Network Security Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Network Security
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 39 - 57
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs citing Network Security 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 2.17% - 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.22% - 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £407 - -
25th Percentile £530 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +51.79%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £670 - -
East of England median daily rate £563 £475 £613
% change year-on-year +18.42% -22.45% +53.13%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 73 73 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 26.45% 14.75% 16.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 22 42
10th Percentile £363 £203 £278
25th Percentile £414 £235 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.44% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £500 £475 £500
90th Percentile £581 £583 £533
East of England median daily rate £475 £415 £475
% change year-on-year +14.46% -12.63% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 48 21
10th Percentile - £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £15.85 £15.25
Median hourly rate £15.44 £18.84 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.02% +21.52% -
75th Percentile £20.17 £21.39 £16.77
90th Percentile £21.46 £63.75 £52.50
East of England median hourly rate £39.32 £22.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +74.76% -57.14% +238.71%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Cambridgeshire

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Cambridgeshire

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Cambridgeshire

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Cambridgeshire

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire 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
Cambridge - 4 £540 - 13
Network Security
East of England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 4 (66.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 4 (66.67%) VSAN
3 1 (16.67%) 802.11
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) Multicast
3 1 (16.67%) VLAN
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless Security
3 1 (16.67%) WLAN
3 1 (16.67%) WPA2
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) VMware Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Network Virtualisation
2 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 4 (66.67%) Zero Trust
3 1 (16.67%) Converged Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
3 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) VCAP
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (66.67%) VMware NSX
1 4 (66.67%) vSphere
2 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Ansible
2 4 (66.67%) PowerCLI
2 4 (66.67%) Terraform
2 4 (66.67%) vCenter Server
2 4 (66.67%) VxRail
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Dell
1 4 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) AirMagnet
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Ekahau