Network Segmentation Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Network Segmentation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Network Segmentation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Segmentation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 335 451
Rank change year-on-year +47 +116 +153
Contract jobs citing Network Segmentation 16 10 26
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.065% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.074% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 15
10th Percentile £406 £613 £478
25th Percentile £503 £638 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £740 £588
Median % change year-on-year -25.68% +25.96% +12.66%
75th Percentile £616 £750 £653
90th Percentile £625 £775 £802
UK median daily rate £575 £625 £581
% change year-on-year -8.00% +7.53% +9.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Network Segmentation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Network Segmentation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Network Segmentation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Segmentation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Network Segmentation
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Network Segmentation.

Network Segmentation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Segmentation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Network Segmentation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Network Segmentation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Segmentation
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 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (6.25%) dbt
2 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.25%) GitHub
2 1 (6.25%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (6.25%) IaaS
2 1 (6.25%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (87.50%) Firewall
2 9 (56.25%) Network Security
3 7 (43.75%) VPN
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (31.25%) TACACS
5 3 (18.75%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (18.75%) IPsec
5 3 (18.75%) VLAN
5 3 (18.75%) Wireless
6 2 (12.50%) LAN
6 2 (12.50%) MPLS
6 2 (12.50%) SNMP
6 2 (12.50%) WLAN
7 1 (6.25%) Ethernet
7 1 (6.25%) Modbus
7 1 (6.25%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
1 1 (6.25%) Snyk
General
1 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
1 2 (12.50%) German Language
1 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Network Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Security Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Network Security Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Principal Network Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Principal Security Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Designer
5 1 (6.25%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Management Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Network Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) 802.1X
1 2 (12.50%) LDAP
1 2 (12.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) NHS
1 2 (12.50%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.25%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (18.75%) Application Security
2 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (18.75%) High Availability
2 3 (18.75%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
3 2 (12.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (12.50%) Zero Trust
4 1 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security
4 1 (6.25%) Containerisation
4 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (6.25%) Information Security
4 1 (6.25%) Machine Learning
4 1 (6.25%) Project Management
4 1 (6.25%) SIEM
4 1 (6.25%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) CCNP
1 4 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (12.50%) CCIE
2 2 (12.50%) CCIE Security
2 2 (12.50%) CCNA
2 2 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (18.75%) NIST
2 2 (12.50%) HIPAA
2 2 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) ZABBIX
2 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Cisco
2 3 (18.75%) Fortinet
2 3 (18.75%) Palo Alto
2 3 (18.75%) SolarWinds
3 2 (12.50%) SAP
3 2 (12.50%) Tenable
3 2 (12.50%) Zscaler
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft