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 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 97 114
Rank change year-on-year -3 +17 +56
Contract jobs citing Network Security 17 29 37
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.01% 1.38% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.90% 12.61% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 19 24
10th Percentile £430 £425 £502
25th Percentile £513 £507 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £540
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +6.48% -12.55%
75th Percentile £651 £650 £641
90th Percentile £700 £778 £684
Central London median daily rate £600 £584 £540
% change year-on-year +2.78% +8.10% -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 156 230 274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.30% 10.91% 9.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 141 167
10th Percentile £253 £321 £263
25th Percentile £406 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -0.94% -1.85%
75th Percentile £664 £638 £622
90th Percentile £738 £753 £700
Central London median daily rate £536 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.10% - -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £21.25 - £26.38
25th Percentile £22.86 £31.25 £34.06
Median hourly rate £34.75 £32.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +6.92% -33.33% +134.94%
75th Percentile £52.02 £33.75 £64.06
90th Percentile £60.15 - £72.13
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year -21.63% -33.33% +132.14%

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 25 October 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 & 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 8 (47.06%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) AWS
3 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.76%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (11.76%) GCP
4 1 (5.88%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (5.88%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.88%) IaaS
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (41.18%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) BGP
2 2 (11.76%) DNS
2 2 (11.76%) OSPF
2 2 (11.76%) VPN
2 2 (11.76%) WAN
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (5.88%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (5.88%) IGMP
3 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (5.88%) LAN
3 1 (5.88%) Multicast
3 1 (5.88%) NGFW
3 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
3 1 (5.88%) SSL
3 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.88%) VXLAN
3 1 (5.88%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
1 1 (5.88%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (47.06%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Banking
3 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Law
5 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Security Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Business Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Network Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Network Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Network Security Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Security Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Azure Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Firewall Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Network Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Security Architect
5 1 (5.88%) AWS Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Network Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Security Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Network Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) SAML
1 1 (5.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.76%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) DevOps
2 4 (23.53%) Cloud Security
2 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (23.53%) Information Security
3 3 (17.65%) CI/CD
3 3 (17.65%) Data Protection
3 3 (17.65%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (17.65%) Incident Response
3 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (17.65%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (17.65%) SIEM
3 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Change Management
4 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (11.76%) Low Latency
4 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (11.76%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) Bicep
2 1 (5.88%) Perl
2 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) CISSP
2 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Master's Degree
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.88%) CCIE
3 1 (5.88%) CCNP
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.88%) CISM
3 1 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (5.88%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) GDPR
1 3 (17.65%) PCI DSS
2 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (11.76%) NIST
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Ansible
1 1 (5.88%) CASB
1 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.88%) QRadar
1 1 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco
3 2 (11.76%) Fortinet
3 2 (11.76%) Palo Alto
3 2 (11.76%) Splunk
4 1 (5.88%) Arista
4 1 (5.88%) Databricks
4 1 (5.88%) Exabeam
4 1 (5.88%) F5
4 1 (5.88%) IBM
4 1 (5.88%) Juniper
4 1 (5.88%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (5.88%) Meraki
4 1 (5.88%) SolarWinds
4 1 (5.88%) Tenable
4 1 (5.88%) VMware
4 1 (5.88%) Zscaler