Network Security Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Network Security
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs citing Network Security 4 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.97% - 3.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.67% - 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £554
25th Percentile - - £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.05%
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £554 £460 £538
% change year-on-year +20.41% -14.48% -1.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 15 20 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 3.65% 10.99% 20.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 19 24
10th Percentile £215 £210 £234
25th Percentile £233 £241 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £600 £663 £503
90th Percentile £700 £778 £588
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +9.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £24.45
25th Percentile - - £27.00
Median hourly rate - - £28.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.67%
75th Percentile - - £29.00
90th Percentile - - £35.75
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -4.68% -4.10% -4.42%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Network Security job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Network Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Network Security

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Network Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Network Security

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 11 September 2026. 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
Burgess Hill - 2 £300 -
Crawley - 2 - - 2
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) GitHub
1 2 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) API Integration
2 2 (50.00%) B2B
2 2 (50.00%) Behavioural Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) SOAR
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Go
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) CSIRT