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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 106 112
Rank change year-on-year +3 +6 +55
Contract jobs citing Network Security 19 21 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.08% 1.01% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.24% 10.88% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 31
10th Percentile £513 £425 £463
25th Percentile £517 £466 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £565 £540
Median % change year-on-year +10.62% +4.63% -6.09%
75th Percentile £775 £619 £663
90th Percentile £795 £733 £750
Central London median daily rate £600 £570 £540
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -6.09%

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 169 193 287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.61% 9.33% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 112 183
10th Percentile £263 £350 £212
25th Percentile £365 £424 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £531 £540
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -1.71% +0.93%
75th Percentile £672 £638 £638
90th Percentile £737 £757 £700
Central London median daily rate £536 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +2.10% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £27.56 - £26.38
25th Percentile £33.28 - £34.06
Median hourly rate £44.11 - £48.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +87.50%
75th Percentile £55.49 - £64.06
90th Percentile £61.54 - £72.13
Central London median hourly rate £44.11 - £48.75
% change year-on-year - - +87.50%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security 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 16 September 2025.

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 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) AWS
2 2 (10.53%) GCP
3 1 (5.26%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (5.26%) AWS Direct Connect
3 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (5.26%) dbt
3 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.26%) OCI
3 1 (5.26%) Snowflake
3 1 (5.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) Firewall
2 3 (15.79%) VPN
3 2 (10.53%) BGP
3 2 (10.53%) DNS
3 2 (10.53%) OSPF
3 2 (10.53%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (5.26%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (5.26%) IGMP
4 1 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (5.26%) LAN
4 1 (5.26%) Multicast
4 1 (5.26%) NGFW
4 1 (5.26%) SSL
4 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.26%) VLAN
4 1 (5.26%) VXLAN
4 1 (5.26%) WAN
4 1 (5.26%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
1 1 (5.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (47.37%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.26%) Law
5 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Analyst
1 4 (21.05%) Architect
1 4 (21.05%) Security Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Business Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Network Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Network Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Network Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Network Security Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Firewall Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Operational Security Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Operations Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Security Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Security Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Security Operations Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) AWS Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) SAML
1 1 (5.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Security Posture
2 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (26.32%) Cloud Security
3 4 (21.05%) SIEM
4 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
4 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.79%) DevOps
4 3 (15.79%) Incident Response
4 3 (15.79%) Information Security
4 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (15.79%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (15.79%) Security Operations
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (10.53%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (10.53%) Network Segmentation
5 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
5 2 (10.53%) Time Management
5 2 (10.53%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) Bicep
2 1 (5.26%) Perl
2 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
1 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) CCIE
2 2 (10.53%) CCNP
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (10.53%) CISSP
2 2 (10.53%) Degree
3 1 (5.26%) CEH
3 1 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.26%) ISSMP
3 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.26%) PMP
3 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (10.53%) NIST
1 2 (10.53%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.26%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
1 1 (5.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Terraform
2 1 (5.26%) Ansible
2 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.26%) Nessus
2 1 (5.26%) QRadar
2 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Cisco
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Palo Alto
3 2 (10.53%) Fortinet
3 2 (10.53%) Splunk
3 2 (10.53%) Tenable
4 1 (5.26%) Arista
4 1 (5.26%) CheckPoint
4 1 (5.26%) Citrix
4 1 (5.26%) Databricks
4 1 (5.26%) Exabeam
4 1 (5.26%) F5
4 1 (5.26%) Google
4 1 (5.26%) IBM
4 1 (5.26%) Juniper
4 1 (5.26%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (5.26%) Meraki
4 1 (5.26%) SolarWinds
4 1 (5.26%) VMware
4 1 (5.26%) Zscaler