Nmap Contract Job Trends in the South East

Network Mapper (Nmap)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Nmap skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Nmap 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.28% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 1.81% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £406 - -
25th Percentile £411 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 - -
75th Percentile £514 - -
90th Percentile £650 - -
England median daily rate £550 £638 £800
% change year-on-year -13.73% -20.31% +71.21%

All Systems Management Skills
South East

Nmap falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 551 624 723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.23% 14.71% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 462 498
10th Percentile £255 £268 £206
25th Percentile £380 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £573 £613 £638
90th Percentile £613 £687 £702
England median daily rate £507 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.38% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 29
10th Percentile - £19.18 £23.20
25th Percentile £18.87 £28.06 £35.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £35.08 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.99% -36.21% +22.22%
75th Percentile £55.00 £41.75 £71.90
90th Percentile £88.30 £54.35 £76.53
England median hourly rate £34.00 £36.17 £50.00
% change year-on-year -5.99% -27.67% +109.12%

Nmap
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Nmap relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Nmap job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Nmap.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Nmap

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Nmap in the South East over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Nmap in the South East

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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 Nmap within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Berkshire - 7 £425 - 9
Thames Valley - 7 £425 - 9
Hampshire - 3 £650 -
Nmap
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) Wireshark
2 3 (30.00%) BGP
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) MPLS
2 3 (30.00%) Multicast
2 3 (30.00%) OSPF
2 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (30.00%) VLAN
2 3 (30.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Burp Suite
1 7 (70.00%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Tester
2 7 (70.00%) Penetration Tester
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Tester
3 2 (20.00%) Validation Tester
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Kali Linux
1 7 (70.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (70.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 7 (70.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 7 (70.00%) OWASP
2 7 (70.00%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (70.00%) Red Team
3 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Test Planning
4 2 (20.00%) Validation
5 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Bash
1 10 (100.00%) Python
2 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) CEH
2 7 (70.00%) GPEN
2 7 (70.00%) OSCP
3 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) CCIE
4 2 (20.00%) CCNP
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Ansible
1 3 (30.00%) Iperf
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco
1 3 (30.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (30.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (30.00%) SolarWinds