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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 82 56
Rank change year-on-year +34 -26 +19
Contract jobs citing Network Security 17 14 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.94% 1.21% 2.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.29% 5.88% 14.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 13
10th Percentile - £461 £478
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £533 £600
Median % change year-on-year -15.57% -11.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile - - £651
90th Percentile £490 - £778
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £533 £523
% change year-on-year -15.57% +2.01% -2.79%

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 73 238 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 12.61% 20.52% 17.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 110 99
10th Percentile £193 £205 £341
25th Percentile £305 £350 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% -6.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £494 £608 £663
90th Percentile £543 - £715
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +6.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 3
10th Percentile - £77.22 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £87.46 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.52% +153.85%
75th Percentile - £87.53 £73.69
90th Percentile - - £78.30
Berkshire median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
% change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%

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 (5.88%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (5.88%) GCP
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.88%) OCI
1 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) Firewall
2 7 (41.18%) BGP
2 7 (41.18%) OSPF
2 7 (41.18%) TCP/IP
2 7 (41.18%) VPN
3 6 (35.29%) Radio Access Network
3 6 (35.29%) VLAN
4 5 (29.41%) MPLS
5 4 (23.53%) 2G
5 4 (23.53%) 3G
5 4 (23.53%) 4G
5 4 (23.53%) 5G
5 4 (23.53%) Ethernet
6 2 (11.76%) LAN
6 2 (11.76%) SD-WAN
6 2 (11.76%) WAN
7 1 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (5.88%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (5.88%) EIGRP
7 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (29.41%) Telecoms
2 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Network Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Designer
2 3 (17.65%) IP Designer
3 2 (11.76%) Head of Architecture
3 2 (11.76%) Head of Security
3 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Administrator
4 1 (5.88%) Design Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) IP Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) IT Administrator
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Network Administrator
4 1 (5.88%) Network Operations Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Security Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Security Operations
2 6 (35.29%) Proactive Monitoring
2 6 (35.29%) Security Monitoring
2 6 (35.29%) SIEM
3 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (23.53%) Network Architecture
3 4 (23.53%) Network Design
4 3 (17.65%) Information Security
4 3 (17.65%) ITIL
4 3 (17.65%) Network Management
4 3 (17.65%) OWASP
4 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
4 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
5 2 (11.76%) Budgeting
5 2 (11.76%) Cloud Security
5 2 (11.76%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (11.76%) Information Security Management
5 2 (11.76%) Security Management
5 2 (11.76%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (5.88%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (41.18%) CCNP
3 6 (35.29%) CCSA
3 6 (35.29%) CCSE
3 6 (35.29%) Check Point Certification
4 5 (29.41%) Degree
5 1 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (5.88%) CCIE
5 1 (5.88%) CCSP
5 1 (5.88%) CISSP
5 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.88%) ISACA
5 1 (5.88%) OSCP
5 1 (5.88%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) NIST
2 3 (17.65%) COBIT
2 3 (17.65%) GDPR
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) Ansible
2 1 (5.88%) CASB
2 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Cisco
2 8 (47.06%) Palo Alto
3 6 (35.29%) CheckPoint
4 2 (11.76%) Aruba
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.88%) Rapid7