Network Security Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Network Security
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Lanarkshire 3.70% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £600 £431 £480
% change year-on-year +39.13% -10.16% -6.34%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Lanarkshire

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 South Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7 1 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 25.93% 16.67% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £468
25th Percentile £813 £306 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 £313 £600
Median % change year-on-year +164.00% -47.92% -14.29%
75th Percentile £838 £319 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £430 £420
% change year-on-year +4.65% +2.38% -9.68%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire.

Network Security job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

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 Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 8 July 2026. 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
East Kilbride - 1 - - 1
Network Security
Scotland

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable