Network Security Contracts in the Thames Valley

Network Security
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 101 108
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 -1
Contract jobs citing Network Security 46 46 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.77% 1.64% 1.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.30% 10.22% 9.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 29 35
10th Percentile £439 £361 £365
25th Percentile £533 £431 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +2.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £825 £600 £606
90th Percentile £911 £698 £708
South East median daily rate £540 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +20.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £78.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £80.50
Median % change year-on-year - -76.40% +97.55%
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 £82.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £7.43 £19.00 £52.89
% change year-on-year -60.89% -64.07% +0.73%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 554 450 614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.27% 16.06% 17.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 279 349
10th Percentile £205 £300 £206
25th Percentile £335 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +2.74% +18.75%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £556
90th Percentile £638 £650 £648
South East median daily rate £488 £485 £450
% change year-on-year +0.52% +7.78% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 15 21
10th Percentile £17.15 £18.90 £12.25
25th Percentile £23.10 £22.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -32.67%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.49 £81.22 £26.50
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -0.26% +167.44% -33.85%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the Thames Valley

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the Thames Valley

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the Thames Valley

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the Thames Valley

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 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
Berkshire -23 27 £533 +1.52% 15
Buckinghamshire +42 17 £800 +62.44% 3
Oxfordshire +8 2 £425 -2.86% 2
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.39%) AWS
2 7 (15.22%) Azure
3 3 (6.52%) Azure API Management
3 3 (6.52%) Azure Event Grid
3 3 (6.52%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (6.52%) Entra ID
3 3 (6.52%) GCP
3 3 (6.52%) IaaS
3 3 (6.52%) PaaS
3 3 (6.52%) SaaS
3 3 (6.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (4.35%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (4.35%) Amazon EMR
4 2 (4.35%) Amazon S3
4 2 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (4.35%) Serverless
5 1 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 17 (36.96%) Firewall
2 14 (30.43%) Cisco ASA
3 13 (28.26%) Cisco ISE
4 6 (13.04%) VPN
5 5 (10.87%) LAN
5 5 (10.87%) WAN
6 3 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (4.35%) BGP
7 2 (4.35%) EIGRP
7 2 (4.35%) Internet
7 2 (4.35%) IPsec
7 2 (4.35%) MPLS
7 2 (4.35%) OSPF
7 2 (4.35%) SD-WAN
8 1 (2.17%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (2.17%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (2.17%) Junos
8 1 (2.17%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (2.17%) Unified Communications
8 1 (2.17%) xDSL
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (23.91%) Telecoms
2 7 (15.22%) Organisational Skills
2 7 (15.22%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (10.87%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.52%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.52%) Finance
4 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.35%) Electronics
5 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.35%) Marketing
6 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (26.09%) Network Engineer
2 10 (21.74%) Analyst
2 10 (21.74%) Network Analyst
2 10 (21.74%) Network Security Analyst
2 10 (21.74%) Security Analyst
3 7 (15.22%) Consultant
3 7 (15.22%) Security Consultant
3 7 (15.22%) Senior
4 6 (13.04%) Architect
4 6 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 5 (10.87%) Juniper Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) Lead
5 5 (10.87%) Security Architect
6 4 (8.70%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 4 (8.70%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Security Specialist
6 4 (8.70%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 4 (8.70%) Splunk Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) .NET
1 3 (6.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.57%) Data Centre
2 7 (15.22%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.52%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.52%) Public Cloud
4 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.17%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.17%) IoT
5 1 (2.17%) Life Science
5 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Linux
1 4 (8.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.26%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (26.09%) Identity Access Management
3 10 (21.74%) Information Security
4 9 (19.57%) Application Security
4 9 (19.57%) Information Security Management
4 9 (19.57%) ITIL
4 9 (19.57%) OWASP
4 9 (19.57%) Security Management
4 9 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (19.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 9 (19.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (17.39%) Conflict Resolution
5 8 (17.39%) Project Planning
6 7 (15.22%) Budget Management
6 7 (15.22%) Budgeting
6 7 (15.22%) Decision-Making
6 7 (15.22%) Migration
6 7 (15.22%) Risk Management
6 7 (15.22%) Roadmaps
6 7 (15.22%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.70%) Python
2 3 (6.52%) C#
2 3 (6.52%) Java
2 3 (6.52%) PHP
2 3 (6.52%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (34.78%) Cisco Certification
1 16 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 15 (32.61%) CCNP
3 12 (26.09%) DV Cleared
4 7 (15.22%) ISACA
5 6 (13.04%) CISM
5 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
6 4 (8.70%) Degree
7 3 (6.52%) Azure Certification
7 3 (6.52%) CCNA
7 3 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (4.35%) AWS Certification
8 2 (4.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (2.17%) APMP
9 1 (2.17%) BC Cleared
9 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.17%) CCDP
9 1 (2.17%) CCIE
9 1 (2.17%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.57%) COBIT
1 9 (19.57%) GDPR
1 9 (19.57%) NIST
2 1 (2.17%) QA
System Software
1 7 (15.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (8.70%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.52%) Active Directory
3 3 (6.52%) Docker
3 3 (6.52%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (6.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (23.91%) Nessus
2 3 (6.52%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.52%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.17%) Ansible
3 1 (2.17%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 16 (34.78%) Cisco
2 15 (32.61%) Palo Alto
3 14 (30.43%) Juniper
4 12 (26.09%) ScienceLogic
5 10 (21.74%) Microsoft
6 7 (15.22%) VMware
7 4 (8.70%) Splunk
8 2 (4.35%) SAP
9 1 (2.17%) ADVA
9 1 (2.17%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 1 (2.17%) Aruba
9 1 (2.17%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.17%) Fortinet
9 1 (2.17%) Meraki
9 1 (2.17%) SolarWinds