Network Security Contracts in London

Network Security
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 213 195
Rank change year-on-year +69 -18 +52
Contract jobs citing Network Security 242 185 362
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.93% 1.04% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.40% 10.76% 13.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 127 241
10th Percentile £402 £337 £425
25th Percentile £475 £428 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -10.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £725
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 5
10th Percentile - - £21.13
25th Percentile - £38.75 £21.32
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -27.27% +1.10%
75th Percentile - £41.25 £66.00
90th Percentile - - £74.40
England median hourly rate £80.68 £13.50 £52.13
% change year-on-year +497.59% -74.10% -4.72%

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 1,315 1,719 2,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.48% 9.64% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,144 1,885
10th Percentile £263 £213 £256
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £675
90th Percentile £725 £741 £775
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 59 53
10th Percentile £24.66 £14.48 £20.22
25th Percentile £25.60 £18.36 £22.63
Median hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.86% -52.17% +31.43%
75th Percentile £51.50 £41.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.65 £60.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in London

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in London

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in London

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in London

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 1 May 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 +15 31 £575 +4.55% 17
West London +26 17 £413 +36.36% 4
South London +4 2 £600 +64.38% 1
East London +13 1 £630 +10.04% 4
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (5.37%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.55%) Confluence
3 9 (3.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.41%) JBoss
Applications
1 10 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
1 10 (4.13%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 94 (38.84%) Azure
2 56 (23.14%) AWS
3 24 (9.92%) GCP
4 14 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (5.37%) OneDrive
6 12 (4.96%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.72%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (3.72%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.89%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.07%) Akamai
10 5 (2.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (1.65%) Azure AKS
11 4 (1.65%) GitHub
11 4 (1.65%) WhatsApp
12 3 (1.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (1.24%) Datadog
12 3 (1.24%) IaaS
12 3 (1.24%) OCI
12 3 (1.24%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 142 (58.68%) Firewall
2 66 (27.27%) VPN
3 51 (21.07%) WAN
4 50 (20.66%) BGP
5 47 (19.42%) OSPF
6 38 (15.70%) DNS
7 35 (14.46%) Wireless
8 27 (11.16%) SD-WAN
9 26 (10.74%) LAN
10 24 (9.92%) DHCP
11 23 (9.50%) EIGRP
12 20 (8.26%) Wi-Fi
13 19 (7.85%) Cisco IOS
13 19 (7.85%) TCP/IP
14 18 (7.44%) VLAN
15 17 (7.02%) Cisco ASA
15 17 (7.02%) IPsec
16 16 (6.61%) Cisco ISE
17 15 (6.20%) SSL
17 15 (6.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.65%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.83%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.83%) GIS
2 2 (0.83%) InfluxDB
2 2 (0.83%) Looker
2 2 (0.83%) Power BI
3 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (4.55%) JIRA
2 5 (2.07%) Git
3 3 (1.24%) GitLab
3 3 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
General
1 84 (34.71%) Social Skills
2 61 (25.21%) Finance
3 47 (19.42%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.61%) Banking
4 16 (6.61%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.20%) Telecoms
6 7 (2.89%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.65%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.24%) French Language
9 3 (1.24%) Marketing
9 3 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.24%) Retail
10 2 (0.83%) Electronics
10 2 (0.83%) Legal
10 2 (0.83%) Military
11 1 (0.41%) Back Office
11 1 (0.41%) Law
Job Titles
1 74 (30.58%) Network Engineer
2 44 (18.18%) Architect
3 39 (16.12%) Security Engineer
4 28 (11.57%) Security Architect
5 26 (10.74%) Network Security Engineer
6 17 (7.02%) Network Architect
6 17 (7.02%) Senior
7 15 (6.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (5.37%) Analyst
9 12 (4.96%) Firewall Engineer
10 10 (4.13%) Consultant
10 10 (4.13%) Network Security Architect
10 10 (4.13%) Support Engineer
11 9 (3.72%) Cloud Architect
11 9 (3.72%) Lead
11 9 (3.72%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.31%) Security Analyst
13 7 (2.89%) Deployment Engineer
13 7 (2.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (2.89%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.79%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (1.65%) JSON
2 4 (1.65%) XML
3 3 (1.24%) .NET
3 3 (1.24%) REST
3 3 (1.24%) RESTful
4 2 (0.83%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.83%) Node.js
4 2 (0.83%) YAML
5 1 (0.41%) JWT
5 1 (0.41%) Middleware
5 1 (0.41%) OAuth
5 1 (0.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.74%) Data Centre
1 26 (10.74%) Security Posture
2 8 (3.31%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.48%) PKI
4 5 (2.07%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (1.65%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.24%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.24%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.24%) NHS
6 3 (1.24%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.24%) Replication
7 2 (0.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (0.83%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.83%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.83%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.85%) Linux
2 18 (7.44%) Windows
3 8 (3.31%) Unix
3 8 (3.31%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.07%) CatOS
5 4 (1.65%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.41%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (20.25%) Cloud Security
3 36 (14.88%) Migration
4 35 (14.46%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (11.98%) Network Monitoring
5 29 (11.98%) SIEM
6 28 (11.57%) Incident Response
7 23 (9.50%) Vulnerability Management
8 21 (8.68%) Application Security
9 20 (8.26%) DevOps
10 19 (7.85%) Agile
10 19 (7.85%) CI/CD
10 19 (7.85%) Security Operations
10 19 (7.85%) Service Management
11 18 (7.44%) Security Architecture
12 17 (7.02%) High Availability
12 17 (7.02%) Information Security
12 17 (7.02%) ITIL
13 15 (6.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (6.20%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (19.42%) Python
2 26 (10.74%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.13%) Java
4 8 (3.31%) Bash
4 8 (3.31%) SQL
5 3 (1.24%) C
5 3 (1.24%) Perl
6 2 (0.83%) Bicep
6 2 (0.83%) C#
6 2 (0.83%) C++
6 2 (0.83%) Go
6 2 (0.83%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.41%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.41%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 67 (27.69%) Cisco Certification
2 46 (19.01%) CCNP
3 43 (17.77%) Security Cleared
4 42 (17.36%) Degree
5 30 (12.40%) SC Cleared
6 28 (11.57%) CISSP
7 21 (8.68%) CCNA
8 14 (5.79%) CCIE
9 13 (5.37%) DV Cleared
10 12 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
12 9 (3.72%) CCSA
13 8 (3.31%) AWS Certification
13 8 (3.31%) CEH
13 8 (3.31%) CISM
14 7 (2.89%) CCSE
14 7 (2.89%) GCIH
15 6 (2.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (2.48%) CCSP
16 5 (2.07%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.40%) NIST
2 25 (10.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (5.37%) SLA
4 10 (4.13%) GDPR
5 9 (3.72%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.48%) HIPAA
7 5 (2.07%) GRC
8 4 (1.65%) QA
8 4 (1.65%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.83%) DICOM
9 2 (0.83%) HL7
9 2 (0.83%) NCSC
10 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 21 (8.68%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.48%) Firmware
3 6 (2.48%) VMware NSX
4 5 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.24%) Docker
5 3 (1.24%) FreeRADIUS
5 3 (1.24%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.24%) iptables
6 2 (0.83%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (9.50%) Ansible
2 22 (9.09%) Terraform
3 15 (6.20%) FortiGate
4 11 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (2.48%) Grafana
5 6 (2.48%) ZABBIX
6 5 (2.07%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.65%) Nagios
7 4 (1.65%) Puppet
8 3 (1.24%) CA Spectrum
8 3 (1.24%) Cacti
8 3 (1.24%) Netcool
8 3 (1.24%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.83%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.83%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (0.83%) Cisco UCCX
9 2 (0.83%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.41%) logstash
10 1 (0.41%) Nessus
10 1 (0.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 93 (38.43%) Cisco
2 47 (19.42%) Microsoft
3 42 (17.36%) Fortinet
4 31 (12.81%) Palo Alto
5 27 (11.16%) CheckPoint
6 26 (10.74%) Juniper
7 19 (7.85%) F5
7 19 (7.85%) VMware
8 17 (7.02%) SolarWinds
9 14 (5.79%) Meraki
10 11 (4.55%) Splunk
11 8 (3.31%) Arista
11 8 (3.31%) Google
11 8 (3.31%) Zscaler
12 6 (2.48%) Infoblox
12 6 (2.48%) Qualys
13 5 (2.07%) Ericsson
13 5 (2.07%) Oracle
13 5 (2.07%) ServiceNow
13 5 (2.07%) Tenable