
25th Percentile £7.43 £30.13 £45.64
Median hourly rate £19.00 £52.13 £52.60
Median % change year-on-year -63.55% -0.89% +25.49%
75th Percentile £41.25 £66.00 £61.82
90th Percentile - £70.88 £69.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £7.43 £46.11 £50.77
% change year-on-year -83.88% -9.19% +160.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,616 7,369 9,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.97% 12.32% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,363 4,796 6,383
10th Percentile £205 £231 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 481 362
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.50 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.75 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -14.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Security over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Top 17 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 +41 515 £550 -4.35% 394
UK excluding London +46 327 £575 +7.98% 301
Work from Home +6 208 £600 - 141
London -24 184 £538 -11.16% 107
South East +19 94 £533 -7.36% 83
South West +57 74 £575 -8.00% 21
North of England +18 70 £630 +14.55% 101
Midlands +18 56 £608 +15.71% 47
West Midlands +41 55 £608 +5.65% 31
North West +18 54 £650 +27.45% 69
East of England +8 18 £475 -22.45% 36
Yorkshire +3 15 £500 -11.11% 24
Scotland +23 11 £575 +15.00% 17
Wales +6 3 £363 -17.14% 6
North East +17 1 - - 9
East Midlands -1 1 - - 16
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Network Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (1.65%) IIS
2 5 (0.83%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.66%) Apache
3 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.66%) MQSeries
4 3 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.33%) nginx
6 1 (0.17%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.83%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 135 (22.28%) Azure
2 101 (16.67%) AWS
3 32 (5.28%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (3.80%) Amazon EC2
4 23 (3.80%) Amazon S3
4 23 (3.80%) Azure Sentinel
4 23 (3.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 22 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (3.63%) Entra ID
6 20 (3.30%) GCP
7 15 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
8 14 (2.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 12 (1.98%) Route 53
10 11 (1.82%) SaaS
10 11 (1.82%) Serverless
11 10 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.16%) Akamai
12 7 (1.16%) IaaS
12 7 (1.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 258 (42.57%) Firewall
2 106 (17.49%) VPN
3 87 (14.36%) WAN
4 70 (11.55%) DNS
5 63 (10.40%) LAN
6 50 (8.25%) BGP
7 46 (7.59%) Cisco ISE
8 42 (6.93%) OSPF
9 41 (6.77%) TCP/IP
10 39 (6.44%) Wireless
11 38 (6.27%) Cisco ASA
12 37 (6.11%) SD-WAN
13 29 (4.79%) Intrusion Detection
13 29 (4.79%) MPLS
14 26 (4.29%) 5G
15 23 (3.80%) SSL
16 22 (3.63%) Internet
17 21 (3.47%) DHCP
17 21 (3.47%) VLAN
17 21 (3.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (2.48%) Big Data
3 7 (1.16%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.99%) InfluxDB
5 5 (0.83%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.66%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (0.66%) GIS
6 4 (0.66%) QGIS
7 3 (0.50%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.17%) Bigtable
9 1 (0.17%) CockroachDB
9 1 (0.17%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.17%) CouchDB
9 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 33 (5.45%) Git
2 26 (4.29%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.66%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.17%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.17%) GitLab
General
1 116 (19.14%) Social Skills
2 95 (15.68%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (8.25%) Finance
3 50 (8.25%) Public Sector
4 20 (3.30%) Banking
4 20 (3.30%) Manufacturing
5 18 (2.97%) Telecoms
6 16 (2.64%) Military
7 12 (1.98%) Retail
8 11 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.32%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.16%) Marketing
11 5 (0.83%) Legal
12 4 (0.66%) Electronics
12 4 (0.66%) Law
13 2 (0.33%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.33%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 168 (27.72%) Network Engineer
2 114 (18.81%) Architect
3 83 (13.70%) Security Engineer
4 78 (12.87%) Security Architect
5 75 (12.38%) Senior
6 53 (8.75%) Network Security Engineer
7 41 (6.77%) Analyst
8 33 (5.45%) Consultant
9 32 (5.28%) Project Manager
10 30 (4.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (4.46%) Senior Network Engineer
12 25 (4.13%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 24 (3.96%) Security Analyst
14 22 (3.63%) Security Consultant
15 20 (3.30%) Network Architect
16 19 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
16 19 (3.14%) Lead
17 16 (2.64%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
18 14 (2.31%) Azure Engineer
18 14 (2.31%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.48%) Apache NiFi
2 13 (2.15%) LDAP
3 11 (1.82%) JSON
3 11 (1.82%) SAML
4 10 (1.65%) NETCONF
4 10 (1.65%) XML
4 10 (1.65%) YANG
5 9 (1.49%) .NET
6 7 (1.16%) OAuth
7 6 (0.99%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.83%) ASP.NET
8 5 (0.83%) OAuth2
8 5 (0.83%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (0.66%) Middleware
9 4 (0.66%) Regular Expression
10 3 (0.50%) HTML
10 3 (0.50%) Jinja
10 3 (0.50%) RESTful
10 3 (0.50%) scikit-learn
10 3 (0.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.22%) Data Centre
2 49 (8.09%) Management Information System
3 32 (5.28%) Security Operations Centre
4 30 (4.95%) PKI
4 30 (4.95%) Security Posture
5 27 (4.46%) Cyber Defence
6 24 (3.96%) Cyber Threat
7 16 (2.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 15 (2.48%) Distributed Applications
9 13 (2.15%) Video Conferencing
10 12 (1.98%) Operational Technology
11 11 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
12 10 (1.65%) Cloud Native
13 7 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.16%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
15 5 (0.83%) Clustering
15 5 (0.83%) Distributed Architecture
15 5 (0.83%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 83 (13.70%) Windows
2 57 (9.41%) Linux
3 20 (3.30%) Unix
4 14 (2.31%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.15%) Android
5 13 (2.15%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.99%) VMS
6 6 (0.99%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.50%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.17%) AIX
10 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (24.59%) Cybersecurity
2 117 (19.31%) Information Security
3 109 (17.99%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (15.02%) Security Architecture
5 80 (13.20%) Cloud Security
6 77 (12.71%) SIEM
7 69 (11.39%) DevOps
8 59 (9.74%) Migration
9 57 (9.41%) Identity Access Management
9 57 (9.41%) Security Operations
10 56 (9.24%) Risk Management
11 48 (7.92%) Network Design
12 44 (7.26%) Computer Science
12 44 (7.26%) ITIL
13 41 (6.77%) CI/CD
14 40 (6.60%) Incident Response
14 40 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 40 (6.60%) Mentoring
15 39 (6.44%) Load Balancing
16 37 (6.11%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 67 (11.06%) Python
2 31 (5.12%) Java
3 29 (4.79%) PowerShell
4 21 (3.47%) SQL
5 13 (2.15%) Kusto Query Language
6 10 (1.65%) Bash
7 9 (1.49%) Go
8 6 (0.99%) Shell Script
8 6 (0.99%) VB
9 5 (0.83%) C
9 5 (0.83%) C#
10 2 (0.33%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.33%) PHP
10 2 (0.33%) Ruby
11 1 (0.17%) Bicep
11 1 (0.17%) C++
11 1 (0.17%) Korn
11 1 (0.17%) Scala
11 1 (0.17%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 204 (33.66%) Security Cleared
2 116 (19.14%) Cisco Certification
3 102 (16.83%) SC Cleared
4 90 (14.85%) DV Cleared
5 88 (14.52%) CCNP
6 76 (12.54%) CISSP
7 59 (9.74%) Degree
8 51 (8.42%) CISM
9 40 (6.60%) CCNA
10 37 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 29 (4.79%) CCIE
12 24 (3.96%) Azure Certification
13 20 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (2.97%) CISA
15 17 (2.81%) AWS Certification
16 16 (2.64%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (1.65%) CEH
17 10 (1.65%) CREST Certified
17 10 (1.65%) JNCIA
18 9 (1.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (10.23%) NIST
2 51 (8.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (3.80%) GDPR
3 23 (3.80%) NCSC
4 16 (2.64%) COBIT
5 15 (2.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (1.65%) NIST 800
6 10 (1.65%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.16%) SLA
8 5 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.50%) GPG13
10 3 (0.50%) QA
11 2 (0.33%) GRC
11 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.33%) ISA99
11 2 (0.33%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 43 (7.10%) Active Directory
2 35 (5.78%) Docker
3 21 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.15%) VMware NSX
5 10 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.16%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.66%) Samba
8 2 (0.33%) Squid
8 2 (0.33%) XenApp
9 1 (0.17%) NFS
9 1 (0.17%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 54 (8.91%) Terraform
2 33 (5.45%) Ansible
2 33 (5.45%) Kubernetes
3 24 (3.96%) FortiGate
4 20 (3.30%) Grafana
5 19 (3.14%) Nessus
6 18 (2.97%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.16%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.83%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.83%) SCCM
9 4 (0.66%) Kibana
9 4 (0.66%) Puppet
10 3 (0.50%) CASB
10 3 (0.50%) Nmap
10 3 (0.50%) QRadar
11 2 (0.33%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.33%) Nagios
11 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.33%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 168 (27.72%) Cisco
2 111 (18.32%) Palo Alto
3 80 (13.20%) Microsoft
4 63 (10.40%) Juniper
5 49 (8.09%) CheckPoint
5 49 (8.09%) Fortinet
6 40 (6.60%) F5
7 32 (5.28%) VMware
8 29 (4.79%) Zscaler
9 15 (2.48%) Splunk
10 14 (2.31%) Aruba
10 14 (2.31%) Red Hat
11 13 (2.15%) Arista
12 12 (1.98%) Dell
12 12 (1.98%) Meraki
12 12 (1.98%) ScienceLogic
12 12 (1.98%) SolarWinds
13 9 (1.49%) Google
13 9 (1.49%) Oracle
14 8 (1.32%) Citrix