Network Security Contracts in Kent

Network Security
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 31 29
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 -10
Contract jobs citing Network Security 8 3 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 4.00% 1.38% 3.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.57% 12.00% 16.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 10
10th Percentile £349 £303 £256
25th Percentile £458 £306 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £325 £425
Median % change year-on-year +56.15% -23.53% -15.00%
75th Percentile £540 £338 £439
90th Percentile - - £506
South East median daily rate £533 £575 £508
% change year-on-year -7.33% +13.34% +12.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kent

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 28 25 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 14.00% 11.47% 23.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 19 61
10th Percentile £203 £310 £154
25th Percentile £294 £345 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £425 £313
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% +36.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £496 £749 £438
90th Percentile £538 £788 £588
South East median daily rate £490 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +0.41% +8.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £16.71
25th Percentile £50.75 - £17.61
Median hourly rate £51.50 £79.19 £19.11
Median % change year-on-year -34.97% +314.50% -
75th Percentile £52.25 - £20.60
90th Percentile - - £21.50
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +7.20% +148.84% -49.41%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Kent

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Kent

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Kent over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Kent

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Kent

Network Security
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 within the Kent region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
West Malling - 5 £520 -
Maidstone +4 1 £200 -38.46% 2
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) WLAN
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Information Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Information Security Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Security Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Security Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Senior
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Information Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Information Security Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Security Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Change Management
1 6 (75.00%) Cloud Security
1 6 (75.00%) Information Security
1 6 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
1 6 (75.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Management
2 3 (37.50%) Information Security Management
2 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
2 3 (37.50%) Security Management
2 3 (37.50%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Budget Responsibility
4 1 (12.50%) Information Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CISM
1 1 (12.50%) CISSP
1 1 (12.50%) CRISC
1 1 (12.50%) IBM Certification
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) Meraki
2 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto