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 requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	76	86	60
Rank change year-on-year	+10	-26	+31
Contract jobs citing Network Security	88	40	38
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire	3.05%	2.38%	2.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	26.59%	21.28%	19.29%
Number of daily rates quoted	64	22	19
10^th Percentile	£406	£204	£275
25^th Percentile	£454	£444	£470
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£540	£491	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+10.04%	-1.85%	-15.68%
75^th Percentile	£675	£534	£606
90^th Percentile	£688	£554	£755
England median daily rate	£550	£525	£536
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-2.10%	-2.50%

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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in Yorkshire.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills	331	188	197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire	11.47%	11.20%	13.80%
Number of daily rates quoted	165	112	108
10^th Percentile	£324	£235	£160
25^th Percentile	£411	£373	£220
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£489	£488
Median % change year-on-year	+2.35%	+0.21%	+11.43%
75^th Percentile	£588	£546	£577
90^th Percentile	£675	£636	£645
England median daily rate	£500	£483	£500
% change year-on-year	+3.52%	-3.40%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	50	2	3
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£18.48	£11.86
25^th Percentile	£21.33	£23.31	£12.03
Median hourly rate	£23.91	£32.75	£13.50
Median % change year-on-year	-27.01%	+142.59%	-38.64%
75^th Percentile	£25.77	£43.31	£16.21
90^th Percentile	-	£48.83	£16.78
England median hourly rate	£39.36	£32.77	£57.25
% change year-on-year	+20.11%	-42.76%	+1.35%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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 21 October 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.

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 21 October 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	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
South Yorkshire	+10	57	£514	-2.10%	2
West Yorkshire	-20	30	£540	+10.32%	3
East Yorkshire	-3	1	£300	+46.34%
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Network Security Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Network Security also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region with a requirement for Network Security.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CI/CD	48.9%	43
2	DevSecOps	43.2%	38
3	GCP	38.6%	34
4	Stakeholder Management	37.5%	33
4	Vulnerability Management	37.5%	33
6	Cloud Security	36.4%	32
6	Cybersecurity	36.4%	32
8	AWS	34.1%	30
8	Firewall	34.1%	30
10	Kubernetes	31.8%	28
11	Application Security	30.7%	27
11	Continuous Improvement	30.7%	27
13	Threat Modelling	29.5%	26
14	Cisco Certification	28.4%	25
14	Python	28.4%	25
16	Azure	26.1%	23
16	CISSP	26.1%	23
18	Roadmaps	22.7%	20
19	Change Management	21.6%	19
19	Cisco	21.6%	19
19	CISM	21.6%	19
19	Microsoft	21.6%	19
19	Risk Management	21.6%	19
19	Vulnerability Remediation	21.6%	19
25	(ISC)2 CCSP	20.5%	18
25	CCSP	20.5%	18
25	GAP Analysis	20.5%	18
25	Runbook	20.5%	18
25	Software Delivery	20.5%	18
25	Terraform	20.5%	18

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

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Firewall	34.1%	30
2	VPN	18.2%	16
3	DNS	15.9%	14
4	WAN	10.2%	9
5	BGP	9.1%	8
5	Cisco ISE	9.1%	8
5	LAN	9.1%	8
8	VLAN	6.8%	6
8	Wireless	6.8%	6
10	DHCP	5.7%	5
10	WLAN	5.7%	5
12	Cisco Nexus	4.5%	4
12	HTTP	4.5%	4
12	OSPF	4.5%	4
12	Reverse Proxy	4.5%	4
12	SD-WAN	4.5%	4
12	SSL	4.5%	4
12	TCP/IP	4.5%	4
12	Wi-Fi	4.5%	4
20	Cisco Wireless	3.4%	3