Network Security Contracts in Central London

Network Security
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 112 128
Rank change year-on-year +9 +16 +29
Contract jobs citing Network Security 27 22 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.38% 0.94% 1.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.30% 9.05% 11.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 19 32
10th Percentile £478 £416 £463
25th Percentile £514 £425 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £535 £563
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% -4.89% -9.27%
75th Percentile £775 £616 £698
90th Percentile £800 £748 £750
London median daily rate £550 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 203 243 388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.37% 10.36% 10.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 161 270
10th Percentile £250 £239 £180
25th Percentile £385 £350 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +20.56% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £656 £600 £669
90th Percentile £760 £738 £750
London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £27.56 - £20.43
25th Percentile £33.28 £12.75 £20.74
Median hourly rate £44.11 £13.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +226.72% -40.00% -46.75%
75th Percentile £55.49 £14.25 £29.38
90th Percentile £61.54 - £32.75
London median hourly rate £37.50 £23.80 £38.27
% change year-on-year +57.56% -37.81% +39.16%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Central London

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Central London

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Central London over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Central London

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Central London

Network Security
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 Network Security within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 July 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 +5 23 £600 +10.60% 74
City of Westminster - 3 £600 - 1
Network Security
London

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (48.15%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) AWS
2 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.70%) dbt
4 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.70%) GCP
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.70%) OCI
4 1 (3.70%) Snowflake
4 1 (3.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (48.15%) Firewall
2 6 (22.22%) VPN
3 3 (11.11%) BGP
3 3 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (11.11%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (11.11%) SSL
3 3 (11.11%) WAN
3 3 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (7.41%) DNS
4 2 (7.41%) HTTP
4 2 (7.41%) IPsec
4 2 (7.41%) Wireless
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (3.70%) IGMP
5 1 (3.70%) iSCSI
5 1 (3.70%) Multicast
5 1 (3.70%) OSPF
5 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.70%) VLAN
5 1 (3.70%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Git
1 1 (3.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (33.33%) Finance
2 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Law
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) Architect
2 4 (14.81%) Security Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Firewall Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Network Architect
3 3 (11.11%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Cisco Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Cisco Network Architect
4 2 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Security Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Security Manager
4 2 (7.41%) VMware Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Network Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) YAML
2 1 (3.70%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Data Centre
2 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 2 (7.41%) Clustering
3 2 (7.41%) Hedge funds
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.70%) FMCG
4 1 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.70%) PMI
4 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (18.52%) Cloud Security
1 5 (18.52%) DevOps
1 5 (18.52%) Migration
1 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (14.81%) CI/CD
2 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (14.81%) Incident Response
2 4 (14.81%) SIEM
3 3 (11.11%) Information Security
3 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (11.11%) Load Balancing
3 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (11.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 2 (7.41%) Application Security
4 2 (7.41%) Business Strategy
4 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (7.41%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (7.41%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 8 (29.63%) Python
2 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.41%) Bicep
4 1 (3.70%) C#
4 1 (3.70%) Perl
4 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) CCNP
1 7 (25.93%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (22.22%) Degree
2 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 3 (11.11%) CCIE
4 2 (7.41%) CISSP
4 2 (7.41%) PMI Certification
4 2 (7.41%) PMP
4 2 (7.41%) VCAP
4 2 (7.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (3.70%) CASP
5 1 (3.70%) CCSE
5 1 (3.70%) CEH
5 1 (3.70%) GCIA
5 1 (3.70%) GCIH
5 1 (3.70%) GIAC
5 1 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.41%) NIST
2 2 (7.41%) SLA
3 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.70%) Docker
3 1 (3.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Ansible
1 3 (11.11%) Terraform
2 2 (7.41%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.70%) Nessus
3 1 (3.70%) Puppet
3 1 (3.70%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Cisco
2 7 (25.93%) Fortinet
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
3 5 (18.52%) Palo Alto
4 3 (11.11%) Arista
4 3 (11.11%) Databricks
4 3 (11.11%) F5
4 3 (11.11%) Meraki
4 3 (11.11%) VMware
5 2 (7.41%) Atempo
5 2 (7.41%) CheckPoint
5 2 (7.41%) Juniper
5 2 (7.41%) Mellanox
5 2 (7.41%) Oracle
5 2 (7.41%) SAP
5 2 (7.41%) Splunk
5 2 (7.41%) Sun
5 2 (7.41%) Tenable
6 1 (3.70%) Exabeam
6 1 (3.70%) Rapid7