Network Security Contract Job Trends in Harlow

Network Security
Essex > Harlow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Harlow requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Harlow 9.52% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
Essex median daily rate £475 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Harlow

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 Harlow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Harlow 33.33% 33.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £480 - -
25th Percentile £488 £325 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £330 -
Median % change year-on-year +55.30% - -
75th Percentile £550 £335 -
90th Percentile £565 - -
Essex median daily rate £505 £313 £300
% change year-on-year +61.60% +4.17% -45.45%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Harlow

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Harlow

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Harlow

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

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

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Harlow 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (50.00%) NGFW
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) BYOD
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Deep Packet Inspection
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CWNA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Forcepoint
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto