Network Security Contracts in Lancashire

Network Security
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 2.76% - 1.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.74% - 13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £375
75th Percentile £388 - £388
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £500 £663 £486
% change year-on-year -24.59% +36.42% -16.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £70.16 - £52.13
North West median hourly rate £70.16 - £52.13
% change year-on-year - - -25.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lancashire

Network Security 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 23 8 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 12.71% 3.09% 9.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 15
10th Percentile - - £140
25th Percentile £153 - £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £200 £375
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -46.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £472 - £500
90th Percentile £538 - £535
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile £27.70 £34.10 £48.69
25th Percentile £34.78 - £49.98
Median hourly rate £47.37 £45.88 £52.13
Median % change year-on-year +3.25% -11.99% +58.78%
75th Percentile £59.17 - -
90th Percentile £65.76 £48.95 -
North West median hourly rate £47.37 £40.44 £31.25
% change year-on-year +17.14% +29.41% +62.34%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Lancashire

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Lancashire

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Lancashire

Network Security
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 Network Security within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 22 June 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
Burnley - 3 - - 1
Preston - 1 - - 5
Network Security
North West

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) SAN
2 3 (60.00%) WLAN
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Industrial Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Digital
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Networks
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (80.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 3 (60.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (60.00%) Data Management
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 3 (60.00%) Storage Management
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (20.00%) Employee Productivity
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Product Backlog
3 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Product Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Product Vision
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) SIAM
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Backup Exec
1 3 (60.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Symantec
2 3 (60.00%) Veeam
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow