Communications Security Contracts in England

Communications Security (COMSEC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Communications Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Communications Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 539 641
Rank change year-on-year +57 +102 +137
Contract jobs citing Communications Security 3 3 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.008% 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.014% 0.009% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £641 £483
25th Percentile - £647 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £688 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +38.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile - £722 £540
90th Percentile - £724 -
UK median daily rate - £688 £495
% change year-on-year - +38.89% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £25.05 - £25.63
25th Percentile £34.88 £18.50 £42.69
Median hourly rate £52.50 £19.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +176.32% -74.67% -
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.50 £79.19
90th Percentile - - £83.63
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £19.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +176.32% -74.67% +240.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Communications Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Communications Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Communications Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Communications Security in England

Communications Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Communications Security in England.

Daily rate trend for Communications Security in England

Communications Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Communications Security in England.

Hourly rate trend for Communications Security in England

Communications Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Communications Security in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Communications Security in England

Communications Security
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Communications Security within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East +48 3 - - 3
Communications Security
UK

Communications Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) TPMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) ADSL
1 1 (33.33%) BGP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) DSL
1 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) IPsec
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) MPLS
1 1 (33.33%) OSPF
1 1 (33.33%) PPP
1 1 (33.33%) RIP
1 1 (33.33%) SNMP
1 1 (33.33%) TACACS
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Information Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (33.33%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cryptography
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Process Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CEH
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) BC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) CCDP
2 1 (33.33%) CCIP
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ADVA
1 1 (33.33%) Alcatel-Lucent
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper