Network Security Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Network Security
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 1.47% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £594 - -
90th Percentile £650 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £500 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Belfast

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 Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 25 19 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 12.25% 12.67% 18.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 13
10th Percentile £234 £143 £243
25th Percentile £363 £144 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £150 £400
Median % change year-on-year +216.67% -62.50% +28.00%
75th Percentile £500 £163 -
90th Percentile £598 £444 £618
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £150 £400
% change year-on-year +216.67% -62.50% +28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - - £12.83
25th Percentile - £22.50 £13.69
Median hourly rate £15.33 £24.18 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.60% +58.56% +1.67%
75th Percentile - - £16.69
90th Percentile - - £17.48
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.33 £24.18 £15.25
% change year-on-year -36.60% +58.56% +1.67%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Belfast

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Network Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Network Security

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast 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 2 (66.67%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) SABSA
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) NIST