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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 67 91
Rank change year-on-year -27 +24 -7
Contract jobs citing Network Security 26 45 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.35% 2.53% 1.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.03% 12.40% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 24 23
10th Percentile £451 £374 £292
25th Percentile £491 £431 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% -4.09% +35.80%
75th Percentile £591 £641 £695
90th Percentile £600 £723 £706
South East median daily rate £540 £600 £515
% change year-on-year -10.00% +16.50% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 -
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £7.43 £19.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -60.89% -60.00% -9.52%

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 431 363 449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 22.37% 20.44% 18.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 188 231
10th Percentile £205 £300 £313
25th Percentile £330 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% +4.00% +25.83%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £575
90th Percentile - £700 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £481 £453
% change year-on-year +4.05% +6.08% +6.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 19 6
10th Percentile £71.75 £17.60 -
25th Percentile £79.94 £22.00 -
Median hourly rate £83.77 £72.84 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.01% +328.44% -45.16%
75th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £24.13
90th Percentile £87.53 £81.07 £47.00
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -0.26% +167.44% -47.88%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -20 17 £533 -11.17% 8
Wokingham +2 3 £475 -13.64%
Windsor - 2 £600 - 1
Newbury -5 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 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) AWS
2 7 (26.92%) Azure
3 3 (11.54%) Azure API Management
3 3 (11.54%) Azure Event Grid
3 3 (11.54%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (11.54%) Entra ID
3 3 (11.54%) IaaS
3 3 (11.54%) PaaS
3 3 (11.54%) SaaS
4 2 (7.69%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (7.69%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (7.69%) Amazon EMR
4 2 (7.69%) Amazon S3
4 2 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (7.69%) GCP
4 2 (7.69%) Serverless
4 2 (7.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) VPN
2 6 (23.08%) Firewall
3 4 (15.38%) BGP
3 4 (15.38%) EIGRP
3 4 (15.38%) IPsec
3 4 (15.38%) MPLS
3 4 (15.38%) OSPF
3 4 (15.38%) WAN
4 3 (11.54%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (11.54%) SD-WAN
5 2 (7.69%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (7.69%) DMVPN
5 2 (7.69%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (7.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (7.69%) Internet
5 2 (7.69%) LAN
5 2 (7.69%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (7.69%) Sourcefire
6 1 (3.85%) DNS
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Visual Studio
2 2 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 9 (34.62%) Telecoms
2 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Consultant
1 8 (30.77%) Security Consultant
2 7 (26.92%) Architect
3 6 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 6 (23.08%) Security Architect
4 5 (19.23%) Lead
4 5 (19.23%) Senior
5 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 4 (15.38%) Security Specialist
5 4 (15.38%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 4 (15.38%) Senior Security Specialist
5 4 (15.38%) Splunk Specialist
6 2 (7.69%) AWS Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Lead Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) Lead Security Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) Network Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) Network Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Network Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) .NET
1 3 (11.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Data Centre
2 3 (11.54%) Public Cloud
3 2 (7.69%) IoT
3 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.85%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.85%) PKI
4 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Identity Access Management
2 14 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (42.31%) ITIL
4 10 (38.46%) Application Security
4 10 (38.46%) Information Security
5 9 (34.62%) Information Security Management
5 9 (34.62%) OWASP
5 9 (34.62%) Security Management
5 9 (34.62%) Vulnerability Management
6 8 (30.77%) Conflict Resolution
6 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (26.92%) Budget Management
7 7 (26.92%) Budgeting
7 7 (26.92%) Capacity Management
7 7 (26.92%) Project Planning
7 7 (26.92%) Risk Management
7 7 (26.92%) Roadmaps
8 6 (23.08%) Migration
9 5 (19.23%) DevOps
10 4 (15.38%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) Python
2 3 (11.54%) C#
2 3 (11.54%) Java
2 3 (11.54%) PHP
2 3 (11.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) ISACA
2 5 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (15.38%) Azure Certification
3 4 (15.38%) CCNP
4 3 (11.54%) AWS Certification
4 3 (11.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (11.54%) CCNA
4 3 (11.54%) Degree
5 2 (7.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (3.85%) BC Cleared
6 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.85%) CCDP
6 1 (3.85%) CCIP
6 1 (3.85%) CISSP
6 1 (3.85%) HP ASE
6 1 (3.85%) JNCIE
6 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (38.46%) COBIT
2 9 (34.62%) GDPR
2 9 (34.62%) NIST
3 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) Hyper-V
1 4 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.54%) Docker
2 3 (11.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Kubernetes
1 3 (11.54%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.85%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) Cisco
2 4 (15.38%) Juniper
2 4 (15.38%) Palo Alto
2 4 (15.38%) Splunk
2 4 (15.38%) VMware
3 3 (11.54%) Aruba
4 2 (7.69%) Blue Coat
4 2 (7.69%) CheckPoint
4 2 (7.69%) F5
4 2 (7.69%) Fortinet
4 2 (7.69%) McAfee
4 2 (7.69%) Zscaler
5 1 (3.85%) ADVA
5 1 (3.85%) Alcatel-Lucent