Network Security Contract Job Trends in Northumberland

Network Security
North East > Northumberland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northumberland requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northumberland 12.50% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
North East median daily rate £550 £815 -
% change year-on-year -32.52% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northumberland

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 Northumberland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northumberland 62.50% - 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
North East median daily rate £500 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +17.65% +6.25% -27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £48.38 - £16.75
% change year-on-year - - -16.25%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Northumberland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northumberland.

Network Security job vacancy trend in Northumberland

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Northumberland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northumberland citing Network Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northumberland citing Network Security

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northumberland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat