Network Security Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Network Security
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - 5
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 1 0 25
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 2.27% - 25.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.33% - 75.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 14
10th Percentile - - £233
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £475
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median daily rate - - £475

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12 7 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 27.27% 12.96% 34.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 20
10th Percentile £345 - £223
25th Percentile £413 £363 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -21.05% -20.83%
75th Percentile £530 £431 £488
90th Percentile £542 £458 -
Suffolk median daily rate £290 £220 £475
% change year-on-year +31.82% -53.68% +18.75%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Ipswich

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Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IOS XR
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki