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 requiring IPsec skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 123 141
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 +43
Contract jobs citing IPsec 2 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.12% 0.24% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.26% 2.19% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £555 -
25th Percentile £500 £619 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £750 £475
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +57.89% -10.38%
75th Percentile £520 £844 £606
90th Percentile - £885 £663
Central London median daily rate £510 £750 £475
% change year-on-year -32.00% +57.89% -10.38%

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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 159 228 272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.39% 10.76% 9.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 138 169
10th Percentile £263 £341 £263
25th Percentile £397 £430 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -2.33% -0.46%
75th Percentile £669 £638 £625
90th Percentile £737 £754 £700
Central London median daily rate £536 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.10% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £20.89 - £26.38
25th Percentile £21.96 £31.25 £34.06
Median hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% -33.33% +132.14%
75th Percentile £45.41 £33.75 £64.06
90th Percentile £57.51 - £72.13
Central London median hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year -24.62% -33.33% +107.45%

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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

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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

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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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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