Network Security Contracts in Yorkshire

Network Security
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 85 95
Rank change year-on-year +15 +10 +9
Contract jobs citing Network Security 22 15 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 2.16% 0.89% 1.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.02% 8.02% 14.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 18
10th Percentile £281 £193 £469
25th Percentile £343 £425 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £500 £586 £675
90th Percentile £630 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
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 £80.68 £13.50 £52.13
% change year-on-year +497.59% -74.10% -4.72%

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 183 187 228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 17.99% 11.07% 9.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 136 146
10th Percentile £196 £200 £181
25th Percentile £235 £313 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £459 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.25% -3.37% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £578 £588
90th Percentile £675 £641 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 38
10th Percentile - £12.75 -
25th Percentile £40.50 £13.87 £9.80
Median hourly rate £41.00 £18.27 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +124.41% +71.87% -41.58%
75th Percentile £41.50 £25.83 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Yorkshire

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Yorkshire

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Yorkshire

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Yorkshire

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 1 May 2025. 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 +16 12 £490 -24.62% 9
West Yorkshire +14 8 £309 -38.20% 14
North Yorkshire +10 2 - - 10
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
2 3 (13.64%) IaaS
2 3 (13.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (54.55%) Firewall
2 6 (27.27%) TCP/IP
3 5 (22.73%) DNS
3 5 (22.73%) LAN
3 5 (22.73%) WAN
4 3 (13.64%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (13.64%) DWDM
4 3 (13.64%) VPN
5 2 (9.09%) DHCP
5 2 (9.09%) IMAP
5 2 (9.09%) POP3
5 2 (9.09%) SMTP
5 2 (9.09%) WLAN
6 1 (4.55%) BGP
6 1 (4.55%) EIGRP
6 1 (4.55%) Internet
6 1 (4.55%) OSPF
6 1 (4.55%) VLAN
6 1 (4.55%) VoIP
6 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (4.55%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) Katalon Studio
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Banking
3 3 (13.64%) Local Government
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Network Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Senior
3 4 (18.18%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) IT Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Cisco Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Firewall Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Infoblox Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Network Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Security Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Voice Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
1 2 (9.09%) Unix
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (22.73%) Agile
3 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
3 4 (18.18%) Mentoring
3 4 (18.18%) Network Architecture
3 4 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
4 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
4 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (9.09%) Analytics
5 2 (9.09%) Containerisation
5 2 (9.09%) Data Analytics
5 2 (9.09%) Data Protection
5 2 (9.09%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (9.09%) Network Management
5 2 (9.09%) Task Automation
5 2 (9.09%) Test Automation
5 2 (9.09%) Threat Detection
5 2 (9.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) Go
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (31.82%) CCNA
3 4 (18.18%) CCNP
3 4 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
4 2 (9.09%) JNCIA
4 2 (9.09%) JNCIS
5 1 (4.55%) CISSP
5 1 (4.55%) ISTQB
5 1 (4.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (4.55%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) PCI DSS
2 2 (9.09%) GDPR
2 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.55%) NIST
3 1 (4.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
1 3 (13.64%) vSphere
2 1 (4.55%) Docker
2 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) Ansible
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (13.64%) SCCM
3 3 (13.64%) Terraform
4 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Cisco
2 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 5 (22.73%) Meraki
4 3 (13.64%) Arista
4 3 (13.64%) Palo Alto
4 3 (13.64%) Veeam
4 3 (13.64%) VMware
5 2 (9.09%) Aruba
5 2 (9.09%) Fortinet
5 2 (9.09%) Splunk
6 1 (4.55%) CheckPoint
6 1 (4.55%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (4.55%) F5
6 1 (4.55%) Infoblox
6 1 (4.55%) Zscaler