Communications Security Contracts in England

Communications Security (COMSEC)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Communications Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Communications Security over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 545 658 776
Rank change year-on-year +113 +118 -165
Contract jobs citing Communications Security 3 10 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.020% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% 0.022% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £641 £488 £296
25th Percentile £647 £508 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +27.31% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £722 - £694
90th Percentile £724 - £780
UK median daily rate £688 £540 £488
% change year-on-year +27.31% +10.77% -15.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - £25.63 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £42.69 -
Median hourly rate £19.00 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -74.67% - -
75th Percentile £19.50 £79.19 -
90th Percentile - £83.63 -
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £75.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -74.67% +240.91% +12.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Communications Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,205 45,779 64,338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.51% 90.27% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,157 32,091 45,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,232 1,623 1,778
10th Percentile £12.87 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.62 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.16
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

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
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 25 April 2024. 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
London +105 2 £688 +27.31%
South East +11 1 - - 2
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) ADSL
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) DSL
2 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) PPP
2 1 (33.33%) RIP
2 1 (33.33%) SNMP
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) xDSL
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) IT Architect
2 1 (33.33%) IT Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Process Management
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) SDLC
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) CCDP
1 1 (33.33%) CCIP
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) COBIT
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 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
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft