Network Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Network Security Engineer
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Network Security Engineer daily rate in Knutsford is £456, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 0.88% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £456 £476 £519
% change year-on-year -4.25% -8.19% +48.21%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Knutsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Knutsford. 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 Knutsford with a recognized job title 207 240 160
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 89.55% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 228 140
10th Percentile £365 £309 £325
25th Percentile £417 £358 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £410 £445
Median % change year-on-year +18.29% -7.87% -21.24%
75th Percentile £613 £488 £546
90th Percentile £653 £527 £620
Cheshire median daily rate £492 £430 £463
% change year-on-year +14.42% -7.03% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £15.73 - -
25th Percentile £15.93 - -
Median hourly rate £16.87 - -
75th Percentile £17.80 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.23 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.70% -8.57% +13.80%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Network Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford

For the 6 months to 14 August 2026, 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 Knutsford region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) AlgoSec
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE Security
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCSA
2 1 (50.00%) CCSE
2 1 (50.00%) CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Compliance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) DDoS Mitigation
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) GCIA

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Compliance Management
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Security
1 1 (50.00%) DDoS Mitigation
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE Security
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) CCSA
1 1 (50.00%) CCSE
1 1 (50.00%) CCSP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) GCIA
1 1 (50.00%) GCIH
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Progress Chef
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) AlgoSec
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto