Network Security Contracts in Bristol

Network Security
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 71 79
Rank change year-on-year +21 +8 +4
Contract jobs citing Network Security 14 9 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.30% 0.81% 0.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.28% 5.63% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 4
10th Percentile - £469 £408
25th Percentile £300 £506 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £382 £654 £650
Median % change year-on-year -41.57% +0.58% +30.00%
75th Percentile - £713 £725
90th Percentile £404 £725 -
South West median daily rate £588 £575 £538
% change year-on-year +2.17% +6.98% +4.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

Network Security 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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 86 160 180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 14.10% 14.38% 15.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 81 76
10th Percentile £235 £260 £204
25th Percentile £250 £430 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £382 £520 £473
Median % change year-on-year -26.54% +10.05% +0.96%
75th Percentile £463 £649 £614
90th Percentile £603 £675 £690
South West median daily rate £550 £538 £525
% change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% +13.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 17 78
10th Percentile £22.51 £12.60 -
25th Percentile £29.59 £63.75 -
Median hourly rate £41.40 £65.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year -36.32% +563.27% -87.19%
75th Percentile £53.20 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £60.28 £85.00 £31.63
South West median hourly rate £17.79 £40.00 £9.80
% change year-on-year -55.53% +308.16% -81.85%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Bristol

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Bristol

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Bristol

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 3 (21.43%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 11 (78.57%) Firewall
2 5 (35.71%) LAN
2 5 (35.71%) WAN
3 4 (28.57%) Wireless
4 2 (14.29%) DHCP
4 2 (14.29%) DNS
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Banking
2 3 (21.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Architect
2 5 (35.71%) Network Architect
2 5 (35.71%) Network Technical Architect
2 5 (35.71%) Technical Architect
3 4 (28.57%) Network Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Network Security Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Security Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Security Architect
4 3 (21.43%) Senior
4 3 (21.43%) Senior Architect
4 3 (21.43%) Senior Security Architect
5 2 (14.29%) Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Firewall Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Data Centre
2 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Network Architecture
1 5 (35.71%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Analytics
3 3 (21.43%) Artefact Management
3 3 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (21.43%) Cloud Security
3 3 (21.43%) Data Security
3 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
3 3 (21.43%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (21.43%) Risk Analysis
3 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (14.29%) Problem Management
4 2 (14.29%) Zero Trust
5 1 (7.14%) Load Balancing
5 1 (7.14%) Network Security Management
5 1 (7.14%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) CCNP
2 1 (7.14%) CCSA
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.14%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) GRC
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) F5
2 4 (28.57%) Aruba
2 4 (28.57%) CheckPoint
2 4 (28.57%) Extreme Networks
2 4 (28.57%) Infoblox
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Ruckus Wireless
2 4 (28.57%) Zscaler
3 3 (21.43%) Google
4 2 (14.29%) Sophos