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 17 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 93 108
Rank change year-on-year +23 +15 -44
Contract jobs citing Network Security 28 15 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.92% 0.86% 1.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% 7.11% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 11 19
10th Percentile £490 £363 £440
25th Percentile £527 £394 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £510 £613
Median % change year-on-year +22.55% -16.73% +36.11%
75th Percentile £756 £575 £638
90th Percentile £775 £638 £690
North West median daily rate £663 £486 £613
% change year-on-year +36.42% -20.65% +32.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
North West median hourly rate - £52.13 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -25.53% +16.67%

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 196 211 310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 13.42% 12.03% 11.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 150 212
10th Percentile £224 £304 £159
25th Percentile £350 £363 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £750 £568 £614
90th Percentile £850 £650 £638
North West median daily rate £500 £475 £456
% change year-on-year +5.26% +4.11% +14.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 6
10th Percentile £18.90 £14.19 £13.79
25th Percentile £29.25 £16.42 £16.42
Median hourly rate £41.25 £19.85 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +107.78% +8.78% -48.69%
75th Percentile £62.56 £26.86 £22.46
90th Percentile £87.43 £31.88 £46.76
North West median hourly rate £40.44 £31.25 £19.25
% change year-on-year +29.41% +62.34% +32.17%

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 17 June 2024.

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 17 June 2024. 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 - 1 £450 -
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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) AWS
2 5 (17.86%) Azure
3 3 (10.71%) IaaS
3 3 (10.71%) PaaS
3 3 (10.71%) SaaS
4 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.57%) Azure AKS
5 1 (3.57%) Azure App Service
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.57%) GCP
5 1 (3.57%) GitHub
5 1 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (28.57%) Firewall
2 4 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (10.71%) SD-WAN
4 2 (7.14%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (7.14%) WAN
4 2 (7.14%) Wireless
5 1 (3.57%) DNS
5 1 (3.57%) IPsec
5 1 (3.57%) LAN
5 1 (3.57%) VPN
5 1 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Git
General
1 2 (7.14%) Aviation
1 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (53.57%) Architect
2 11 (39.29%) Security Architect
3 7 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 7 (25.00%) Senior
4 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 5 (17.86%) Network Architect
4 5 (17.86%) Network Security Architect
5 4 (14.29%) AWS DevOps
5 4 (14.29%) Cisco Architect
5 4 (14.29%) Cisco Network Architect
5 4 (14.29%) Cisco Security Architect
5 4 (14.29%) Senior DevOps
6 3 (10.71%) Consultant
6 3 (10.71%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Network Security Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Security Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (7.14%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) CMDB
2 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) Architectural Design
2 6 (21.43%) DevOps
2 6 (21.43%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (17.86%) CI/CD
3 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (14.29%) Analytics
4 4 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 4 (14.29%) Identity Management
5 3 (10.71%) Business Analytics
5 3 (10.71%) Cloud Security
5 3 (10.71%) CRM
5 3 (10.71%) Data Integration
5 3 (10.71%) Data Protection
5 3 (10.71%) Design Patterns
5 3 (10.71%) Information Security
5 3 (10.71%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
5 3 (10.71%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) Python
2 4 (14.29%) Bash
3 2 (7.14%) SQL
4 1 (3.57%) Bicep
4 1 (3.57%) Java
4 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) CCNP
1 10 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (32.14%) CISSP
3 6 (21.43%) CCIE
3 6 (21.43%) CCNA
4 4 (14.29%) AWS Certification
4 4 (14.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) CCIE Security
5 3 (10.71%) CISM
6 2 (7.14%) CCSA
6 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
6 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (7.14%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.57%) GRC
2 1 (3.57%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) Docker
2 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) Kubernetes
1 5 (17.86%) Terraform
2 1 (3.57%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (39.29%) Cisco
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
3 4 (14.29%) Palo Alto
4 2 (7.14%) AlgoSec
4 2 (7.14%) CheckPoint
4 2 (7.14%) Darktrace
4 2 (7.14%) F5
4 2 (7.14%) Fortinet
4 2 (7.14%) Rapid7
4 2 (7.14%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.57%) Splunk