Network Security Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Network Security
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 41 - 50
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.55% - 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.13% - 1.32%
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 - -
East of England median daily rate £488 £275 £575
% change year-on-year +77.27% -52.17% +27.78%

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 64 50 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 17.68% 11.85% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 16 47
10th Percentile £258 £265 £237
25th Percentile £390 £344 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £556 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.76% +17.11% +11.76%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £531
90th Percentile £723 £594 £575
East of England median daily rate £550 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +33.33% -8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 16 13
10th Percentile - - £15.27
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £15.33
Median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - -11.89% +19.35%
75th Percentile £31.62 £21.37 £33.44
90th Percentile £72.00 £60.63 £34.90
East of England median hourly rate £49.75 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -9.55% -15.38% +30.00%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Cambridgeshire

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

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 October 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 - 2 £425 - 1
Network Security
East of England

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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