Network Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Kent

Network Security Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Network Security Engineer daily rate in Kent is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 2.52% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.83% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £352 - -
25th Percentile £370 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £400 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -27.27% +7.84% +2.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kent. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Kent with a recognized job title 106 167 208
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.08% 93.30% 97.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 62 160
10th Percentile £153 £144 £185
25th Percentile £306 £196 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £509 £446
Median % change year-on-year -26.29% +14.01% +9.85%
75th Percentile £575 £623 £540
90th Percentile £630 £688 £613
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £513
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.49% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 28 13
10th Percentile - £12.88 £16.90
25th Percentile £13.75 £33.65 £20.25
Median hourly rate £14.00 £62.28 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -77.52% +16.41% +26.43%
75th Percentile £20.40 £75.16 £55.25
90th Percentile - - £75.45
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.54 £51.66
% change year-on-year -63.87% +11.38% +37.76%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Network Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Kent

Network Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in Kent.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in Kent

Network Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Engineer within the Kent region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Sittingbourne - 2 £400 -
Network Security Engineer
South East

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 15 November 2025, Network Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Kent region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Meraki
1 3 (100.00%) Network Load Balancing
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Network Load Balancing
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Meraki
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft