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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 57 60
Rank change year-on-year -17 +3 +43
Contract jobs citing Network Security 27 28 49
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.69% 2.48% 2.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.33% 12.28% 15.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 18 22
10th Percentile £406 £268 £203
25th Percentile £463 £275 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £558 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.80% +17.37% -9.52%
75th Percentile £676 £719 £488
90th Percentile £680 £788 £610
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile £45.00 - -
25th Percentile £48.94 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -
75th Percentile £77.19 - -
90th Percentile £84.88 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year +51.16% -40.69% +93.33%

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 219 228 312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 13.68% 20.23% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 110 175
10th Percentile £165 £213 £250
25th Percentile £213 £278 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £528 £588 £497
90th Percentile £650 £625 £600
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 35 67
10th Percentile £13.25 £20.00 £17.43
25th Percentile £16.00 £21.46 £42.50
Median hourly rate £50.25 £35.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.57% -46.15% +3.59%
75th Percentile £65.75 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.25 -
England median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +48.66%

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 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
Hertfordshire -17 17 £578 -3.75% 56
Bedfordshire -9 6 £475 +90.00% 25
Cambridgeshire -3 4 £500 -28.57% 24
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:

Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) AWS
1 2 (7.41%) Azure
1 2 (7.41%) GCP
2 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (66.67%) DNS
2 16 (59.26%) SSL
3 15 (55.56%) FTP
3 15 (55.56%) HTTP
3 15 (55.56%) SMTP
4 10 (37.04%) Firewall
5 8 (29.63%) VPN
6 3 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
7 2 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (7.41%) LAN
7 2 (7.41%) VLAN
7 2 (7.41%) WAN
8 1 (3.70%) DHCP
8 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
8 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (3.70%) Wireless
8 1 (3.70%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
General
1 16 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 14 (51.85%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.70%) Law
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (59.26%) Analyst
2 15 (55.56%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (7.41%) IT Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) IT Security Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) IT Support
4 2 (7.41%) Network Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Senior
5 1 (3.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Blue Coat Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) IT Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Network Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Security Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (55.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (55.56%) Cyberattack
2 13 (48.15%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (48.15%) CSOC
2 13 (48.15%) Cyber Threat
2 13 (48.15%) Management Information System
2 13 (48.15%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (7.41%) CCTV
3 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
3 2 (7.41%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
1 3 (11.11%) Windows Server
2 2 (7.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 18 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (55.56%) Incident Response
2 15 (55.56%) Information Security
2 15 (55.56%) Network Packet Capture
2 15 (55.56%) SIEM
3 14 (51.85%) Root Cause Analysis
3 14 (51.85%) Security Operations
3 14 (51.85%) Threat Detection
4 13 (48.15%) AI
4 13 (48.15%) Analytics
4 13 (48.15%) Behavioural Analytics
4 13 (48.15%) Information Management
4 13 (48.15%) Machine Learning
4 13 (48.15%) Runbook
4 13 (48.15%) SOAR
4 13 (48.15%) Threat Modelling
5 5 (18.52%) Network Segmentation
6 4 (14.81%) Zero Trust
7 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 13 (48.15%) PowerShell
1 13 (48.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 15 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 10 (37.04%) DV Cleared
3 3 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (7.41%) CCNP
4 2 (7.41%) Degree
5 1 (3.70%) CCIE
5 1 (3.70%) CCIE Security
5 1 (3.70%) CCNA
5 1 (3.70%) CISSP
5 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (3.70%) GIAC
5 1 (3.70%) MCSE
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.41%) NIST
3 1 (3.70%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (7.41%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.70%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Cisco
1 6 (22.22%) Palo Alto
2 5 (18.52%) ServiceNow
2 5 (18.52%) VMware
3 3 (11.11%) Barracuda Networks
4 2 (7.41%) Zscaler
5 1 (3.70%) Blue Coat
5 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.70%) IFS
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft