Network Security Contracts in South Wales

Network Security
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 33 49 -
Rank change year-on-year +16 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 5 8 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.48% 1.67% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.15% 8.08% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 0
10th Percentile £219 £388 -
25th Percentile £233 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -47.50% - -
75th Percentile £331 £569 -
90th Percentile £369 £618 -
Wales median daily rate £263 £425 -
% change year-on-year -38.24% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 33 99 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 9.76% 20.71% 18.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 80 118
10th Percentile £175 £250 £209
25th Percentile £199 £324 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £241 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -54.05% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £591 £588
90th Percentile £643 £650 £642
Wales median daily rate £241 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -54.05% +16.67% +6.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £11.93
25th Percentile - - £37.28
Median hourly rate £14.36 - £46.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +120.24%
75th Percentile - - £47.40
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median hourly rate £16.77 - £46.25
% change year-on-year - - +120.24%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in South Wales

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in South Wales

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in South Wales

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in South Wales

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales 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
Cardiff +9 3 £291 -49.35% 5
Newport +9 1 - - 2
Bridgend +2 1 £263 -38.24%
Network Security
Wales

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (20.00%) Cloudflare
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) Wireless
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) 802.11
3 1 (20.00%) BGP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (20.00%) HSRP
3 1 (20.00%) IPsec
3 1 (20.00%) OSPF
3 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (20.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) AIX
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Statistics
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Cacti
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Barracuda Networks
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (20.00%) VMware