Network Security Contracts

Network Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 185 229
Rank change year-on-year +11 +44 +2
Contract jobs citing Network Security 611 830 1,118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.40% 1.38% 1.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.81% 11.24% 11.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 516 743
10th Percentile £377 £400 £363
25th Percentile £463 £467 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £570 £543
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +5.07% +14.21%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £737
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +6.98% +7.50% +15.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 24
10th Percentile - £21.16 £29.50
25th Percentile £7.43 £30.13 £45.64
Median hourly rate £19.00 £52.13 £52.60
Median % change year-on-year -63.55% -0.89% +25.49%
75th Percentile £41.25 £66.00 £61.82
90th Percentile - £70.88 £69.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £7.43 £46.11 £50.77
% change year-on-year -83.88% -9.19% +160.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,652 7,386 9,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.98% 12.32% 10.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,383 4,806 6,382
10th Percentile £205 £231 £228
25th Percentile £350 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.72% +3.95% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £603
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £433
% change year-on-year - +9.70% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 423 486 366
10th Percentile £13.57 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.35 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% +1.85%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £50.58
90th Percentile £67.40 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -14.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Security over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Top 17 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 +26 519 £550 -4.35% 393
UK excluding London +46 330 £575 +6.98% 299
Work from Home -1 210 £600 - 144
London -17 185 £538 -10.79% 107
South East +21 95 £534 -7.19% 83
South West +62 75 £575 -8.00% 21
North of England +13 71 £628 +14.18% 100
Midlands +23 56 £608 +15.71% 47
West Midlands +41 55 £608 +5.65% 30
North West +23 55 £650 +27.45% 68
East of England +5 18 £475 -22.45% 36
Yorkshire +3 15 £500 -11.11% 24
Scotland +23 11 £575 +15.00% 16
Wales +6 3 £363 -17.14% 6
North East +18 1 - - 9
East Midlands +3 1 - - 17
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Network Security
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 10 (1.64%) IIS
2 5 (0.82%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.65%) Apache
3 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.65%) MQSeries
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.33%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 137 (22.42%) Azure
2 101 (16.53%) AWS
3 32 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (3.93%) Azure Sentinel
5 23 (3.76%) Amazon EC2
5 23 (3.76%) Amazon S3
5 23 (3.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 22 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (3.60%) Entra ID
7 20 (3.27%) GCP
8 15 (2.45%) Amazon EKS
9 14 (2.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 12 (1.96%) Route 53
11 11 (1.80%) SaaS
11 11 (1.80%) Serverless
12 10 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (1.15%) Cloudflare
13 7 (1.15%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 261 (42.72%) Firewall
2 107 (17.51%) VPN
3 89 (14.57%) WAN
4 71 (11.62%) DNS
5 64 (10.47%) LAN
6 51 (8.35%) BGP
7 46 (7.53%) Cisco ISE
8 43 (7.04%) OSPF
9 42 (6.87%) TCP/IP
10 39 (6.38%) Wireless
11 38 (6.22%) Cisco ASA
12 37 (6.06%) SD-WAN
13 29 (4.75%) Intrusion Detection
13 29 (4.75%) MPLS
14 26 (4.26%) 5G
15 23 (3.76%) SSL
16 22 (3.60%) DHCP
16 22 (3.60%) Internet
16 22 (3.60%) VoIP
17 21 (3.44%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.27%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (2.45%) Big Data
3 7 (1.15%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.98%) InfluxDB
5 5 (0.82%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.65%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (0.65%) GIS
6 4 (0.65%) QGIS
7 3 (0.49%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.16%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.16%) Bigtable
9 1 (0.16%) CockroachDB
9 1 (0.16%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.16%) MySQL
9 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 33 (5.40%) Git
2 26 (4.26%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.65%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.16%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.16%) GitLab
General
1 116 (18.99%) Social Skills
2 96 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (8.18%) Finance
3 50 (8.18%) Public Sector
4 20 (3.27%) Banking
4 20 (3.27%) Manufacturing
5 18 (2.95%) Telecoms
6 16 (2.62%) Military
7 12 (1.96%) Retail
8 11 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.31%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.15%) Marketing
11 5 (0.82%) Legal
12 4 (0.65%) Electronics
12 4 (0.65%) Law
13 2 (0.33%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.33%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 169 (27.66%) Network Engineer
2 116 (18.99%) Architect
3 83 (13.58%) Security Engineer
4 78 (12.77%) Security Architect
5 75 (12.27%) Senior
6 53 (8.67%) Network Security Engineer
7 41 (6.71%) Analyst
8 34 (5.56%) Consultant
9 32 (5.24%) Project Manager
10 30 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (4.42%) Senior Network Engineer
12 25 (4.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 24 (3.93%) Security Analyst
14 22 (3.60%) Security Consultant
15 20 (3.27%) Network Architect
16 19 (3.11%) DevOps Engineer
16 19 (3.11%) Lead
17 16 (2.62%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
18 15 (2.45%) Cisco Engineer
18 15 (2.45%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.45%) Apache NiFi
2 13 (2.13%) LDAP
3 11 (1.80%) JSON
3 11 (1.80%) SAML
4 10 (1.64%) NETCONF
4 10 (1.64%) XML
4 10 (1.64%) YANG
5 9 (1.47%) .NET
6 7 (1.15%) OAuth
7 6 (0.98%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.82%) ASP.NET
8 5 (0.82%) OAuth2
8 5 (0.82%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (0.65%) Middleware
9 4 (0.65%) Regular Expression
10 3 (0.49%) Jinja
10 3 (0.49%) PyTorch
10 3 (0.49%) RESTful
10 3 (0.49%) scikit-learn
10 3 (0.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.13%) Data Centre
2 50 (8.18%) Management Information System
3 33 (5.40%) Security Operations Centre
4 32 (5.24%) Security Posture
5 30 (4.91%) PKI
6 27 (4.42%) Cyber Defence
7 24 (3.93%) Cyber Threat
8 16 (2.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 15 (2.45%) Distributed Applications
10 14 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
11 12 (1.96%) Operational Technology
12 11 (1.80%) Linux Command Line
13 10 (1.64%) Cloud Native
14 7 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.15%) Public Cloud
15 6 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
15 6 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
16 5 (0.82%) Clustering
16 5 (0.82%) Distributed Architecture
16 5 (0.82%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 83 (13.58%) Windows
2 58 (9.49%) Linux
3 20 (3.27%) Unix
4 14 (2.29%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.13%) Android
5 13 (2.13%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.98%) VMS
6 6 (0.98%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.49%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.16%) AIX
11 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (24.55%) Cybersecurity
2 117 (19.15%) Information Security
3 110 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (14.89%) Security Architecture
5 81 (13.26%) Cloud Security
6 78 (12.77%) SIEM
7 69 (11.29%) DevOps
8 59 (9.66%) Migration
9 58 (9.49%) Identity Access Management
9 58 (9.49%) Security Operations
10 56 (9.17%) Risk Management
11 48 (7.86%) Network Design
12 45 (7.36%) Computer Science
12 45 (7.36%) ITIL
13 41 (6.71%) CI/CD
13 41 (6.71%) Incident Response
14 40 (6.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 40 (6.55%) Mentoring
15 39 (6.38%) Load Balancing
16 37 (6.06%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 67 (10.97%) Python
2 31 (5.07%) Java
3 29 (4.75%) PowerShell
4 21 (3.44%) SQL
5 14 (2.29%) Kusto Query Language
6 10 (1.64%) Bash
7 9 (1.47%) Go
8 6 (0.98%) Shell Script
8 6 (0.98%) VB
9 5 (0.82%) C
9 5 (0.82%) C#
10 2 (0.33%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.33%) PHP
10 2 (0.33%) Ruby
11 1 (0.16%) Bicep
11 1 (0.16%) C++
11 1 (0.16%) Korn
11 1 (0.16%) Scala
11 1 (0.16%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 205 (33.55%) Security Cleared
2 116 (18.99%) Cisco Certification
3 103 (16.86%) SC Cleared
4 90 (14.73%) DV Cleared
5 88 (14.40%) CCNP
6 78 (12.77%) CISSP
7 60 (9.82%) Degree
8 51 (8.35%) CISM
9 40 (6.55%) CCNA
10 38 (6.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 29 (4.75%) CCIE
12 25 (4.09%) Azure Certification
13 21 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (2.95%) CISA
15 17 (2.78%) AWS Certification
15 17 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (1.64%) CEH
16 10 (1.64%) CREST Certified
16 10 (1.64%) JNCIA
17 9 (1.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (10.15%) NIST
2 51 (8.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (3.76%) GDPR
3 23 (3.76%) NCSC
4 16 (2.62%) COBIT
5 15 (2.45%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (1.64%) NIST 800
6 10 (1.64%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.15%) SLA
8 5 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.49%) GPG13
10 3 (0.49%) QA
11 2 (0.33%) GRC
11 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.33%) ISA99
11 2 (0.33%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.16%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 43 (7.04%) Active Directory
2 35 (5.73%) Docker
3 22 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.29%) VMware NSX
5 10 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.15%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.65%) Samba
8 2 (0.33%) Squid
8 2 (0.33%) XenApp
9 1 (0.16%) NFS
9 1 (0.16%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (8.84%) Terraform
2 34 (5.56%) Ansible
3 33 (5.40%) Kubernetes
4 25 (4.09%) FortiGate
5 20 (3.27%) Grafana
6 19 (3.11%) Nessus
7 18 (2.95%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.15%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.82%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.82%) SCCM
10 4 (0.65%) Kibana
10 4 (0.65%) Puppet
11 3 (0.49%) CASB
11 3 (0.49%) Nmap
11 3 (0.49%) QRadar
12 2 (0.33%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.33%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.33%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 169 (27.66%) Cisco
2 111 (18.17%) Palo Alto
3 81 (13.26%) Microsoft
4 63 (10.31%) Juniper
5 50 (8.18%) Fortinet
6 49 (8.02%) CheckPoint
7 41 (6.71%) F5
8 33 (5.40%) VMware
9 29 (4.75%) Zscaler
10 15 (2.45%) Red Hat
10 15 (2.45%) Splunk
11 14 (2.29%) Aruba
12 13 (2.13%) Arista
13 12 (1.96%) Dell
13 12 (1.96%) Meraki
13 12 (1.96%) ScienceLogic
13 12 (1.96%) SolarWinds
14 9 (1.47%) Google
14 9 (1.47%) Oracle
15 8 (1.31%) Nokia