Network Security Contracts in England

Network Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 194 244
Rank change year-on-year +16 +50 +20
Contract jobs citing Network Security 492 669 821
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.34% 1.36% 1.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.12% 11.18% 10.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 429 518
10th Percentile £351 £400 £363
25th Percentile £463 £469 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £549
Median % change year-on-year - +4.78% +15.53%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £540
% change year-on-year - +6.48% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 16
10th Percentile - £21.06 £42.78
25th Percentile £7.43 £22.26 £47.12
Median hourly rate £13.50 £52.13 £54.72
Median % change year-on-year -74.10% -4.72% +68.80%
75th Percentile £41.25 £66.00 £65.25
90th Percentile - £71.25 £73.00
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £53.57 £52.60
% change year-on-year -64.53% +1.83% +18.87%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking 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 communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,862 5,986 7,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.21% 12.20% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,936 3,911 5,113
10th Percentile £207 £235 £223
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.49% +3.65% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 393 431 301
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.86 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.90 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +5.22%

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 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 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 -38 181 £538 -10.42% 107
South East +19 95 £540 -8.11% 51
South West +47 70 £575 -8.00% 19
North of England +6 60 £625 +19.05% 43
Midlands +29 53 £600 +14.29% 31
West Midlands +26 50 £615 +6.96% 20
North West +7 44 £663 +36.42% 23
Yorkshire +3 14 £500 -20.00% 15
East of England -2 13 £475 -5.00% 19
East Midlands +10 3 £588 +12.60% 11
North East +14 2 £450 -5.26% 6
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 6 (1.22%) IIS
2 4 (0.81%) MQSeries
3 3 (0.61%) Apache
3 3 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.61%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.41%) nginx
5 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 97 (19.72%) Azure
2 80 (16.26%) AWS
3 23 (4.67%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (4.07%) Entra ID
5 18 (3.66%) GCP
6 17 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (3.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 15 (3.05%) Amazon EC2
8 15 (3.05%) Amazon S3
9 10 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
9 10 (2.03%) SaaS
10 9 (1.83%) Serverless
11 8 (1.63%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.63%) IaaS
12 7 (1.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (1.42%) PaaS
13 6 (1.22%) Cloudflare
13 6 (1.22%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 199 (40.45%) Firewall
2 80 (16.26%) VPN
3 68 (13.82%) WAN
4 59 (11.99%) DNS
5 45 (9.15%) BGP
6 44 (8.94%) Cisco ISE
7 43 (8.74%) LAN
8 36 (7.32%) OSPF
8 36 (7.32%) Wireless
9 34 (6.91%) TCP/IP
10 33 (6.71%) Cisco ASA
11 31 (6.30%) SD-WAN
12 26 (5.28%) Intrusion Detection
13 25 (5.08%) MPLS
14 21 (4.27%) 5G
15 19 (3.86%) Internet
16 16 (3.25%) DHCP
17 15 (3.05%) Cisco Nexus
17 15 (3.05%) IPsec
17 15 (3.05%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.05%) Big Data
2 13 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.42%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.22%) InfluxDB
5 5 (1.02%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.81%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.61%) GIS
7 3 (0.61%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.61%) QGIS
8 2 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.20%) Bigtable
9 1 (0.20%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.20%) CouchDB
9 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.20%) MySQL
9 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (4.88%) Git
2 19 (3.86%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.81%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.20%) Burp Suite
General
1 94 (19.11%) Social Skills
2 68 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (9.55%) Finance
4 43 (8.74%) Public Sector
5 21 (4.27%) Banking
6 20 (4.07%) Manufacturing
7 17 (3.46%) Military
8 14 (2.85%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.44%) Retail
10 9 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.63%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.63%) Marketing
11 8 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.22%) Legal
13 5 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.81%) Law
15 3 (0.61%) Electronics
16 2 (0.41%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.41%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 145 (29.47%) Network Engineer
2 87 (17.68%) Architect
3 71 (14.43%) Security Engineer
4 60 (12.20%) Senior
5 59 (11.99%) Security Architect
6 43 (8.74%) Network Security Engineer
7 34 (6.91%) Analyst
8 30 (6.10%) Consultant
9 28 (5.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (4.67%) Project Manager
11 22 (4.47%) Senior Network Engineer
12 20 (4.07%) Network Architect
12 20 (4.07%) Security Consultant
13 18 (3.66%) Security Analyst
14 17 (3.46%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 15 (3.05%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
16 13 (2.64%) Azure Engineer
16 13 (2.64%) DevOps Engineer
17 12 (2.44%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
17 12 (2.44%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.05%) Apache NiFi
2 12 (2.44%) .NET
2 12 (2.44%) SAML
3 10 (2.03%) LDAP
4 9 (1.83%) JSON
5 8 (1.63%) NETCONF
5 8 (1.63%) OAuth
5 8 (1.63%) XML
5 8 (1.63%) YANG
6 5 (1.02%) ASP.NET
6 5 (1.02%) OAuth2
6 5 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (1.02%) Web Services
7 4 (0.81%) ARM Templates
7 4 (0.81%) Middleware
7 4 (0.81%) Regular Expression
8 3 (0.61%) OpenID
9 2 (0.41%) Jinja
9 2 (0.41%) RESTful
9 2 (0.41%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.98%) Data Centre
2 33 (6.71%) Management Information System
3 27 (5.49%) Cyber Defence
4 22 (4.47%) Security Operations Centre
5 21 (4.27%) PKI
6 18 (3.66%) Cyber Threat
7 16 (3.25%) Security Posture
8 15 (3.05%) Distributed Applications
9 14 (2.85%) Operational Technology
10 12 (2.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 8 (1.63%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.22%) Public Cloud
14 5 (1.02%) Clustering
14 5 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (1.02%) NHS
14 5 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.02%) Social Media
14 5 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 74 (15.04%) Windows
2 50 (10.16%) Linux
3 20 (4.07%) Unix
4 13 (2.64%) Android
4 13 (2.64%) Apple iOS
5 10 (2.03%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.81%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.61%) VMS
8 3 (0.61%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (23.37%) Cybersecurity
2 96 (19.51%) Information Security
3 81 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (15.65%) Security Architecture
5 62 (12.60%) SIEM
6 56 (11.38%) Cloud Security
7 52 (10.57%) DevOps
7 52 (10.57%) Migration
8 45 (9.15%) Risk Management
8 45 (9.15%) Security Operations
9 43 (8.74%) Identity Access Management
10 38 (7.72%) Network Design
11 36 (7.32%) CI/CD
11 36 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 36 (7.32%) Load Balancing
12 35 (7.11%) ITIL
13 33 (6.71%) Change Management
13 33 (6.71%) Mentoring
14 31 (6.30%) Agile
15 30 (6.10%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 54 (10.98%) Python
2 24 (4.88%) Java
3 22 (4.47%) PowerShell
4 17 (3.46%) SQL
5 9 (1.83%) Bash
5 9 (1.83%) Go
6 7 (1.42%) Shell Script
7 6 (1.22%) VB
8 5 (1.02%) C
8 5 (1.02%) C#
9 3 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.61%) PHP
9 3 (0.61%) Ruby
10 2 (0.41%) Bicep
11 1 (0.20%) C++
11 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.20%) Korn
11 1 (0.20%) Scala
11 1 (0.20%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 161 (32.72%) Security Cleared
2 98 (19.92%) Cisco Certification
3 84 (17.07%) DV Cleared
4 81 (16.46%) CCNP
5 68 (13.82%) SC Cleared
6 47 (9.55%) CISSP
7 39 (7.93%) CISM
8 36 (7.32%) Degree
9 33 (6.71%) CCNA
10 23 (4.67%) CCIE
11 20 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (3.46%) AWS Certification
13 14 (2.85%) CISA
14 10 (2.03%) CREST Certified
15 9 (1.83%) Azure Certification
15 9 (1.83%) JNCIA
16 8 (1.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 8 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
17 7 (1.42%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (10.16%) NIST
2 38 (7.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (4.07%) GDPR
4 19 (3.86%) NCSC
5 15 (3.05%) Actionable Recommendations
5 15 (3.05%) COBIT
6 12 (2.44%) PCI DSS
7 11 (2.24%) NIST 800
8 7 (1.42%) SLA
9 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.61%) GPG13
10 3 (0.61%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.61%) ISA99
11 2 (0.41%) GRC
11 2 (0.41%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.41%) QA
12 1 (0.20%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (7.11%) Active Directory
2 32 (6.50%) Docker
3 19 (3.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.64%) VMware NSX
5 11 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (1.63%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.81%) Samba
8 2 (0.41%) Squid
8 2 (0.41%) XenApp
9 1 (0.20%) NFS
9 1 (0.20%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (7.72%) Terraform
2 29 (5.89%) Kubernetes
3 24 (4.88%) Ansible
4 19 (3.86%) Nessus
5 17 (3.46%) FortiGate
6 13 (2.64%) Grafana
7 12 (2.44%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.42%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.02%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.81%) CASB
10 4 (0.81%) Puppet
11 3 (0.61%) Kibana
11 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.61%) Nmap
11 3 (0.61%) QRadar
11 3 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.41%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.41%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.41%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (0.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 144 (29.27%) Cisco
2 90 (18.29%) Palo Alto
3 56 (11.38%) Microsoft
4 53 (10.77%) Juniper
5 36 (7.32%) CheckPoint
5 36 (7.32%) Fortinet
6 30 (6.10%) F5
6 30 (6.10%) VMware
7 17 (3.46%) Zscaler
8 15 (3.05%) Red Hat
9 13 (2.64%) Splunk
10 12 (2.44%) Arista
10 12 (2.44%) Aruba
10 12 (2.44%) Dell
10 12 (2.44%) ScienceLogic
11 11 (2.24%) Meraki
12 10 (2.03%) SolarWinds
13 9 (1.83%) Google
14 7 (1.42%) Blue Coat
14 7 (1.42%) LogRhythm