Network Security Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Network Security
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 20 27
Rank change year-on-year -14 +7 +4
Contract jobs citing Network Security 5 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Nottinghamshire 1.86% 2.13% 0.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.32% 13.64% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £619 £188 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £200 £475
Median % change year-on-year +218.75% -57.89% -34.48%
75th Percentile £669 £213 £488
90th Percentile £688 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £638 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +50.00% +6.25% -13.04%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 19 22 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 7.06% 15.60% 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 6 11
10th Percentile £168 - £263
25th Percentile £190 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £180 £475
Median % change year-on-year +31.94% -62.11% +6.74%
75th Percentile £656 £204 £575
90th Percentile £663 £406 £600
East Midlands median daily rate £380 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +1.47% -6.38% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £14.26
25th Percentile - - £14.27
Median hourly rate - £13.81 £14.27
Median % change year-on-year - -3.22% -47.15%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.79 £21.59 £14.27
% change year-on-year -17.61% +51.30% -33.57%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

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

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Network Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Network Security

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 11 March 2026. 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
Nottingham -8 5 £638 +218.75% 3
Network Security
East Midlands

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Workstream Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) IAM Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Identity and Access Management Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Management Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
1 5 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
1 5 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 5 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 4 (80.00%) Programme Governance
2 4 (80.00%) System Integration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA
2 4 (80.00%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP