Network Security Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Network Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Security Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 406 559
Rank change year-on-year +82 +153 -96
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 17 45 64
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.19% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.20% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 33 53
10th Percentile £418 £350 £400
25th Percentile £439 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.02% -2.80% +17.65%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £588
90th Percentile £680 £595 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% +20.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,702 22,790 42,423
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,229 16,154 30,827
10th Percentile £325 £357 £358
25th Percentile £425 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 528 568
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.75
25th Percentile £22.54 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.32 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% +32.44% +70.19%
75th Percentile £63.38 £66.71 £58.47
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Network Security Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Security Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Security Engineer.

Network Security Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Security Engineer over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Network Security Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Security Engineer.

Network Security Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, Network Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Network Security
2 12 (70.59%) Cisco
3 10 (58.82%) Palo Alto
4 9 (52.94%) CISSP
4 9 (52.94%) Firewall
4 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
4 9 (52.94%) F5
5 8 (47.06%) Fortinet
5 8 (47.06%) SIEM
6 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
6 7 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (41.18%) CheckPoint
7 6 (35.29%) CCIE
7 6 (35.29%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (29.41%) AlgoSec
8 5 (29.41%) CCNP
8 5 (29.41%) CCNA
8 5 (29.41%) CCSA
8 5 (29.41%) SD-WAN
8 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
9 4 (23.53%) DNS
10 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (17.65%) VPN
10 3 (17.65%) Cisco Firepower
11 2 (11.76%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (11.76%) Design Patterns
11 2 (11.76%) Carbon Black
11 2 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (11.76%) Cyberattack
11 2 (11.76%) AlienVault

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (5.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (100.00%) Network Security
2 9 (52.94%) Firewall
3 6 (35.29%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (29.41%) SD-WAN
5 4 (23.53%) DNS
6 3 (17.65%) Cisco Firepower
6 3 (17.65%) VPN
7 2 (11.76%) BGP
7 2 (11.76%) DMZ
7 2 (11.76%) Multicast
8 1 (5.88%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (5.88%) Internet
8 1 (5.88%) NGFW
8 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Advertising
4 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (11.76%) Cyberattack
2 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) SIEM
2 2 (11.76%) Change Management
2 2 (11.76%) Design Patterns
2 2 (11.76%) Load Balancing
2 2 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
3 1 (5.88%) Agile
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security
3 1 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (5.88%) ITIL
3 1 (5.88%) Log Correlation
3 1 (5.88%) Migration
3 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
3 1 (5.88%) Security Management
3 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (5.88%) Statistics
3 1 (5.88%) Use Case
3 1 (5.88%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Bash
1 2 (11.76%) Python
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) CISSP
1 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
3 6 (35.29%) CCIE
4 5 (29.41%) CCNA
4 5 (29.41%) CCNP
4 5 (29.41%) CCSA
5 2 (11.76%) CEH
5 2 (11.76%) CISM
5 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
5 2 (11.76%) RHCE
5 2 (11.76%) SANS
6 1 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (5.88%) CCDP
6 1 (5.88%) CCSP
6 1 (5.88%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (5.88%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Cisco
2 10 (58.82%) Palo Alto
3 9 (52.94%) F5
4 8 (47.06%) Fortinet
5 7 (41.18%) CheckPoint
6 5 (29.41%) AlgoSec
7 2 (11.76%) AlienVault
7 2 (11.76%) ArcSight
7 2 (11.76%) Carbon Black
7 2 (11.76%) LogRhythm
7 2 (11.76%) Symantec
8 1 (5.88%) Aruba
8 1 (5.88%) Dynatrace
8 1 (5.88%) HP
8 1 (5.88%) Zscaler