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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 105 103
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +14
Contract jobs citing Network Security 35 21 20
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.50% 1.15% 0.97%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.92% 11.48% 10.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 16 14
10th Percentile £468 £506 £425
25th Percentile £525 £516 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £613 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +11.36% +1.85%
75th Percentile £688 £775 £614
90th Percentile £738 £788 £734
Central London median daily rate £600 £600 £550
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +1.85%

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 185 183 198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 7.92% 9.98% 9.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 126 117
10th Percentile £305 £263 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £546 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% +4.05% -3.67%
75th Percentile £638 £672 £625
90th Percentile £726 £750 £760
Central London median daily rate £528 £543 £518
% change year-on-year -2.76% +4.83% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £19.39 £27.56 -
25th Percentile £19.46 £33.28 -
Median hourly rate £25.50 £44.11 -
Median % change year-on-year -42.19% - -
75th Percentile £39.50 £55.49 -
90th Percentile £54.80 £61.54 -
Central London median hourly rate £45.00 £44.11 -
% change year-on-year +2.02% - -

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 21 August 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 10 (28.57%) Azure
2 6 (17.14%) GCP
3 5 (14.29%) AWS
4 2 (5.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (5.71%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (5.71%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.71%) GitHub
4 2 (5.71%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (2.86%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (2.86%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Stack
5 1 (2.86%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.86%) OpenShift
5 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (45.71%) Firewall
2 10 (28.57%) WAN
3 9 (25.71%) VPN
4 6 (17.14%) SD-WAN
5 5 (14.29%) Internet
5 5 (14.29%) LAN
6 3 (8.57%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (8.57%) VLAN
7 2 (5.71%) BGP
7 2 (5.71%) DNS
7 2 (5.71%) Multicast
7 2 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (5.71%) Wireless
8 1 (2.86%) BIG-IP
8 1 (2.86%) DHCP
8 1 (2.86%) EIGRP
8 1 (2.86%) OSPF
8 1 (2.86%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (2.86%) TACACS
8 1 (2.86%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
1 1 (2.86%) Snyk
General
1 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Finance
3 6 (17.14%) Banking
3 6 (17.14%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Investment Banking
4 2 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Police
5 1 (2.86%) Automotive
5 1 (2.86%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Law
5 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (31.43%) Architect
2 9 (25.71%) Network Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 7 (20.00%) Security Engineer
4 6 (17.14%) Security Architect
5 5 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Network Architect
7 2 (5.71%) AWS Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Azure Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Cloud Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) GCP Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 1 (2.86%) AWS Security Architect
8 1 (2.86%) Banking Infrastructure Project Manager
8 1 (2.86%) Cloud Security Architect
8 1 (2.86%) GCP Architect
8 1 (2.86%) Lead
8 1 (2.86%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) Terraform
2 1 (2.86%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.86%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Cloud Native
1 4 (11.43%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.71%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.86%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.86%) CCTV
3 1 (2.86%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (2.86%) Clustering
3 1 (2.86%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Linux
1 1 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.86%) SUSE
1 1 (2.86%) VMS
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (28.57%) Cloud Security
2 7 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 7 (20.00%) Migration
2 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (17.14%) CI/CD
3 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (11.43%) DevSecOps
4 4 (11.43%) Project Management
4 4 (11.43%) Security Architecture
4 4 (11.43%) SIEM
4 4 (11.43%) Zero Trust
5 3 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (8.57%) Decision-Making
5 3 (8.57%) High Availability
5 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (8.57%) Low Latency
5 3 (8.57%) Network Architecture
5 3 (8.57%) Service Management
5 3 (8.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (8.57%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.29%) Python
2 3 (8.57%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.86%) Bash
3 1 (2.86%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.43%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (8.57%) CISSP
4 3 (8.57%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.71%) CCIE
5 2 (5.71%) CCNP
5 2 (5.71%) CISM
5 2 (5.71%) PMP
6 1 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (2.86%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.86%) CCSP
6 1 (2.86%) CWNA
6 1 (2.86%) Degree
6 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) GRC
1 2 (5.71%) NIST
2 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.86%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.71%) Firmware
1 2 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.86%) Docker
2 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Ansible
1 3 (8.57%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (5.71%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.86%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (2.86%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (2.86%) SCCM
3 1 (2.86%) TrustSec
3 1 (2.86%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.86%) VxRail
Vendors
1 13 (37.14%) Cisco
2 9 (25.71%) Palo Alto
3 6 (17.14%) F5
4 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 4 (11.43%) Fortinet
5 4 (11.43%) Zscaler
6 3 (8.57%) Google
6 3 (8.57%) Juniper
7 2 (5.71%) Infoblox
7 2 (5.71%) Splunk
7 2 (5.71%) Tenable
8 1 (2.86%) Aruba
8 1 (2.86%) Bloomberg
8 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.86%) Dell
8 1 (2.86%) Okta
8 1 (2.86%) Oracle
8 1 (2.86%) Qualys
8 1 (2.86%) Reuters
8 1 (2.86%) VMware