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

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 265 264
Rank change year-on-year -35 -1 +170
Contract jobs citing IPsec 71 109 161
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.62% 0.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.36% 4.29% 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 42 46
10th Percentile £293 £351 £325
25th Percentile £380 £403 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +11.11% -17.51%
75th Percentile £536 £534 £558
90th Percentile £643 £588 £608
UK median daily rate £447 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.60% +5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 11
10th Percentile - - £24.50
25th Percentile - £18.50 £59.99
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year - -71.20% +92.64%
75th Percentile - £19.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £19.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year - -71.20% +92.64%

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 2,110 2,538 3,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.40% 14.50% 16.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,340 1,389 2,197
10th Percentile £200 £200 £205
25th Percentile £313 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £485 £455
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% +6.59% +1.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £644 £663 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 169 271
10th Percentile £15.45 £14.16 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.10 £24.42
Median hourly rate £42.50 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.89% -0.26% +27.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.41 £75.00 £76.10
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £50.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -16.12% -11.49% +42.74%

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 4 October 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 4 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
West Midlands +18 40 £380 +14.29% 6
Midlands +1 40 £380 +14.29% 6
North of England -53 13 £525 +5.00% 5
North West -30 10 £447 -0.67% 4
South West +4 7 £633 +21.63% 1
South East -13 5 £536 +7.20% 10
Scotland -4 4 £450 +5.88% 1
East of England -4 2 £520 - 1
Yorkshire -38 2 £550 +10.00%
North East -2 1 £550 - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (9.86%) Confluence
2 4 (5.63%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.86%) AWS
2 4 (5.63%) Azure
2 4 (5.63%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.82%) GCP
3 2 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.41%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (71.83%) VPN
2 49 (69.01%) BGP
3 38 (53.52%) Firewall
4 37 (52.11%) WAN
5 33 (46.48%) MPLS
6 25 (35.21%) DNS
7 22 (30.99%) SSL
8 21 (29.58%) OSPF
9 20 (28.17%) Network Security
10 16 (22.54%) VLAN
11 15 (21.13%) Wireless
12 14 (19.72%) Unified Communications
13 13 (18.31%) DMVPN
14 10 (14.08%) Cisco IPT
15 9 (12.68%) EIGRP
15 9 (12.68%) TCP/IP
16 8 (11.27%) DHCP
17 7 (9.86%) LAN
17 7 (9.86%) Wireshark
18 6 (8.45%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 7 (9.86%) JIRA
General
1 20 (28.17%) Social Skills
2 15 (21.13%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (21.13%) Telecoms
3 14 (19.72%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.82%) Advertising
4 2 (2.82%) Finance
4 2 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.82%) Legal
Job Titles
1 30 (42.25%) Network Engineer
2 16 (22.54%) Support Engineer
3 12 (16.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 11 (15.49%) 3rd Line Support
4 11 (15.49%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 8 (11.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 8 (11.27%) Security Engineer
5 8 (11.27%) WAN Engineer
6 6 (8.45%) Architect
6 6 (8.45%) Check Point Expert
6 6 (8.45%) Designer
6 6 (8.45%) Network Designer
6 6 (8.45%) Network Support
6 6 (8.45%) Network Support Engineer
6 6 (8.45%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (7.04%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (7.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (7.04%) Network Security Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.08%) 802.1X
2 7 (9.86%) NETCONF
2 7 (9.86%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 28 (39.44%) PKI
2 15 (21.13%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.45%) Operational Technology
4 4 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.82%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.82%) SCADA
6 1 (1.41%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.41%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.45%) Check Point GAiA
2 4 (5.63%) Windows
3 2 (2.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (35.21%) Load Balancing
2 14 (19.72%) Network Design
3 12 (16.90%) Change Management
3 12 (16.90%) High Availability
4 11 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (14.08%) Inventory Management
6 7 (9.86%) Critical Thinking
6 7 (9.86%) Network Monitoring
6 7 (9.86%) Network Virtualisation
6 7 (9.86%) NsoIT
6 7 (9.86%) Service Management
6 7 (9.86%) SIEM
6 7 (9.86%) System Testing
6 7 (9.86%) Validation
7 5 (7.04%) Knowledge Transfer
7 5 (7.04%) Migration
8 4 (5.63%) Network Architecture
8 4 (5.63%) Project Delivery
9 2 (2.82%) Network Management
9 2 (2.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.27%) Python
2 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 46 (64.79%) Security Cleared
2 41 (57.75%) SC Cleared
3 16 (22.54%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (14.08%) CCNP
5 7 (9.86%) CCNA
5 7 (9.86%) Degree
6 6 (8.45%) CCSE
7 3 (4.23%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.41%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.41%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.82%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.41%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.41%) GDPR
2 1 (1.41%) QA
System Software
1 7 (9.86%) VMware ESXi
1 7 (9.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (11.27%) Ansible
1 8 (11.27%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.82%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (2.82%) Nagios
Vendors
1 41 (57.75%) Cisco
2 36 (50.70%) Juniper
3 20 (28.17%) CheckPoint
4 17 (23.94%) F5
5 10 (14.08%) Blue Coat
6 8 (11.27%) Fortinet
6 8 (11.27%) Palo Alto
7 7 (9.86%) Atlassian
7 7 (9.86%) VMware
8 5 (7.04%) SolarWinds
9 4 (5.63%) Dell
9 4 (5.63%) Microsoft
10 2 (2.82%) Arista
10 2 (2.82%) Meraki
10 2 (2.82%) Oracle
10 2 (2.82%) Salesforce
10 2 (2.82%) Zscaler
11 1 (1.41%) Infoblox