Network Security Engineer Contracts in the City of London

Network Security Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Network Security Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £549, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 - 170
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 3 0 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.17% - 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £505 - £469
25th Percentile £512 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 - £538
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.51%
75th Percentile £580 - £556
90th Percentile £585 - -
Central London median daily rate £524 - £538
% change year-on-year - - +22.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,632 2,086 3,469
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 94.95% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 1,483 2,364
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £681 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £798 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 22
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -6.04%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.97
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in the City of London

Network Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security Engineer in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Network Security Engineer in the City of London

Network Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security Engineer in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security Engineer in the City of London

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
2 2 (66.67%) Forcepoint
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) SSL
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) IPsec
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) CCSA

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) IPsec
3 1 (33.33%) iSCSI
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) MPLS
3 1 (33.33%) NetScaler
3 1 (33.33%) SSL
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CCSA
2 1 (33.33%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Forcepoint
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) 3PAR
2 1 (33.33%) Arista
2 1 (33.33%) Barracuda Networks
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) ForeScout
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Infoblox
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Meraki
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 1 (33.33%) Trend Micro
5 Network Security Engineer jobs in Central London