Network Security Contracts in Wales

Network Security
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 24 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 51 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 5 11 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.22% 1.89% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.51% 9.65% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 0
10th Percentile £219 £338 -
25th Percentile £233 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year -38.24% - -
75th Percentile £331 £525 -
90th Percentile £369 £615 -
UK median daily rate £550 £560 £538
% change year-on-year -1.79% +4.19% +7.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 37 114 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 9.02% 19.55% 18.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 90 130
10th Percentile £170 £250 £184
25th Percentile £199 £321 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £241 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -54.05% +16.67% +6.51%
75th Percentile £522 £588 £588
90th Percentile £627 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £14.84 - £12.03
25th Percentile £15.56 - £13.00
Median hourly rate £16.77 - £46.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +120.24%
75th Percentile £17.97 - £47.40
90th Percentile £18.69 - -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Wales

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Wales

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Wales over the 6 months to 24 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Wales

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Wales

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
South Wales +16 5 £263 -47.50% 7
Network Security
UK

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (20.00%) Cloudflare
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) Wireless
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) 802.11
3 1 (20.00%) BGP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (20.00%) HSRP
3 1 (20.00%) IPsec
3 1 (20.00%) OSPF
3 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (20.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) AIX
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Statistics
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Cacti
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Barracuda Networks
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (20.00%) VMware