Network Security Contracts in Berkshire

Network Security
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 70 93
Rank change year-on-year -21 +23 -12
Contract jobs citing Network Security 27 45 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.37% 2.48% 1.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.54% 13.08% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 26 22
10th Percentile £452 £359 £286
25th Percentile £493 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.51% -2.86% +21.04%
75th Percentile £591 £597 £642
90th Percentile £600 £713 £707
South East median daily rate £533 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -7.30% +15.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £19.93 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.06 £78.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £26.25 £80.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.62% -67.39% +97.55%
75th Percentile £19.50 £30.56 £82.75
90th Percentile - £32.78 -
South East median hourly rate £7.43 £26.25 £52.89
% change year-on-year -71.70% -50.36% +0.73%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 487 344 432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 24.72% 18.94% 18.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 186 227
10th Percentile £205 £313 £200
25th Percentile £310 £395 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £486 £467
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% +4.12% +20.13%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £561
90th Percentile £623 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £488 £486 £450
% change year-on-year +0.26% +8.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 7
10th Percentile £40.70 £19.65 -
25th Percentile £76.99 £25.13 -
Median hourly rate £83.77 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% +288.24% -50.72%
75th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £47.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £81.26 £73.60
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -34.85%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Berkshire

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Berkshire

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Berkshire

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Berkshire

Network Security
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 Network Security within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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 -18 16 £533 +1.04% 14
Bracknell -8 3 - - 2
Windsor - 2 £600 - 1
Wokingham - 2 £513 - 3
Newbury -7 1 - - 1
Network Security
South East

Network Security
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:

Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.81%) AWS
2 3 (11.11%) Azure
3 2 (7.41%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (7.41%) Amazon ECS
3 2 (7.41%) Amazon EMR
3 2 (7.41%) Amazon S3
3 2 (7.41%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (7.41%) Azure API Management
3 2 (7.41%) Azure Event Grid
3 2 (7.41%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
3 2 (7.41%) IaaS
3 2 (7.41%) PaaS
3 2 (7.41%) SaaS
3 2 (7.41%) Serverless
3 2 (7.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Firewall
1 3 (11.11%) VPN
2 1 (3.70%) ADSL
2 1 (3.70%) BGP
2 1 (3.70%) DNS
2 1 (3.70%) DSL
2 1 (3.70%) EIGRP
2 1 (3.70%) Ethernet
2 1 (3.70%) Internet
2 1 (3.70%) IPsec
2 1 (3.70%) LAN
2 1 (3.70%) MPLS
2 1 (3.70%) OSPF
2 1 (3.70%) PPP
2 1 (3.70%) RIP
2 1 (3.70%) SNMP
2 1 (3.70%) SSL
2 1 (3.70%) TACACS
2 1 (3.70%) VoIP
2 1 (3.70%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (37.04%) Telecoms
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Consultant
1 7 (25.93%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 7 (25.93%) Security Consultant
1 7 (25.93%) Senior
2 5 (18.52%) Architect
2 5 (18.52%) Network Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Security Architect
2 5 (18.52%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Lead
3 4 (14.81%) Security Specialist
3 4 (14.81%) Senior Security Specialist
3 4 (14.81%) Splunk Specialist
4 3 (11.11%) Network Security Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Security Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) AWS Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Lead Security Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) .NET
1 2 (7.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.41%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.70%) Cyberattack
3 1 (3.70%) IoT
3 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Linux
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (44.44%) Identity Access Management
3 11 (40.74%) Information Security
4 10 (37.04%) Application Security
4 10 (37.04%) Information Security Management
4 10 (37.04%) ITIL
4 10 (37.04%) OWASP
4 10 (37.04%) Security Management
4 10 (37.04%) Vulnerability Management
5 9 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
5 9 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (29.63%) Project Planning
6 8 (29.63%) Risk Management
7 7 (25.93%) Budget Management
7 7 (25.93%) Budgeting
7 7 (25.93%) Capacity Management
7 7 (25.93%) Roadmaps
8 6 (22.22%) Migration
9 5 (18.52%) Incident Management
9 5 (18.52%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Python
2 2 (7.41%) C#
2 2 (7.41%) Java
2 2 (7.41%) PHP
2 2 (7.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) ISACA
2 3 (11.11%) Degree
3 2 (7.41%) AWS Certification
3 2 (7.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
3 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.70%) APMP
4 1 (3.70%) BC Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.70%) CCDP
4 1 (3.70%) CCIP
4 1 (3.70%) CCNA
4 1 (3.70%) CCNP
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.70%) HP ASE
4 1 (3.70%) JNCIE
4 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (37.04%) COBIT
1 10 (37.04%) GDPR
1 10 (37.04%) NIST
2 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 3 (11.11%) VMware NSX
3 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
3 2 (7.41%) Docker
3 2 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
1 2 (7.41%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.70%) Ansible
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) VMware
3 5 (18.52%) Splunk
4 2 (7.41%) Juniper
5 1 (3.70%) ADVA
5 1 (3.70%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco
5 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto