Network Security Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Network Security
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 101 104
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +14
Contract jobs citing Network Security 37 21 22
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.54% 1.12% 1.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.90% 12.00% 10.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 16 16
10th Percentile £463 £506 £416
25th Percentile £515 £516 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +10.60% -3.56%
75th Percentile £675 £775 £614
90th Percentile £738 £788 £731
Central London median daily rate £600 £600 £535
% change year-on-year - +12.15% -4.89%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 177 175 206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 7.37% 9.35% 9.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 120 124
10th Percentile £288 £263 £250
25th Percentile £413 £420 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £664 £625
90th Percentile £731 £739 £756
Central London median daily rate £525 £548 £500
% change year-on-year -4.11% +9.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £19.39 £27.56 -
25th Percentile £19.46 £33.28 £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.50 £44.11 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.19% +226.72% -53.04%
75th Percentile £39.50 £55.49 £14.25
90th Percentile £54.80 £61.54 -
Central London median hourly rate £45.00 £44.11 £13.50
% change year-on-year +2.02% +226.72% -53.04%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in the City of London

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the City of London

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Network Security
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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (35.14%) Azure
2 8 (21.62%) GCP
3 7 (18.92%) AWS
4 3 (8.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (5.41%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (5.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (5.41%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.41%) GitHub
5 2 (5.41%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.70%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (2.70%) Azure AKS
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Stack
6 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.70%) Mimecast
6 1 (2.70%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 16 (43.24%) Firewall
2 11 (29.73%) VPN
3 10 (27.03%) WAN
4 7 (18.92%) SD-WAN
5 6 (16.22%) LAN
6 5 (13.51%) Internet
7 3 (8.11%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (8.11%) DNS
7 3 (8.11%) VLAN
7 3 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (5.41%) BGP
8 2 (5.41%) OSPF
8 2 (5.41%) Wireless
9 1 (2.70%) 3G
9 1 (2.70%) 3GPP
9 1 (2.70%) DHCP
9 1 (2.70%) EIGRP
9 1 (2.70%) SSL
9 1 (2.70%) TACACS
9 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
1 1 (2.70%) Snyk
General
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Public Sector
3 6 (16.22%) Finance
4 4 (10.81%) Banking
5 3 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.41%) Law
6 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Police
7 1 (2.70%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (32.43%) Architect
2 9 (24.32%) Network Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) Security Engineer
4 7 (18.92%) Project Manager
4 7 (18.92%) Security Architect
5 5 (13.51%) Network Security Engineer
6 4 (10.81%) Network Architect
7 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Senior
8 2 (5.41%) AWS Architect
8 2 (5.41%) Azure Architect
8 2 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) GCP Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 2 (5.41%) IT Manager
8 2 (5.41%) Network Security Architect
9 1 (2.70%) Azure Engineer
9 1 (2.70%) Infoblox Engineer
9 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Cloud Native
2 4 (10.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (8.11%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.11%) Security Posture
4 2 (5.41%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.70%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.70%) Anti-Spyware
5 1 (2.70%) CCTV
5 1 (2.70%) Clustering
5 1 (2.70%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Linux
1 1 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.70%) SUSE
1 1 (2.70%) VMS
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) Cloud Security
2 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (16.22%) CI/CD
3 6 (16.22%) Data Protection
3 6 (16.22%) Migration
3 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (13.51%) SIEM
5 4 (10.81%) DevSecOps
5 4 (10.81%) High Availability
5 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (10.81%) Project Management
6 3 (8.11%) AI
6 3 (8.11%) Decision-Making
6 3 (8.11%) DevOps
6 3 (8.11%) Observability
6 3 (8.11%) Security Architecture
6 3 (8.11%) Service Management
6 3 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (8.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 3 (8.11%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.51%) Python
2 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.70%) Bash
3 1 (2.70%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
2 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.81%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (10.81%) CISSP
4 3 (8.11%) CCNP
4 3 (8.11%) CISM
4 3 (8.11%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
5 2 (5.41%) PMP
6 1 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.70%) CCIE
6 1 (2.70%) CCSP
6 1 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.70%) CWNA
6 1 (2.70%) Degree
6 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) GRC
1 2 (5.41%) NIST
2 1 (2.70%) GDPR
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.70%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.41%) Docker
3 1 (2.70%) Firmware
3 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) Terraform
2 3 (8.11%) Ansible
2 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.11%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.70%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (2.70%) QRadar
3 1 (2.70%) SCCM
3 1 (2.70%) TrustSec
3 1 (2.70%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.70%) VxRail
Vendors
1 11 (29.73%) Cisco
2 8 (21.62%) Palo Alto
3 5 (13.51%) Zscaler
4 4 (10.81%) F5
4 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
5 3 (8.11%) Fortinet
5 3 (8.11%) Google
5 3 (8.11%) Juniper
5 3 (8.11%) Splunk
6 2 (5.41%) Aruba
6 2 (5.41%) Infoblox
6 2 (5.41%) Tenable
7 1 (2.70%) BT
7 1 (2.70%) CyberArk
7 1 (2.70%) Dell
7 1 (2.70%) Okta
7 1 (2.70%) OpenAI
7 1 (2.70%) Qualys
7 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.70%) VMware