Network Security Contracts in Sheffield

Network Security
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 53 44
Rank change year-on-year +15 -9 -2
Contract jobs citing Network Security 12 2 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 3.76% 0.53% 2.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.34% 3.28% 21.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 5
10th Percentile £339 - -
25th Percentile £388 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £650 £700
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% -7.14% +41.77%
75th Percentile £556 - -
90th Percentile £648 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -24.62% -7.14% +45.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 59 61 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 18.50% 16.09% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 48 37
10th Percentile £220 £259 £385
25th Percentile £352 £430 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £517 £650
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% -20.46% +44.44%
75th Percentile £609 £588 £700
90th Percentile £650 £647 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -12.45% -2.10% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.50
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.40%
75th Percentile - - £22.50
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - - £10.63
% change year-on-year - - -39.74%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Sheffield

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Sheffield

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Sheffield over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Sheffield

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Firewall
2 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
3 4 (33.33%) DNS
4 3 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (25.00%) DWDM
4 3 (25.00%) LAN
4 3 (25.00%) VPN
4 3 (25.00%) WAN
5 1 (8.33%) BGP
5 1 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (8.33%) DHCP
5 1 (8.33%) EIGRP
5 1 (8.33%) OSPF
5 1 (8.33%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Katalon Studio
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Network Engineer
1 5 (41.67%) Senior
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Firewall Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Network Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 4 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Containerisation
5 2 (16.67%) Data Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (16.67%) Network Management
5 2 (16.67%) Task Automation
5 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (8.33%) Software Testing
6 1 (8.33%) Test Management
6 1 (8.33%) Test Scripting
6 1 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) Go
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) CCNA
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (16.67%) CCNP
3 2 (16.67%) JNCIA
3 2 (16.67%) JNCIS
4 1 (8.33%) CISSP
4 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
4 1 (8.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (16.67%) GDPR
2 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (8.33%) NIST
3 1 (8.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Ansible
2 3 (25.00%) Terraform
3 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) Arista
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (8.33%) Aruba