Network Security Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Network Security
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 48 45
Rank change year-on-year -5 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing Network Security 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.55% 0.30% 0.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.88% 1.85% 7.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £515 - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -31.03%
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile £635 - -
South West median daily rate £533 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +1.43% -12.50% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
South West median hourly rate - - £72.50

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 34 54 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 9.37% 16.12% 9.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 39 29
10th Percentile £315 £380 £500
25th Percentile £375 £460 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £548 £700
Median % change year-on-year -8.76% -21.71% +27.27%
75th Percentile £575 £623 £775
90th Percentile £618 £715 £781
South West median daily rate £533 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.43% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.43 - -
Median hourly rate £63.14 - £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -77.89%
75th Percentile £67.84 - £41.75
90th Percentile - - £54.20
South West median hourly rate £50.00 £67.02 £56.49
% change year-on-year -25.40% +18.64% +476.43%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Gloucestershire

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 20 January 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucester - 2 £575 -
Network Security
South West

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) IIS
1 1 (50.00%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) VMware