IPsec Contracts in Berkshire

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring IPsec skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IPsec over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 113 101
Rank change year-on-year +23 -12 +21
Contract jobs citing IPsec 3 11 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.26% 0.55% 0.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.44% 2.24% 4.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 3
10th Percentile - £353 £395
25th Percentile £408 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £423 - £528
90th Percentile - £500 £560
South East median daily rate £420 £400 £519
% change year-on-year +5.00% -22.89% +15.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £35.98
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £62.19
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £78.50
Median % change year-on-year - -75.80% -
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 £80.44
90th Percentile - - £80.78
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £41.00 £78.50
% change year-on-year -53.66% -47.77% +65.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

IPsec 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 209 492 342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.82% 24.80% 18.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 217 184
10th Percentile £270 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £310 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £588
90th Percentile £590 £619 £675
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 25 14
10th Percentile £19.73 £40.70 £19.65
25th Percentile £21.58 £76.99 £25.13
Median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%
75th Percentile £58.58 £87.46 £80.25
90th Percentile £78.93 £87.53 £81.26
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing IPsec as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for IPsec in Berkshire

IPsec
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IPsec in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for IPsec in Berkshire

IPsec
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IPsec in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for IPsec in Berkshire

IPsec
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Reading +28 1 - -
Wokingham - 1 £415 -
IPsec
South East

IPsec
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) BGP
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) EIGRP
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) MPLS
2 2 (66.67%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) DSL
3 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (33.33%) PPP
3 1 (33.33%) RIP
3 1 (33.33%) SSL
3 1 (33.33%) TACACS
3 1 (33.33%) VoIP
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Communications Security
2 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Process Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) CCDP
2 1 (33.33%) CCIE
2 1 (33.33%) CCIP
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) ADVA
3 1 (33.33%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 1 (33.33%) Aruba
3 1 (33.33%) Blue Coat
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (33.33%) F5
3 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto