IPsec Contract Job Trends in Central London

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring IPsec skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 131 139
Rank change year-on-year +4 +8 +47
Contract jobs citing IPsec 2 5 9
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.10% 0.21% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.13% 1.95% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £728 -
25th Percentile £500 £733 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £750 £475
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +57.89% -
75th Percentile £520 £844 £606
90th Percentile - £885 £663
London median daily rate £475 £475 £600
% change year-on-year - -20.83% +26.32%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

IPsec 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 177 257 288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 8.94% 10.72% 10.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 168 190
10th Percentile £282 £263 £262
25th Percentile £413 £441 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +0.96% -0.95%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £613
90th Percentile £738 £730 £700
London median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 4
10th Percentile £23.35 - -
25th Percentile - £31.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £20.72
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% +56.89% +1.05%
75th Percentile £36.81 £33.75 £37.19
90th Percentile £54.73 - £61.38
London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £26.50
% change year-on-year -32.48% +40.57% +6.00%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IPsec relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

IPsec job vacancy trend in Central London

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing IPsec.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing IPsec

IPsec
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing IPsec.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing IPsec

IPsec
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the Central London region over the 6 months to 11 December 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
City of London -2 2 £510 -32.00%
IPsec
London

IPsec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) 3GPP
2 1 (50.00%) 4G
2 1 (50.00%) 5G
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) IOS XR
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) F5
1 1 (50.00%) Meraki