Network Security Contracts in Hampshire

Network Security
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 69 85
Rank change year-on-year +24 +16 +22
Contract jobs citing Network Security 24 26 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 3.22% 1.61% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.81% 5.78% 4.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 14 13
10th Percentile £425 £459 -
25th Percentile - £486 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% -1.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £525 £644 £623
90th Percentile £628 £688 £685
South East median daily rate £490 £533 £575
% change year-on-year -8.07% -7.30% +13.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £7.43 -
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £7.43 £26.25
% change year-on-year +155.72% -71.70% -50.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 162 450 307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 21.72% 27.95% 21.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 162 162
10th Percentile £325 £266 £228
25th Percentile £456 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +7.50% +1.44%
75th Percentile £618 £634 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £694
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 73 38
10th Percentile £51.49 £17.69 £18.25
25th Percentile £55.09 £51.06 £42.44
Median hourly rate £59.13 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.10% -4.42% +166.67%
75th Percentile £63.44 £61.30 £69.69
90th Percentile £69.38 £62.50 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Hampshire

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Hampshire

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Hampshire

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Hampshire

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Southampton +9 8 £608 +23.04% 14
Farnborough +3 7 £495 -17.50% 2
Basingstoke - 3 £490 - 16
Portsmouth +9 1 £550 -0.90% 12
Havant - 1 £650 -
Winchester - 1 £525 -
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.17%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Azure
2 6 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 5 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (4.17%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (70.83%) VPN
2 13 (54.17%) Firewall
3 6 (25.00%) Internet
4 4 (16.67%) WAN
5 3 (12.50%) BGP
5 3 (12.50%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (12.50%) OSPF
6 1 (4.17%) LAN
6 1 (4.17%) NGFW
6 1 (4.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Public Sector
3 3 (12.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Network Engineer
2 6 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 6 (25.00%) IT Services Manager
2 6 (25.00%) Service Manager
3 5 (20.83%) Senior
3 5 (20.83%) Senior IT Manager
3 5 (20.83%) Senior Manager
3 5 (20.83%) Senior Service Manager
4 4 (16.67%) Administrator
4 4 (16.67%) Architect
5 3 (12.50%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Network Architect
5 3 (12.50%) Platform Manager
5 3 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (12.50%) Systems Manager
5 3 (12.50%) Wintel Administrator
5 3 (12.50%) Wintel Systems Administrator
6 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 1 (4.17%) Network Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 3 (12.50%) PKI
3 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Linux
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) CentOS
2 1 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Network Architecture
2 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (29.17%) Migration
3 7 (29.17%) Validation
4 6 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 6 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 6 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (20.83%) Analytics
5 5 (20.83%) Antivirus Management
5 5 (20.83%) Case Management
5 5 (20.83%) Contract Management
6 4 (16.67%) Server Management
6 4 (16.67%) Storage Management
7 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
7 3 (12.50%) Network Management
7 3 (12.50%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 21 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 13 (54.17%) SC Cleared
3 10 (41.67%) CCNP
3 10 (41.67%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (29.17%) CCNA
5 6 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (25.00%) Degree
5 6 (25.00%) DV Cleared
6 2 (8.33%) CISM
6 2 (8.33%) CISSP
7 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
7 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (4.17%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Ansible
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (16.67%) Terraform
2 1 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (4.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Cisco
3 3 (12.50%) Mellanox
3 3 (12.50%) NVIDIA
4 1 (4.17%) Qualys
4 1 (4.17%) Tenable
4 1 (4.17%) VMware