Network Security Contracts in Manchester

Network Security
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 55 70 99
Rank change year-on-year +15 +29 -1
Contract jobs citing Network Security 24 26 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 2.59% 1.71% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.49% 12.68% 8.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 23 15
10th Percentile £363 £491 £403
25th Percentile £390 £550 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +18.18% -12.00%
75th Percentile £505 £763 £575
90th Percentile £518 £775 £679
North West median daily rate £500 £650 £510
% change year-on-year -23.08% +27.45% -18.40%

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 98 205 233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 10.58% 13.51% 12.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 158 177
10th Percentile £193 £262 £313
25th Percentile £288 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £456 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% -8.75% +7.76%
75th Percentile £491 £750 £575
90th Percentile £582 £850 £668
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 5
10th Percentile - £14.29 £15.00
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - £17.72 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year - -14.42% +16.65%
75th Percentile - £100.00 £28.75
90th Percentile - £102.40 £32.50
North West median hourly rate £24.59 £26.75 £31.25
% change year-on-year -8.09% -14.40% +68.92%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Manchester

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Manchester

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Manchester

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Manchester

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester 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
Wigan - 3 £375 -
Stockport - 1 £500 - 3
Network Security
North West

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 11 (45.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.17%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 13 (54.17%) Azure
2 11 (45.83%) Entra ID
2 11 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (41.67%) IaaS
4 4 (16.67%) AWS
5 1 (4.17%) Akamai
5 1 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (4.17%) Amazon S3
5 1 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (4.17%) Cloudflare
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (4.17%) Nutanix
5 1 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (79.17%) Firewall
2 11 (45.83%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (25.00%) WAN
4 5 (20.83%) VPN
5 4 (16.67%) DWDM
5 4 (16.67%) Ethernet
5 4 (16.67%) SD-WAN
6 3 (12.50%) LAN
6 3 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (8.33%) BGP
7 2 (8.33%) EIGRP
7 2 (8.33%) Internet
7 2 (8.33%) MPLS
7 2 (8.33%) OSPF
7 2 (8.33%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
7 2 (8.33%) Wireless
8 1 (4.17%) DHCP
8 1 (4.17%) DNS
8 1 (4.17%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (45.83%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (45.83%) Telecoms
2 4 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (12.50%) Legal
3 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 6 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) NOC Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Security Support Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Security Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Security Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.17%) Clustering
2 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.17%) NHS
2 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (50.00%) Windows
1 12 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.17%) CentOS
2 1 (4.17%) Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (45.83%) Business Continuity
3 11 (45.83%) Change Management
3 11 (45.83%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (45.83%) Project Delivery
3 11 (45.83%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 9 (37.50%) High Availability
5 8 (33.33%) BCP
5 8 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
5 8 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 8 (33.33%) Information Security
5 8 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
6 7 (29.17%) Line Management
6 7 (29.17%) Web Operations
7 6 (25.00%) Analytics
8 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (12.50%) Data Management
9 3 (12.50%) Network Architecture
9 3 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (54.17%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Azure Certification
2 10 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (20.83%) CCNA
5 4 (16.67%) CCNP
6 2 (8.33%) Degree
6 2 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
7 1 (4.17%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.17%) GRC
2 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (45.83%) vSphere
3 10 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (4.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.17%) Ansible
2 1 (4.17%) Nagios
2 1 (4.17%) Prometheus
2 1 (4.17%) Terraform
2 1 (4.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 14 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 12 (50.00%) VMware
3 5 (20.83%) Cisco
4 4 (16.67%) Meraki
5 3 (12.50%) HP
5 3 (12.50%) Thycotic
6 2 (8.33%) Aruba
7 1 (4.17%) CheckPoint
7 1 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (4.17%) CyberArk
7 1 (4.17%) Dell
7 1 (4.17%) F5
7 1 (4.17%) Google
7 1 (4.17%) IBM
7 1 (4.17%) Imperva
7 1 (4.17%) SolarWinds