Network Segmentation Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Network Segmentation
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Network Segmentation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Segmentation 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 2.27% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £171 - -
25th Percentile £285 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile £795 - -
East of England median daily rate £700 - £750
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £100.50 - -
Median hourly rate £103.00 - -
75th Percentile £105.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £103.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Network Segmentation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 192 143 221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 87.27% 86.67% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 72 155
10th Percentile £313 £213 £350
25th Percentile £413 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £584 £675 £550
90th Percentile £638 £700 £600
East of England median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 18 4
10th Percentile £25.15 £24.98 £51.63
25th Percentile £37.50 £30.20 £52.19
Median hourly rate £71.00 £52.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.24% -4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £90.75 £59.69 £58.88
90th Percentile £91.50 £71.60 £61.35
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -30.00% +36.36% -1.12%

Network Segmentation
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Segmentation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Network Segmentation job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Network Segmentation
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Network Segmentation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Network Segmentation

Network Segmentation
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Segmentation in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Segmentation in Bedfordshire

Network Segmentation
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Segmentation within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 23 December 2025. 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
Luton - 3 £473 -
Bedford - 2 £475 - 1
Network Segmentation
East of England

Network Segmentation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Network Security
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (40.00%) DHCP
3 2 (40.00%) DNS
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless Security
General
1 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Network Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) Security Advisor
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Zero Trust
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) ITSM
3 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (20.00%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CCIE
2 2 (40.00%) CCIE Security
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
2 2 (40.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) GIAC
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) MCSE
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (60.00%) Zscaler
3 2 (40.00%) Barracuda Networks
3 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (40.00%) VMware