IPsec Contract Job Trends in London

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
England > London

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 350 378
Rank change year-on-year -4 +28 +135
Contract jobs citing IPsec 25 23 45
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.18% 0.15% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.97% 1.54% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 24
10th Percentile £447 £321 £315
25th Percentile £450 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +2.13% +11.90%
75th Percentile £524 £775 £723
90th Percentile £583 £828 £893
England median daily rate £442 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -11.55% +11.11% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £83.25
England median hourly rate - - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +131.51%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,272 1,491 2,162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.23% 9.55% 10.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 917 1,463
10th Percentile £300 £258 £225
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £638
90th Percentile £713 £724 £745
England median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 15 52
10th Percentile £18.82 £23.67 £18.93
25th Percentile - £27.50 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £28.63
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +22.27% +16.84%
75th Percentile £42.75 £50.25 £60.44
90th Percentile £62.25 £75.92 £79.75
England median hourly rate £32.77 £52.50 £56.45
% change year-on-year -37.58% -6.99% +29.76%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

IPsec job vacancy trend in London

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IPsec

IPsec
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IPsec in London over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IPsec in London

IPsec
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IPsec.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IPsec

IPsec
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the London region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
Central London 0 2 £510 -31.66% 14
West London - 1 £500 - 2
IPsec
England

IPsec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.00%) nginx
1 2 (8.00%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) AWS
1 7 (28.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) GCP
2 3 (12.00%) SaaS
3 2 (8.00%) GitHub
4 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Run
4 1 (4.00%) IaaS
4 1 (4.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (92.00%) BGP
2 22 (88.00%) OSPF
3 18 (72.00%) Firewall
4 10 (40.00%) DNS
4 10 (40.00%) WAN
5 8 (32.00%) EIGRP
5 8 (32.00%) VPN
6 6 (24.00%) HTTPS
6 6 (24.00%) Network Security
6 6 (24.00%) VLAN
7 5 (20.00%) LAN
7 5 (20.00%) TCP/IP
7 5 (20.00%) Wireless
8 4 (16.00%) DHCP
8 4 (16.00%) MPLS
9 3 (12.00%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (12.00%) SD-WAN
9 3 (12.00%) SSL
9 3 (12.00%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (8.00%) Ethernet VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Git
2 2 (8.00%) Bitbucket
2 2 (8.00%) GitLab
3 1 (4.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 5 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Military
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 11 (44.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 11 (44.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) Juniper Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Architect
5 3 (12.00%) AWS Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Python Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Senior
6 2 (8.00%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Consultant
6 2 (8.00%) Network Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Network Specialist
6 2 (8.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 2 (8.00%) Senior Network Specialist
6 2 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (8.00%) WAN Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Network Designer
7 1 (4.00%) Penetration Tester
7 1 (4.00%) Security Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) 802.1X
1 1 (4.00%) CrewAI
1 1 (4.00%) JSON
1 1 (4.00%) LangChain
1 1 (4.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Data Centre
1 8 (32.00%) PKI
2 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (8.00%) Private Cloud
2 2 (8.00%) Public Cloud
2 2 (8.00%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (4.00%) AI Agents
3 1 (4.00%) SCADA
3 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Kalman Filter
2 5 (20.00%) Migration
2 5 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (16.00%) Agile
3 4 (16.00%) Network Design
3 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (12.00%) Change Control
4 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.00%) Network Virtualisation
5 2 (8.00%) Application Security
5 2 (8.00%) Change Management
5 2 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (8.00%) DevOps
5 2 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (8.00%) Load Balancing
5 2 (8.00%) Network Segmentation
5 2 (8.00%) Patch Management
5 2 (8.00%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (8.00%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (52.00%) Python
2 6 (24.00%) Bash
2 6 (24.00%) C++
2 6 (24.00%) Perl
3 1 (4.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (48.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (40.00%) CCNP
3 8 (32.00%) JNCIA
4 6 (24.00%) JNCIS
5 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (8.00%) CCNA
6 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
6 2 (8.00%) JNCIE
7 1 (4.00%) CCDE
7 1 (4.00%) CCIE
7 1 (4.00%) CISSP
7 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (4.00%) Degree
7 1 (4.00%) JNCIP
System Software
1 9 (36.00%) Firmware
2 2 (8.00%) Docker
2 2 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (8.00%) VMware NSX
3 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.00%) KVM
3 1 (4.00%) Squid
Systems Management
1 8 (32.00%) Ansible
2 2 (8.00%) FortiGate
2 2 (8.00%) HAProxy
3 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (80.00%) Cisco
2 16 (64.00%) Juniper
3 10 (40.00%) Palo Alto
4 8 (32.00%) Fortinet
5 6 (24.00%) CheckPoint
6 5 (20.00%) F5
7 4 (16.00%) Arista
8 3 (12.00%) Extreme Networks
8 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
9 2 (8.00%) Dell
9 2 (8.00%) Meraki
9 2 (8.00%) VMware
10 1 (4.00%) AlgoSec
10 1 (4.00%) Aruba
10 1 (4.00%) Google
10 1 (4.00%) NetApp
10 1 (4.00%) NVIDIA
10 1 (4.00%) Remedy
10 1 (4.00%) Ruckus Wireless
10 1 (4.00%) SolarWinds