IPsec Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring IPsec skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IPsec 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.94% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
North West median daily rate £447 £513 £325
% change year-on-year -12.78% +57.69% -38.10%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lancashire

IPsec 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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 34 10 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 15.96% 6.45% 4.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 6 8
10th Percentile £258 £278 £297
25th Percentile £380 £420 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £408
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +19.63% -2.69%
75th Percentile £636 £500 £634
90th Percentile £688 £519 £637
North West median daily rate £458 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -3.68% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 0
10th Percentile £58.87 £20.35 -
25th Percentile £72.21 £22.01 -
Median hourly rate £74.26 £24.76 -
Median % change year-on-year +199.92% - -
75th Percentile - £37.88 -
90th Percentile - £45.75 -
North West median hourly rate £23.50 £48.03 £17.72
% change year-on-year -51.07% +171.05% -10.87%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IPsec relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

IPsec job vacancy trend in Lancashire

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing IPsec.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing IPsec

IPsec
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 3 December 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
Preston - 2 £700 -
IPsec
North West

IPsec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler