Network Security Engineer Contracts in the North of England

Network Security Engineer
England > North of England

The median Network Security Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 181 189
Rank change year-on-year +23 +8 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 4 2 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.12% 0.043% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.047% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 15
10th Percentile £381 £432 -
25th Percentile £466 £442 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £481 £486
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.98% -2.80%
75th Percentile £541 £517 -
90th Percentile £546 £526 -
England median daily rate £450 £494 £488
% change year-on-year -8.86% +1.28% -2.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 3,093 4,298 5,373
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 93.19% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,042 2,705 3,761
10th Percentile £231 £263 £280
25th Percentile £369 £388 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £484 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% -3.30% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £688
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 401 158
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.07 £14.18
25th Percentile £16.25 £12.53 £17.85
Median hourly rate £24.50 £20.77 £29.65
Median % change year-on-year +17.96% -29.95% +55.68%
75th Percentile £48.75 £46.18 £49.30
90th Percentile £76.50 £62.50 £66.21
England median hourly rate £29.15 £37.18 £44.77
% change year-on-year -21.60% -16.94% +94.63%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in the North of England

Network Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security Engineer in the North of England

Network Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security Engineer in the North of England

Network Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security Engineer in the North of England

Network Security Engineer
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 Network Security Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 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 +11 4 £525 +9.09% 1
Network Security Engineer
England

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, Network Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) MPLS
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) SolarWinds
2 3 (75.00%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (50.00%) Multicast
3 2 (50.00%) Broadband
3 2 (50.00%) IPv6
3 2 (50.00%) CCIE
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Nagios
3 2 (50.00%) OSPF
3 2 (50.00%) BGP
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (25.00%) Network Security
4 1 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (25.00%) SIEM
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (25.00%) Meraki
4 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Social Housing

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 3 (75.00%) MPLS
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) Broadband
2 2 (50.00%) IPv6
2 2 (50.00%) Multicast
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Housing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCIE
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (25.00%) Meraki
3 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto