Network Security Contracts in the North West

Network Security
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 115 131
Rank change year-on-year +34 +16 -14
Contract jobs citing Network Security 58 46 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.11% 1.43% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.51% 10.50% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 25 26
10th Percentile £476 £288 £406
25th Percentile £527 £350 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £649 £510 £619
Median % change year-on-year +27.21% -17.58% +34.80%
75th Percentile £678 £565 £638
90th Percentile £773 £660 £688
England median daily rate £560 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -0.88% +2.73% +18.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £52.13 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.53% +16.67%
England median hourly rate £13.50 £52.13 £54.43
% change year-on-year -74.10% -4.23% +67.92%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 374 438 512
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.60% 13.59% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 320 336
10th Percentile £195 £288 £181
25th Percentile £320 £363 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £500 £448
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% +11.73% +21.11%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £575
90th Percentile £825 £650 £638
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 14
10th Percentile £17.72 £17.92 £12.43
25th Percentile £18.48 £19.17 £16.29
Median hourly rate £33.62 £31.25 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +7.57% +71.23% -61.52%
75th Percentile £45.88 £51.45 £37.53
90th Percentile £85.00 £52.13 £63.13
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
% change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the North West

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the North West

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the North West over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the North West

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the North West

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
Manchester +27 27 £650 +18.18% 23
Cumbria -2 24 £666 +40.21% 2
Cheshire -13 5 £500 +42.86% 20
Merseyside +11 1 - - 3
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (20.69%) AWS
2 6 (10.34%) Azure
3 3 (5.17%) IaaS
3 3 (5.17%) PaaS
3 3 (5.17%) SaaS
4 2 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.45%) GCP
5 1 (1.72%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (31.03%) WAN
2 17 (29.31%) LAN
3 14 (24.14%) Converged Networks
3 14 (24.14%) Firewall
4 12 (20.69%) ISDN
4 12 (20.69%) Skype
4 12 (20.69%) VoIP
5 6 (10.34%) VPN
6 4 (6.90%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (5.17%) DNS
7 3 (5.17%) Wireless
8 2 (3.45%) Broadband
8 2 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (3.45%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.72%) BIG-IP
9 1 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (1.72%) DHCP
9 1 (1.72%) DMZ
9 1 (1.72%) InfiniBand
9 1 (1.72%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Git
General
1 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
2 3 (5.17%) Finance
3 2 (3.45%) Aviation
3 2 (3.45%) Banking
3 2 (3.45%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (63.79%) Architect
2 21 (36.21%) Security Architect
3 12 (20.69%) Voice Architect
4 10 (17.24%) Network Engineer
5 9 (15.52%) Senior
6 7 (12.07%) Network Architect
6 7 (12.07%) Network Security Architect
7 6 (10.34%) AWS DevOps
7 6 (10.34%) Senior DevOps
8 5 (8.62%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 5 (8.62%) Network Security Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) Security Engineer
9 4 (6.90%) AWS Consultant
9 4 (6.90%) Cisco Architect
9 4 (6.90%) Cisco Network Architect
9 4 (6.90%) Cisco Security Architect
9 4 (6.90%) Consultant
9 4 (6.90%) DevOps Consultant
9 4 (6.90%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (6.90%) Senior DevOps Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.69%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (5.17%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.72%) NHS
3 1 (1.72%) PKI
3 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
1 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.14%) Business Strategy
1 14 (24.14%) Impact Assessments
2 13 (22.41%) Information Security
2 13 (22.41%) Risk Management
2 13 (22.41%) Security Architecture
3 12 (20.69%) Service Delivery
3 12 (20.69%) Service Design
4 11 (18.97%) Project Delivery
5 10 (17.24%) Cryptography
5 10 (17.24%) IT Strategy
5 10 (17.24%) Penetration Testing
5 10 (17.24%) Technology Strategy
6 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (12.07%) DevOps
8 6 (10.34%) CI/CD
8 6 (10.34%) Containerisation
9 5 (8.62%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (6.90%) Decision-Making
11 3 (5.17%) Architectural Design
11 3 (5.17%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.79%) Python
2 6 (10.34%) Bash
3 1 (1.72%) Java
3 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (31.03%) Security Cleared
2 16 (27.59%) SC Cleared
3 9 (15.52%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (12.07%) CCNP
4 7 (12.07%) CISSP
5 6 (10.34%) AWS Certification
5 6 (10.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) CCIE
7 4 (6.90%) CCIE Security
7 4 (6.90%) CCNA
8 3 (5.17%) CISM
9 2 (3.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (18.97%) NIST
3 1 (1.72%) GRC
3 1 (1.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (12.07%) Docker
2 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (12.07%) Kubernetes
1 7 (12.07%) Terraform
2 2 (3.45%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (18.97%) Cisco
2 3 (5.17%) F5
2 3 (5.17%) Palo Alto
3 2 (3.45%) Darktrace
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.45%) Rapid7
4 1 (1.72%) Aruba
4 1 (1.72%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.72%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.72%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.72%) Splunk