Network Security Contract Job Trends in Newport

Network Security
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 15 27
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 1 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 3.13% 7.46% 0.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 100.00% 27.78% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £210 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £220 £425
Median % change year-on-year +127.27% -48.24% -
75th Percentile - £239 £438
90th Percentile - £244 -
South Wales median daily rate £500 £233 £463
% change year-on-year +115.05% -49.73% +8.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1 18 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 3.13% 26.87% 21.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 19
10th Percentile - £165 £273
25th Percentile - £191 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £220 £550
Median % change year-on-year +127.27% -60.00% -3.51%
75th Percentile - £243 £600
90th Percentile - £299 £645
South Wales median daily rate £290 £313 £395
% change year-on-year -7.20% -20.89% -26.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £48.75 -
South Wales median hourly rate £12.82 £48.75 -
% change year-on-year -73.70% - -

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Newport

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

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

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler