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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 63 69
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 +40
Contract jobs citing Network Security 25 21 47
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.41% 2.00% 2.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.14% 9.50% 15.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 17 23
10th Percentile £192 - £205
25th Percentile £400 £275 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +21.05% -29.63%
75th Percentile £525 £750 £488
90th Percentile £660 £788 £608
England median daily rate £500 £539 £550
% change year-on-year -7.19% -2.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £52.15 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile £80.25 - -
England median hourly rate £66.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.57% -12.50% +6.67%

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 206 221 313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 11.63% 21.07% 16.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 114 168
10th Percentile £160 £213 £249
25th Percentile £209 £279 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £433
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +9.83% +1.76%
75th Percentile £515 £584 £494
90th Percentile £581 £625 £598
England median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 36 79
10th Percentile £13.25 £17.72 £15.33
25th Percentile £15.50 £20.61 £20.63
Median hourly rate £23.00 £26.83 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.28% -57.07% +19.05%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.10 £71.88 -
England median hourly rate £29.44 £35.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -15.89% -26.32% +137.50%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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 11 February 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
Bedfordshire -9 8 £475 +46.15% 1
Hertfordshire -26 7 £475 -20.83% 10
Cambridgeshire +6 4 £500 -28.57% 2
Norfolk - 4 £198 -
Suffolk - 2 £650 - 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.00%) AWS
3 2 (8.00%) Azure AI
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Key Vault
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Machine Learning
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (8.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (52.00%) Firewall
2 10 (40.00%) VPN
3 8 (32.00%) DNS
4 6 (24.00%) SSL
5 5 (20.00%) FTP
5 5 (20.00%) HTTP
5 5 (20.00%) SMTP
6 3 (12.00%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (12.00%) LAN
6 3 (12.00%) TCP/IP
7 2 (8.00%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (8.00%) VLAN
7 2 (8.00%) WAN
8 1 (4.00%) DHCP
8 1 (4.00%) SD-WAN
8 1 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (4.00%) Wireless
8 1 (4.00%) Wireless Security
8 1 (4.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
General
1 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Analyst
1 6 (24.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (16.00%) IT Support
4 3 (12.00%) Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Security Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Architect
5 2 (8.00%) IT Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) IT Security Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Blue Coat Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) CCTV Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Firewall Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Network Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Network Security Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Senior
6 1 (4.00%) Senior IT Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (20.00%) CSOC
1 5 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (20.00%) Cyberattack
1 5 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 5 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (8.00%) CCTV
2 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.00%) NHS
2 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Linux
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
1 5 (20.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (8.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (32.00%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (28.00%) AI
3 7 (28.00%) Analytics
3 7 (28.00%) Incident Response
3 7 (28.00%) Machine Learning
3 7 (28.00%) Network Segmentation
4 6 (24.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 6 (24.00%) Security Operations
4 6 (24.00%) SIEM
4 6 (24.00%) Threat Detection
4 6 (24.00%) Threat Modelling
4 6 (24.00%) Zero Trust
5 5 (20.00%) Behavioural Analytics
5 5 (20.00%) Information Management
5 5 (20.00%) Information Security
5 5 (20.00%) ITSM
5 5 (20.00%) Network Packet Capture
5 5 (20.00%) Runbook
5 5 (20.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (44.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (44.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (24.00%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (16.00%) CCNA
5 2 (8.00%) CCNP
5 2 (8.00%) Degree
6 1 (4.00%) CCIE
6 1 (4.00%) CCIE Security
6 1 (4.00%) CCSE
6 1 (4.00%) CISSP
6 1 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (4.00%) GIAC
6 1 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (4.00%) MCSE
6 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.00%) NIST
3 1 (4.00%) GRC
3 1 (4.00%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (12.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (8.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Cisco
2 8 (32.00%) Palo Alto
3 7 (28.00%) ServiceNow
3 7 (28.00%) VMware
4 5 (20.00%) Barracuda Networks
5 2 (8.00%) Databricks
5 2 (8.00%) Foundry
5 2 (8.00%) OpenAI
5 2 (8.00%) Zscaler
6 1 (4.00%) Blue Coat
6 1 (4.00%) CheckPoint
6 1 (4.00%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (4.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (4.00%) IFS
6 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.00%) Mitel
6 1 (4.00%) SolarWinds