IPsec Contracts in England

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring IPsec skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IPsec 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 383 342 513
Rank change year-on-year -41 +171 +84
Contract jobs citing IPsec 102 202 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.42% 0.54% 0.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.21% 4.03% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 122 64
10th Percentile £264 £263 £320
25th Percentile £413 £325 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +29.06% -23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £599 £524 £631
90th Percentile £649 £612 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 14
10th Percentile - £19.93 £28.36
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.06 £62.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £69.11
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -65.27% +55.30%
75th Percentile £19.50 £35.44 £80.25
90th Percentile - £54.68 £80.78
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £77.50
% change year-on-year -20.83% -69.03% +112.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IPsec in England

IPsec
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IPsec in England

IPsec
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IPsec in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IPsec in England

IPsec
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IPsec in England

IPsec
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 IPsec 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
North of England +41 35 £575 +11.65% 5
London +11 35 £516 -1.67% 22
North West +38 34 £575 +11.65% 2
Midlands -44 21 £350 - 3
West Midlands -50 16 £300 -14.29% 2
East Midlands - 5 £618 - 1
South East +29 4 £420 +5.00% 14
East of England - 2 £250 - 4
North East - 1 £550 -
IPsec
UK

IPsec
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 1 (0.98%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (3.92%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.75%) AWS
2 6 (5.88%) Azure
3 2 (1.96%) Akamai
3 2 (1.96%) Amazon ECS
3 2 (1.96%) Amazon SQS
3 2 (1.96%) AWS KMS
3 2 (1.96%) IaaS
3 2 (1.96%) OCI
3 2 (1.96%) PaaS
3 2 (1.96%) Route 53
3 2 (1.96%) SaaS
3 2 (1.96%) Serverless
4 1 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.98%) Datadog
4 1 (0.98%) GitHub
4 1 (0.98%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 76 (74.51%) BGP
2 70 (68.63%) Firewall
3 69 (67.65%) OSPF
4 51 (50.00%) VPN
5 46 (45.10%) HSRP
6 42 (41.18%) WAN
7 35 (34.31%) EIGRP
8 33 (32.35%) Network Security
9 32 (31.37%) Cisco ASA
9 32 (31.37%) MPLS
10 29 (28.43%) Cisco Firepower
11 21 (20.59%) LAN
12 19 (18.63%) SSL
13 17 (16.67%) DNS
14 15 (14.71%) Wireless
15 14 (13.73%) VLAN
16 12 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
17 11 (10.78%) Internet
18 10 (9.80%) SD-WAN
18 10 (9.80%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.96%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.96%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.96%) GitLab
1 2 (1.96%) Maven
2 1 (0.98%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 14 (13.73%) Social Skills
3 9 (8.82%) Finance
4 6 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.88%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.92%) Banking
5 4 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.98%) Law
7 1 (0.98%) Legal
7 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.98%) Retail
Job Titles
1 70 (68.63%) Network Engineer
2 17 (16.67%) Architect
3 14 (13.73%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 11 (10.78%) Network Architect
5 9 (8.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 9 (8.82%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (8.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 9 (8.82%) Support Engineer
6 8 (7.84%) Cisco Engineer
6 8 (7.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) Network Support
7 7 (6.86%) Network Support Engineer
8 6 (5.88%) Network Security Engineer
8 6 (5.88%) Security Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) Senior
9 5 (4.90%) Senior Network Engineer
10 4 (3.92%) Check Point Expert
11 3 (2.94%) WAN Engineer
11 3 (2.94%) WAN Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.86%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.96%) Node.js
2 2 (1.96%) OAuth
2 2 (1.96%) OAuth2
2 2 (1.96%) OpenID
2 2 (1.96%) REST
2 2 (1.96%) SAML
2 2 (1.96%) Spring
2 2 (1.96%) Spring Boot
2 2 (1.96%) Web Services
2 2 (1.96%) XACML
3 1 (0.98%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.98%) HTML
3 1 (0.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.76%) PKI
2 9 (8.82%) Data Centre
3 7 (6.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (2.94%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.98%) FMCG
6 1 (0.98%) IoT
6 1 (0.98%) SCADA
6 1 (0.98%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.92%) Check Point GAiA
2 1 (0.98%) Linux
2 1 (0.98%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (12.75%) Load Balancing
2 12 (11.76%) Migration
3 10 (9.80%) Network Management
4 9 (8.82%) ITSM
4 9 (8.82%) Network Design
4 9 (8.82%) Network Monitoring
4 9 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (7.84%) Agile
5 8 (7.84%) ITIL
6 7 (6.86%) Change Management
6 7 (6.86%) Configuration Management
6 7 (6.86%) Project Delivery
7 6 (5.88%) Analytics
7 6 (5.88%) Decision-Making
7 6 (5.88%) High Availability
7 6 (5.88%) Roadmaps
8 4 (3.92%) Process Improvement
8 4 (3.92%) Project Management
8 4 (3.92%) Security Architecture
8 4 (3.92%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.82%) Python
2 5 (4.90%) Perl
3 3 (2.94%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.96%) Bash
4 2 (1.96%) Java
4 2 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (54.90%) Security Cleared
2 51 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 30 (29.41%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (20.59%) CCNP
5 12 (11.76%) CCNA
6 10 (9.80%) Degree
7 5 (4.90%) CCSE
8 4 (3.92%) CCIE
9 3 (2.94%) JNCIA
10 2 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.96%) CCDP
10 2 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.96%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.98%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.98%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.98%) CCIP
11 1 (0.98%) CCSA
11 1 (0.98%) Check Point Certification
11 1 (0.98%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.92%) SLA
2 2 (1.96%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.96%) Docker
1 2 (1.96%) RACF
1 2 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.98%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (9.80%) Ansible
2 8 (7.84%) FortiGate
3 3 (2.94%) Terraform
3 3 (2.94%) ZABBIX
4 2 (1.96%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (1.96%) Packer
4 2 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.98%) CA Spectrum
5 1 (0.98%) Cisco LMS
5 1 (0.98%) Netcool
5 1 (0.98%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (0.98%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 77 (75.49%) Cisco
2 38 (37.25%) CheckPoint
2 38 (37.25%) Palo Alto
3 31 (30.39%) Juniper
4 21 (20.59%) SolarWinds
5 18 (17.65%) Fortinet
6 17 (16.67%) F5
7 9 (8.82%) Arista
7 9 (8.82%) Aruba
8 3 (2.94%) McAfee
8 3 (2.94%) Meraki
8 3 (2.94%) Oracle
8 3 (2.94%) Splunk
9 2 (1.96%) Barracuda Networks
9 2 (1.96%) Blue Coat
9 2 (1.96%) Citrix
9 2 (1.96%) Forcepoint
9 2 (1.96%) Microsoft
9 2 (1.96%) Riverbed
9 2 (1.96%) Zscaler