Network Security Contract Job Trends in Preston

Network Security
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.35% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £475 £475 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 22 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 25.88% 8.93% -
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 0
10th Percentile £304 £486 -
25th Percentile - £503 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -
75th Percentile £680 £538 -
90th Percentile £693 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £500 £280
% change year-on-year +10.00% +78.57% -44.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £41.94 £24.76 -
Median % change year-on-year +69.39% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £61.33 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £74.26 £24.67 £45.88
% change year-on-year +200.98% -46.22% -11.99%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Preston

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat