IPsec Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London citing IPsec skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 118 122
Rank change year-on-year -24 +4 +18
Contract jobs citing IPsec 2 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.098% 0.12% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.95% 1.25% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £576
25th Percentile £475 £500 £672
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £746
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -31.66% +57.11%
75th Percentile £525 £520 £809
90th Percentile - - £871
Central London median daily rate £500 £510 £746
% change year-on-year -1.96% -31.66% +57.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of 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 citing communications or computer networking skills in the City of London.

6 months to
4 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills 210 160 229
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 10.26% 9.37% 10.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 116 140
10th Percentile £284 £269 £347
25th Percentile £375 £411 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £536 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +2.10% -
75th Percentile £638 £664 £638
90th Percentile £718 £738 £745
Central London median daily rate £505 £531 £525
% change year-on-year -4.81% +1.05% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 1
10th Percentile £23.30 £21.25 -
25th Percentile £29.00 £22.86 £31.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £34.75 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.66% +6.92% +44.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.02 £33.75
90th Percentile £119.20 £60.15 -
Central London median hourly rate £62.50 £25.47 £32.50
% change year-on-year +145.39% -21.63% +44.44%

IPsec Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

IPsec job vacancy trend in the City of London

IPsec Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing IPsec.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing IPsec

IPsec Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing IPsec.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing IPsec

IPsec Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1BGP100.0%2
1DHCP100.0%2
1DNS100.0%2
1Firewall100.0%2
1Intrusion Detection100.0%2
1MPLS100.0%2
1OSPF100.0%2
1SD-WAN100.0%2
1TCP/IP100.0%2
1VLAN100.0%2
1VPN100.0%2
1WAN100.0%2
1Wireless100.0%2
14Wi-Fi50.0%1