Network Security Contract Job Trends in Luton

Network Security
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 1.86% 0.88% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 40.00% 8.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £695 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £710 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £475 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £61.88 - -
25th Percentile £62.81 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% - -
75th Percentile £66.56 - -
90th Percentile £67.13 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £100.00 -
% change year-on-year -35.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10 12 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 4.65% 10.53% 20.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 15
10th Percentile - £270 £260
25th Percentile £695 £434 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £710 £525 £300
Median % change year-on-year +35.24% +75.00% -45.45%
75th Percentile £725 £544 £573
90th Percentile - £578 £575
Bedfordshire median daily rate £325 £504 £300
% change year-on-year -35.48% +67.92% -21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile £61.50 £72.30 -
25th Percentile £61.88 £84.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £88.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.14% +467.74% -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - £92.80 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £88.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -26.14% +467.74% -

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Luton

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

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

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

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

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) AWS Control Tower
3 1 (25.00%) AWS Direct Connect
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (25.00%) GCP
3 1 (25.00%) GitHub
3 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (25.00%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
1 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) AWS DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) AWS DevOps Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) Application Security
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Key Management
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Debt
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) CCNP
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (25.00%) CCSP
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) TOWER Software