Network Security Contracts in the North of England

Network Security
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 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 102 116 137
Rank change year-on-year +14 +21 +5
Contract jobs citing Network Security 65 70 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.97% 1.47% 1.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.78% 11.69% 12.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 58 46
10th Percentile £363 £425 £319
25th Percentile £409 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £630 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.63% +14.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £588 £672 £625
90th Percentile £638 £758 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - - £45.60
25th Percentile £40.50 £12.75 £49.80
Median hourly rate £41.00 £13.50 £52.13
Median % change year-on-year +203.70% -74.10% +9.75%
75th Percentile £41.50 £18.63 -
90th Percentile - £21.25 -
England median hourly rate £80.68 £13.50 £52.13
% change year-on-year +497.59% -74.10% -4.72%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 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%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
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 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 +6 42 £500 -23.08% 40
Yorkshire +15 22 £400 -20.00% 39
North East -1 1 £625 +38.89% 9
Network Security
England

Network Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (21.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.62%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.54%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.62%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (29.23%) Azure
2 15 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (21.54%) Entra ID
4 13 (20.00%) IaaS
5 6 (9.23%) AWS
6 3 (4.62%) PaaS
7 2 (3.08%) GCP
8 1 (1.54%) Akamai
8 1 (1.54%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.54%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.54%) Cloudflare
8 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.54%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (63.08%) Firewall
2 22 (33.85%) VPN
3 18 (27.69%) WAN
4 17 (26.15%) LAN
5 12 (18.46%) BGP
5 12 (18.46%) OSPF
6 11 (16.92%) Intrusion Detection
6 11 (16.92%) Wireless
7 8 (12.31%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (12.31%) DWDM
7 8 (12.31%) TCP/IP
8 7 (10.77%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (10.77%) DNS
9 6 (9.23%) Broadband
9 6 (9.23%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (9.23%) Converged Networks
9 6 (9.23%) IPsec
10 5 (7.69%) Cisco Wireless
10 5 (7.69%) MPLS
10 5 (7.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.54%) JIRA
2 1 (1.54%) Katalon Studio
General
1 12 (18.46%) Finance
2 11 (16.92%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.92%) Telecoms
3 5 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.69%) Banking
3 5 (7.69%) Legal
4 3 (4.62%) Local Government
4 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 9 (13.85%) Senior
3 7 (10.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (9.23%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 5 (7.69%) Analyst
5 5 (7.69%) Architect
5 5 (7.69%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 5 (7.69%) Security Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 4 (6.15%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) Industrial Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) Network Architect
7 3 (4.62%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.54%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.54%) REST
1 1 (1.54%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.62%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.54%) Clustering
3 1 (1.54%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.54%) NHS
3 1 (1.54%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.54%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (26.15%) Windows
2 15 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 6 (9.23%) Linux
4 3 (4.62%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.08%) Unix
6 1 (1.54%) CentOS
6 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (36.92%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (21.54%) Business Continuity
3 13 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (18.46%) Change Management
4 12 (18.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 12 (18.46%) Project Delivery
5 11 (16.92%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (16.92%) High Availability
5 11 (16.92%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 9 (13.85%) Network Architecture
7 8 (12.31%) Analytics
7 8 (12.31%) BCP
7 8 (12.31%) Business Continuity Planning
7 8 (12.31%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (12.31%) Information Security
7 8 (12.31%) Network Design
7 8 (12.31%) Risk Assessment
8 7 (10.77%) Line Management
8 7 (10.77%) Load Balancing
8 7 (10.77%) Web Operations
Programming Languages
1 14 (21.54%) PowerShell
2 9 (13.85%) Python
3 1 (1.54%) Go
3 1 (1.54%) Perl
Qualifications
1 23 (35.38%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (27.69%) CCNA
3 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (16.92%) Azure Certification
4 11 (16.92%) CCNP
5 10 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 10 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 9 (13.85%) Degree
7 6 (9.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (6.15%) CCIE
9 2 (3.08%) CISSP
9 2 (3.08%) JNCIA
9 2 (3.08%) JNCIE
9 2 (3.08%) JNCIS
9 2 (3.08%) Master's Degree
9 2 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.54%) CISM
10 1 (1.54%) ISTQB
10 1 (1.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (1.54%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.31%) PCI DSS
2 4 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.08%) GDPR
4 1 (1.54%) GRC
4 1 (1.54%) NCSC
4 1 (1.54%) NIST
4 1 (1.54%) SLA
4 1 (1.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (27.69%) Active Directory
2 14 (21.54%) vSphere
3 10 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.54%) Docker
4 1 (1.54%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (12.31%) Ansible
3 4 (6.15%) Terraform
4 3 (4.62%) Backup Exec
4 3 (4.62%) SCCM
4 3 (4.62%) vCenter Server
5 2 (3.08%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.54%) Nagios
6 1 (1.54%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.54%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 39 (60.00%) Cisco
2 23 (35.38%) Microsoft
3 18 (27.69%) VMware
4 12 (18.46%) Palo Alto
5 9 (13.85%) Meraki
6 6 (9.23%) Veeam
7 5 (7.69%) Fortinet
8 4 (6.15%) Arista
8 4 (6.15%) Aruba
8 4 (6.15%) F5
9 3 (4.62%) HP
9 3 (4.62%) Splunk
9 3 (4.62%) Symantec
9 3 (4.62%) Thycotic
10 2 (3.08%) CheckPoint
11 1 (1.54%) CyberArk
11 1 (1.54%) Dell
11 1 (1.54%) Google
11 1 (1.54%) IBM
11 1 (1.54%) McAfee