Network Security Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Network Security
England > Yorkshire

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 85 52
Rank change year-on-year +8 -33 +39
Contract jobs citing Network Security 85 47 41
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 2.98% 2.64% 3.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.62% 22.82% 21.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 24 20
10th Percentile £400 - £275
25th Percentile £438 £203 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.76% -7.50% -15.68%
75th Percentile £675 £528 £591
90th Percentile £688 £551 £746
England median daily rate £550 £515 £527
% change year-on-year +6.80% -2.18% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £40.50
Median hourly rate - - £41.00
75th Percentile - - £41.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £73.00 £70.16 £50.00
% change year-on-year +4.05% +40.32% -31.03%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Yorkshire

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in Yorkshire.

6 months to
11 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills 297 206 190
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 10.43% 11.55% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 125 104
10th Percentile £321 £203 £165
25th Percentile £409 £325 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £418
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +16.17% -7.22%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £550
90th Percentile £675 £638 £634
England median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 3 5
10th Percentile £13.45 - £11.97
25th Percentile £18.50 £15.25 £12.30
Median hourly rate £25.77 £15.50 £16.19
Median % change year-on-year +66.26% -4.26% -26.41%
75th Percentile - £34.13 £41.50
90th Percentile £25.83 £45.15 -
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% -40.00% -11.49%

Network Security Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Network Security Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Network Security

Network Security Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 11 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Yorkshire

Network Security Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Network Security

Network Security Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 11 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Yorkshire +4 52 £500 -4.76% 5
West Yorkshire -21 32 £540 +10.32% 10
East Yorkshire -5 1 £300 +46.34%
Network Security
England

Network Security Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Firewall37.6%32
2VPN18.8%16
3DNS16.5%14
4WAN10.6%9
5BGP9.4%8
5Cisco ISE9.4%8
5LAN9.4%8
8VLAN7.1%6
8Wireless7.1%6
10DHCP5.9%5
10WLAN5.9%5
12Cisco Nexus4.7%4
12HTTP4.7%4
12Kerberos4.7%4
12OSPF4.7%4
12Reverse Proxy4.7%4
12SD-WAN4.7%4
12SSL4.7%4
12TCP/IP4.7%4
12Wi-Fi4.7%4