IPsec Contracts in the North of England

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring IPsec skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IPsec over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 172 194
Rank change year-on-year +41 +22 +27
Contract jobs citing IPsec 35 13 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.06% 0.27% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.34% 2.17% 3.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 17
10th Percentile £438 £463 £270
25th Percentile £483 £483 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £515 £375
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% +37.33% -31.82%
75th Percentile £588 £515 £538
90th Percentile £609 £519 £637
England median daily rate £516 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +29.06% -23.81% +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

IPsec 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 552 599 678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 16.75% 12.56% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 419 467
10th Percentile £181 £200 £200
25th Percentile £246 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -2.56% +9.55%
75th Percentile £538 £612 £570
90th Percentile £638 £750 £675
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 28 48
10th Percentile £20.74 £13.53 -
25th Percentile £22.98 £17.72 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.76 £24.87 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +133.96% -40.35%
75th Percentile £41.50 £45.88 £15.15
90th Percentile - £48.75 £34.13
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing IPsec as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for IPsec in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IPsec in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for IPsec in the North of England

IPsec
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IPsec in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IPsec in the North of England

IPsec
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IPsec in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for IPsec in the North of England

IPsec
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
North West +38 34 £575 +11.65% 1
North East - 1 £550 -
IPsec
England

IPsec
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.86%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 33 (94.29%) BGP
1 33 (94.29%) OSPF
2 32 (91.43%) HSRP
3 28 (80.00%) EIGRP
4 24 (68.57%) Cisco ASA
4 24 (68.57%) Cisco Firepower
5 23 (65.71%) Firewall
6 8 (22.86%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (20.00%) VPN
7 7 (20.00%) WAN
8 6 (17.14%) LAN
8 6 (17.14%) Network Security
9 5 (14.29%) NetScaler
10 4 (11.43%) Broadband
10 4 (11.43%) Converged Networks
11 2 (5.71%) MPLS
11 2 (5.71%) SSL
11 2 (5.71%) Wireless
12 1 (2.86%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (2.86%) Unified Communications
General
1 6 (17.14%) Public Sector
2 2 (5.71%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Banking
3 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Finance
3 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (94.29%) Network Engineer
2 12 (34.29%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) Senior
3 3 (8.57%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) Architect
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) Consultant
4 1 (2.86%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (2.86%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) Network Architect
4 1 (2.86%) Network Consultant
4 1 (2.86%) Network Implementation Consultant
4 1 (2.86%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) ITSM
2 7 (20.00%) Network Management
3 6 (17.14%) ITIL
4 5 (14.29%) Load Balancing
5 3 (8.57%) Network Design
5 3 (8.57%) Project Delivery
6 2 (5.71%) B2B
7 1 (2.86%) Architecture Roadmap
7 1 (2.86%) Change Management
7 1 (2.86%) Decision-Making
7 1 (2.86%) Incident Management
7 1 (2.86%) Information Management
7 1 (2.86%) Information Security
7 1 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (2.86%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (2.86%) Process Improvement
7 1 (2.86%) Product Management
7 1 (2.86%) Project Management
7 1 (2.86%) Roadmaps
7 1 (2.86%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) Perl
1 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (88.57%) SC Cleared
1 31 (88.57%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (14.29%) CCNA
4 2 (5.71%) CCNP
5 1 (2.86%) CCIE
5 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Ansible
Vendors
1 34 (97.14%) Cisco
2 24 (68.57%) Palo Alto
3 19 (54.29%) CheckPoint
4 7 (20.00%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.86%) Arista
5 1 (2.86%) Citrix
5 1 (2.86%) F5
5 1 (2.86%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.86%) McAfee
5 1 (2.86%) Meraki
5 1 (2.86%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.86%) Splunk