Network Security Contracts with Work from Home Options

Network Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 166 230
Rank change year-on-year +6 +64 +5
Contract jobs citing Network Security 214 400 505
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.39% 1.54% 1.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.91% 13.47% 11.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 258 367
10th Percentile £405 £413 £371
25th Percentile £463 £483 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £638
90th Percentile £744 £743 £702
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £543
% change year-on-year - +5.99% +14.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 10
10th Percentile - £28.48 £38.10
25th Percentile £18.50 £47.56 £47.19
Median hourly rate £19.00 £65.00 £60.93
Median % change year-on-year -70.77% +6.69% +35.39%
75th Percentile £19.50 £67.06 £65.63
90th Percentile - £70.63 £76.68
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £52.13 £52.60
% change year-on-year -63.55% -0.89% +25.49%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,658 2,969 4,346
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.75% 11.41% 9.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,057 1,978 2,957
10th Percentile £293 £350 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £612 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 107 100
10th Percentile £12.75 £20.00 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £24.50 £57.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.39% +21.05% +15.85%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.88 £63.38
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.55 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% +4.05%

Network Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
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.

Network Security daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Security over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Network Security daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
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.

Network Security hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.21%) IIS
2 2 (0.93%) Apache
2 2 (0.93%) nginx
3 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.47%) EPiServer
3 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.40%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.47%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 55 (25.70%) Azure
2 54 (25.23%) AWS
3 17 (7.94%) Entra ID
4 14 (6.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 10 (4.67%) Amazon EC2
5 10 (4.67%) Amazon S3
5 10 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.21%) Amazon EKS
6 9 (4.21%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (3.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 7 (3.27%) GCP
7 7 (3.27%) Route 53
8 6 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.34%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (2.34%) CloudFront
10 4 (1.87%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.87%) IaaS
10 4 (1.87%) PaaS
10 4 (1.87%) SaaS
10 4 (1.87%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 79 (36.92%) Firewall
2 45 (21.03%) VPN
3 32 (14.95%) WAN
4 31 (14.49%) DNS
5 25 (11.68%) LAN
6 17 (7.94%) 4G
6 17 (7.94%) 5G
6 17 (7.94%) VoIP
7 15 (7.01%) TCP/IP
8 14 (6.54%) SD-WAN
9 12 (5.61%) BGP
9 12 (5.61%) Cisco ASA
9 12 (5.61%) Cisco ISE
9 12 (5.61%) Converged Networks
9 12 (5.61%) OSPF
10 11 (5.14%) SSL
10 11 (5.14%) Wireless
11 10 (4.67%) ISDN
11 10 (4.67%) MPLS
11 10 (4.67%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.27%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.47%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (6.07%) Git
2 12 (5.61%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.40%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.47%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.47%) GitLab
4 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (21.03%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (9.81%) Finance
4 16 (7.48%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.07%) Manufacturing
6 9 (4.21%) Retail
6 9 (4.21%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.34%) Banking
9 2 (0.93%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.93%) Military
9 2 (0.93%) Multimedia
9 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Automotive
10 1 (0.47%) Aviation
10 1 (0.47%) German Language
10 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 65 (30.37%) Architect
2 46 (21.50%) Network Engineer
3 44 (20.56%) Security Architect
4 32 (14.95%) Senior
5 21 (9.81%) Security Engineer
6 14 (6.54%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 11 (5.14%) Analyst
7 11 (5.14%) Lead
8 10 (4.67%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (4.67%) DevOps Engineer
8 10 (4.67%) Voice Architect
9 9 (4.21%) Network Security Engineer
9 9 (4.21%) Senior Network Engineer
10 8 (3.74%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (3.74%) Network Specialist
11 7 (3.27%) Core Network Specialist
11 7 (3.27%) Mobile Specialist
11 7 (3.27%) Network Design Specialist
11 7 (3.27%) Security Analyst
12 6 (2.80%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.74%) .NET
2 6 (2.80%) LDAP
2 6 (2.80%) SAML
3 5 (2.34%) ARM Templates
3 5 (2.34%) ASP.NET
3 5 (2.34%) OAuth
3 5 (2.34%) OAuth2
4 3 (1.40%) PyTorch
4 3 (1.40%) scikit-learn
4 3 (1.40%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.93%) Regular Expression
5 2 (0.93%) Web Services
6 1 (0.47%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.47%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.14%) Data Centre
1 11 (5.14%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (4.67%) Security Posture
3 9 (4.21%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.27%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.27%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.34%) Clustering
5 5 (2.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 5 (2.34%) PKI
6 4 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.87%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.40%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.40%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.93%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.93%) IoT
8 2 (0.93%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.93%) NHS
8 2 (0.93%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.93%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 26 (12.15%) Windows
2 20 (9.35%) Linux
3 6 (2.80%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.34%) VMS
5 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.47%) Android
6 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.47%) MVS
6 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (20.56%) Information Security
2 42 (19.63%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (17.29%) Security Architecture
4 32 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (14.49%) DevOps
6 29 (13.55%) Cloud Security
7 23 (10.75%) Load Balancing
8 22 (10.28%) Network Design
8 22 (10.28%) Risk Management
9 20 (9.35%) Security Management
9 20 (9.35%) TOGAF
10 19 (8.88%) Information Security Management
10 19 (8.88%) Penetration Testing
11 18 (8.41%) CI/CD
11 18 (8.41%) SIEM
12 17 (7.94%) Migration
12 17 (7.94%) Service Design
13 16 (7.48%) Roadmaps
14 15 (7.01%) Architectural Patterns
14 15 (7.01%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.81%) Python
2 15 (7.01%) PowerShell
3 13 (6.07%) Java
4 8 (3.74%) SQL
5 7 (3.27%) Bash
6 5 (2.34%) VB
7 2 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.47%) Bicep
8 1 (0.47%) C#
8 1 (0.47%) Go
8 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.47%) PHP
8 1 (0.47%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 72 (33.64%) Security Cleared
2 42 (19.63%) SC Cleared
3 35 (16.36%) CISSP
4 31 (14.49%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (13.55%) CISM
6 21 (9.81%) CCNP
7 15 (7.01%) CISA
7 15 (7.01%) Degree
8 13 (6.07%) DV Cleared
9 12 (5.61%) AWS Certification
9 12 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (5.14%) CCNA
11 10 (4.67%) CREST Certified
12 9 (4.21%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (3.74%) CEH
14 7 (3.27%) Azure Certification
15 6 (2.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 6 (2.80%) CCDP
16 5 (2.34%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (16.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (14.95%) NIST
3 17 (7.94%) NCSC
4 7 (3.27%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.34%) COBIT
5 5 (2.34%) SLA
6 3 (1.40%) GDPR
6 3 (1.40%) GPG13
7 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.93%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.93%) QA
7 2 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.47%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.47%) GRC
System Software
1 25 (11.68%) Active Directory
2 19 (8.88%) Docker
3 6 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.40%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.93%) Squid
7 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (7.94%) Kubernetes
2 16 (7.48%) Terraform
3 8 (3.74%) Grafana
4 7 (3.27%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.34%) Ansible
5 5 (2.34%) FortiGate
5 5 (2.34%) Nessus
6 4 (1.87%) Kibana
6 4 (1.87%) SCCM
7 2 (0.93%) HAProxy
7 2 (0.93%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.47%) Nagios
8 1 (0.47%) Nmap
8 1 (0.47%) OpenView
8 1 (0.47%) Puppet
8 1 (0.47%) QRadar
8 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (26.64%) Cisco
2 28 (13.08%) Palo Alto
3 23 (10.75%) Juniper
4 22 (10.28%) Microsoft
5 14 (6.54%) Fortinet
6 13 (6.07%) Zscaler
7 8 (3.74%) Aruba
7 8 (3.74%) CheckPoint
7 8 (3.74%) F5
7 8 (3.74%) Splunk
8 7 (3.27%) VMware
9 5 (2.34%) Arista
9 5 (2.34%) Sparx
10 4 (1.87%) Google
11 3 (1.40%) AlienVault
11 3 (1.40%) Blue Coat
11 3 (1.40%) HP
11 3 (1.40%) Infoblox
11 3 (1.40%) Meraki
11 3 (1.40%) Oracle