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 5 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 56 31
Rank change year-on-year 0 -25 +27
Contract jobs citing Network Security 13 1 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 2.34% 0.24% 4.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.11% 1.75% 41.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 8
10th Percentile £348 - £619
25th Percentile £394 £713 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £725 £669
Median % change year-on-year -31.72% +8.41% +33.75%
75th Percentile £538 £738 £700
90th Percentile £560 - £702
South Yorkshire median daily rate £495 £725 £669
% change year-on-year -31.72% +8.41% +33.75%

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 76 57 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 13.67% 13.48% 10.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 34 26
10th Percentile £340 £430 £183
25th Percentile £393 £507 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £564 £650
Median % change year-on-year -20.21% -13.23% +30.00%
75th Percentile £513 £624 £700
90th Percentile £620 £650 £703
South Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £545 £588
% change year-on-year -17.43% -7.23% +28.77%

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 5 August 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 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) DNS
2 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
3 3 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (23.08%) DMZ
3 3 (23.08%) DWDM
3 3 (23.08%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 3 (23.08%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (23.08%) LAN
3 3 (23.08%) VPN
3 3 (23.08%) WAN
4 2 (15.38%) Firewall
5 1 (7.69%) BGP
5 1 (7.69%) EIGRP
5 1 (7.69%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (30.77%) Banking
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Investment Banking
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Senior
2 4 (30.77%) Network Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 3 (23.08%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Fat Client
2 1 (7.69%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
3 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
3 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
3 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
3 3 (23.08%) Design Patterns
3 3 (23.08%) Load Balancing
3 3 (23.08%) Network Architecture
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) Data Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (7.69%) Network Management
5 1 (7.69%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (7.69%) Network Virtualisation
5 1 (7.69%) Runbook
5 1 (7.69%) Task Automation
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) CCNA
2 2 (15.38%) CCNP
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (15.38%) JNCIA
2 2 (15.38%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Ansible
2 3 (23.08%) Terraform
3 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Cisco
2 3 (23.08%) Arista
2 3 (23.08%) F5
2 3 (23.08%) VMware
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) Zscaler