Network Security Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Security
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 153 168
Rank change year-on-year +22 +15 +49
Contract jobs citing Network Security 262 286 333
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.01% 1.38% 1.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.74% 8.68% 9.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 207 207
10th Percentile £333 £413 £350
25th Percentile £413 £475 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £671 £675
90th Percentile £638 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £521 £561 £565
% change year-on-year -7.26% -0.66% +4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 7
10th Percentile £69.74 - £18.50
25th Percentile £80.34 - £20.38
Median hourly rate £81.35 £7.43 £46.11
Median % change year-on-year +994.89% -83.88% -14.62%
75th Percentile £82.58 £14.25 £52.13
90th Percentile £88.80 £19.85 -
UK median hourly rate £81.35 £19.00 £52.13
% change year-on-year +328.16% -63.55% -3.46%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,056 3,296 3,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.77% 15.91% 15.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,249 1,872 2,200
10th Percentile £200 £204 £210
25th Percentile £313 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £477 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.52% +0.42% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -2.50% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 352 304
10th Percentile £14.01 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £15.36 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £30.00 £45.88 £18.22
Median % change year-on-year -34.61% +151.88% -15.28%
75th Percentile £62.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.35 £70.66 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +116.22% -32.73%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
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 Network Security within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
North of England +32 70 £500 -18.03% 69
South East +12 65 £490 -9.26% 68
North West +11 42 £505 -23.48% 29
Midlands +3 37 £525 -12.50% 52
West Midlands +4 33 £525 -17.24% 34
Yorkshire +29 27 £490 -2.00% 32
East of England +44 26 £563 +18.42% 26
Scotland +22 26 £425 -22.73% 29
South West +7 26 £550 -4.35% 44
Wales +10 11 £290 +10.48% 16
East Midlands +9 4 - - 16
North East 0 1 £625 +38.89% 12
Channel Islands - 1 £450 - 8
Network Security
UK

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (5.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.38%) Apache
3 1 (0.38%) Confluence
3 1 (0.38%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.15%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 61 (23.28%) Azure
2 42 (16.03%) AWS
3 24 (9.16%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (5.73%) GCP
4 15 (5.73%) IaaS
5 14 (5.34%) Entra ID
6 8 (3.05%) GitHub
7 6 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.29%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (1.91%) PaaS
9 4 (1.53%) Akamai
10 3 (1.15%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.15%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 3 (1.15%) AWS Direct Connect
10 3 (1.15%) SaaS
10 3 (1.15%) Serverless
11 2 (0.76%) Amazon Macie
11 2 (0.76%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 150 (57.25%) Firewall
2 86 (32.82%) VPN
3 54 (20.61%) BGP
4 49 (18.70%) WAN
5 48 (18.32%) OSPF
6 37 (14.12%) Wireless
7 36 (13.74%) LAN
8 33 (12.60%) DNS
9 29 (11.07%) SD-WAN
9 29 (11.07%) TCP/IP
10 27 (10.31%) IPsec
11 25 (9.54%) SSL
12 20 (7.63%) VLAN
13 19 (7.25%) Intrusion Detection
14 18 (6.87%) Cisco ASA
14 18 (6.87%) Cisco Firepower
15 16 (6.11%) MPLS
16 14 (5.34%) EIGRP
16 14 (5.34%) HTTP
16 14 (5.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.20%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.29%) Power BI
3 2 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.76%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 7 (2.67%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.91%) GitLab
3 4 (1.53%) JIRA
3 4 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.15%) Git
5 1 (0.38%) Selenium
5 1 (0.38%) WebDriver
General
1 77 (29.39%) Social Skills
2 50 (19.08%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (9.92%) Finance
4 22 (8.40%) Telecoms
5 18 (6.87%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.20%) Legal
7 7 (2.67%) Banking
8 6 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.91%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.91%) Retail
10 4 (1.53%) Law
10 4 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.15%) Local Government
11 3 (1.15%) Military
11 3 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.76%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.76%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.38%) Aviation
13 1 (0.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 84 (32.06%) Network Engineer
2 35 (13.36%) Senior
3 32 (12.21%) Architect
4 22 (8.40%) Analyst
5 19 (7.25%) Security Engineer
6 18 (6.87%) Network Architect
7 14 (5.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (4.58%) Cisco Engineer
8 12 (4.58%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 11 (4.20%) Consultant
9 11 (4.20%) Security Architect
9 11 (4.20%) SOC Analyst
10 10 (3.82%) Network Security Engineer
11 9 (3.44%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 9 (3.44%) Senior Network Engineer
11 9 (3.44%) Technical Architect
12 8 (3.05%) Administrator
12 8 (3.05%) Security Specialist
12 8 (3.05%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
13 7 (2.67%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.34%) LDAP
2 10 (3.82%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.76%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.38%) REST
5 1 (0.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.83%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.11%) Cyber Threat
3 15 (5.73%) Management Information System
4 14 (5.34%) Cyberattack
5 13 (4.96%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (4.58%) Security Posture
7 11 (4.20%) Security Operations Centre
8 10 (3.82%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (3.44%) PKI
10 8 (3.05%) CSOC
10 8 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (2.67%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.91%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.53%) Operational Technology
13 4 (1.53%) Product Ownership
14 3 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
14 3 (1.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 3 (1.15%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 38 (14.50%) Windows
2 22 (8.40%) Linux
3 18 (6.87%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.29%) Check Point GAiA
5 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.76%) CentOS
7 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.38%) Unix
7 1 (0.38%) VMS
7 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (28.24%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (22.14%) Cybersecurity
3 36 (13.74%) Information Security
4 35 (13.36%) Network Architecture
5 33 (12.60%) High Availability
5 33 (12.60%) SIEM
6 30 (11.45%) Computer Science
6 30 (11.45%) Network Design
7 27 (10.31%) Analytics
8 25 (9.54%) Cloud Security
9 24 (9.16%) Change Management
10 23 (8.78%) Agile
10 23 (8.78%) ITIL
10 23 (8.78%) Project Delivery
10 23 (8.78%) Risk Management
11 22 (8.40%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (8.40%) Migration
12 21 (8.02%) Security Operations
13 20 (7.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 19 (7.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 38 (14.50%) Python
2 23 (8.78%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.53%) Java
3 4 (1.53%) SQL
4 3 (1.15%) Perl
5 2 (0.76%) Bash
5 2 (0.76%) Rust
5 2 (0.76%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.38%) Bicep
6 1 (0.38%) Go
6 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 90 (34.35%) Security Cleared
2 74 (28.24%) Cisco Certification
3 61 (23.28%) SC Cleared
4 57 (21.76%) CCNP
5 38 (14.50%) Degree
6 28 (10.69%) CCNA
7 27 (10.31%) DV Cleared
8 26 (9.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (5.73%) CCIE
9 15 (5.73%) CISM
10 14 (5.34%) CISSP
11 13 (4.96%) Azure Certification
11 13 (4.96%) CCSE
11 13 (4.96%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (2.67%) CCSA
12 7 (2.67%) Master's Degree
13 6 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (2.29%) Check Point Certification
14 4 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (1.53%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.73%) NIST
3 12 (4.58%) GDPR
3 12 (4.58%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.67%) NCSC
5 5 (1.91%) GRC
6 4 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.53%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.53%) SLA
7 3 (1.15%) COBIT
7 3 (1.15%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.76%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.76%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.76%) QA
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (8.02%) Active Directory
1 21 (8.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (6.87%) vSphere
3 13 (4.96%) Docker
4 7 (2.67%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.15%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 38 (14.50%) Ansible
2 21 (8.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (6.87%) Terraform
4 14 (5.34%) FortiGate
4 14 (5.34%) Kubernetes
5 7 (2.67%) vCenter Server
6 6 (2.29%) Puppet
7 5 (1.91%) Cacti
8 4 (1.53%) OpenView
8 4 (1.53%) PowerCLI
8 4 (1.53%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.53%) VxRail
9 3 (1.15%) Automic
9 3 (1.15%) Backup Exec
9 3 (1.15%) Grafana
9 3 (1.15%) SCCM
10 2 (0.76%) CASB
10 2 (0.76%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.76%) Nagios
10 2 (0.76%) QRadar
Vendors
1 107 (40.84%) Cisco
2 50 (19.08%) Microsoft
3 41 (15.65%) Palo Alto
4 35 (13.36%) VMware
5 26 (9.92%) F5
6 24 (9.16%) CheckPoint
6 24 (9.16%) Fortinet
7 14 (5.34%) Aruba
7 14 (5.34%) SolarWinds
8 12 (4.58%) Meraki
9 11 (4.20%) Zscaler
10 10 (3.82%) Juniper
10 10 (3.82%) Splunk
11 6 (2.29%) Infoblox
11 6 (2.29%) ServiceNow
11 6 (2.29%) Symantec
11 6 (2.29%) Veeam
12 5 (1.91%) Arista
12 5 (1.91%) CyberArk
12 5 (1.91%) Extreme Networks