Network Security Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Network Security
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 20 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 -11 +12
Contract jobs citing Network Security 3 12 46
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 2.16% 6.06% 21.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.82% 16.22% 48.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 42
10th Percentile £474 £411 £478
25th Percentile £474 £430 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.43% -25.88% +48.81%
75th Percentile £475 £541 £650
90th Percentile £475 £588 £672
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £625
% change year-on-year - -24.00% +22.49%

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 44 74 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 31.65% 37.37% 44.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 27 81
10th Percentile £474 £394 £486
25th Percentile £506 £428 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £615
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -22.76% +53.75%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £640
90th Percentile £661 £588 £672
North West median daily rate £475 £461 £500
% change year-on-year +2.98% -7.85% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £45.22 £38.39
Median hourly rate - £48.56 £41.23
Median % change year-on-year - +17.78% -
75th Percentile - £52.20 £44.07
90th Percentile - £52.38 -
North West median hourly rate £23.50 £48.56 £17.72
% change year-on-year -51.61% +174.04% -10.87%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Network Security job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Network Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Network Security

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 19 December 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 -5 3 £475 +2.43% 4
Network Security
North West

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto