Network Security Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Network Security
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 48 57
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 +42
Contract jobs citing Network Security 1 6 6
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.27% 1.53% 0.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.44% 9.84% 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 5
10th Percentile - £431 £478
25th Percentile - £514 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.42% +9.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile - £581 £515
90th Percentile - £669 £574
South East median daily rate £429 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -21.28% +3.81% -

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 41 61 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 10.96% 15.60% 16.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 48 80
10th Percentile £130 £397 £348
25th Percentile £273 £436 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £535
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -5.03% -2.73%
75th Percentile £575 £560 £620
90th Percentile £588 £656 £700
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £465
% change year-on-year -2.50% +7.53% -1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £19.88
25th Percentile - - £23.25
Median hourly rate - - £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.00%
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - £42.00
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £68.51 £60.00
% change year-on-year -19.72% +14.18% +33.33%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Network Security job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Network Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Network Security

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Network Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Network Security

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 13 November 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
Milton Keynes -3 1 £580 +6.42% 2
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared