Network Security Contracts in Reading

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%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Reading

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Reading

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 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.14%) GCP
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) OCI
2 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) Firewall
2 7 (50.00%) BGP
2 7 (50.00%) OSPF
2 7 (50.00%) VPN
3 6 (42.86%) TCP/IP
3 6 (42.86%) VLAN
4 2 (14.29%) LAN
4 2 (14.29%) SD-WAN
4 2 (14.29%) WAN
5 1 (7.14%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (7.14%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (7.14%) DNS
5 1 (7.14%) EIGRP
5 1 (7.14%) Internet
5 1 (7.14%) IPsec
5 1 (7.14%) MPLS
5 1 (7.14%) SSL
5 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (7.14%) Wireless
General
1 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Consultant
1 4 (28.57%) Security Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) CyberArk Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) Network Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Presales Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Security Presales Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) Architect
4 1 (7.14%) IT Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) Network Operations Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Support
4 1 (7.14%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Proactive Monitoring
1 6 (42.86%) Security Monitoring
1 6 (42.86%) Security Operations
1 6 (42.86%) SIEM
2 4 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (14.29%) Presales
5 1 (7.14%) Capacity Management
5 1 (7.14%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (7.14%) DevSecOps
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (7.14%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (7.14%) Microservices
5 1 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (7.14%) Remediation Plan
5 1 (7.14%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (50.00%) CCNP
3 6 (42.86%) CCSA
3 6 (42.86%) CCSE
3 6 (42.86%) Check Point Certification
4 1 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (7.14%) CCIE
4 1 (7.14%) CCSP
4 1 (7.14%) CISSP
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.14%) Degree
4 1 (7.14%) OSCP
4 1 (7.14%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) COBIT
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) Ansible
2 1 (7.14%) CASB
2 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) Cisco
2 8 (57.14%) Palo Alto
3 6 (42.86%) CheckPoint
4 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 3 (21.43%) Broadcom
5 3 (21.43%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (21.43%) CyberArk
5 3 (21.43%) Splunk
5 3 (21.43%) Symantec
6 2 (14.29%) Aruba
7 1 (7.14%) Computacenter
7 1 (7.14%) Rapid7