IPsec Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring IPsec skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 - 78
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IPsec 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.34% - 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.00% - 5.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £416 - -
25th Percentile £422 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £450
75th Percentile £447 - £494
90th Percentile £449 - £520
Scotland median daily rate £438 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -6.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

IPsec 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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 50 76 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.59% 11.88% 9.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 38 51
10th Percentile £258 £190 £130
25th Percentile £413 £423 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £524 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.09% +30.88% -15.79%
75th Percentile £500 £611 £588
90th Percentile £559 £661 £700
Scotland median daily rate £425 £450 £543
% change year-on-year -5.56% -17.13% +24.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £20.68
25th Percentile - - £27.31
Median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year - +91.08% +9.26%
75th Percentile - - £50.81
90th Percentile - - £57.23
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £47.00 £59.03
% change year-on-year +59.57% -20.38% +264.83%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IPsec relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

IPsec job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing IPsec.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing IPsec

IPsec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) F5
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto