Network Security Contracts in Merseyside

Network Security
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing Network Security 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.62% - 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.78% - 8.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £322
25th Percentile £525 - £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £460
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.29%
75th Percentile £575 - £568
90th Percentile - - £632
North West median daily rate £505 £660 £486
% change year-on-year -23.48% +35.80% -19.84%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 36 20 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 22.22% 9.35% 15.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 11 26
10th Percentile £146 £163 £241
25th Percentile £203 £227 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £295 £413
Median % change year-on-year +27.12% -28.48% -4.07%
75th Percentile £528 £446 £525
90th Percentile £538 £575 £550
North West median daily rate £450 £495 £475
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.21% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £21.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - -65.87% -
North West median hourly rate £24.59 £41.23 £40.55
% change year-on-year -40.37% +1.67% +102.76%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Merseyside

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Merseyside

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Merseyside

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) WatchGuard