Network Security Contract Job Trends in South London

Network Security
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 31 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 9 8 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 4.35% 3.48% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.57% 38.10% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 0
10th Percentile £485 £283 -
25th Percentile - £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% - -
75th Percentile £563 - -
90th Percentile £600 £552 -
London median daily rate £515 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.28% -2.18% -1.57%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 46 21 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 22.22% 9.13% 16.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 14 43
10th Percentile - £190 £192
25th Percentile £413 £358 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £550
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -20.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £578 £516 £638
90th Percentile £611 £538 £675
London median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £83.25
London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £28.63
% change year-on-year -28.14% +22.27% +14.50%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in South London

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Network Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Network Security

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in South London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Network Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Network Security

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Bromley - 4 £600 - 1
Croydon -4 3 £500 -7.06%
Network Security
London

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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 5 (55.56%) Azure
1 5 (55.56%) Azure AKS
1 5 (55.56%) Azure App Service
1 5 (55.56%) Azure Cognitive Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 5 (55.56%) Azure Data Factory
1 5 (55.56%) Azure DevOps
1 5 (55.56%) Azure Event Grid
1 5 (55.56%) Azure Functions
1 5 (55.56%) Azure Key Vault
1 5 (55.56%) Azure Logic Apps
1 5 (55.56%) Azure Machine Learning
1 5 (55.56%) Azure Monitor
1 5 (55.56%) Azure Service Bus
1 5 (55.56%) Entra ID
1 5 (55.56%) GitHub
1 5 (55.56%) GitHub Actions
1 5 (55.56%) Serverless
2 1 (11.11%) Azure API Management
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) DMZ
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
2 2 (22.22%) SSL
3 1 (11.11%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 1 (11.11%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (11.11%) Data Lake
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Azure Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Backend Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
4 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) .NET
1 5 (55.56%) .NET Core
1 5 (55.56%) AngularJS
1 5 (55.56%) Node.js
1 5 (55.56%) PyTorch
1 5 (55.56%) React
1 5 (55.56%) TensorFlow
2 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) AI Agents
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) AI
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Analytics
2 5 (55.56%) API Management
2 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
2 5 (55.56%) Compliance Management
2 5 (55.56%) Containerisation
2 5 (55.56%) Data Encryption
2 5 (55.56%) Data Science
2 5 (55.56%) Deep Learning
2 5 (55.56%) DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) Machine Learning
2 5 (55.56%) Microservices
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) RBAC
2 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (44.44%) Business Strategy
4 3 (33.33%) Change Management
5 2 (22.22%) Design Patterns
6 1 (11.11%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Bicep
1 5 (55.56%) C#
1 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
1 5 (55.56%) Python
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
1 5 (55.56%) Docker
2 2 (22.22%) ProxySG
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Kubernetes
1 5 (55.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Databricks
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
1 5 (55.56%) OpenAI
2 3 (33.33%) F5
3 2 (22.22%) Blue Coat
3 2 (22.22%) McAfee
3 2 (22.22%) Radware
3 2 (22.22%) Symantec
4 1 (11.11%) VMware