Network Security Contract Job Trends in Lincoln

Network Security
Lincolnshire > Lincoln

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lincoln requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 3 10
Rank change year-on-year -6 +7 +4
Contract jobs citing Network Security 1 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Lincoln 3.57% 28.57% 14.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 50.00% 57.14% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.91%
75th Percentile - - £338
90th Percentile - - -
Lincolnshire median daily rate £650 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +27.27%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lincoln

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 Lincoln.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2 7 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincoln 7.14% 50.00% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 11
10th Percentile £236 £182 £313
25th Percentile £305 £226 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £300 £350
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -14.29% +11.11%
75th Percentile £540 £563 £363
90th Percentile £606 £720 £425
Lincolnshire median daily rate £158 £560 £350
% change year-on-year -71.88% +60.00% -

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincoln

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincoln.

Network Security job vacancy trend in Lincoln

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Lincoln

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincoln citing Network Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincoln citing Network Security

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincoln 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow