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

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 73 85
Rank change year-on-year -18 +12 -4
Contract jobs citing Network Security 27 44 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.38% 2.45% 1.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.73% 13.25% 9.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 25 21
10th Percentile £453 £359 £275
25th Percentile £470 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -0.95% +21.04%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £648
90th Percentile £600 £718 £708
South East median daily rate £533 £575 £515
% change year-on-year -7.36% +11.72% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £78.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £80.50
Median % change year-on-year - -76.40% +97.55%
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 £82.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £7.43 £19.00 £52.89
% change year-on-year -60.89% -64.07% +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 471 332 439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 24.14% 18.51% 18.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 184 231
10th Percentile £205 £301 £200
25th Percentile £319 £398 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £488 £467
Median % change year-on-year +0.51% +4.39% +20.59%
75th Percentile £606 £588 £567
90th Percentile £622 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £490 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +0.51% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 13 7
10th Percentile £40.70 £19.60 -
25th Percentile £76.99 £24.50 -
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 £81.30 £73.60
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £54.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +5.23% +153.49% -49.41%

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 4 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 4 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 -25 15 £533 +0.57% 13
Bracknell -5 3 - - 2
Wokingham - 3 £475 - 1
Windsor - 2 £600 -
Newbury -7 1 - - 2
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 5 (18.52%) AWS
2 4 (14.81%) Azure
3 3 (11.11%) Azure API Management
3 3 (11.11%) Azure Event Grid
3 3 (11.11%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 3 (11.11%) IaaS
3 3 (11.11%) PaaS
3 3 (11.11%) SaaS
4 2 (7.41%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (7.41%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (7.41%) Amazon EMR
4 2 (7.41%) Amazon S3
4 2 (7.41%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (7.41%) Serverless
4 2 (7.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) VPN
2 3 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (3.70%) ADSL
3 1 (3.70%) BGP
3 1 (3.70%) DNS
3 1 (3.70%) DSL
3 1 (3.70%) EIGRP
3 1 (3.70%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.70%) Internet
3 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.70%) IPsec
3 1 (3.70%) LAN
3 1 (3.70%) MPLS
3 1 (3.70%) OSPF
3 1 (3.70%) PPP
3 1 (3.70%) RIP
3 1 (3.70%) SSL
3 1 (3.70%) TACACS
3 1 (3.70%) VoIP
3 1 (3.70%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) 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 6 (22.22%) Consultant
1 6 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 6 (22.22%) Security Consultant
1 6 (22.22%) Senior
2 5 (18.52%) Architect
2 5 (18.52%) Lead
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%) 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%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Lead Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Lead Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) .NET
1 3 (11.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 3 (11.11%) Public Cloud
3 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.70%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.70%) IoT
4 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
4 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 10 (37.04%) Information Security
4 9 (33.33%) Application Security
4 9 (33.33%) Information Security Management
4 9 (33.33%) ITIL
4 9 (33.33%) OWASP
4 9 (33.33%) Security Management
4 9 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (29.63%) Conflict Resolution
5 8 (29.63%) Project Planning
6 7 (25.93%) Budget Management
6 7 (25.93%) Budgeting
6 7 (25.93%) Capacity Management
6 7 (25.93%) Migration
6 7 (25.93%) Risk Management
6 7 (25.93%) Roadmaps
7 6 (22.22%) Network Architecture
8 5 (18.52%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) Python
2 3 (11.11%) C#
2 3 (11.11%) Java
2 3 (11.11%) PHP
2 3 (11.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) ISACA
2 3 (11.11%) Azure Certification
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%) 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 9 (33.33%) COBIT
1 9 (33.33%) GDPR
1 9 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (14.81%) Hyper-V
3 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 3 (11.11%) Docker
3 3 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (11.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 3 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.70%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (40.74%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.93%) 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