Network Security Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Network Security
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 70 68
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 +33
Contract jobs citing Network Security 14 19 31
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.22% 1.65% 1.97%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.50% 16.24% 16.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 28
10th Percentile £414 £413 £411
25th Percentile £456 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £538 £650
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% -17.31% +23.81%
75th Percentile £661 £650 £675
90th Percentile £716 £719 £700
North West median daily rate £492 £516 £615
% change year-on-year -4.70% -16.06% +22.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 80 117 189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 6.96% 10.18% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 74 141
10th Percentile £170 £322 £302
25th Percentile £257 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.68% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £584
90th Percentile £680 £726 £688
North West median daily rate £458 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -3.68% -5.00% +3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 10
10th Percentile - - £15.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £46.25 £15.75
Median hourly rate £19.50 £47.50 £17.29
Median % change year-on-year -58.95% +174.73% +4.38%
75th Percentile £20.00 £48.75 £39.59
90th Percentile - - £47.19
North West median hourly rate £23.50 £48.03 £17.72
% change year-on-year -51.07% +171.05% -10.87%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Manchester

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Manchester over the 6 months to 4 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Manchester

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (21.43%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (7.14%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (7.14%) Amazon ELB
3 1 (7.14%) Amazon S3
3 1 (7.14%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (21.43%) HTTP
2 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
3 2 (14.29%) DNS
3 2 (14.29%) SSL
4 1 (7.14%) BGP
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (7.14%) LAN
4 1 (7.14%) NX-OS
4 1 (7.14%) VPN
4 1 (7.14%) WAN
4 1 (7.14%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.14%) Git
2 1 (7.14%) GitLab
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
1 4 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 2 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Lead
3 1 (7.14%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) FMCG
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Linux
2 6 (42.86%) Windows
3 4 (28.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 4 (28.57%) Digital Forensics
3 4 (28.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) SOAR
3 4 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (21.43%) Observability
5 2 (14.29%) DevOps
5 2 (14.29%) Forensic Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
5 2 (14.29%) SIEM
6 1 (7.14%) Analytics
6 1 (7.14%) High Availability
6 1 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (7.14%) Validation
6 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (21.43%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) Bash
3 1 (7.14%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) CISSP
2 2 (14.29%) CISA
2 2 (14.29%) CISM
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) GSEC
3 1 (7.14%) CCDP
3 1 (7.14%) CCNP
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (7.14%) MCSA
3 1 (7.14%) MCSE
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GDPR
1 2 (14.29%) HIPAA
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
1 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) QRadar
1 2 (14.29%) Terraform
2 1 (7.14%) Ansible
2 1 (7.14%) CASB
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) F5
2 3 (21.43%) Palo Alto
2 3 (21.43%) Splunk
3 2 (14.29%) ArcSight
3 2 (14.29%) CheckPoint
4 1 (7.14%) Apple
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco
4 1 (7.14%) CyberArk
4 1 (7.14%) Meraki
4 1 (7.14%) Remedy
4 1 (7.14%) SolarWinds
4 1 (7.14%) Tenable
4 1 (7.14%) Zscaler