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 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 98 112
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 +55
Contract jobs citing Network Security 19 29 34
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.12% 1.38% 1.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.10% 12.66% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 19 21
10th Percentile £438 £425 £508
25th Percentile £513 £507 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £540
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +6.48% -10.19%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £638
90th Percentile £696 £778 £688
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 157 229 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.30% 10.93% 9.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 140 164
10th Percentile £265 £347 £250
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -0.47% -4.09%
75th Percentile £664 £638 £616
90th Percentile £738 £745 £700
Central London median daily rate £536 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.10% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £21.25 - £19.39
25th Percentile £22.86 £31.25 £20.09
Median hourly rate £34.75 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.92% +44.44% +8.43%
75th Percentile £52.02 £33.75 £50.63
90th Percentile £60.15 - £66.75
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.63% +44.44% +7.14%

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

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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 3 November 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 10 (52.63%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) AWS
3 3 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 2 (10.53%) GCP
4 2 (10.53%) IaaS
5 1 (5.26%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (5.26%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (5.26%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (5.26%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (5.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) Firewall
2 2 (10.53%) BGP
2 2 (10.53%) DNS
2 2 (10.53%) OSPF
2 2 (10.53%) VPN
2 2 (10.53%) WAN
3 1 (5.26%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (5.26%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (5.26%) IGMP
3 1 (5.26%) Internet
3 1 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (5.26%) LAN
3 1 (5.26%) Multicast
3 1 (5.26%) NGFW
3 1 (5.26%) SD-WAN
3 1 (5.26%) SSL
3 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.26%) VXLAN
3 1 (5.26%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
1 1 (5.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (47.37%) Finance
2 5 (26.32%) Banking
3 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Law
6 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Security Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Azure Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Business Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Cloud Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Network Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Network Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Network Security Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Security Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Firewall Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Migration Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Network Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Security Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Network Specialist
5 1 (5.26%) Principal Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) SAML
1 1 (5.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.53%) Cloud Native
2 2 (10.53%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.26%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) DevOps
2 4 (21.05%) Cloud Security
2 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (21.05%) Information Security
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.79%) Change Management
3 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
3 3 (15.79%) Data Protection
3 3 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (15.79%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (15.79%) Incident Response
3 3 (15.79%) Migration
3 3 (15.79%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (15.79%) SIEM
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
4 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
4 2 (10.53%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) Python
2 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.26%) Bicep
3 1 (5.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Certification
2 2 (10.53%) CISSP
2 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) CCIE
3 1 (5.26%) CCNP
3 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.26%) CISM
3 1 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (5.26%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) GDPR
1 3 (15.79%) PCI DSS
2 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (10.53%) NIST
2 2 (10.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Terraform
2 1 (5.26%) Ansible
2 1 (5.26%) CASB
2 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.26%) QRadar
2 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Cisco
3 2 (10.53%) Fortinet
3 2 (10.53%) Palo Alto
3 2 (10.53%) Splunk
3 2 (10.53%) VMware
3 2 (10.53%) Zscaler
4 1 (5.26%) Arista
4 1 (5.26%) Databricks
4 1 (5.26%) Exabeam
4 1 (5.26%) F5
4 1 (5.26%) IBM
4 1 (5.26%) Juniper
4 1 (5.26%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (5.26%) Meraki
4 1 (5.26%) Okta
4 1 (5.26%) SolarWinds
4 1 (5.26%) Tenable