Network Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Sittingbourne

Network Security Engineer
Kent > Sittingbourne

The median Network Security Engineer daily rate in Sittingbourne is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sittingbourne 28.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 28.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
Kent median daily rate £400 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sittingbourne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sittingbourne. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Sittingbourne with a recognized job title 7 0 6
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - £260
25th Percentile - - £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.08%
75th Percentile - - £373
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median daily rate £375 £509 £446
% change year-on-year -26.29% +14.01% +9.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.75 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £14.00 - £17.50
75th Percentile £14.25 - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median hourly rate £14.00 £62.28 £53.50
% change year-on-year -77.52% +16.41% +26.43%

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sittingbourne

For the 6 months to 15 November 2025, Network Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sittingbourne region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Meraki
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Network Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sittingbourne by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Network Load Balancing
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Meraki
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto