Network Security Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Network Security
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 57 94
Rank change year-on-year -19 +37 +4
Contract jobs citing Network Security 36 27 13
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.62% 2.81% 0.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.38% 11.79% 4.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 18 9
10th Percentile £276 £318 £348
25th Percentile £475 £451 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £563 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.44% +18.42% -5.00%
75th Percentile £566 £625 £488
90th Percentile £675 £761 £593
England median daily rate £520 £532 £575
% change year-on-year -2.30% -7.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 0
10th Percentile £52.15 £80.34 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £80.59 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £81.35 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.10% - -
75th Percentile £75.00 £81.91 -
90th Percentile £80.25 £83.05 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £81.01 £13.50
% change year-on-year -19.77% +500.09% -74.10%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 269 229 280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 12.08% 23.85% 14.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 131 132
10th Percentile £196 £225 £198
25th Percentile £313 £344 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £410
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +15.85% -13.68%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £538
90th Percentile £577 £625 £586
England median daily rate £500 £500 £498
% change year-on-year - +0.50% -5.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 51 103
10th Percentile £17.79 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.87 £16.30
Median hourly rate £62.50 £39.32 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year +58.95% +83.22% -59.12%
75th Percentile £69.69 £77.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.50 £87.50 -
England median hourly rate £42.10 £29.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +45.16% -27.50% +116.22%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in the East of England

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Network Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Network Security

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the East of England

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Network Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Network Security

Network Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Security in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Security in the East of England

Network Security
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 within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Suffolk +6 12 £525 +75.00% 3
Hertfordshire -31 8 £500 -16.67% 2
Bedfordshire -2 7 £475 +90.00% 2
Cambridgeshire +8 6 £650 +18.18% 5
Norfolk - 4 £198 - 1
Network Security
England

Network Security
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (5.56%) AWS
3 2 (5.56%) Azure AI
3 2 (5.56%) Azure AKS
3 2 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (5.56%) Azure Key Vault
3 2 (5.56%) Azure Machine Learning
3 2 (5.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (5.56%) GCP
3 2 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.78%) AWS Control Tower
4 1 (2.78%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.78%) GitHub
4 1 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.78%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 21 (58.33%) Firewall
2 12 (33.33%) VPN
3 8 (22.22%) IPsec
4 7 (19.44%) DNS
5 6 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (13.89%) Broadband
6 5 (13.89%) FTP
6 5 (13.89%) HTTP
6 5 (13.89%) SMTP
6 5 (13.89%) SSL
7 2 (5.56%) ADSL
7 2 (5.56%) BGP
7 2 (5.56%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (5.56%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (5.56%) MPLS
7 2 (5.56%) Multicast
7 2 (5.56%) WAN
8 1 (2.78%) LAN
8 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.78%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Git
1 1 (2.78%) GitLab
1 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.78%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.78%) Electronics
4 1 (2.78%) Finance
4 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (30.56%) Network Engineer
2 6 (16.67%) Analyst
2 6 (16.67%) Designer
2 6 (16.67%) Network Designer
3 5 (13.89%) Senior
3 5 (13.89%) Senior Network Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) SOC Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
4 4 (11.11%) IT Support
5 3 (8.33%) Architect
5 3 (8.33%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Firewall Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Security Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Azure Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Consultant
6 2 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Senior Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.89%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) IoT
1 6 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 5 (13.89%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (13.89%) CSOC
2 5 (13.89%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (13.89%) Cyberattack
2 5 (13.89%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (11.11%) Operational Technology
4 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
4 3 (8.33%) SCADA
5 2 (5.56%) NHS
5 2 (5.56%) PKI
6 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (2.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (19.44%) Linux
2 5 (13.89%) Windows
2 5 (13.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) DevOps
2 8 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (19.44%) AI
3 7 (19.44%) Analytics
3 7 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (19.44%) Incident Response
3 7 (19.44%) Machine Learning
4 6 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 6 (16.67%) Information Security
4 6 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 6 (16.67%) Security Operations
4 6 (16.67%) SIEM
4 6 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
4 6 (16.67%) Zero Trust
5 5 (13.89%) Information Management
5 5 (13.89%) ITSM
5 5 (13.89%) Network Packet Capture
5 5 (13.89%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (13.89%) Service Management
5 5 (13.89%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.00%) Python
2 8 (22.22%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.56%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 13 (36.11%) SC Cleared
3 8 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (22.22%) DV Cleared
4 4 (11.11%) CCNA
5 3 (8.33%) CCSP
5 3 (8.33%) CISSP
6 2 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (5.56%) CISM
6 2 (5.56%) Degree
7 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.78%) CCNP
7 1 (2.78%) CCSE
7 1 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.78%) CRISC
7 1 (2.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (2.78%) MCSE
7 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (13.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (11.11%) NIST
4 3 (8.33%) GDPR
4 3 (8.33%) ISA99
5 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (5.56%) NCSC
5 2 (5.56%) SOC 2
6 1 (2.78%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Ansible
1 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Cisco
2 10 (27.78%) Palo Alto
3 9 (25.00%) VMware
4 7 (19.44%) ServiceNow
5 5 (13.89%) Barracuda Networks
6 3 (8.33%) Dell
6 3 (8.33%) Microsoft
7 2 (5.56%) Databricks
7 2 (5.56%) Fortinet
7 2 (5.56%) Foundry
7 2 (5.56%) OpenAI
8 1 (2.78%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.78%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (2.78%) Mitel
8 1 (2.78%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.78%) TOWER Software