Network Security Contract Job Trends in London

Network Security
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 153 213
Rank change year-on-year -15 +60 -24
Contract jobs citing Network Security 293 231 180
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.63% 1.86% 1.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.90% 17.65% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 141 120
10th Percentile £400 £406 £336
25th Percentile £463 £475 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.98% -11.45%
75th Percentile £650 £640 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £520 £541 £575
% change year-on-year -3.88% -5.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.75 - £38.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 - £40.00
75th Percentile £37.25 - £41.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £81.01 £13.50
% change year-on-year -19.77% +500.09% -74.10%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,402 1,309 1,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.79% 10.56% 9.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 932 833 1,114
10th Percentile £300 £263 £213
25th Percentile £409 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £618
90th Percentile £701 £724 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 51
10th Percentile £19.34 £24.21 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.21 £24.66 £16.56
Median hourly rate £26.11 £38.75 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.62% +64.89% -45.35%
75th Percentile £37.25 £50.50 £41.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £62.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £41.94 £29.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +44.62% -27.50% +122.22%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in London

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in London

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Network Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Network Security

Network Security
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 Network Security within the London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2026. 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 +8 46 £600 +4.35% 29
South London -7 9 £500 -16.67%
West London -36 1 £375 -6.25% 4
Network Security
England

Network Security
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 6 (2.05%) Confluence
2 3 (1.02%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) Apache
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.02%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 116 (39.59%) Azure
2 66 (22.53%) AWS
3 42 (14.33%) GCP
4 30 (10.24%) Entra ID
5 20 (6.83%) GitHub
6 17 (5.80%) GitHub Actions
7 13 (4.44%) Azure Sentinel
7 13 (4.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 12 (4.10%) Azure Key Vault
9 11 (3.75%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (3.41%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (3.41%) SaaS
11 9 (3.07%) Azure AKS
11 9 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (2.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 7 (2.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (2.39%) Amazon S3
13 7 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 132 (45.05%) Firewall
2 53 (18.09%) VPN
3 49 (16.72%) WAN
4 35 (11.95%) BGP
4 35 (11.95%) LAN
5 32 (10.92%) OSPF
6 28 (9.56%) DNS
6 28 (9.56%) SD-WAN
7 27 (9.22%) TCP/IP
8 25 (8.53%) VLAN
9 16 (5.46%) MPLS
10 15 (5.12%) Cisco ISE
11 14 (4.78%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (4.78%) SSL
11 14 (4.78%) Wireless
12 12 (4.10%) EIGRP
12 12 (4.10%) NGFW
12 12 (4.10%) TACACS
13 11 (3.75%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 10 (3.41%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
2 3 (1.02%) Power BI
3 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 10 (3.41%) Git
2 8 (2.73%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.05%) GitLab
4 5 (1.71%) JIRA
5 4 (1.37%) Snyk
6 3 (1.02%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.68%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.34%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.34%) SoapUI
General
1 64 (21.84%) Finance
2 61 (20.82%) Social Skills
3 24 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.85%) Public Sector
5 20 (6.83%) Banking
6 17 (5.80%) Financial Institution
7 16 (5.46%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (5.46%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.71%) Local Government
9 4 (1.37%) Retail
10 3 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.02%) Law
10 3 (1.02%) Legal
10 3 (1.02%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Electronics
11 2 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.68%) Marketing
11 2 (0.68%) Military
Job Titles
1 77 (26.28%) Architect
2 62 (21.16%) Network Engineer
3 53 (18.09%) Security Engineer
4 41 (13.99%) Security Architect
5 34 (11.60%) Senior
6 29 (9.90%) Network Architect
6 29 (9.90%) Network Security Engineer
7 19 (6.48%) Cloud Engineer
8 14 (4.78%) Project Manager
9 12 (4.10%) Network Security Architect
10 11 (3.75%) Azure Engineer
10 11 (3.75%) Senior Architect
11 10 (3.41%) Infrastructure Manager
11 10 (3.41%) Lead
12 9 (3.07%) Administrator
12 9 (3.07%) Analyst
12 9 (3.07%) Cloud Architect
12 9 (3.07%) Senior Network Architect
13 8 (2.73%) Azure Architect
13 8 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.05%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.37%) HTML
2 4 (1.37%) SAML
3 3 (1.02%) .NET
3 3 (1.02%) CSS
3 3 (1.02%) Lambda Expressions
3 3 (1.02%) Node.js
3 3 (1.02%) Plotly
4 2 (0.68%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.68%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.68%) AWS CDK
4 2 (0.68%) JSON
4 2 (0.68%) Middleware
4 2 (0.68%) OAuth
4 2 (0.68%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.68%) React
4 2 (0.68%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.68%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.68%) XML
5 1 (0.34%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.26%) Data Centre
2 27 (9.22%) Hybrid Cloud
3 23 (7.85%) Cloud Native
4 18 (6.14%) Security Posture
5 11 (3.75%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.75%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.41%) PKI
7 8 (2.73%) Replication
8 7 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (2.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 7 (2.39%) IoT
8 7 (2.39%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.05%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.71%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.02%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.02%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (1.02%) Java Card
11 3 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.02%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.83%) Windows
2 11 (3.75%) Linux
3 7 (2.39%) VMS
4 3 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.02%) SUSE
4 3 (1.02%) Unix
5 2 (0.68%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (22.87%) Cloud Security
2 49 (16.72%) Zero Trust
3 47 (16.04%) DevOps
4 46 (15.70%) CI/CD
4 46 (15.70%) Migration
4 46 (15.70%) SIEM
5 44 (15.02%) Cybersecurity
5 44 (15.02%) Security Architecture
6 41 (13.99%) Infrastructure as Code
7 32 (10.92%) Identity Access Management
8 29 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (9.56%) Application Security
9 28 (9.56%) Incident Response
10 27 (9.22%) Data Protection
10 27 (9.22%) Threat Modelling
11 26 (8.87%) Load Balancing
11 26 (8.87%) Problem-Solving
12 25 (8.53%) Validation
13 24 (8.19%) Agile
13 24 (8.19%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 44 (15.02%) Python
2 26 (8.87%) PowerShell
3 18 (6.14%) Bash
4 14 (4.78%) SQL
5 10 (3.41%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.39%) Bicep
7 4 (1.37%) C
7 4 (1.37%) Java
8 3 (1.02%) C++
9 2 (0.68%) C#
9 2 (0.68%) Go
9 2 (0.68%) Ruby
9 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 54 (18.43%) Security Cleared
2 43 (14.68%) Cisco Certification
3 37 (12.63%) SC Cleared
4 29 (9.90%) CCNP
5 27 (9.22%) CISSP
6 17 (5.80%) Azure Certification
7 15 (5.12%) Degree
8 14 (4.78%) CISM
9 13 (4.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 13 (4.44%) CCSP
9 13 (4.44%) DV Cleared
10 10 (3.41%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.39%) CCNA
12 5 (1.71%) CCIE
12 5 (1.71%) CCSE
12 5 (1.71%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.71%) PMP
13 4 (1.37%) CEH
13 4 (1.37%) GIAC
13 4 (1.37%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.48%) NIST
2 15 (5.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (4.78%) GDPR
4 9 (3.07%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.39%) SLA
6 6 (2.05%) GRC
7 5 (1.71%) NCSC
7 5 (1.71%) PMO
7 5 (1.71%) QA
8 4 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 17 (5.80%) Virtual Machines
2 9 (3.07%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.39%) Docker
4 6 (2.05%) vSphere
5 5 (1.71%) Squid
5 5 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.37%) Firmware
6 4 (1.37%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.02%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.68%) NFS
8 2 (0.68%) Postfix
8 2 (0.68%) Sendmail
8 2 (0.68%) Varnish
9 1 (0.34%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 50 (17.06%) Terraform
2 25 (8.53%) Kubernetes
3 23 (7.85%) FortiGate
4 20 (6.83%) Ansible
5 6 (2.05%) Grafana
6 5 (1.71%) QRadar
7 4 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.37%) Suricata
8 3 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.02%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.02%) VxRail
9 2 (0.68%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.34%) CASB
10 1 (0.34%) Icinga
10 1 (0.34%) Istio
10 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.34%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 77 (26.28%) Cisco
2 58 (19.80%) Palo Alto
3 43 (14.68%) Microsoft
4 35 (11.95%) CheckPoint
5 32 (10.92%) F5
6 31 (10.58%) Zscaler
7 26 (8.87%) Fortinet
8 16 (5.46%) Juniper
9 14 (4.78%) Splunk
10 12 (4.10%) Google
10 12 (4.10%) ServiceNow
11 8 (2.73%) Aruba
11 8 (2.73%) Tenable
11 8 (2.73%) VMware
12 6 (2.05%) CyberArk
12 6 (2.05%) Qualys
13 5 (1.71%) Arista
13 5 (1.71%) Databricks
13 5 (1.71%) ForeScout
13 5 (1.71%) Meraki