Network Security Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Network Security
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 18 9
Rank change year-on-year -5 -9 +4
Contract jobs citing Network Security 3 12 37
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 2.63% 9.23% 28.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.11% 18.75% 48.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 36
10th Percentile £474 £411 £474
25th Percentile £474 £430 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £620
Median % change year-on-year +2.43% -25.28% +47.62%
75th Percentile £475 £541 £649
90th Percentile £475 £588 £672
Cumbria median daily rate £475 £463 £625
% change year-on-year +2.43% -25.88% +48.81%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Barrow-in-Furness

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 37 64 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 32.46% 49.23% 58.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 23 71
10th Percentile £448 £415 £486
25th Percentile £504 £430 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -20.83% +42.01%
75th Percentile £564 £579 £638
90th Percentile £677 £588 £672
Cumbria median daily rate £525 £475 £615
% change year-on-year +10.53% -22.76% +53.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £45.22 £38.39
Median hourly rate - £48.56 £41.23
Median % change year-on-year - +17.78% -
75th Percentile - £52.20 £44.07
90th Percentile - £52.38 -
Cumbria median hourly rate - £48.56 £41.23
% change year-on-year - +17.78% -

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

Network Security job vacancy trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Network Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Network Security

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto