Network Security Contracts in the South East

Network Security
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 93 124
Rank change year-on-year +9 +31 +25
Contract jobs citing Network Security 67 98 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.23% 1.80% 1.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.06% 8.20% 10.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 67 69
10th Percentile £381 £360 £393
25th Percentile £450 £468 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £540 £610
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% -11.48% +22.00%
75th Percentile £553 £688 £700
90th Percentile £650 £825 £838
England median daily rate £534 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -7.22% -2.13% +8.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - £18.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £7.43 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +155.72% -60.89% -64.07%
75th Percentile £19.50 - £19.50
90th Percentile - £12.26 -
England median hourly rate £81.01 £13.50 £52.13
% change year-on-year +500.09% -74.10% -5.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 513 1,195 917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.11% 21.91% 16.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 584 551
10th Percentile £206 £205 £244
25th Percentile £325 £363 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £485
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +0.52% +7.06%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £588
90th Percentile £630 £646 £700
England median daily rate £500 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 130 69
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.25 £18.25
25th Percentile £19.68 £28.13 £42.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -0.26% +167.44%
75th Percentile £60.81 £64.69 £68.75
90th Percentile £64.25 £85.65 £80.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -30.00% +122.22% -24.72%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the South East over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +25 35 £450 -25.00% 43
Berkshire +36 33 £450 -15.57% 28
Hampshire +27 26 £500 -13.79% 26
West Sussex +9 3 £388 -3.13% 3
Surrey +10 2 £488 +30.00% 9
Buckinghamshire -1 2 £400 -50.00% 10
Sussex - 1 - - 4
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (10.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.49%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 16 (23.88%) Azure
2 9 (13.43%) AWS
3 6 (8.96%) GCP
3 6 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.96%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.97%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.99%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (2.99%) SaaS
6 1 (1.49%) Akamai
6 1 (1.49%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.49%) GitHub
6 1 (1.49%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.49%) OCI
6 1 (1.49%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (50.75%) Firewall
2 32 (47.76%) VPN
3 15 (22.39%) BGP
4 13 (19.40%) OSPF
5 12 (17.91%) TCP/IP
6 11 (16.42%) WAN
7 10 (14.93%) Internet
8 8 (11.94%) MPLS
8 8 (11.94%) Radio Access Network
9 6 (8.96%) LAN
9 6 (8.96%) VLAN
10 5 (7.46%) DNS
10 5 (7.46%) Ethernet
10 5 (7.46%) SSL
11 4 (5.97%) 2G
11 4 (5.97%) 3G
11 4 (5.97%) 4G
11 4 (5.97%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (5.97%) SD-WAN
11 4 (5.97%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.96%) Power BI
2 1 (1.49%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Git
1 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.49%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (25.37%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (13.43%) Public Sector
4 7 (10.45%) Telecoms
5 4 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.48%) Finance
6 3 (4.48%) Military
7 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.99%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (32.84%) Network Engineer
2 10 (14.93%) Architect
3 7 (10.45%) IT Manager
4 6 (8.96%) IT Services Manager
4 6 (8.96%) Security Architect
4 6 (8.96%) Senior
4 6 (8.96%) Service Manager
5 5 (7.46%) Administrator
5 5 (7.46%) Senior IT Manager
5 5 (7.46%) Senior Manager
5 5 (7.46%) Senior Service Manager
6 4 (5.97%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 4 (5.97%) Head of Architecture
6 4 (5.97%) Head of Security
6 4 (5.97%) Network Architect
6 4 (5.97%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.48%) Designer
7 3 (4.48%) Platform Manager
7 3 (4.48%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 3 (4.48%) Wintel Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) 802.1X
1 2 (2.99%) SAML
2 1 (1.49%) LDAP
2 1 (1.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.42%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.96%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (5.97%) PKI
3 4 (5.97%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.99%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.49%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.49%) IoT
5 1 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.49%) NHS
5 1 (1.49%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (16.42%) Windows
2 5 (7.46%) Linux
3 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.49%) CentOS
4 1 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (23.88%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (22.39%) Migration
2 15 (22.39%) Network Architecture
3 13 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (19.40%) Security Monitoring
4 12 (17.91%) Risk Management
4 12 (17.91%) SIEM
5 11 (16.42%) Information Security
5 11 (16.42%) Security Operations
5 11 (16.42%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (13.43%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (11.94%) Change Management
7 8 (11.94%) Computer Science
7 8 (11.94%) Validation
8 7 (10.45%) Analytics
8 7 (10.45%) ITIL
8 7 (10.45%) Network Management
8 7 (10.45%) Security Architecture
9 6 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (8.96%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.43%) Python
2 2 (2.99%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.49%) Bicep
3 1 (1.49%) PHP
3 1 (1.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (46.27%) Security Cleared
2 23 (34.33%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (32.84%) CCNP
4 21 (31.34%) SC Cleared
5 12 (17.91%) Degree
6 9 (13.43%) CCNA
6 9 (13.43%) DV Cleared
7 8 (11.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (8.96%) CCSA
8 6 (8.96%) CCSE
8 6 (8.96%) Check Point Certification
8 6 (8.96%) CISM
8 6 (8.96%) CISSP
9 3 (4.48%) Azure Certification
9 3 (4.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (4.48%) CCIE
10 2 (2.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (2.99%) CEH
10 2 (2.99%) ISACA
10 2 (2.99%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.94%) NIST
2 7 (10.45%) GDPR
3 6 (8.96%) COBIT
4 5 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.49%) NCSC
6 1 (1.49%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.49%) QA
6 1 (1.49%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (7.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.99%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.49%) Docker
3 1 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (19.40%) Ansible
2 6 (8.96%) Terraform
3 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (2.99%) CASB
4 2 (2.99%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.49%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.49%) Nessus
5 1 (1.49%) Puppet
5 1 (1.49%) QRadar
5 1 (1.49%) SCOM
5 1 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (32.84%) Cisco
2 14 (20.90%) Microsoft
3 13 (19.40%) Palo Alto
4 7 (10.45%) CheckPoint
5 4 (5.97%) Aruba
5 4 (5.97%) Juniper
5 4 (5.97%) VMware
6 3 (4.48%) Mellanox
6 3 (4.48%) NVIDIA
6 3 (4.48%) SolarWinds
6 3 (4.48%) Splunk
7 2 (2.99%) F5
7 2 (2.99%) Tenable
8 1 (1.49%) Blue Coat
8 1 (1.49%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.49%) Dell KACE
8 1 (1.49%) Google
8 1 (1.49%) Meraki
8 1 (1.49%) Qualys
8 1 (1.49%) Rapid7