Network Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Network Security Engineer
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Network Security Engineer daily rate in Knutsford is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 1.23% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £456 - -
25th Percentile £457 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - -
75th Percentile £474 - -
90th Percentile £478 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £470 £476 £525
% change year-on-year -1.31% -9.29% -

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 150 258 155
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 91.49% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 247 130
10th Percentile £357 £309 £339
25th Percentile £410 £358 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £444
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -4.28% -24.23%
75th Percentile £515 £488 £550
90th Percentile £609 £529 £638
Cheshire median daily rate £474 £446 £463
% change year-on-year +6.40% -3.68% -6.00%
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 £35.91 £29.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +20.71% -15.00% +6.06%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Compliance Management
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Progress Chef
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) AlgoSec
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE Security
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCSA

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
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
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
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Compliance Management
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
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 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) AlgoSec
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto