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 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 70 61
Rank change year-on-year -24 -9 +19
Contract jobs citing Network Security 35 14 21
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.72% 1.35% 1.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.60% 16.67% 17.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 10 16
10th Percentile £505 £414 £431
25th Percentile £525 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £594 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% +10.42% -6.52%
75th Percentile £650 £704 £647
90th Percentile £673 £739 £706
North West median daily rate £545 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +14.74% -13.64% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.50 - -
Median hourly rate £17.00 - -
75th Percentile £17.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £17.00 £68.33 -
% change year-on-year -75.12% - -

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.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 162 84 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 7.95% 8.12% 10.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 52 81
10th Percentile £189 £170 £319
25th Percentile £316 £344 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £458 £485
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% -5.67% +7.78%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £683 £675
North West median daily rate £472 £450 £498
% change year-on-year +4.89% -9.55% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile - - £36.13
25th Percentile £12.98 £18.50 £37.81
Median hourly rate £17.00 £19.50 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -52.73% +150.00%
75th Percentile £21.95 £20.00 £45.31
90th Percentile £27.38 - £47.38
North West median hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £48.56
% change year-on-year -7.89% -60.87% +191.13%

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

Network Security Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Manchester over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

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 table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Firewall65.7%23
2BIG-IP25.7%9
3DNS17.1%6
3F5 BIG-IP LTM17.1%6
5BGP14.3%5
5F5 BIG-IP GTM14.3%5
5VPN14.3%5
8OSPF11.4%4
9TCP/IP8.6%3
9WAN8.6%3
11Cisco ASA5.7%2
11Ethernet VPN5.7%2
11SD-WAN5.7%2
11Software-Defined Networking5.7%2
11VXLAN5.7%2
16Cisco Firepower2.9%1
16Cisco IOS2.9%1
16Cisco Nexus2.9%1
16DHCP2.9%1
16EIGRP2.9%1