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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 122 128
Rank change year-on-year +28 +6 +25
Contract jobs citing Network Security 69 55 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.11% 1.19% 1.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.78% 9.93% 12.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 46 46
10th Percentile £365 £425 £319
25th Percentile £463 £487 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £618 £519
Median % change year-on-year -19.03% +19.04% -5.68%
75th Percentile £584 £693 £638
90th Percentile £638 £775 £700
England median daily rate £528 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -6.22% -2.17% +5.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - £45.60
25th Percentile - £12.75 £49.80
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £52.13
Median % change year-on-year - -74.10% -25.53%
75th Percentile - £18.63 -
90th Percentile - £21.25 -
England median hourly rate £81.35 £13.50 £52.13
% change year-on-year +502.59% -74.10% -5.22%

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 540 554 674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 16.49% 12.00% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 379 454
10th Percentile £186 £200 £200
25th Percentile £257 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £607 £565
90th Percentile £625 £775 £668
England median daily rate £500 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 26 48
10th Percentile - £13.31 -
25th Percentile £22.98 £18.89 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.59 £24.87 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +133.96% -40.35%
75th Percentile £26.19 £45.88 £14.37
90th Percentile - £48.75 £34.13
England median hourly rate £29.37 £40.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -26.59% +128.57% -26.81%

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 23 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 23 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 +8 41 £510 -23.42% 128
Yorkshire +30 27 £491 +3.37% 133
North East -1 1 £625 +38.89% 48
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 (20.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.45%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 20 (28.99%) Azure
2 15 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (20.29%) Entra ID
4 13 (18.84%) IaaS
5 9 (13.04%) AWS
6 3 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (4.35%) GCP
6 3 (4.35%) PaaS
6 3 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (2.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (2.90%) Amazon ElastiCache
7 2 (2.90%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (2.90%) Amazon Macie
7 2 (2.90%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (2.90%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (2.90%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (2.90%) AWS KMS
7 2 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.90%) GitHub
7 2 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 46 (66.67%) Firewall
2 22 (31.88%) VPN
3 15 (21.74%) WAN
4 14 (20.29%) LAN
5 12 (17.39%) BGP
5 12 (17.39%) OSPF
6 11 (15.94%) Cisco Firepower
6 11 (15.94%) Intrusion Detection
7 9 (13.04%) DNS
7 9 (13.04%) TCP/IP
8 8 (11.59%) DWDM
9 7 (10.14%) Wireless
10 6 (8.70%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (8.70%) Cisco ISE
10 6 (8.70%) IPsec
10 6 (8.70%) MPLS
10 6 (8.70%) NGFW
11 5 (7.25%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (5.80%) HSRP
12 4 (5.80%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.94%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.90%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (2.90%) Git
2 2 (2.90%) GitLab
2 2 (2.90%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (15.94%) Finance
1 11 (15.94%) Telecoms
2 9 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.25%) Banking
3 5 (7.25%) Legal
4 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.35%) Local Government
6 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (40.58%) Network Engineer
2 9 (13.04%) Senior
3 8 (11.59%) Cisco Engineer
3 8 (11.59%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 5 (7.25%) Analyst
6 5 (7.25%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 5 (7.25%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) Security Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Architect
7 4 (5.80%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 4 (5.80%) Senior Network Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Industrial Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) IT Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Network Designer
8 3 (4.35%) Security Architect
8 3 (4.35%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.90%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.45%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.45%) REST
2 1 (1.45%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.80%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.45%) Clustering
4 1 (1.45%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.45%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.45%) NHS
4 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.45%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 16 (23.19%) Windows
2 15 (21.74%) Windows Server
3 6 (8.70%) Linux
4 3 (4.35%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.45%) CentOS
5 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (20.29%) Business Continuity
2 14 (20.29%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (20.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 12 (17.39%) Change Management
3 12 (17.39%) High Availability
3 12 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (17.39%) Project Delivery
4 11 (15.94%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (14.49%) Network Architecture
6 9 (13.04%) Information Security
6 9 (13.04%) Risk Assessment
7 8 (11.59%) Analytics
7 8 (11.59%) BCP
7 8 (11.59%) Business Continuity Planning
7 8 (11.59%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (11.59%) Network Design
7 8 (11.59%) Roadmaps
8 7 (10.14%) Line Management
8 7 (10.14%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.29%) PowerShell
2 11 (15.94%) Python
3 2 (2.90%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.45%) Go
4 1 (1.45%) Perl
Qualifications
1 22 (31.88%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (23.19%) CCNA
3 15 (21.74%) SC Cleared
3 15 (21.74%) Security Cleared
4 13 (18.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (17.39%) CCNP
6 11 (15.94%) Azure Certification
7 10 (14.49%) Degree
8 7 (10.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (7.25%) CCIE
10 3 (4.35%) CISSP
10 3 (4.35%) JNCIE
10 3 (4.35%) Master's Degree
11 2 (2.90%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.90%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (2.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (2.90%) CISM
11 2 (2.90%) JNCIA
11 2 (2.90%) JNCIS
11 2 (2.90%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.04%) PCI DSS
2 7 (10.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.25%) GDPR
4 4 (5.80%) NIST
5 3 (4.35%) SOC 2
6 2 (2.90%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.45%) GRC
7 1 (1.45%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.45%) NCSC
7 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 14 (20.29%) vSphere
3 10 (14.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.35%) Docker
5 1 (1.45%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (14.49%) Ansible
3 6 (8.70%) Terraform
4 4 (5.80%) Kubernetes
5 3 (4.35%) Backup Exec
5 3 (4.35%) Prometheus
5 3 (4.35%) SCCM
5 3 (4.35%) vCenter Server
6 2 (2.90%) Grafana
6 2 (2.90%) Kustomize
6 2 (2.90%) Puppet
7 1 (1.45%) Nagios
7 1 (1.45%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 39 (56.52%) Cisco
2 23 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 18 (26.09%) VMware
4 10 (14.49%) Palo Alto
5 9 (13.04%) Meraki
6 6 (8.70%) Fortinet
6 6 (8.70%) Veeam
7 5 (7.25%) F5
8 4 (5.80%) Arista
8 4 (5.80%) Aruba
9 3 (4.35%) HP
9 3 (4.35%) Splunk
9 3 (4.35%) Symantec
9 3 (4.35%) Thycotic
9 3 (4.35%) Zscaler
10 2 (2.90%) CheckPoint
11 1 (1.45%) Dell
11 1 (1.45%) Google
11 1 (1.45%) IBM
11 1 (1.45%) McAfee