Network Segmentation Contracts

Network Segmentation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Network Segmentation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Segmentation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 559 672
Rank change year-on-year +83 +113 +117
Contract jobs citing Network Segmentation 44 23 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.053% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.061% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 16 32
10th Percentile £432 £285 £500
25th Percentile £479 £600 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £581
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +7.53% +9.57%
75th Percentile £625 £746 £673
90th Percentile £700 £763 £699
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £290 £550
% change year-on-year +75.00% -47.27% -13.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Segmentation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Network Segmentation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Segmentation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Segmentation in the UK

Network Segmentation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Segmentation in the UK

Network Segmentation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Segmentation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Segmentation in the UK

Network Segmentation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Segmentation in the UK

Network Segmentation
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Segmentation 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 +75 36 £575 -8.00% 26
London +43 18 £575 -8.00% 19
Work from Home +47 16 £550 -25.68% 6
UK excluding London +74 14 £508 +75.00% 11
South East - 10 £508 - 6
Midlands - 2 £650 -
West Midlands - 2 £650 -
North of England +17 1 £700 +141.38% 4
South West - 1 £575 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £700 - 4

Network Segmentation
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (13.64%) Azure
2 5 (11.36%) Google Workspace
3 3 (6.82%) GCP
4 2 (4.55%) AWS
5 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.27%) dbt
5 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.27%) GitHub
5 1 (2.27%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (2.27%) IaaS
5 1 (2.27%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (77.27%) Firewall
2 17 (38.64%) VPN
3 16 (36.36%) Network Security
4 10 (22.73%) VLAN
5 7 (15.91%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (13.64%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (13.64%) Cisco Firepower
6 6 (13.64%) DNS
6 6 (13.64%) TACACS
6 6 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (9.09%) IPsec
8 3 (6.82%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (6.82%) Modbus
8 3 (6.82%) NGFW
8 3 (6.82%) Wireless
9 2 (4.55%) LAN
9 2 (4.55%) MPLS
9 2 (4.55%) SNMP
9 2 (4.55%) WLAN
10 1 (2.27%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
1 1 (2.27%) Snyk
General
1 16 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Finance
5 2 (4.55%) German Language
6 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (27.27%) Architect
1 12 (27.27%) Network Engineer
2 10 (22.73%) Security Architect
3 9 (20.45%) Security Engineer
4 6 (13.64%) Lead
4 6 (13.64%) Network Architect
5 5 (11.36%) IT Support
5 5 (11.36%) Network Security Architect
5 5 (11.36%) Network Security Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) Consultant
6 4 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) Principal Network Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) Principal Security Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) Senior
7 3 (6.82%) Senior Architect
7 3 (6.82%) Senior Network Architect
7 3 (6.82%) Senior Security Architect
8 2 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (4.55%) Network Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) 802.1X
1 2 (4.55%) LDAP
1 2 (4.55%) SAML
2 1 (2.27%) Kafka
2 1 (2.27%) OAuth
2 1 (2.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.91%) Operational Technology
2 5 (11.36%) SCADA
2 5 (11.36%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.82%) Public Cloud
4 2 (4.55%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 2 (4.55%) NHS
5 1 (2.27%) CMDB
5 1 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.27%) IoT
5 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.27%) NB-IoT
5 1 (2.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.36%) Windows
2 1 (2.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.45%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (15.91%) Migration
2 7 (15.91%) Proactive Monitoring
2 7 (15.91%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (13.64%) Content Management
3 6 (13.64%) Roadmaps
3 6 (13.64%) Workflow
4 5 (11.36%) Customer Service
4 5 (11.36%) High Availability
4 5 (11.36%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (11.36%) Post-Production
4 5 (11.36%) Project Management
4 5 (11.36%) Security Architecture
4 5 (11.36%) SIEM
4 5 (11.36%) Zero Trust
5 4 (9.09%) Cloud Security
5 4 (9.09%) Incident Response
5 4 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.82%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) Python
2 1 (2.27%) Bash
2 1 (2.27%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (9.09%) CCNP
2 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.82%) CCIE
3 3 (6.82%) CCIE Security
3 3 (6.82%) CCNA
3 3 (6.82%) Degree
3 3 (6.82%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.27%) CISSP
4 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (29.55%) NIST
2 6 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (11.36%) PCI DSS
4 4 (9.09%) HIPAA
5 3 (6.82%) GDPR
6 2 (4.55%) NCSC
7 1 (2.27%) GRC
7 1 (2.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) ZABBIX
2 3 (6.82%) Terraform
3 2 (4.55%) Ansible
4 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (34.09%) Cisco
2 7 (15.91%) Fortinet
3 6 (13.64%) Google
3 6 (13.64%) Palo Alto
4 4 (9.09%) AlgoSec
4 4 (9.09%) SolarWinds
4 4 (9.09%) Tufin
5 3 (6.82%) Zscaler
6 2 (4.55%) Microsoft
6 2 (4.55%) SAP
6 2 (4.55%) Tenable
7 1 (2.27%) Aruba
7 1 (2.27%) Confluent
7 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow