Network Security Contracts in Cumbria

Network Security
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 19 11
Rank change year-on-year -8 -8 +9
Contract jobs citing Network Security 12 21 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 6.15% 8.11% 10.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.65% 45.65% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 18 2
10th Percentile £417 £613 £469
25th Percentile £527 £625 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £668 £504
Median % change year-on-year -13.86% +32.51% -
75th Percentile £600 £672 £522
90th Percentile £649 £677 £529
North West median daily rate £500 £650 £510
% change year-on-year -23.08% +27.45% -18.40%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 103 46 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 52.82% 17.76% 28.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 36 10
10th Percentile £363 £463 £424
25th Percentile £425 £515 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £463
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +29.73% -3.65%
75th Percentile £588 £667 £487
90th Percentile £638 £672 £543
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £41.23 -
North West median hourly rate £24.59 £26.75 £31.25
% change year-on-year -8.09% -14.40% +68.92%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Cumbria

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Cumbria.

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Cumbria

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Cumbria

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barrow-in-Furness -7 12 £575 -14.05%
Network Security
North West

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Communications & Networking
1 11 (91.67%) VPN
2 7 (58.33%) Cisco ASA
2 7 (58.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 7 (58.33%) Firewall
2 7 (58.33%) Wireless
3 6 (50.00%) BGP
3 6 (50.00%) Broadband
3 6 (50.00%) Converged Networks
3 6 (50.00%) LAN
3 6 (50.00%) OSPF
3 6 (50.00%) WAN
4 5 (41.67%) Cisco Wireless
5 4 (33.33%) HSRP
5 4 (33.33%) IPsec
5 4 (33.33%) NetScaler
6 3 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (16.67%) EIGRP
7 2 (16.67%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 2 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Network Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 2 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (16.67%) Network Design
2 2 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (16.67%) Threat Detection
3 1 (8.33%) Migration
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) CCNA
2 6 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 9 (75.00%) Palo Alto