IPsec Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring IPsec skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 92 112
Rank change year-on-year -16 +20 -9
Contract jobs citing IPsec 6 5 15
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.39% 0.38% 0.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.38% 1.80% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 14
10th Percentile £430 - -
25th Percentile £461 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £575 £400
Median % change year-on-year -12.78% +43.75% -30.89%
75th Percentile £536 £588 -
90th Percentile £618 - £460
South East median daily rate £445 £550 £400
% change year-on-year -19.09% +37.50% -28.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - -24.00% -68.15%
South East median hourly rate - £19.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year - -56.82% -43.95%

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 252 278 530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.30% 21.25% 27.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 120 287
10th Percentile £255 £229 £205
25th Percentile £325 £355 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +8.82% -15.00%
75th Percentile £538 £591 £569
90th Percentile £620 £650 £647
South East median daily rate £478 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -4.50% +8.05% -5.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 20
10th Percentile £17.35 £19.12 £24.48
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.04 £67.72
Median hourly rate £75.00 £21.83 £82.50
Median % change year-on-year +243.56% -73.54% +146.28%
75th Percentile £86.00 £23.37 £87.13
90th Percentile £90.65 £24.14 £87.53
South East median hourly rate £56.00 £59.13 £58.50
% change year-on-year -5.29% +1.08% +29.99%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IPsec relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

IPsec job vacancy trend in Berkshire

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IPsec.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IPsec

IPsec
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IPsec in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IPsec in Berkshire

IPsec
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IPsec.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IPsec

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 2 February 2026. 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 +7 5 £536 -6.78%
IPsec
South East

IPsec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 5 (83.33%) Entra ID
2 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) SD-WAN
2 3 (50.00%) MQTT
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (16.67%) DMVPN
3 1 (16.67%) DNS
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (16.67%) SSL
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Security Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Security Solutions Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) ADO
2 1 (16.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Operational Technology
2 2 (33.33%) SCADA
3 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Architectural Design
1 5 (83.33%) Cyber Resilience
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) Data Lineage
1 5 (83.33%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (83.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 5 (83.33%) Network Segmentation
1 5 (83.33%) Platform Engineering
1 5 (83.33%) Risk Assessment
1 5 (83.33%) Supplier Management
1 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 5 (83.33%) Zero Trust
2 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 3 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) NCSC
1 3 (50.00%) NIST
1 3 (50.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (16.67%) Blue Coat
3 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) F5
3 1 (16.67%) Juniper