Network Security Contracts in Reading

Network Security
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 60 71
Rank change year-on-year -23 +11 -10
Contract jobs citing Network Security 17 28 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.44% 2.67% 1.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.33% 14.58% 10.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 14
10th Percentile £473 £480 £203
25th Percentile - £505 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.17% +9.09% +37.50%
75th Percentile - £651 £681
90th Percentile £592 £766 £708
Berkshire median daily rate £533 £528 £550
% change year-on-year +1.04% -4.09% +35.80%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 232 192 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 19.63% 18.32% 17.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 100 123
10th Percentile £205 £325 £263
25th Percentile £350 £424 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £563 £463
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +21.62% +22.52%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £581
90th Percentile - £728 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £494 £466
% change year-on-year +1.21% +5.97% +24.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 1
10th Percentile £79.07 - -
25th Percentile - £66.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £87.46 £75.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.61% +188.46% -44.83%
75th Percentile £87.53 £76.99 £26.50
90th Percentile - £79.62 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.77 £72.84 £17.00
% change year-on-year +15.01% +328.44% -47.69%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Reading

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Reading

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Reading over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Reading

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Reading

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) AWS
3 2 (11.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) BGP
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (17.65%) EIGRP
2 3 (17.65%) IPsec
2 3 (17.65%) MPLS
2 3 (17.65%) OSPF
2 3 (17.65%) SD-WAN
2 3 (17.65%) VPN
2 3 (17.65%) WAN
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (11.76%) DMVPN
3 2 (11.76%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 2 (11.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 2 (11.76%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (11.76%) Sourcefire
4 1 (5.88%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (5.88%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 8 (47.06%) Telecoms
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Architect
1 6 (35.29%) Consultant
1 6 (35.29%) Security Consultant
2 5 (29.41%) Security Architect
2 5 (29.41%) Senior
3 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 4 (23.53%) Security Specialist
3 4 (23.53%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 4 (23.53%) Senior Security Specialist
3 4 (23.53%) Splunk Specialist
4 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Lead
5 2 (11.76%) Lead Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Lead Security Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Network Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Network Security Consultant
6 1 (5.88%) Network Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Security Consultant
6 1 (5.88%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Cyberattack
2 1 (5.88%) IoT
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) PKI
2 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Linux
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Identity Access Management
2 9 (52.94%) ITIL
3 8 (47.06%) Application Security
3 8 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (47.06%) Information Security
4 7 (41.18%) Information Security Management
4 7 (41.18%) OWASP
4 7 (41.18%) Security Management
4 7 (41.18%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (35.29%) Conflict Resolution
5 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (29.41%) Budget Management
6 5 (29.41%) Budgeting
6 5 (29.41%) Capacity Management
6 5 (29.41%) Project Planning
6 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
6 5 (29.41%) Roadmaps
7 4 (23.53%) Incident Management
7 4 (23.53%) Security Operations
8 3 (17.65%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) ISACA
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (17.65%) CCNP
4 2 (11.76%) CCNA
4 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (11.76%) Degree
5 1 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (5.88%) AWS Certification
5 1 (5.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
5 1 (5.88%) CCIE
5 1 (5.88%) CCSP
5 1 (5.88%) CISSP
5 1 (5.88%) HP ASE
5 1 (5.88%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (47.06%) COBIT
2 7 (41.18%) GDPR
2 7 (41.18%) NIST
3 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Palo Alto
2 4 (23.53%) Splunk
3 3 (17.65%) Aruba
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco
3 3 (17.65%) Juniper
4 2 (11.76%) Blue Coat
4 2 (11.76%) CheckPoint
4 2 (11.76%) F5
4 2 (11.76%) Fortinet
4 2 (11.76%) McAfee
4 2 (11.76%) Zscaler
5 1 (5.88%) VMware