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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 66 93
Rank change year-on-year -23 +27 -2
Contract jobs citing Network Security 56 26 12
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 2.22% 2.50% 0.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.48% 14.36% 6.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 15 8
10th Percentile £318 £321 £193
25th Percentile £410 £429 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% +3.16% -24.00%
75th Percentile £600 £520 £500
90th Percentile £688 £583 £535
England median daily rate £525 £534 £575
% change year-on-year -1.59% -7.22% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.75
Median hourly rate £28.00 - £13.50
75th Percentile - - £14.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.50 £81.01 £13.50
% change year-on-year -19.15% +500.09% -74.10%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 303 181 186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 11.99% 17.39% 11.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 98 134
10th Percentile £272 £199 £200
25th Percentile £366 £235 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £458 £470
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% -2.61% -1.05%
75th Percentile £536 £538 £588
90th Percentile £679 £625 £634
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 0 9
10th Percentile £18.58 - £12.75
25th Percentile £21.33 - £13.87
Median hourly rate £22.81 - £18.27
Median % change year-on-year - - +71.87%
75th Percentile £25.77 - £25.83
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.54 £29.66 £40.00
% change year-on-year +36.68% -25.85% +122.22%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 -31 32 £514 +2.80% 11
West Yorkshire -6 23 £425 -11.46% 4
East Yorkshire - 1 £205 -
Network Security
England

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (33.93%) GCP
2 11 (19.64%) AWS
3 10 (17.86%) Azure
3 10 (17.86%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 9 (16.07%) Akamai
5 4 (7.14%) OpenShift
6 2 (3.57%) Azure AKS
6 2 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (3.57%) GitHub
6 2 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.79%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.79%) PaaS
7 1 (1.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (39.29%) Firewall
2 14 (25.00%) DNS
3 10 (17.86%) VPN
4 8 (14.29%) LAN
4 8 (14.29%) WAN
5 5 (8.93%) Cisco ISE
5 5 (8.93%) TCP/IP
5 5 (8.93%) Wireless
6 3 (5.36%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (5.36%) Cisco Wireless
6 3 (5.36%) SD-WAN
6 3 (5.36%) WLAN
7 2 (3.57%) BGP
7 2 (3.57%) BIG-IP
7 2 (3.57%) DHCP
7 2 (3.57%) DWDM
7 2 (3.57%) OSPF
8 1 (1.79%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (1.79%) SSL
8 1 (1.79%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.79%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 9 (16.07%) JIRA
2 3 (5.36%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.57%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.79%) Git
4 1 (1.79%) Postman
General
1 21 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 20 (35.71%) Finance
3 15 (26.79%) Banking
4 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.14%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.57%) Legal
7 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (16.07%) Architect
1 9 (16.07%) Consultant
2 8 (14.29%) DevSecOps Consultant
2 8 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 7 (12.50%) Security Specialist
4 6 (10.71%) Security Architect
5 5 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.93%) Technical Security Specialist
5 5 (8.93%) Technical Specialist
6 4 (7.14%) Application Security Specialist
6 4 (7.14%) Applications Specialist
6 4 (7.14%) Firewall Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Network Architect
7 3 (5.36%) Network Security Architect
7 3 (5.36%) Security Consultant
7 3 (5.36%) Security Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Senior
8 2 (3.57%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 2 (3.57%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.36%) SLSA
2 1 (1.79%) JSON
2 1 (1.79%) Kafka
2 1 (1.79%) LDAP
2 1 (1.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 7 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 7 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 6 (10.71%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.36%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (5.36%) Enterprise Storage
4 3 (5.36%) Hedge funds
5 2 (3.57%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.57%) Mainframe
5 2 (3.57%) Replication
5 2 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.79%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.79%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Windows
2 3 (5.36%) Linux
3 2 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.79%) Unix
4 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.79%) CI/CD
1 15 (26.79%) Cybersecurity
1 15 (26.79%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (25.00%) Application Security
2 14 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 14 (25.00%) Migration
3 12 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (19.64%) Threat Modelling
5 10 (17.86%) Cloud Security
5 10 (17.86%) DevSecOps
5 10 (17.86%) Roadmaps
5 10 (17.86%) Vulnerability Management
5 10 (17.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 9 (16.07%) GAP Analysis
6 9 (16.07%) SBOM
6 9 (16.07%) Software Delivery
7 8 (14.29%) High Availability
7 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (12.50%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 8 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (3.57%) Bash
2 2 (3.57%) Bicep
3 1 (1.79%) ActionScript
3 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.79%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (23.21%) CISSP
3 11 (19.64%) CISM
4 10 (17.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 10 (17.86%) CCSP
5 5 (8.93%) Degree
5 5 (8.93%) JNCIA
5 5 (8.93%) JNCIS
6 4 (7.14%) CCNP
6 4 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (5.36%) CCSK
8 2 (3.57%) CCNA
8 2 (3.57%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.79%) CCA
9 1 (1.79%) CCIE
9 1 (1.79%) CEH
9 1 (1.79%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (1.79%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.14%) NIST
2 3 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 6 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.79%) Docker
3 1 (1.79%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.79%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.79%) XenApp
3 1 (1.79%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (21.43%) Kubernetes
2 6 (10.71%) Ansible
3 5 (8.93%) Terraform
4 3 (5.36%) FortiGate
5 2 (3.57%) Istio
6 1 (1.79%) Kustomize
6 1 (1.79%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 11 (19.64%) Cisco
2 10 (17.86%) Microsoft
3 7 (12.50%) VMware
4 6 (10.71%) Juniper
5 4 (7.14%) F5
6 3 (5.36%) BiZZdesign
6 3 (5.36%) Fortinet
6 3 (5.36%) Google
6 3 (5.36%) Palo Alto
7 2 (3.57%) Arista
7 2 (3.57%) CheckPoint
7 2 (3.57%) Citrix
7 2 (3.57%) IBM
8 1 (1.79%) Aruba
8 1 (1.79%) ForeScout
8 1 (1.79%) Infoblox
8 1 (1.79%) Mitel
8 1 (1.79%) MuleSoft