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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	105	108	92
Rank change year-on-year	+3	-16	+18
Contract jobs citing Network Security	36	15	29
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London	1.67%	0.87%	1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	17.14%	9.32%	13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted	26	10	18
10^th Percentile	£463	£504	£425
25^th Percentile	£518	£528	£502
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£563	£613	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-8.12%	+6.52%	+6.48%
75^th Percentile	£691	£657	£622
90^th Percentile	£781	£713	£781
Central London median daily rate	£551	£613	£575
% change year-on-year	-10.12%	+6.52%	+6.48%

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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills	210	161	222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London	9.76%	9.36%	10.48%
Number of daily rates quoted	136	119	136
10^th Percentile	£283	£263	£336
25^th Percentile	£381	£397	£429
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£540	£531
Median % change year-on-year	-2.78%	+1.74%	-1.71%
75^th Percentile	£638	£675	£641
90^th Percentile	£731	£738	£755
Central London median daily rate	£514	£536	£525
% change year-on-year	-4.15%	+2.10%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	5	3	1
10^th Percentile	£23.30	£20.89	-
25^th Percentile	£29.00	£21.96	£31.25
Median hourly rate	£60.00	£24.50	£32.50
Median % change year-on-year	+144.90%	-24.62%	-33.33%
75^th Percentile	£65.00	£45.41	£33.75
90^th Percentile	£119.20	£57.51	-
Central London median hourly rate	£62.50	£24.50	£32.50
% change year-on-year	+155.10%	-24.62%	-33.33%

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 Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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 16 October 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.

Network Security Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Network Security also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Network Security.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Firewall	58.3%	21
2	Cisco	44.4%	16
3	Palo Alto	36.1%	13
4	Azure	30.6%	11
5	Cloud Security	25.0%	9
5	VPN	25.0%	9
7	WAN	22.2%	8
8	Cisco Certification	19.4%	7
8	Data Protection	19.4%	7
8	Infrastructure as Code	19.4%	7
8	Migration	19.4%	7
8	Python	19.4%	7
8	Security Architecture	19.4%	7
8	Security Cleared	19.4%	7
8	Stakeholder Management	19.4%	7
16	CI/CD	16.7%	6
16	GCP	16.7%	6
16	SC Cleared	16.7%	6
16	Terraform	16.7%	6
16	Zero Trust	16.7%	6
21	AWS	13.9%	5
21	CCIE	13.9%	5
21	F5	13.9%	5
21	Fortinet	13.9%	5
21	Load Balancing	13.9%	5
21	Network Architecture	13.9%	5
27	Ansible	11.1%	4
27	BGP	11.1%	4
27	CCNP	11.1%	4
27	Cybersecurity	11.1%	4

Network Security 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

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Firewall	58.3%	21
2	VPN	25.0%	9
3	WAN	22.2%	8
4	BGP	11.1%	4
4	DNS	11.1%	4
4	LAN	11.1%	4
7	SD-WAN	8.3%	3
8	BIG-IP	5.6%	2
8	Cisco ASA	5.6%	2
8	Internet	5.6%	2
8	Multicast	5.6%	2
8	NGFW	5.6%	2
8	VLAN	5.6%	2
8	Wireless	5.6%	2
15	Cisco Firepower	2.8%	1
15	Cisco IOS	2.8%	1
15	Cisco ISE	2.8%	1
15	Cisco Nexus	2.8%	1
15	DHCP	2.8%	1
15	EIGRP	2.8%	1