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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 48 80
Rank change year-on-year -33 +32 +35
Contract jobs citing Network Security 50 35 22
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 2.54% 3.65% 1.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.74% 20.35% 10.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 14 16
10th Percentile - - £456
25th Percentile £203 £275 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £294 £495 £593
Median % change year-on-year -40.66% -16.53% +14.31%
75th Percentile £528 £525 £622
90th Percentile £635 £648 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £40.50 £12.75
Median hourly rate - £41.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year - +203.70% -
75th Percentile - £41.50 £14.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.50 £38.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +72.37% -5.00% +6.67%

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 230 172 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 11.68% 17.95% 11.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 100 159
10th Percentile £203 £160 £229
25th Percentile £290 £220 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £392 £425
Median % change year-on-year +14.80% -7.76% -
75th Percentile £538 £568 £575
90th Percentile £686 £700 £634
England median daily rate £490 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.00% +2.56% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile - £11.92 £12.75
25th Percentile £15.25 £12.16 £13.07
Median hourly rate £15.50 £27.25 £17.35
Median % change year-on-year -43.12% +57.08% +63.19%
75th Percentile £34.13 £41.50 £22.00
90th Percentile £45.15 - £23.43
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% -30.00% +141.49%

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 31 January 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 31 January 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
West Yorkshire -7 26 £464 -7.25% 2
South Yorkshire -37 23 £661 -5.54% 6
East Yorkshire - 11 £205 - 1
North Yorkshire -14 1 - -
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 (6.00%) Confluence
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (26.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.00%) Google Workspace
2 9 (18.00%) AWS
2 9 (18.00%) Azure
3 6 (12.00%) GCP
4 3 (6.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 3 (6.00%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (6.00%) Amazon ELB
4 3 (6.00%) Amazon S3
4 3 (6.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (4.00%) Akamai
5 2 (4.00%) Azure AKS
5 2 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (4.00%) GitHub
5 2 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (4.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (2.00%) AWS KMS
6 1 (2.00%) IaaS
6 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 27 (54.00%) Firewall
2 19 (38.00%) DNS
3 13 (26.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 13 (26.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 12 (24.00%) DMZ
5 11 (22.00%) VPN
6 8 (16.00%) TCP/IP
7 7 (14.00%) WAN
8 6 (12.00%) LAN
9 5 (10.00%) Cisco ISE
9 5 (10.00%) SSL
10 4 (8.00%) BGP
11 3 (6.00%) OSPF
11 3 (6.00%) Wireless
12 2 (4.00%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (4.00%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (4.00%) DWDM
12 2 (4.00%) Kerberos
12 2 (4.00%) SD-WAN
12 2 (4.00%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (6.00%) Git
2 3 (6.00%) GitLab
3 2 (4.00%) JIRA
3 2 (4.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (42.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (30.00%) Banking
3 12 (24.00%) Investment Banking
4 5 (10.00%) Finance
5 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Legal
7 1 (2.00%) Local Government
7 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (24.00%) IT Engineer
1 12 (24.00%) Operations Engineer
2 11 (22.00%) IT Support
2 11 (22.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 11 (22.00%) Support Engineer
3 10 (20.00%) Architect
4 7 (14.00%) Network Engineer
4 7 (14.00%) Security Architect
5 6 (12.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 6 (12.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (10.00%) Senior
7 3 (6.00%) DevOps Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Senior DevOps
7 3 (6.00%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (4.00%) Senior Cloud Architect
8 2 (4.00%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (24.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (8.00%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (6.00%) Public Cloud
3 3 (6.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.00%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (4.00%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.00%) Hedge funds
5 1 (2.00%) PKI
5 1 (2.00%) RSA SecurID
5 1 (2.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (24.00%) Windows
2 11 (22.00%) Linux
3 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.00%) Load Balancing
1 14 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (26.00%) Business Strategy
3 12 (24.00%) Design Patterns
4 8 (16.00%) CI/CD
5 7 (14.00%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (14.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 7 (14.00%) Mentoring
6 5 (10.00%) Application Security
6 5 (10.00%) DevSecOps
6 5 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (10.00%) Migration
6 5 (10.00%) Network Architecture
6 5 (10.00%) Security Architecture
7 4 (8.00%) Computer Science
7 4 (8.00%) Data Protection
7 4 (8.00%) High Availability
7 4 (8.00%) SIEM
7 4 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (8.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.00%) Python
2 3 (6.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (12.00%) CCNP
3 5 (10.00%) CCNA
3 5 (10.00%) CISSP
3 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (8.00%) Degree
5 3 (6.00%) CISM
5 3 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (4.00%) AWS Certification
6 2 (4.00%) Azure Certification
6 2 (4.00%) CCIE
6 2 (4.00%) CCSP
6 2 (4.00%) JNCIA
6 2 (4.00%) JNCIS
6 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.00%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (2.00%) CCA
7 1 (2.00%) CISA
7 1 (2.00%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (8.00%) NIST
2 2 (4.00%) GDPR
2 2 (4.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (4.00%) PSD2
3 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.00%) GRC
System Software
1 14 (28.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (10.00%) Docker
3 2 (4.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.00%) VMware NSX
3 2 (4.00%) vSphere
4 1 (2.00%) XenApp
4 1 (2.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (18.00%) Terraform
2 7 (14.00%) Ansible
3 5 (10.00%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.00%) Istio
5 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (34.00%) F5
2 16 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (32.00%) VMware
3 13 (26.00%) Google
4 10 (20.00%) Cisco
5 6 (12.00%) Palo Alto
6 4 (8.00%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.00%) Arista
7 2 (4.00%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (2.00%) Aruba
8 1 (2.00%) Citrix
8 1 (2.00%) ForeScout
8 1 (2.00%) Infoblox
8 1 (2.00%) Meraki
8 1 (2.00%) NetScout
8 1 (2.00%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.00%) SevOne
8 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.00%) Veeam