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 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 98 113 131
Rank change year-on-year +15 +18 +23
Contract jobs citing Network Security 31 20 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.55% 0.82% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.42% 8.23% 10.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 17 30
10th Percentile £504 £414 £418
25th Percentile £522 £450 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £672 £745 £675
90th Percentile £793 £788 £756
London median daily rate £550 £538 £600
% change year-on-year +2.33% -10.42% +4.35%

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 215 243 388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.77% 9.93% 10.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 169 269
10th Percentile £263 £211 £208
25th Percentile £448 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £640 £600 £675
90th Percentile £711 £739 £750
London median daily rate £500 £500 £560
% change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - £20.46
25th Percentile - £12.75 £20.81
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - -35.71% -46.84%
75th Percentile - £16.59 £24.64
90th Percentile - £17.99 £30.86
London median hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year +98.86% -52.17% +31.43%

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 May 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 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
City of London +15 25 £575 -6.12% 13
City of Westminster - 1 £580 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (51.61%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) Entra ID
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.90%) OneDrive
2 4 (12.90%) Power Automate
2 4 (12.90%) Power Platform
3 3 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (9.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (6.45%) AWS
4 2 (6.45%) WhatsApp
5 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.23%) dbt
5 1 (3.23%) GCP
5 1 (3.23%) OCI
5 1 (3.23%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (51.61%) Firewall
2 7 (22.58%) VPN
3 4 (12.90%) WAN
4 3 (9.68%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (9.68%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (9.68%) Wireless
5 2 (6.45%) DNS
5 2 (6.45%) IPsec
5 2 (6.45%) SD-WAN
5 2 (6.45%) SSL
5 2 (6.45%) VLAN
5 2 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (3.23%) BGP
6 1 (3.23%) HTTP
6 1 (3.23%) Internet
6 1 (3.23%) iSCSI
6 1 (3.23%) LAN
6 1 (3.23%) MPLS
6 1 (3.23%) NetScaler
6 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (29.03%) Finance
3 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.23%) French Language
5 1 (3.23%) Law
5 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (16.13%) Network Engineer
1 5 (16.13%) Security Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Architect
2 4 (12.90%) Azure Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Network Security Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Support Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Firewall Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Network Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Cisco Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Cisco Network Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Security Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Security Manager
4 2 (6.45%) VMware Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) .NET
1 2 (6.45%) YAML
2 1 (3.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Security Posture
2 4 (12.90%) Data Centre
3 3 (9.68%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.45%) Cloud Native
4 2 (6.45%) Clustering
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Licensing
4 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.23%) Hedge funds
5 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.23%) PMI
5 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Linux
2 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (19.35%) Cloud Security
3 5 (16.13%) High Availability
3 5 (16.13%) Incident Response
3 5 (16.13%) Migration
3 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (16.13%) SIEM
4 4 (12.90%) Application Security
4 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (12.90%) DevOps
4 4 (12.90%) Project Management
4 4 (12.90%) Service Delivery
4 4 (12.90%) Translating Business Requirements
5 3 (9.68%) CI/CD
5 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (9.68%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (9.68%) Task Automation
5 3 (9.68%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.81%) PowerShell
2 6 (19.35%) Python
3 2 (6.45%) C#
4 1 (3.23%) Bicep
4 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (35.48%) Degree
2 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
3 7 (22.58%) CCNP
3 7 (22.58%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (22.58%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) CCIE
4 2 (6.45%) CISSP
4 2 (6.45%) PMI Certification
4 2 (6.45%) PMP
4 2 (6.45%) VCAP
4 2 (6.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (3.23%) CCNA
5 1 (3.23%) CCSA
5 1 (3.23%) CCSE
5 1 (3.23%) CEH
5 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) GCIA
5 1 (3.23%) GCIH
5 1 (3.23%) GIAC
5 1 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.45%) NIST
2 2 (6.45%) SLA
3 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.23%) Firmware
3 1 (3.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (12.90%) Terraform
2 2 (6.45%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.23%) Ansible
3 1 (3.23%) Nessus
3 1 (3.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.81%) Cisco
3 7 (22.58%) Fortinet
4 3 (9.68%) CheckPoint
4 3 (9.68%) Palo Alto
4 3 (9.68%) VMware
5 2 (6.45%) Arista
5 2 (6.45%) Atempo
5 2 (6.45%) Citrix
5 2 (6.45%) Databricks
5 2 (6.45%) F5
5 2 (6.45%) Forcepoint
5 2 (6.45%) Mellanox
5 2 (6.45%) Meraki
5 2 (6.45%) Oracle
5 2 (6.45%) SAP
5 2 (6.45%) Tenable
6 1 (3.23%) 3PAR
6 1 (3.23%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (3.23%) Splunk