IPsec Contract Job Trends in Reading

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring IPsec skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - 82
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing IPsec 4 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.35% - 0.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.82% - 4.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £404 - £480
25th Percentile £440 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.86%
75th Percentile £600 - £556
90th Percentile £660 - £575
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £415 £500
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% +26.98%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

IPsec 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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 142 69 196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 12.27% 11.48% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 38 85
10th Percentile £325 £232 £339
25th Percentile £400 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £583
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -22.81% +12.93%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £608
90th Percentile £658 £565 £645
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £450 £543
% change year-on-year - -17.05% +20.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 9
10th Percentile £16.01 - £56.25
25th Percentile £19.34 - £76.99
Median hourly rate £23.00 £55.00 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -58.18% -37.11% +18.99%
75th Percentile £35.22 - -
90th Percentile £56.00 - £87.47
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.50 £72.50 £83.77
% change year-on-year -55.17% -13.45% +20.67%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IPsec relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

IPsec job vacancy trend in Reading

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing IPsec.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing IPsec

IPsec
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IPsec in Reading over the 6 months to 2 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IPsec in Reading

IPsec
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing IPsec.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing IPsec

IPsec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) DMVPN
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) SSL
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (25.00%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 1 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (25.00%) IOS XR
3 1 (25.00%) IPv6
3 1 (25.00%) MQTT
3 1 (25.00%) NetScaler
3 1 (25.00%) NX-OS
3 1 (25.00%) tcpdump
3 1 (25.00%) VXLAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Core Network Design Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Core Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) IP Design Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) IP Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) IP Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Security Solutions Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (25.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (25.00%) Change Control
1 1 (25.00%) Change Management
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (25.00%) DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (25.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (25.00%) Network Design
1 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) F5
1 3 (75.00%) Juniper
1 3 (75.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (50.00%) Blue Coat
2 2 (50.00%) Zscaler
3 1 (25.00%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (25.00%) Infoblox
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) NetScout