Network Security Contracts in the North West

Network Security
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security 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 100 106 125
Rank change year-on-year +6 +19 -22
Contract jobs citing Network Security 41 54 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.54% 1.76% 1.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.77% 12.86% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 28 26
10th Percentile £463 £288 £388
25th Percentile £531 £369 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £666 £486 £619
Median % change year-on-year +37.04% -21.45% +35.39%
75th Percentile £750 £565 £638
90th Percentile £775 £649 £688
England median daily rate £575 £575 £545
% change year-on-year - +5.50% +14.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £52.13 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.53% +16.67%
England median hourly rate £13.50 £52.13 £54.72
% change year-on-year -74.10% -4.72% +37.08%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

Network Security 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 the North West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 321 420 543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 12.04% 13.68% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 282 364
10th Percentile £200 £288 £182
25th Percentile £325 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £486 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% +8.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £666 £567 £588
90th Percentile £833 £638 £638
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 10
10th Percentile £18.02 £15.72 £15.74
25th Percentile £22.06 £18.66 £17.19
Median hourly rate £34.37 £27.50 £21.53
Median % change year-on-year +24.96% +27.74% -54.61%
75th Percentile £45.88 £50.77 £54.61
90th Percentile £94.59 £52.13 £65.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -0.38%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the North West

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the North West

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the North West over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the North West

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the North West

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West 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
Manchester +28 25 £638 +15.91% 15
Cumbria -25 10 £669 +37.65% 1
Cheshire -11 5 £500 +42.86% 3
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (24.39%) AWS
2 5 (12.20%) Azure
3 3 (7.32%) IaaS
3 3 (7.32%) PaaS
3 3 (7.32%) SaaS
4 2 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.44%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.44%) Azure App Service
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.44%) GCP
5 1 (2.44%) GitHub
5 1 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (24.39%) Firewall
2 5 (12.20%) WAN
3 4 (9.76%) Cisco Firepower
3 4 (9.76%) LAN
3 4 (9.76%) VPN
4 2 (4.88%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (4.88%) DNS
4 2 (4.88%) Wireless
5 1 (2.44%) DHCP
5 1 (2.44%) IPsec
5 1 (2.44%) SAN
5 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
2 2 (4.88%) Aviation
2 2 (4.88%) Finance
3 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.44%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (65.85%) Architect
2 22 (53.66%) Security Architect
3 10 (24.39%) Senior
4 7 (17.07%) Network Architect
4 7 (17.07%) Network Security Architect
5 6 (14.63%) AWS DevOps
5 6 (14.63%) Network Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) Senior DevOps
6 5 (12.20%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 4 (9.76%) AWS Consultant
7 4 (9.76%) Cisco Architect
7 4 (9.76%) Cisco Network Architect
7 4 (9.76%) Cisco Security Architect
7 4 (9.76%) Consultant
7 4 (9.76%) DevOps Consultant
7 4 (9.76%) Senior Consultant
7 4 (9.76%) Senior DevOps Consultant
8 3 (7.32%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Senior Network Engineer
9 2 (4.88%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
1 2 (4.88%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.44%) Cyberattack
2 1 (2.44%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Business Strategy
1 14 (34.15%) Risk Management
2 13 (31.71%) Information Security
2 13 (31.71%) Security Architecture
3 11 (26.83%) Cryptography
3 11 (26.83%) Penetration Testing
3 11 (26.83%) Project Delivery
4 10 (24.39%) IT Strategy
4 10 (24.39%) Service Delivery
4 10 (24.39%) Technology Strategy
5 8 (19.51%) DevOps
6 7 (17.07%) CI/CD
6 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (14.63%) Containerisation
7 6 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (9.76%) Architectural Design
8 4 (9.76%) Cloud Security
8 4 (9.76%) Decision-Making
8 4 (9.76%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (9.76%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) Python
2 6 (14.63%) Bash
3 2 (4.88%) SQL
4 1 (2.44%) Bicep
4 1 (2.44%) Java
4 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (19.51%) CCNP
1 8 (19.51%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (17.07%) CISSP
3 6 (14.63%) AWS Certification
3 6 (14.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
4 4 (9.76%) CCIE
4 4 (9.76%) CCIE Security
4 4 (9.76%) CCNA
5 3 (7.32%) CISM
6 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (29.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (29.27%) NIST
2 2 (4.88%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.44%) GRC
System Software
1 7 (17.07%) Docker
2 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (17.07%) Kubernetes
1 7 (17.07%) Terraform
2 1 (2.44%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (21.95%) Cisco
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.88%) Darktrace
3 2 (4.88%) Palo Alto
3 2 (4.88%) Rapid7
3 2 (4.88%) SolarWinds
4 1 (2.44%) F5
4 1 (2.44%) Splunk