Network Security Contracts in the City of London

Network Security
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 108 131
Rank change year-on-year +14 +23 +19
Contract jobs citing Network Security 25 18 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.42% 0.82% 1.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.88% 8.53% 11.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 15 30
10th Percentile £511 £411 £418
25th Percentile £522 £434 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £613 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +13.95% +2.38%
75th Percentile £775 £766 £675
90th Percentile £803 £788 £756
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £538
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.33% +2.38%

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 168 211 364
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.56% 9.60% 10.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 141 250
10th Percentile £258 £206 £248
25th Percentile £475 £350 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £675
90th Percentile £744 £775 £751
Central London median daily rate £540 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +20.00% -18.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £20.46
25th Percentile - £12.75 £20.81
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - -35.71% -46.84%
75th Percentile - £14.25 £24.64
90th Percentile - - £30.86
Central London median hourly rate - £13.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year - -35.71% -46.84%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the City of London

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 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the City of London

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the City of London

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:

Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (4.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (48.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (12.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (8.00%) WhatsApp
4 1 (4.00%) AWS
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.00%) dbt
4 1 (4.00%) GCP
4 1 (4.00%) OCI
4 1 (4.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (60.00%) Firewall
2 7 (28.00%) VPN
3 3 (12.00%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (12.00%) WAN
3 3 (12.00%) Wireless
4 2 (8.00%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (8.00%) DNS
4 2 (8.00%) IPsec
4 2 (8.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (8.00%) VLAN
5 1 (4.00%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (4.00%) Internet
5 1 (4.00%) iSCSI
5 1 (4.00%) LAN
5 1 (4.00%) MPLS
5 1 (4.00%) NetScaler
5 1 (4.00%) SSL
5 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Finance
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.00%) French Language
4 1 (4.00%) Law
4 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (16.00%) Architect
1 4 (16.00%) Azure Engineer
1 4 (16.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Firewall Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Network Architect
2 3 (12.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Cisco Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Cisco Network Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Security Manager
3 2 (8.00%) VMware Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) .NET
1 2 (8.00%) YAML
2 1 (4.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (12.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (8.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (8.00%) Clustering
3 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.00%) PMI
4 1 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.00%) Linux
2 2 (8.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (20.00%) Incident Response
2 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.00%) SIEM
3 4 (16.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (16.00%) DevOps
3 4 (16.00%) Migration
3 4 (16.00%) Project Management
4 3 (12.00%) Agile
4 3 (12.00%) Change Management
4 3 (12.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.00%) Network Segmentation
4 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (12.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (12.00%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (12.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (12.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 2 (8.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) Python
2 4 (16.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.00%) C#
4 1 (4.00%) Bicep
4 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) CCNP
1 7 (28.00%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (28.00%) Degree
2 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (24.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) CCIE
3 2 (8.00%) CISSP
3 2 (8.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (8.00%) PMP
3 2 (8.00%) VCAP
3 2 (8.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (4.00%) CASP
4 1 (4.00%) CCNA
4 1 (4.00%) CCSA
4 1 (4.00%) CCSE
4 1 (4.00%) CEH
4 1 (4.00%) GCIA
4 1 (4.00%) GCIH
4 1 (4.00%) GIAC
4 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.00%) NIST
2 2 (8.00%) SLA
3 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.00%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.00%) Firmware
2 1 (4.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Terraform
2 2 (8.00%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.00%) Nessus
3 1 (4.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Fortinet
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) Cisco
3 3 (12.00%) CheckPoint
3 3 (12.00%) VMware
4 2 (8.00%) Atempo
4 2 (8.00%) Citrix
4 2 (8.00%) Databricks
4 2 (8.00%) F5
4 2 (8.00%) Forcepoint
4 2 (8.00%) Mellanox
4 2 (8.00%) Oracle
4 2 (8.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (8.00%) SAP
4 2 (8.00%) Tenable
5 1 (4.00%) Arista
5 1 (4.00%) ForeScout
5 1 (4.00%) Meraki
5 1 (4.00%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.00%) Splunk