Network Security Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Network Security
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 1.05% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £340 - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £510 - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £425 - -

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 39 22 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 20.42% 11.58% 17.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 6 26
10th Percentile £250 £253 £413
25th Percentile £429 £283 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -7.89% -
75th Percentile £623 £597 £517
90th Percentile £700 £606 £538
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £508 £556 £475
% change year-on-year -8.76% +17.11% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £63.00 - £16.39
25th Percentile £63.75 £52.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +175.00% -54.55%
75th Percentile £81.25 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £85.00 - £45.50
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £18.50
% change year-on-year - -11.89% +19.35%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

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

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Cambridge

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

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

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) 802.11
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) Multicast
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless Security
1 1 (50.00%) WLAN
1 1 (50.00%) WPA2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (50.00%) PLM
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) AirMagnet
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Ekahau
1 1 (50.00%) IFS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft