Network Packet Capture Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Network Packet Capture
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Network Packet Capture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 45 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Packet Capture 15 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 2.28% 0.25% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% 0.29% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.26% - -
East of England median daily rate £680 £575 -
% change year-on-year +18.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £45.00 - -
25th Percentile £48.94 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £77.19 - -
90th Percentile £84.88 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Network Packet Capture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 577 339 597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 87.69% 86.26% 87.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 138 310
10th Percentile £186 £263 £275
25th Percentile £405 £339 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £597 £650
90th Percentile £713 £675 £751
East of England median daily rate £484 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.89% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 85 157
10th Percentile £16.63 £15.61 £26.24
25th Percentile £18.50 £35.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% - -
75th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £86.50 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £20.88 £28.34 £22.00
% change year-on-year -26.33% +28.80% -2.22%

Network Packet Capture
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Packet Capture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Network Packet Capture job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Network Packet Capture
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Network Packet Capture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Network Packet Capture

Network Packet Capture
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Network Packet Capture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Network Packet Capture

Network Packet Capture
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Packet Capture in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Packet Capture in Hertfordshire

Network Packet Capture
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Packet Capture within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Stevenage 0 15 £680 +18.26% 4
Network Packet Capture
East of England

Network Packet Capture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 15 (100.00%) DNS
1 15 (100.00%) FTP
1 15 (100.00%) HTTP
1 15 (100.00%) Network Security
1 15 (100.00%) SMTP
1 15 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 13 (86.67%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (100.00%) Analyst
1 15 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (6.67%) Senior
2 1 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (100.00%) Cyberattack
2 13 (86.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (86.67%) CSOC
2 13 (86.67%) Cyber Threat
2 13 (86.67%) Management Information System
2 13 (86.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 15 (100.00%) Information Security
2 14 (93.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (93.33%) SIEM
3 13 (86.67%) AI
3 13 (86.67%) Analytics
3 13 (86.67%) Behavioural Analytics
3 13 (86.67%) Incident Response
3 13 (86.67%) Information Management
3 13 (86.67%) Machine Learning
3 13 (86.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 13 (86.67%) Runbook
3 13 (86.67%) Security Operations
3 13 (86.67%) SOAR
3 13 (86.67%) Threat Detection
4 12 (80.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) PowerShell
1 13 (86.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) SC Cleared
1 11 (73.33%) Security Cleared
2 10 (66.67%) DV Cleared