Network Security Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Network Security
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Network Security skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 66 60
Rank change year-on-year -8 -6 +16
Contract jobs citing Network Security 9 4 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.22% 0.57% 1.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.52% 7.27% 13.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 12
10th Percentile £392 £533 £313
25th Percentile £399 £544 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £577 £541
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% +6.70% +3.00%
75th Percentile £488 £598 £553
90th Percentile £580 £603 £571
Scotland median daily rate £450 £415 £494
% change year-on-year +8.43% -15.95% -5.95%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 62 55 122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 8.38% 7.81% 14.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 39 70
10th Percentile £280 £285 £341
25th Percentile £384 £358 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +32.91%
75th Percentile £519 £563 £584
90th Percentile £580 £619 £653
Scotland median daily rate £445 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +4.71% -15.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £15.90
25th Percentile £52.50 £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +189.47% +7.22% -53.37%
75th Percentile £57.50 £19.50 £33.33
90th Percentile - - £52.14
Scotland median hourly rate £17.30 £18.27 £51.37
% change year-on-year -5.31% -64.43% +0.48%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Glasgow

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Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Network Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Network Security

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Glasgow over the 6 months to 7 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Glasgow

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Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Network Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Network Security

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) Firewall
2 5 (55.56%) BGP
2 5 (55.56%) OSPF
3 4 (44.44%) LAN
3 4 (44.44%) WAN
4 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 3 (33.33%) VPN
4 3 (33.33%) Wireless
5 2 (22.22%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (22.22%) VLAN
6 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Security Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (22.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Proactive Monitoring
2 3 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (22.22%) Capacity Management
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (22.22%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security
3 2 (22.22%) Network Design
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) SIEM
3 2 (22.22%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (11.11%) Attestation
4 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 1 (11.11%) Data Security
4 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CCNP
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) CEH
3 1 (11.11%) CISA
3 1 (11.11%) CISM
3 1 (11.11%) CISSP
3 1 (11.11%) CRISC
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) GIAC
3 1 (11.11%) OSCP
3 1 (11.11%) PCI QSA
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) Palo Alto
3 3 (33.33%) Juniper
4 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft