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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 2 8 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 1.18% 3.92% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.70% 36.36% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - £283 -
25th Percentile £625 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £538 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.82% - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - £552 -
London median daily rate £550 £535 £560
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.46% +1.82%

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 54 22 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 31.95% 10.78% 20.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 14 54
10th Percentile £190 £190 £278
25th Percentile £413 £358 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% -
75th Percentile £638 £516 £609
90th Percentile £725 £538 £650
London median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £68.75 -
London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £26.50
% change year-on-year -32.48% +40.57% +10.83%

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 22 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
Bromley - 1 - - 2
Wandsworth - 1 £650 -
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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DMZ
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) F5
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Okta
1 1 (50.00%) VMware