IPsec Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring IPsec 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 330 252 242
Rank change year-on-year -78 -10 +181
Contract jobs citing IPsec 63 105 161
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.70% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.82% 4.38% 4.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 46 47
10th Percentile £263 £356 £313
25th Percentile £350 £463 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -27.27%
75th Percentile £475 £584 £484
90th Percentile £588 £603 £575
UK median daily rate £418 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -16.50% +5.26% -10.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 11
10th Percentile - - £54.00
25th Percentile - £18.50 £62.24
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year - -71.20% +76.49%
75th Percentile - £19.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £19.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year - -71.20% +131.51%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

IPsec 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,234 2,395 3,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.30% 15.97% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,477 1,350 2,093
10th Percentile £200 £195 £205
25th Percentile £300 £319 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £563 £579 £600
90th Percentile £643 £650 £680
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 124 279
10th Percentile £15.45 £17.75 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.46 £24.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £39.25 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +8.28% -30.52% +25.53%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £83.23 £73.75 £75.33
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -9.33% -31.82% +34.05%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IPsec relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

IPsec job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IPsec.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IPsec

IPsec
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IPsec in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IPsec in the UK excluding London

IPsec
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IPsec.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IPsec

IPsec
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
West Midlands -1 37 £380 -10.59% 3
Midlands -18 37 £380 -24.00% 3
South East -25 18 £455 -11.22% 5
North of England -98 6 £588 +17.50% 1
North West -63 3 £700 +27.27% 1
Yorkshire -61 2 £563 +12.50%
Scotland - 2 £438 -
North East -6 1 £550 -
IPsec
UK

IPsec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 3 (4.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.94%) Entra ID
2 4 (6.35%) Azure
3 2 (3.17%) AWS
4 1 (1.59%) AWS KMS
4 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.59%) Google Ads
4 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (79.37%) VPN
1 50 (79.37%) WAN
2 41 (65.08%) BGP
3 31 (49.21%) MPLS
4 29 (46.03%) Firewall
5 20 (31.75%) LAN
6 19 (30.16%) SSL
7 15 (23.81%) Wireless
8 14 (22.22%) DNS
9 12 (19.05%) OSPF
10 11 (17.46%) DMVPN
10 11 (17.46%) Network Security
11 10 (15.87%) Cisco IPT
11 10 (15.87%) Junos
12 7 (11.11%) Structured Cabling
13 5 (7.94%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (7.94%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (7.94%) SD-WAN
14 4 (6.35%) TCP/IP
14 4 (6.35%) Wireshark
General
1 12 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.46%) Public Sector
3 8 (12.70%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 5 (7.94%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Advertising
7 2 (3.17%) Legal
8 1 (1.59%) Banking
8 1 (1.59%) Finance
Job Titles
1 30 (47.62%) Network Engineer
2 17 (26.98%) Support Engineer
3 14 (22.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 13 (20.63%) 3rd Line Support
4 13 (20.63%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 11 (17.46%) WAN Engineer
6 10 (15.87%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 7 (11.11%) Architect
7 7 (11.11%) Security Engineer
8 5 (7.94%) Network Support
8 5 (7.94%) Network Support Engineer
8 5 (7.94%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 4 (6.35%) 2nd Line Support
9 4 (6.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 4 (6.35%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 4 (6.35%) Network Security Engineer
9 4 (6.35%) Security Architect
10 3 (4.76%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
10 3 (4.76%) Firewall Engineer
10 3 (4.76%) Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (15.87%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.76%) LDAP
2 3 (4.76%) SAML
3 1 (1.59%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 25 (39.68%) PKI
2 18 (28.57%) Data Centre
3 4 (6.35%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.76%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.17%) SCADA
6 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.59%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.35%) Windows
2 2 (3.17%) CatOS
3 1 (1.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 18 (28.57%) Network Design
3 12 (19.05%) Change Management
4 10 (15.87%) Inventory Management
5 8 (12.70%) Knowledge Transfer
6 7 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (9.52%) High Availability
7 6 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (9.52%) Project Delivery
8 5 (7.94%) Migration
8 5 (7.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (6.35%) Customer Requirements
9 4 (6.35%) Network Architecture
9 4 (6.35%) Network Monitoring
9 4 (6.35%) Zero Trust
10 3 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (4.76%) Cyber Resilience
10 3 (4.76%) Data Lineage
10 3 (4.76%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 3 (4.76%) Network Segmentation
Qualifications
1 48 (76.19%) Security Cleared
2 40 (63.49%) SC Cleared
3 15 (23.81%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (20.63%) CCNP
5 9 (14.29%) CCNA
6 5 (7.94%) DV Cleared
7 4 (6.35%) Degree
7 4 (6.35%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.59%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (1.59%) NCSC
1 1 (1.59%) NIST
1 1 (1.59%) NIST 800
System Software
1 8 (12.70%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.76%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) FortiGate
1 3 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.59%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.59%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 40 (63.49%) Juniper
2 39 (61.90%) Cisco
3 20 (31.75%) CheckPoint
4 16 (25.40%) F5
5 13 (20.63%) Palo Alto
6 10 (15.87%) Blue Coat
7 7 (11.11%) Aruba
8 6 (9.52%) Microsoft
9 3 (4.76%) Fortinet
9 3 (4.76%) VMware
10 2 (3.17%) SolarWinds
10 2 (3.17%) Zscaler
11 1 (1.59%) BiZZdesign
11 1 (1.59%) Infoblox
11 1 (1.59%) LogicMonitor
11 1 (1.59%) Meraki
11 1 (1.59%) Oracle
11 1 (1.59%) Pegasus