Network Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Network Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Security Engineer daily rate in England is £456, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 487 423
Rank change year-on-year -88 -64 +100
Contract Network Security Engineer jobs 76 57 90
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.19% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.21% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 35 66
10th Percentile £380 £341 £300
25th Percentile £413 £380 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.29% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £525 £530 £550
90th Percentile £607 £575 £614
UK median daily rate £456 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +7.18% -15.00% -2.91%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
4 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 42,728 26,788 28,767
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.60% 91.22% 93.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,127 17,210 17,550
10th Percentile £328 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,930 1,571 1,093
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.05 £15.10
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.74 £21.05
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -38.66% -10.64%
75th Percentile £68.00 £51.38 £66.61
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £37.39
% change year-on-year +59.05% -32.74% -16.91%

Network Security Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Network Security Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Network Security Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Network Security Engineer Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in England

Network Security Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for Network Security Engineer jobs in England over the 6 months to 4 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in England

Network Security Engineer Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Network Security Engineer jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 4 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North of England -37 33 £469 -1.63% 5
North West -24 31 £469 -1.63% 5
London -84 28 £488 +6.85% 12
Midlands -17 25 £455 +19.61% 2
West Midlands -27 22 £455 +19.61% 2
South East -61 8 £380 -10.59% 5
East Midlands - 3 - -
Yorkshire -30 2 - -
East of England - 1 - - 1
Network Security Engineer
UK

Network Security Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, Network Security Engineer contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Network Security Engineer job ads across the England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Network Security73.7%56
2Cisco65.8%50
3Firewall64.5%49
4VPN57.9%44
5Palo Alto46.1%35
6F536.8%28
7BGP34.2%26
7DNS34.2%26
9CheckPoint28.9%22
10Fortinet27.6%21
10Python27.6%21
10Zero Trust27.6%21
13DMZ25.0%19
13Load Balancing25.0%19
13Security Operations25.0%19
16Multicast21.1%16
16Zscaler21.1%16
18Ansible19.7%15
18Network Segmentation19.7%15
18PowerShell19.7%15
18WAN19.7%15
22CCNP18.4%14
22Cisco Certification18.4%14
22Terraform18.4%14
25Azure17.1%13
25CISSP17.1%13
27AWS15.8%12
27Stakeholder Management15.8%12
29Cloud Security14.5%11
29Cybersecurity14.5%11

Network Security Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Network Engineer98.7%75
2Cisco Network Engineer21.1%16
2Cisco Security Engineer21.1%16
2Data Network Engineer21.1%16
5Web Engineer9.2%7
6SC Cleared Network Engineer7.9%6
6Senior Network Security Engineer7.9%6
8Cloud Engineer3.9%3
8Firewall Engineer3.9%3
8Network Operations Engineer3.9%3
11Automation Engineer2.6%2
11AWS Engineer2.6%2
11Azure Engineer2.6%2
11Cloud Network Engineer2.6%2
11Cloud Security Engineer2.6%2
11Cybersecurity Engineer2.6%2
11IT Security Engineer2.6%2
11Lead Network Engineer2.6%2
11Network Implementation Engineer2.6%2
20Artificial Intelligence Engineer1.3%1
24 Network Security Engineer jobs in England