Network Security Contract Job Trends in Reading

Network Security
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Network Security skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 73 76
Rank change year-on-year +27 +3 -6
Contract jobs citing Network Security 19 21 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 3.27% 1.88% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.17% 10.45% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 10
10th Percentile £409 £405 £458
25th Percentile - £413 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -19.64% +17.89%
75th Percentile £533 £588 £628
90th Percentile £663 £630 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £463 £510
% change year-on-year -2.70% -9.31% +10.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £57.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year - +202.63% -13.64%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 82 201 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.11% 18.01% 19.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 81 135
10th Percentile £200 £350 £205
25th Percentile £400 £450 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year -14.66% +12.70% +2.74%
75th Percentile £560 £608 £600
90th Percentile £620 £650 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 5
10th Percentile - £56.25 -
25th Percentile - £71.81 £66.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £87.46 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.11% +18.99% -
75th Percentile - - £75.25
90th Percentile - - £76.29
Berkshire median hourly rate £55.00 £83.50 £73.50
% change year-on-year -34.13% +13.61% +276.92%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Reading

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Reading over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Reading

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) AWS
2 5 (26.32%) Azure
3 3 (15.79%) GCP
4 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.26%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (5.26%) OCI
5 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (52.63%) Firewall
2 6 (31.58%) BGP
2 6 (31.58%) OSPF
2 6 (31.58%) TCP/IP
2 6 (31.58%) VLAN
2 6 (31.58%) VPN
3 1 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (15.79%) Consultant
1 3 (15.79%) CyberArk Consultant
1 3 (15.79%) Security Consultant
2 2 (10.53%) Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Architect
2 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 2 (10.53%) Network Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Network Support
2 2 (10.53%) Network Support Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Presales Consultant
2 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
2 2 (10.53%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 2 (10.53%) Security Architect
2 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Security Manager
2 2 (10.53%) Security Presales Consultant
2 2 (10.53%) Security Project Manager
2 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) IT Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Security Posture
2 3 (15.79%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.53%) Cloud Native
3 2 (10.53%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (10.53%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.26%) Clustering
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (5.26%) Operational Technology
4 1 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) SIEM
2 7 (36.84%) Security Operations
3 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (31.58%) Proactive Monitoring
3 6 (31.58%) Security Monitoring
4 5 (26.32%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (21.05%) Cloud Security
5 4 (21.05%) Data Protection
5 4 (21.05%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 4 (21.05%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (21.05%) Project Delivery
5 4 (21.05%) Security Architecture
5 4 (21.05%) Static Application Security Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Data Privacy
6 3 (15.79%) DevOps
6 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
6 3 (15.79%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
6 3 (15.79%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (31.58%) CCNP
2 6 (31.58%) CCSA
2 6 (31.58%) CCSE
2 6 (31.58%) Check Point Certification
3 5 (26.32%) CISSP
4 3 (15.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (15.79%) CCSP
5 2 (10.53%) AWS Certification
5 2 (10.53%) Azure Certification
5 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (10.53%) Degree
6 1 (5.26%) CCNA
6 1 (5.26%) CEH
6 1 (5.26%) CFCE
6 1 (5.26%) GCIA
6 1 (5.26%) GCIH
6 1 (5.26%) GIAC
6 1 (5.26%) OSCP
6 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (21.05%) NIST
2 3 (15.79%) GDPR
2 3 (15.79%) GRC
3 2 (10.53%) PCI DSS
3 2 (10.53%) PSD2
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (5.26%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Docker
2 1 (5.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (31.58%) Ansible
2 3 (15.79%) Kubernetes
3 1 (5.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (5.26%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) Cisco
2 6 (31.58%) CheckPoint
2 6 (31.58%) Palo Alto
3 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
4 4 (21.05%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (21.05%) Splunk
5 3 (15.79%) Broadcom
5 3 (15.79%) CyberArk
5 3 (15.79%) Symantec
6 1 (5.26%) ArcSight
6 1 (5.26%) Computacenter
6 1 (5.26%) FireEye
6 1 (5.26%) LogRhythm
6 1 (5.26%) Rapid7
6 1 (5.26%) SolarWinds
6 1 (5.26%) Tanium