Network Security Contracts in England

Network Security
UK > England

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 182 167
Rank change year-on-year +31 -15 +72
Contract jobs citing Network Security 491 496 717
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.85% 1.33% 1.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.58% 10.29% 11.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 335 461
10th Percentile £375 £363 £385
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +4.36%
75th Percentile £625 £666 £688
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 16 9
10th Percentile £70.16 - £18.50
25th Percentile £80.34 £7.43 £22.26
Median hourly rate £81.35 £16.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +400.62% -70.45% +0.92%
75th Percentile £83.53 £41.25 £70.25
90th Percentile £100.55 - £73.20
UK median hourly rate £81.35 £21.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +287.38% -67.69% +20.37%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Network Security 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 3,368 4,819 6,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.68% 12.95% 12.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,079 2,868 3,973
10th Percentile £235 £214 £232
25th Percentile £363 £359 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 390 368
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.30 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.44 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.47% +101.96% -10.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £63.55
90th Percentile £81.35 £74.10 £75.20
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.56% +100.00% -22.41%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in England

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in England

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in England

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in England

Network Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Security in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Security in England

Network 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 Network Security within the England region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
London +74 228 £550 +4.76% 697
North of England +6 74 £490 -21.60% 236
South East +15 66 £490 -8.07% 227
North West +3 48 £476 -27.29% 114
Midlands 0 46 £581 -0.64% 166
West Midlands +1 43 £581 -8.46% 99
South West +5 31 £600 +4.35% 104
Yorkshire +16 25 £491 +3.37% 106
East of England +46 21 £530 +32.50% 144
East Midlands -4 3 - - 67
North East -2 1 £625 +38.89% 18
Network Security
UK

Network 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 10 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.63%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) Apache
4 1 (0.20%) IIS
4 1 (0.20%) JBoss
Applications
1 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
1 9 (1.83%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 148 (30.14%) Azure
2 100 (20.37%) AWS
3 45 (9.16%) GCP
4 28 (5.70%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (3.26%) Akamai
5 16 (3.26%) Entra ID
6 15 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (2.85%) GitHub
8 13 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (2.44%) IaaS
10 11 (2.24%) Azure Sentinel
11 10 (2.04%) Azure Key Vault
12 8 (1.63%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 8 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.63%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.63%) Serverless
13 6 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (1.22%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (1.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 269 (54.79%) Firewall
2 134 (27.29%) VPN
3 88 (17.92%) BGP
4 87 (17.72%) WAN
5 74 (15.07%) OSPF
6 72 (14.66%) DNS
7 57 (11.61%) Wireless
8 54 (11.00%) LAN
9 50 (10.18%) SD-WAN
10 45 (9.16%) TCP/IP
11 40 (8.15%) SSL
11 40 (8.15%) VLAN
12 36 (7.33%) EIGRP
13 35 (7.13%) DHCP
14 33 (6.72%) Cisco ISE
15 29 (5.91%) Cisco ASA
16 27 (5.50%) IPsec
17 23 (4.68%) Intrusion Detection
17 23 (4.68%) MPLS
18 22 (4.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.04%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.63%) Power BI
3 4 (0.81%) GIS
4 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.41%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.20%) MySQL
6 1 (0.20%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (2.65%) GitLab
1 13 (2.65%) JIRA
2 11 (2.24%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.43%) Git
3 7 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (1.02%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.20%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.20%) Selenium
5 1 (0.20%) WebDriver
General
1 145 (29.53%) Social Skills
2 79 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
3 70 (14.26%) Finance
4 30 (6.11%) Telecoms
5 29 (5.91%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.28%) Banking
7 13 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (2.44%) Legal
9 11 (2.24%) Law
10 9 (1.83%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.81%) Aviation
13 4 (0.81%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.81%) Military
13 4 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.81%) Retail
14 3 (0.61%) Local Government
14 3 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.41%) French Language
Job Titles
1 140 (28.51%) Network Engineer
2 90 (18.33%) Architect
3 78 (15.89%) Security Engineer
4 51 (10.39%) Security Architect
5 49 (9.98%) Network Security Engineer
5 49 (9.98%) Senior
6 37 (7.54%) Network Architect
7 28 (5.70%) Analyst
8 24 (4.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 23 (4.68%) Consultant
10 17 (3.46%) Network Security Architect
10 17 (3.46%) Senior Architect
11 16 (3.26%) Administrator
12 15 (3.05%) Azure Engineer
12 15 (3.05%) Cisco Engineer
12 15 (3.05%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 15 (3.05%) Firewall Engineer
13 13 (2.65%) Lead
14 12 (2.44%) Cloud Architect
14 12 (2.44%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.28%) 802.1X
2 10 (2.04%) LDAP
3 8 (1.63%) YAML
4 7 (1.43%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.22%) ADO
6 5 (1.02%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (0.81%) JSON
7 4 (0.81%) REST
7 4 (0.81%) SailPoint
7 4 (0.81%) XML
8 2 (0.41%) Node.js
8 2 (0.41%) OAuth
8 2 (0.41%) Web Services
9 1 (0.20%) .NET
9 1 (0.20%) gRPC
9 1 (0.20%) JWT
9 1 (0.20%) Middleware
9 1 (0.20%) OpenTelemetry
9 1 (0.20%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.98%) Data Centre
2 39 (7.94%) Security Posture
3 20 (4.07%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 17 (3.46%) PKI
6 15 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
8 11 (2.24%) Onboarding
9 10 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.63%) Cyberattack
10 8 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.63%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.63%) Product Ownership
11 7 (1.43%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.43%) SCADA
11 7 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (1.02%) CSOC
13 5 (1.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 4 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 52 (10.59%) Windows
2 39 (7.94%) Linux
3 18 (3.67%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.22%) Check Point GAiA
5 5 (1.02%) CatOS
6 4 (0.81%) Unix
7 3 (0.61%) CentOS
7 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.41%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.20%) VMS
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (18.13%) Cybersecurity
3 71 (14.46%) Cloud Security
4 64 (13.03%) SIEM
5 56 (11.41%) Migration
6 55 (11.20%) Incident Response
7 53 (10.79%) Network Architecture
8 49 (9.98%) Vulnerability Management
9 47 (9.57%) Security Operations
10 45 (9.16%) Network Monitoring
11 44 (8.96%) Information Security
12 43 (8.76%) Infrastructure as Code
13 42 (8.55%) Agile
14 41 (8.35%) CI/CD
14 41 (8.35%) High Availability
15 38 (7.74%) Change Management
15 38 (7.74%) Security Architecture
16 37 (7.54%) Computer Science
16 37 (7.54%) DevOps
17 36 (7.33%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (17.92%) Python
2 53 (10.79%) PowerShell
3 19 (3.87%) Bash
4 12 (2.44%) Bicep
5 11 (2.24%) Java
6 10 (2.04%) SQL
7 8 (1.63%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (1.43%) Perl
9 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.20%) C
10 1 (0.20%) C#
10 1 (0.20%) PHP
10 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 135 (27.49%) Security Cleared
2 130 (26.48%) Cisco Certification
3 101 (20.57%) CCNP
4 97 (19.76%) SC Cleared
5 61 (12.42%) Degree
6 42 (8.55%) CISSP
7 40 (8.15%) CCNA
8 34 (6.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (6.92%) DV Cleared
9 29 (5.91%) CCIE
10 28 (5.70%) CISM
11 21 (4.28%) CCSA
12 20 (4.07%) CCSE
13 13 (2.65%) CEH
14 10 (2.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 10 (2.04%) Azure Certification
14 10 (2.04%) CCSP
14 10 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (1.83%) GIAC
16 7 (1.43%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (10.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (9.78%) NIST
3 30 (6.11%) PCI DSS
4 27 (5.50%) GDPR
5 18 (3.67%) SLA
6 14 (2.85%) HIPAA
7 13 (2.65%) GRC
7 13 (2.65%) NCSC
8 5 (1.02%) QA
8 5 (1.02%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.20%) COBIT
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.20%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (6.31%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.67%) Docker
4 15 (3.05%) vSphere
5 12 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (2.24%) VMware NSX
7 10 (2.04%) Firmware
8 3 (0.61%) FreeRADIUS
8 3 (0.61%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.61%) iptables
9 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 58 (11.81%) Ansible
2 46 (9.37%) Terraform
3 23 (4.68%) FortiGate
3 23 (4.68%) Kubernetes
4 16 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (2.04%) Puppet
6 8 (1.63%) CASB
6 8 (1.63%) Nessus
7 7 (1.43%) CA Spectrum
7 7 (1.43%) vCenter Server
7 7 (1.43%) ZABBIX
8 6 (1.22%) Grafana
9 5 (1.02%) HP Fortify
9 5 (1.02%) Nagios
9 5 (1.02%) Prometheus
9 5 (1.02%) QRadar
9 5 (1.02%) VxRail
10 4 (0.81%) OpenView
10 4 (0.81%) PowerCLI
10 4 (0.81%) SCCM
Vendors
1 167 (34.01%) Cisco
2 91 (18.53%) Microsoft
3 66 (13.44%) Palo Alto
4 59 (12.02%) F5
5 58 (11.81%) Fortinet
6 53 (10.79%) CheckPoint
7 43 (8.76%) VMware
8 42 (8.55%) Juniper
9 32 (6.52%) SolarWinds
9 32 (6.52%) Zscaler
10 27 (5.50%) Meraki
11 22 (4.48%) Splunk
12 15 (3.05%) Google
13 14 (2.85%) Arista
13 14 (2.85%) Aruba
14 12 (2.44%) Qualys
15 11 (2.24%) ServiceNow
16 10 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
16 10 (2.04%) Infoblox
17 8 (1.63%) Tenable