Network Security Contracts in Wokingham

Network Security
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wokingham 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 6 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 19 20
Rank change year-on-year -10 +1 -6
Contract jobs citing Network Security 5 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wokingham 2.69% 3.75% 2.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.13% 25.00% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £425 £453 -
25th Percentile £450 £456 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £575
90th Percentile £630 £568 -
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -1.91%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wokingham

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 Wokingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 31 12 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 16.67% 15.00% 21.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 8 7
10th Percentile £330 £267 £248
25th Percentile £369 £416 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £325
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +61.54% -19.55%
75th Percentile £538 £584 £525
90th Percentile £573 £591 £645
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -2.17%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Wokingham

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Wokingham

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Wokingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Wokingham over the 6 months to 6 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Wokingham

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wokingham 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 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) GCP
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) BGP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (20.00%) DMVPN
3 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (20.00%) IPsec
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (20.00%) SSL
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (20.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (40.00%) SIEM
1 2 (40.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (20.00%) Advanced Persistent Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (20.00%) Log Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) SDLC
2 1 (20.00%) SOAR
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) CEH
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) CCSK
2 1 (20.00%) CCSP
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) GIAC
2 1 (20.00%) JNCIP
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Juniper
2 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat
2 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (20.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (20.00%) F5
2 1 (20.00%) Forcepoint
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Splunk