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 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 86 66
Rank change year-on-year +12 -20 +29
Contract jobs citing Network Security 88 29 35
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.02% 1.86% 2.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.19% 16.48% 18.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 18 17
10th Percentile £411 £412 £275
25th Percentile £433 £468 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £496 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.87% -0.80% -18.37%
75th Percentile £673 £538 £575
90th Percentile £688 £560 £772
England median daily rate £550 £533 £538
% change year-on-year +3.29% -0.98% -2.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
England median hourly rate £73.00 £70.16 £53.75
% change year-on-year +4.05% +30.53% -24.30%

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 336 176 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 11.55% 11.30% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 100 110
10th Percentile £322 £186 £176
25th Percentile £413 £345 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.33% -5.95% +17.65%
75th Percentile £573 £538 £600
90th Percentile £675 £602 £646
England median daily rate £500 £490 £505
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.97% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 1 5
10th Percentile £16.99 - £12.60
25th Percentile £21.33 £47.50 -
Median hourly rate £25.77 £50.00 £13.87
Median % change year-on-year -48.46% +260.49% -36.95%
75th Percentile - £52.50 £17.16
90th Percentile £25.79 - £17.83
England median hourly rate £45.00 £41.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +9.76% -28.51% +1.52%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 +6 56 £514 -2.10% 14
West Yorkshire -12 31 £540 +10.04% 14
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 3 (3.41%) Confluence
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 32 (36.36%) GCP
2 28 (31.82%) AWS
3 20 (22.73%) Azure
4 8 (9.09%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 8 (9.09%) OpenShift
5 5 (5.68%) GitHub
5 5 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.55%) Cloud Run
6 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (4.55%) Serverless
7 3 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.41%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (3.41%) Cloudflare
8 2 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.14%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.14%) Azure API Management
9 1 (1.14%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.14%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (1.14%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.14%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 31 (35.23%) Firewall
2 15 (17.05%) VPN
3 13 (14.77%) DNS
3 13 (14.77%) WAN
4 12 (13.64%) LAN
5 10 (11.36%) Cisco ISE
5 10 (11.36%) Wireless
6 9 (10.23%) BGP
7 8 (9.09%) WLAN
8 7 (7.95%) SD-WAN
9 6 (6.82%) Cisco Wireless
10 5 (5.68%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (5.68%) DHCP
10 5 (5.68%) OSPF
10 5 (5.68%) TCP/IP
10 5 (5.68%) VLAN
11 4 (4.55%) HTTP
11 4 (4.55%) Reverse Proxy
11 4 (4.55%) SSL
11 4 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.55%) BigQuery
1 4 (4.55%) Neo4j
1 4 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (11.36%) JIRA
2 6 (6.82%) Jenkins
3 5 (5.68%) Git
3 5 (5.68%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (4.55%) MSBuild
4 4 (4.55%) Visual Studio
5 2 (2.27%) Claude Code
6 1 (1.14%) Postman
General
1 43 (48.86%) Social Skills
2 42 (47.73%) Finance
3 22 (25.00%) Banking
4 10 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (11.36%) Financial Institution
5 8 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (9.09%) Legal
6 6 (6.82%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.27%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.27%) Retail
8 1 (1.14%) Law
8 1 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (26.14%) Consultant
2 20 (22.73%) DevSecOps Consultant
3 16 (18.18%) Network Engineer
4 13 (14.77%) Senior
5 8 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
5 8 (9.09%) Security Consultant
6 6 (6.82%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 6 (6.82%) GCP Engineer
7 5 (5.68%) Firewall Engineer
7 5 (5.68%) Linux Engineer
7 5 (5.68%) Security Engineer
7 5 (5.68%) Senior Linux Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Senior Network Engineer
9 3 (3.41%) Architect
9 3 (3.41%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 3 (3.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 3 (3.41%) Platform Engineer
10 2 (2.27%) GCP DevOps Engineer
10 2 (2.27%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (15.91%) Terraform
2 5 (5.68%) SLSA
3 4 (4.55%) .NET
3 4 (4.55%) CSS
3 4 (4.55%) Kafka
4 3 (3.41%) SAML
5 1 (1.14%) FastAPI
5 1 (1.14%) Flask
5 1 (1.14%) OAuth
5 1 (1.14%) OAuth2
5 1 (1.14%) OpenAPI
5 1 (1.14%) OpenID
5 1 (1.14%) React
5 1 (1.14%) REST
5 1 (1.14%) Spring
5 1 (1.14%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.14%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.32%) Security Posture
2 12 (13.64%) Data Centre
3 6 (6.82%) Mainframe
3 6 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (5.68%) Cloud Native
4 5 (5.68%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (4.55%) Cloud Security Posture
5 4 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.41%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (3.41%) Operational Technology
6 3 (3.41%) PKI
6 3 (3.41%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (2.27%) Replication
7 2 (2.27%) SCADA
8 1 (1.14%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.14%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.14%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.14%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.23%) Linux
2 6 (6.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 6 (6.82%) Windows
3 2 (2.27%) Unix
3 2 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.14%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (46.59%) CI/CD
2 38 (43.18%) DevSecOps
3 34 (38.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (35.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (34.09%) Vulnerability Management
6 28 (31.82%) Cloud Security
7 27 (30.68%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (29.55%) Application Security
8 26 (29.55%) Threat Modelling
9 22 (25.00%) Roadmaps
9 22 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 20 (22.73%) GAP Analysis
11 19 (21.59%) Change Management
11 19 (21.59%) SBOM
12 18 (20.45%) Runbook
12 18 (20.45%) Software Delivery
13 17 (19.32%) Architectural Patterns
13 17 (19.32%) Risk Management
14 16 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
15 14 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 22 (25.00%) Python
2 11 (12.50%) Bash
3 6 (6.82%) SQL
4 5 (5.68%) Bicep
4 5 (5.68%) PowerShell
5 4 (4.55%) Go
6 1 (1.14%) ActionScript
6 1 (1.14%) Java
6 1 (1.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (28.41%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (25.00%) CISSP
3 20 (22.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 20 (22.73%) CCSP
4 19 (21.59%) CISM
5 6 (6.82%) CCSK
6 5 (5.68%) JNCIA
6 5 (5.68%) JNCIS
7 4 (4.55%) CCNP
8 3 (3.41%) SC Cleared
8 3 (3.41%) Security Cleared
9 2 (2.27%) CCNA
9 2 (2.27%) CEH
9 2 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.27%) Degree
9 2 (2.27%) GIAC
10 1 (1.14%) APMP
10 1 (1.14%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.41%) NIST
3 2 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.14%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.14%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.82%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (5.68%) Docker
2 5 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.27%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.27%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.27%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (30.68%) Kubernetes
2 15 (17.05%) Ansible
3 4 (4.55%) FortiGate
3 4 (4.55%) Kustomize
4 2 (2.27%) McAfee ePO
4 2 (2.27%) Nessus
4 2 (2.27%) VxRail
5 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (23.86%) Cisco
2 16 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 10 (11.36%) Palo Alto
4 6 (6.82%) F5
4 6 (6.82%) Fortinet
4 6 (6.82%) IBM
5 5 (5.68%) CheckPoint
5 5 (5.68%) VMware
6 4 (4.55%) Google
6 4 (4.55%) Juniper
7 3 (3.41%) ForeScout
8 2 (2.27%) Carbon Black
8 2 (2.27%) Dell
8 2 (2.27%) McAfee
8 2 (2.27%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.27%) SolarWinds
8 2 (2.27%) Tenable
9 1 (1.14%) Arista
9 1 (1.14%) Meraki
9 1 (1.14%) Rapid7