Network Security Contracts with Work from Home Options

Network Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 154 234
Rank change year-on-year -6 +80 +1
Contract jobs citing Network Security 194 408 504
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.29% 1.63% 1.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.38% 14.15% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 262 364
10th Percentile £405 £413 £388
25th Percentile £463 £486 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £600 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +11.58% +7.55%
75th Percentile £674 £700 £638
90th Percentile £750 £743 £704
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £540
% change year-on-year - +6.48% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 10
10th Percentile - £42.30 £38.10
25th Percentile £18.50 £59.63 £47.19
Median hourly rate £19.00 £66.00 £60.93
Median % change year-on-year -71.21% +8.33% +24.97%
75th Percentile £19.50 £67.06 £65.63
90th Percentile - £70.63 £76.68
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £53.57 £52.60
% change year-on-year -64.53% +1.83% +18.87%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,567 2,884 4,286
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.39% 11.50% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,020 1,907 2,899
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.49% +3.65% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 94 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.10 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £26.06
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £49.29
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +21.73% +15.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.19 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +5.22%

Network Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Security.

Network Security daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Security over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Network Security daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Security.

Network Security hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 9 (4.64%) IIS
2 2 (1.03%) Apache
2 2 (1.03%) nginx
3 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.52%) EPiServer
3 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.52%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.55%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 51 (26.29%) AWS
2 49 (25.26%) Azure
3 17 (8.76%) Entra ID
4 14 (7.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 10 (5.15%) Amazon EC2
5 10 (5.15%) Amazon S3
5 10 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.64%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (3.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 7 (3.61%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (3.61%) Route 53
8 5 (2.58%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (2.58%) CloudFront
8 5 (2.58%) GCP
8 5 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.06%) IaaS
9 4 (2.06%) SaaS
9 4 (2.06%) Serverless
10 3 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 67 (34.54%) Firewall
2 39 (20.10%) VPN
3 34 (17.53%) DNS
4 24 (12.37%) WAN
5 18 (9.28%) LAN
6 15 (7.73%) TCP/IP
7 14 (7.22%) BGP
8 13 (6.70%) Cisco ISE
9 12 (6.19%) 4G
9 12 (6.19%) 5G
9 12 (6.19%) Cisco ASA
9 12 (6.19%) OSPF
9 12 (6.19%) SD-WAN
10 11 (5.67%) SSL
10 11 (5.67%) Wireless
11 10 (5.15%) VoIP
12 9 (4.64%) DHCP
12 9 (4.64%) IPsec
12 9 (4.64%) MPLS
13 8 (4.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.52%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.52%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (0.52%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (6.19%) Git
1 12 (6.19%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.52%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.52%) GitLab
3 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (21.13%) Social Skills
2 24 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (11.86%) Finance
4 17 (8.76%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.70%) Manufacturing
6 10 (5.15%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.12%) Retail
8 7 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.09%) Banking
10 3 (1.55%) Military
11 2 (1.03%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.03%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.52%) Aviation
12 1 (0.52%) German Language
12 1 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.52%) Marketing
12 1 (0.52%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 57 (29.38%) Architect
2 44 (22.68%) Network Engineer
3 43 (22.16%) Security Architect
4 31 (15.98%) Senior
5 21 (10.82%) Security Engineer
6 13 (6.70%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 11 (5.67%) Lead
7 11 (5.67%) Network Security Engineer
8 10 (5.15%) Analyst
8 10 (5.15%) DevOps Engineer
9 8 (4.12%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (4.12%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (3.61%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (3.09%) Security Analyst
11 6 (3.09%) Security Specialist
12 5 (2.58%) AWS Engineer
12 5 (2.58%) Consultant
12 5 (2.58%) Network Architect
12 5 (2.58%) Project Manager
12 5 (2.58%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.12%) .NET
2 6 (3.09%) ARM Templates
2 6 (3.09%) LDAP
2 6 (3.09%) SAML
3 5 (2.58%) ASP.NET
3 5 (2.58%) OAuth
3 5 (2.58%) OAuth2
4 3 (1.55%) PyTorch
4 3 (1.55%) scikit-learn
4 3 (1.55%) TensorFlow
5 2 (1.03%) Regular Expression
5 2 (1.03%) Web Services
6 1 (0.52%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.52%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.67%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.61%) Cloud Native
2 7 (3.61%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (3.61%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.61%) Security Posture
3 5 (2.58%) Clustering
3 5 (2.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 4 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (2.06%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (2.06%) PKI
4 4 (2.06%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (1.55%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.55%) NHS
5 3 (1.55%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.03%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.03%) IoT
6 2 (1.03%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.03%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.03%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.89%) Windows
2 18 (9.28%) Linux
3 6 (3.09%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.58%) VMS
5 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (21.65%) Information Security
2 39 (20.10%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (18.04%) Security Architecture
4 32 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (15.98%) DevOps
6 27 (13.92%) Cloud Security
7 21 (10.82%) Risk Management
8 19 (9.79%) CI/CD
8 19 (9.79%) Load Balancing
8 19 (9.79%) Penetration Testing
9 18 (9.28%) Information Security Management
9 18 (9.28%) Migration
9 18 (9.28%) Security Management
9 18 (9.28%) TOGAF
10 16 (8.25%) Network Design
10 16 (8.25%) SIEM
11 15 (7.73%) Architectural Patterns
11 15 (7.73%) Roadmaps
12 14 (7.22%) Incident Response
12 14 (7.22%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.82%) Python
2 15 (7.73%) PowerShell
3 13 (6.70%) Java
4 8 (4.12%) SQL
5 7 (3.61%) Bash
6 5 (2.58%) VB
7 2 (1.03%) Bicep
8 1 (0.52%) C#
8 1 (0.52%) Go
8 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.52%) PHP
8 1 (0.52%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 58 (29.90%) Security Cleared
2 34 (17.53%) SC Cleared
3 32 (16.49%) CISSP
4 28 (14.43%) CISM
5 27 (13.92%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (9.79%) CCNP
7 15 (7.73%) CISA
8 14 (7.22%) Degree
9 13 (6.70%) DV Cleared
10 11 (5.67%) AWS Certification
10 11 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (5.15%) CREST Certified
12 9 (4.64%) CCNA
13 8 (4.12%) CEH
13 8 (4.12%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (3.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 6 (3.09%) CCDP
16 4 (2.06%) Azure Certification
16 4 (2.06%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (18.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (15.98%) NIST
3 17 (8.76%) NCSC
4 6 (3.09%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.58%) COBIT
5 5 (2.58%) SLA
6 3 (1.55%) GDPR
6 3 (1.55%) GPG13
7 2 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.03%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.03%) QA
7 2 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.52%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.52%) GRC
System Software
1 25 (12.89%) Active Directory
2 19 (9.79%) Docker
3 6 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.03%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.03%) Squid
5 2 (1.03%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (8.76%) Kubernetes
2 16 (8.25%) Terraform
3 8 (4.12%) Grafana
4 7 (3.61%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.58%) Nessus
6 4 (2.06%) Ansible
6 4 (2.06%) FortiGate
6 4 (2.06%) Kibana
6 4 (2.06%) SCCM
7 2 (1.03%) HAProxy
7 2 (1.03%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.52%) Nagios
8 1 (0.52%) Nmap
8 1 (0.52%) OpenView
8 1 (0.52%) Puppet
8 1 (0.52%) QRadar
8 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (25.77%) Cisco
2 27 (13.92%) Palo Alto
3 19 (9.79%) Microsoft
4 16 (8.25%) Juniper
5 14 (7.22%) Fortinet
6 13 (6.70%) Zscaler
7 10 (5.15%) F5
8 8 (4.12%) Aruba
8 8 (4.12%) CheckPoint
8 8 (4.12%) Splunk
9 5 (2.58%) Arista
9 5 (2.58%) Sparx
10 4 (2.06%) HP
10 4 (2.06%) VMware
11 3 (1.55%) AlienVault
11 3 (1.55%) Blue Coat
11 3 (1.55%) ForeScout
11 3 (1.55%) Google
11 3 (1.55%) Infoblox
11 3 (1.55%) Oracle