Network Security Contracts in Cheshire

Network Security
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 35 53
Rank change year-on-year -17 +18 -10
Contract jobs citing Network Security 7 20 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.29% 3.94% 0.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.07% 21.05% 3.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 3
10th Percentile - £284 £485
25th Percentile £463 £288 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £350 £550
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -36.36% -10.57%
75th Percentile £531 £521 £604
90th Percentile £685 £565 £621
North West median daily rate £663 £486 £613
% change year-on-year +36.42% -20.65% +32.08%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 58 95 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 10.66% 18.70% 20.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 57 50
10th Percentile £199 £288 £163
25th Percentile £275 £363 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £483
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +13.99% +16.27%
75th Percentile £517 £588 £575
90th Percentile £546 £605 £630
North West median daily rate £500 £475 £456
% change year-on-year +5.26% +4.11% +14.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £22.85 - -
25th Percentile £23.38 - -
Median hourly rate £24.25 - £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £25.13 - -
90th Percentile £25.65 - -
North West median hourly rate £40.44 £31.25 £19.25
% change year-on-year +29.41% +62.34% +32.17%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Cheshire

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Cheshire

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Cheshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Cheshire

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Cheshire

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Knutsford -3 6 £488 -13.72%
Chester -2 1 £513 +51.85%
Network Security
North West

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) LAN
2 3 (42.86%) VPN
2 3 (42.86%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Architect
1 6 (85.71%) Security Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Cloud Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Network Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Network Security Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (42.86%) Cyberattack
1 3 (42.86%) Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Architectural Patterns
1 3 (42.86%) Business Strategy
1 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
1 3 (42.86%) Cryptography
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (42.86%) Data Security
1 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (42.86%) Integration Patterns
1 3 (42.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (42.86%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (42.86%) Product Roadmap
1 3 (42.86%) Product Strategy
1 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
1 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
1 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
1 3 (42.86%) Strategic Roadmap
1 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
1 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) F5