Network Security Manager Contracts

Network Security Manager
UK

The median Network Security Manager daily rate in the UK is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 577 695
Rank change year-on-year +59 +118 +146
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Manager 2 5 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.011% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.012% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 18
10th Percentile - £663 £493
25th Percentile £588 £681 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £725 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +20.83% +12.41%
75th Percentile £663 £781 -
90th Percentile - £808 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £800 £500
% change year-on-year - +60.00% -9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Network Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Security Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Manager in the UK

Network Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security Manager in the UK

Network Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security Manager in the UK

Network Security Manager
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +55 2 £625 -21.88% 2
UK excluding London +62 1 - - 1
South East +46 1 - - 1
London +37 1 £625 - 2

Network Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Security Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Network Security Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Akamai
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365

Network Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Akamai
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Nutanix
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Case Management
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Storage Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Dell KACE
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (50.00%) Ubiquiti