Network Security Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Network Security
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 30 33
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +13
Contract jobs citing Network Security 15 2 10
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 4.93% 1.49% 4.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.79% 4.44% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £558 -
Median % change year-on-year +21.97% - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £578 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.15% -7.14% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £45.00 - -
25th Percentile £48.94 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £77.19 - -
90th Percentile £84.88 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 56 45 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 18.42% 33.58% 32.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 8
10th Percentile £459 £313 £303
25th Percentile £519 £338 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% +31.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £700 £575 £436
90th Percentile - £605 £572
Hertfordshire median daily rate £475 £506 £435
% change year-on-year -6.17% +16.38% -8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 15 49
10th Percentile £41.25 £35.00 £62.00
25th Percentile £46.31 £48.75 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £66.94 £68.13 -
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.00 £68.55
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Stevenage

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Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Network Security

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Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Network Security

Network Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Security in Stevenage over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Security in Stevenage

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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 15 (100.00%) DNS
1 15 (100.00%) FTP
1 15 (100.00%) HTTP
1 15 (100.00%) SMTP
1 15 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 13 (86.67%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (100.00%) Analyst
1 15 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (6.67%) Senior
2 1 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (100.00%) Cyberattack
2 13 (86.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (86.67%) CSOC
2 13 (86.67%) Cyber Threat
2 13 (86.67%) Management Information System
2 13 (86.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 15 (100.00%) Information Security
1 15 (100.00%) Network Packet Capture
2 14 (93.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (93.33%) SIEM
3 13 (86.67%) AI
3 13 (86.67%) Analytics
3 13 (86.67%) Behavioural Analytics
3 13 (86.67%) Incident Response
3 13 (86.67%) Information Management
3 13 (86.67%) Machine Learning
3 13 (86.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 13 (86.67%) Runbook
3 13 (86.67%) Security Operations
3 13 (86.67%) SOAR
3 13 (86.67%) Threat Detection
4 12 (80.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) PowerShell
1 13 (86.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) SC Cleared
1 11 (73.33%) Security Cleared
2 10 (66.67%) DV Cleared