Network Security Contracts in Southampton

Network Security
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 26 -
Rank change year-on-year +16 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 10 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 9.01% 2.30% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 47.62% 11.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £562 - -
25th Percentile £599 £481 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £658 £494 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.16% - -
75th Percentile £731 £500 -
90th Percentile £765 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £495 £600 £538
% change year-on-year -17.50% +11.63% +2.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 21 36 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 18.92% 20.69% 11.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 26 13
10th Percentile - £200 -
25th Percentile £440 £205 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +38.24% -15.00% +56.25%
75th Percentile £624 £525 £538
90th Percentile £707 £634 £578
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £21.22
Hampshire median hourly rate £56.25 £57.35 £59.45
% change year-on-year -1.92% -3.54% +122.25%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Southampton

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Southampton.

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Southampton

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Southampton over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Southampton

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Southampton.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Southampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 6 (60.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Azure
1 6 (60.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Firewall
1 6 (60.00%) Internet
1 6 (60.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) Power BI
General
1 7 (70.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (30.00%) Military
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) IT Manager
1 6 (60.00%) IT Services Manager
1 6 (60.00%) Service Manager
2 5 (50.00%) Senior
2 5 (50.00%) Senior IT Manager
2 5 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 5 (50.00%) Senior Service Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Security Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (10.00%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Network Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Network Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Network Services Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Service Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 6 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
1 6 (60.00%) Security Monitoring
2 5 (50.00%) Analytics
2 5 (50.00%) Antivirus Management
2 5 (50.00%) Case Management
2 5 (50.00%) Contract Management
3 4 (40.00%) Server Management
3 4 (40.00%) Storage Management
3 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) Agile
5 2 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (20.00%) Information Assurance
5 2 (20.00%) Information Security
5 2 (20.00%) ISMS
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) CISM
4 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (10.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco
2 1 (10.00%) Qualys
2 1 (10.00%) Tenable