Network Segmentation Contract Job Trends in London

Network Segmentation
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Network Segmentation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 355 365
Rank change year-on-year +8 +10 +191
Contract jobs citing Network Segmentation 34 22 44
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.24% 0.14% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.16% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 13 24
10th Percentile £463 £370 £486
25th Percentile £478 £425 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% -6.23%
75th Percentile £652 £775 £700
90th Percentile £698 - £770
England median daily rate £575 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Network Segmentation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,110 14,014 17,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.71% 89.83% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,647 9,052 12,526
10th Percentile £338 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £766 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 165 236
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +6.19% -11.16%
75th Percentile £47.56 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

Network Segmentation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Network Segmentation job vacancy trend in London

Network Segmentation
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Network Segmentation
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Segmentation in London over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Segmentation in London

Network Segmentation
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 Segmentation within the London region over the 6 months to 13 December 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 +12 7 £643 - 1
South London - 2 - -
West London - 1 - -
East London - 1 £525 -
Network Segmentation
England

Network Segmentation
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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) Akamai
2 6 (17.65%) AWS
3 4 (11.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 3 (8.82%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 3 (8.82%) AWS CloudTrail
4 3 (8.82%) Azure
5 1 (2.94%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (2.94%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.94%) AWS Control Tower
5 1 (2.94%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (2.94%) AWS KMS
5 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (64.71%) Firewall
2 13 (38.24%) BGP
2 13 (38.24%) OSPF
3 11 (32.35%) Network Security
4 9 (26.47%) Cisco ISE
5 7 (20.59%) Cisco Nexus
5 7 (20.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 7 (20.59%) SNMP
5 7 (20.59%) Wireshark
6 6 (17.65%) WAN
7 5 (14.71%) VPN
8 4 (11.76%) MPLS
8 4 (11.76%) SD-WAN
9 3 (8.82%) DNS
9 3 (8.82%) TCP/IP
10 2 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (5.88%) LAN
10 2 (5.88%) Wireless
11 1 (2.94%) Ethernet
11 1 (2.94%) Modbus
General
1 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 10 (29.41%) Finance
3 6 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (11.76%) Banking
5 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Architect
2 11 (32.35%) Network Engineer
3 8 (23.53%) Security Architect
4 5 (14.71%) Consultant
4 5 (14.71%) Security Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) AWS Architect
5 4 (11.76%) Network Security Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) WAN Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) AWS Security Architect
6 3 (8.82%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Cloud Architect
6 3 (8.82%) Juniper Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Senior
7 2 (5.88%) Designer
7 2 (5.88%) Security Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (5.88%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Senior Network Specialist
7 2 (5.88%) Testing Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (2.94%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Operational Technology
2 6 (17.65%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.88%) Life Science
3 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.88%) SCADA
4 1 (2.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.94%) IoT
4 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (20.59%) High Availability
2 7 (20.59%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (17.65%) Cloud Security
4 5 (14.71%) Change Control
4 5 (14.71%) Security Architecture
4 5 (14.71%) Zero Trust
5 4 (11.76%) Change Management
5 4 (11.76%) ITIL
5 4 (11.76%) Network Architecture
5 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (11.76%) Roadmaps
5 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (8.82%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (8.82%) Architecture Roadmap
6 3 (8.82%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (8.82%) Integration Patterns
6 3 (8.82%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (8.82%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) Python
2 3 (8.82%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.88%) SQL
4 1 (2.94%) Bash
4 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 6 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.82%) CISSP
3 2 (5.88%) CCNP
3 2 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (2.94%) JNCIS
4 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (23.53%) NIST
2 3 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.88%) GxP
3 2 (5.88%) ITGC
3 2 (5.88%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.94%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (26.47%) FortiGate
2 2 (5.88%) Ansible
2 2 (5.88%) Terraform
3 1 (2.94%) Icinga
Vendors
1 13 (38.24%) Fortinet
2 10 (29.41%) Cisco
3 8 (23.53%) F5
3 8 (23.53%) SolarWinds
4 7 (20.59%) Juniper
5 2 (5.88%) AlgoSec
5 2 (5.88%) CheckPoint
5 2 (5.88%) IBM
5 2 (5.88%) Palo Alto
5 2 (5.88%) Tufin
5 2 (5.88%) Zscaler
6 1 (2.94%) Citrix
6 1 (2.94%) CloudEndure
6 1 (2.94%) Infoblox
6 1 (2.94%) Microsoft