IPsec Contracts in London

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for IPsec skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IPsec over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 450 512
Rank change year-on-year +109 +62 -56
Contract jobs citing IPsec 49 43 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.28% 0.17% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.94% 1.66% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 23 65
10th Percentile £350 £425 £418
25th Percentile £426 £494 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £700 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +27.27% +4.02%
75th Percentile £563 £830 £675
90th Percentile £825 - £725
England median daily rate £400 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -18.12% -2.30% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.25 - £26.75
Median hourly rate £23.50 £80.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.63% +180.70% -
75th Percentile £23.75 - £30.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.25 £69.11 £44.50
% change year-on-year -69.25% +55.30% +157.97%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

IPsec is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,664 2,589 3,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.53% 10.01% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,116 1,817 2,524
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £572 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.59% +4.00% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 56 82
10th Percentile £14.46 £20.11 £20.90
25th Percentile £16.40 £22.72 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.75 £43.00 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -47.09% +27.41% -32.03%
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £47.35
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -0.38%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing IPsec as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for IPsec in London

IPsec
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IPsec in London.

Daily rate trend for IPsec in London

IPsec
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IPsec in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IPsec in London

IPsec
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IPsec in London.

Hourly rate trend for IPsec in London

IPsec
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
West London - 5 £525 -
East London -2 3 £700 - 1
Central London +32 2 - - 4
IPsec
England

IPsec
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (6.12%) MQSeries
2 2 (4.08%) IIS
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.04%) Tomcat
3 1 (2.04%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (36.73%) Azure
2 17 (34.69%) AWS
3 8 (16.33%) GCP
4 6 (12.24%) OCI
4 6 (12.24%) SaaS
5 4 (8.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (8.16%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (6.12%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (6.12%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (6.12%) Entra ID
7 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (2.04%) GitHub
8 1 (2.04%) IaaS
8 1 (2.04%) Mimecast
8 1 (2.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (91.84%) Firewall
2 37 (75.51%) VPN
3 35 (71.43%) OSPF
4 34 (69.39%) BGP
5 28 (57.14%) Wireless
6 26 (53.06%) LAN
7 22 (44.90%) WAN
8 18 (36.73%) Cisco Nexus
9 17 (34.69%) MPLS
10 16 (32.65%) Cisco ASA
10 16 (32.65%) DNS
11 13 (26.53%) Network Security
12 11 (22.45%) VXLAN
12 11 (22.45%) WLAN
13 10 (20.41%) HTTP
13 10 (20.41%) HTTPS
13 10 (20.41%) SD-WAN
13 10 (20.41%) SSL
13 10 (20.41%) TCP/IP
14 8 (16.33%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Git
2 3 (6.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
1 10 (20.41%) Finance
2 7 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.20%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.04%) Banking
6 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (55.10%) Network Engineer
2 10 (20.41%) Network Specialist
3 8 (16.33%) Senior
4 7 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Architect
5 4 (8.16%) Network Architect
5 4 (8.16%) Security Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Cloud Architect
6 3 (6.12%) Cloud Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Cloud Network Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Implementation Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) IP Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) IP Network Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Linux Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Network Security Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Unix Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Unix Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (16.33%) 802.1X
2 4 (8.16%) SAML
3 3 (6.12%) LDAP
4 2 (4.08%) Web Services
5 1 (2.04%) OAuth
5 1 (2.04%) OAuth2
5 1 (2.04%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 16 (32.65%) PKI
2 14 (28.57%) Data Centre
3 5 (10.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (6.12%) Cloud Native
4 3 (6.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (6.12%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.08%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.04%) Clustering
6 1 (2.04%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.29%) Linux
2 6 (12.24%) Unix
3 5 (10.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.57%) Migration
2 11 (22.45%) Infrastructure as Code
2 11 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (20.41%) Change Management
4 8 (16.33%) Threat Management
5 7 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
5 7 (14.29%) Problem Management
5 7 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 6 (12.24%) Configuration Management
6 6 (12.24%) ITIL
6 6 (12.24%) ITSM
6 6 (12.24%) Predictive Analysis
6 6 (12.24%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (12.24%) Runbook
7 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (8.16%) Agile
8 4 (8.16%) Computer Science
8 4 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (8.16%) Security Testing
9 3 (6.12%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.33%) Python
2 4 (8.16%) PowerShell
3 3 (6.12%) Perl
3 3 (6.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (51.02%) CCNP
1 25 (51.02%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (20.41%) CCNA
3 8 (16.33%) CCIE
4 7 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 7 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 5 (10.20%) AWS Certification
5 5 (10.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 5 (10.20%) Azure Certification
6 3 (6.12%) Degree
7 2 (4.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.04%) BC Cleared
8 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.04%) CCDP
8 1 (2.04%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.24%) SLA
2 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.04%) QA
System Software
1 6 (12.24%) Firmware
2 5 (10.20%) Active Directory
3 4 (8.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (6.12%) Samba
5 1 (2.04%) Terminal Server
5 1 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (24.49%) FortiGate
2 9 (18.37%) Terraform
3 5 (10.20%) SolarWinds Orion
4 3 (6.12%) Ansible
5 2 (4.08%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (81.63%) Cisco
2 26 (53.06%) Palo Alto
3 15 (30.61%) F5
4 12 (24.49%) Infoblox
4 12 (24.49%) SolarWinds
5 11 (22.45%) CheckPoint
5 11 (22.45%) Juniper
5 11 (22.45%) Microsoft
6 10 (20.41%) Fortinet
7 6 (12.24%) Extreme Networks
8 5 (10.20%) Google
9 4 (8.16%) Nokia
9 4 (8.16%) VMware
10 3 (6.12%) Dynatrace
10 3 (6.12%) New Relic
10 3 (6.12%) Red Hat
11 2 (4.08%) SonicWALL
12 1 (2.04%) Alcatel-Lucent
12 1 (2.04%) Citrix
12 1 (2.04%) IBM