Network Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Network Security Engineer
England > East of England

The median Network Security Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 86 109
Rank change year-on-year -29 +23 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.045% 0.21% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.24% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £325 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £330 £400
Median % change year-on-year +43.94% -17.50% -3.03%
75th Percentile £488 £335 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £444 £513
% change year-on-year +18.31% -13.41% +5.13%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the East of England with a recognized job title 2,033 846 1,675
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 86.86% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 940 442 744
10th Percentile £196 £200 £205
25th Percentile £350 £375 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £513 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -2.03% -0.36% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 170 593
10th Percentile £14.43 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.73 £16.95 £16.30
Median hourly rate £30.58 £46.81 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.67% +8.86% +2.86%
75th Percentile £65.66 £73.44 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.31 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.92
% change year-on-year +50.00% -18.73% -17.54%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Network Security Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Network Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Network Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Network Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2026. 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
Cambridgeshire - 1 £475 -
Network Security Engineer
England

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 19 May 2026, Network Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Business Enablement
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) VPN

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Enablement
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow