Network Security Contracts in Cambridge

Network Security
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 3.51% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.05% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £387 - -
25th Percentile £479 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile £690 - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £550 - £425
% change year-on-year - - +51.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 21 20 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 18.42% 10.31% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 17 31
10th Percentile £378 £203 £275
25th Percentile £415 £235 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £475 £494
90th Percentile £618 £538 £535
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £474 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +18.44% -11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £16.77
25th Percentile - £86.25 £16.95
Median hourly rate £23.00 £87.50 £33.74
Median % change year-on-year -73.71% +159.37% +92.77%
75th Percentile - £88.75 £53.44
90th Percentile - - £53.75
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.44 £18.84 £15.50
% change year-on-year -18.02% +21.52% -

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Cambridge

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Cambridge

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Cambridge over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Cambridge

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Cambridge

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 2 (50.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) VSAN
3 1 (25.00%) 802.11
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Multicast
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless Security
3 1 (25.00%) WLAN
3 1 (25.00%) WPA2
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (25.00%) Converged Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) VCAP
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (50.00%) VMware NSX
1 2 (50.00%) vSphere
2 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Ansible
2 2 (50.00%) PowerCLI
2 2 (50.00%) Terraform
2 2 (50.00%) vCenter Server
2 2 (50.00%) VxRail
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Dell
1 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) AirMagnet
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Ekahau