Network Security
Berkshire > Reading
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 52 | 72 | 71 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +20 | -1 | +8 |
| Contract jobs citing Network Security | 14 | 23 | 22 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | 2.46% | 1.87% | 1.92% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 21.21% | 9.87% | 11.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 7 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £435 | £480 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £492 | £524 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £533 | £613 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.57% | -12.98% | +11.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £469 | - | £660 |
| 90th Percentile | £550 | £580 | £789 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £450 | £533 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.57% | +1.52% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £57.50 | - |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | - | £38.25 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +101.32% | - |
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 | 66 | 233 | 193 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading | 11.62% | 18.99% | 16.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 37 | 102 | 100 |
| 10th Percentile | £206 | £205 | £267 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.29% | -4.55% | +15.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £608 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £565 | £635 | £717 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £450 | £513 | £460 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.20% | +11.41% | -1.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 13 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £77.22 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £66.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £87.46 | £75.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.11% | +16.61% | +188.46% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £87.53 | £76.99 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £79.62 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £55.00 | £83.77 | £72.84 |
| % change year-on-year | -34.34% | +15.01% | +328.44% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Reading.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Reading.
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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:
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