Network Security Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Network Security
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 38 77
Rank change year-on-year +3 +39 -13
Contract jobs citing Network Security 3 16 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 1.27% 3.36% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.69% 17.39% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 2
10th Percentile - £695 £467
25th Percentile £375 £775 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £800 £493
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +62.44% +1.03%
75th Percentile £456 £900 £508
90th Percentile £475 £938 £512
South East median daily rate £490 £533 £575
% change year-on-year -8.07% -7.30% +13.30%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 39 92 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 16.53% 19.33% 12.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 69 92
10th Percentile £174 £261 £408
25th Percentile £375 £465 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +5.00% +1.78%
75th Percentile £622 £560 £550
90th Percentile £630 £825 £606
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 15 0
Median hourly rate £14.20 £23.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.21% - -
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Buckinghamshire

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Buckinghamshire

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Buckinghamshire

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Marlow - 2 £400 -
Milton Keynes -1 1 £475 -40.63% 16
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) MPLS
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) WLAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (66.67%) Aruba
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint