Network Security Contract Job Trends in Merton

Network Security
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merton requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 5 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 2.78% 4.17% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.00% 20.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - -
75th Percentile £438 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £500 £325 £365
% change year-on-year +53.85% -10.96% -21.08%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Merton

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 Merton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 13.89% 20.83% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile - £428 -
25th Percentile £185 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - -
75th Percentile £438 £497 -
90th Percentile - £514 -
South London median daily rate £500 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £83.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +65.11%
South London median hourly rate - - £83.25
% change year-on-year - - +65.11%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Merton

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Merton

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

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

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Merton

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

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

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in Merton

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 Merton region over the 6 months to 28 February 2026. 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
Morden - 1 £425 - 1
Network Security
South London

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto