Network Security Contracts with Work from Home Options

Network Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 157 230
Rank change year-on-year -13 +73 +14
Contract jobs citing Network Security 187 415 516
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.25% 1.65% 1.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.13% 14.29% 11.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 264 374
10th Percentile £405 £413 £390
25th Percentile £463 £485 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £600 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.92% +11.63% +7.50%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £638
90th Percentile £750 £743 £704
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £539
% change year-on-year - +6.68% +13.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 11
10th Percentile - £42.30 £40.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £59.63 £48.13
Median hourly rate £19.00 £66.00 £60.92
Median % change year-on-year -71.21% +8.34% +24.96%
75th Percentile £19.50 £67.06 £65.25
90th Percentile - £70.63 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £53.57 £54.22
% change year-on-year -64.53% -1.20% +23.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,541 2,904 4,330
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.32% 11.53% 9.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,004 1,924 2,932
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £490 £516 £500
% change year-on-year -4.99% +3.15% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 96 103
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.25 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.14 £42.50 £25.88
Median hourly rate £23.75 £58.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.57% +23.68% +11.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.06 £63.13
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +116.22% -32.73% +1.85%

Network Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Security.

Network Security daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Security over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Network Security daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Security.

Network Security hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (2.67%) IIS
2 2 (1.07%) Apache
2 2 (1.07%) nginx
3 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.53%) EPiServer
3 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.53%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.60%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 51 (27.27%) AWS
2 45 (24.06%) Azure
3 14 (7.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 13 (6.95%) Entra ID
5 10 (5.35%) Amazon EC2
5 10 (5.35%) Amazon S3
6 9 (4.81%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (3.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 7 (3.74%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (3.74%) Route 53
8 6 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.67%) CloudFront
9 5 (2.67%) GCP
9 5 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (2.14%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (2.14%) IaaS
10 4 (2.14%) SaaS
10 4 (2.14%) Serverless
11 3 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.60%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (33.69%) Firewall
2 39 (20.86%) VPN
3 30 (16.04%) DNS
4 21 (11.23%) WAN
5 15 (8.02%) LAN
5 15 (8.02%) TCP/IP
6 14 (7.49%) BGP
7 13 (6.95%) Cisco ISE
8 12 (6.42%) 4G
8 12 (6.42%) 5G
8 12 (6.42%) Cisco ASA
8 12 (6.42%) OSPF
8 12 (6.42%) SD-WAN
9 11 (5.88%) Wireless
10 9 (4.81%) DHCP
10 9 (4.81%) IPsec
11 8 (4.28%) MPLS
11 8 (4.28%) Wireshark
12 7 (3.74%) VLAN
12 7 (3.74%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.74%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.53%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (6.42%) Git
1 12 (6.42%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.60%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.53%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.53%) GitLab
3 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (20.32%) Social Skills
2 24 (12.83%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (12.30%) Finance
4 17 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.95%) Manufacturing
6 9 (4.81%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.28%) Retail
8 6 (3.21%) Banking
9 4 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.60%) Military
11 2 (1.07%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.07%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.53%) Automotive
12 1 (0.53%) Electronics
12 1 (0.53%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.53%) Legal
12 1 (0.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 54 (28.88%) Architect
2 45 (24.06%) Network Engineer
3 43 (22.99%) Security Architect
4 32 (17.11%) Senior
5 22 (11.76%) Security Engineer
6 13 (6.95%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 12 (6.42%) Network Security Engineer
8 10 (5.35%) Analyst
8 10 (5.35%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (4.81%) Senior Network Engineer
10 8 (4.28%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (3.74%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (3.74%) Lead
12 6 (3.21%) Security Analyst
12 6 (3.21%) Security Specialist
13 5 (2.67%) Applications Engineer
13 5 (2.67%) AWS Engineer
13 5 (2.67%) Network Architect
13 5 (2.67%) Project Manager
13 5 (2.67%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.28%) .NET
2 6 (3.21%) LDAP
2 6 (3.21%) SAML
3 5 (2.67%) ASP.NET
3 5 (2.67%) OAuth
3 5 (2.67%) OAuth2
4 3 (1.60%) PyTorch
4 3 (1.60%) scikit-learn
4 3 (1.60%) TensorFlow
5 2 (1.07%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.07%) Regular Expression
5 2 (1.07%) Web Services
6 1 (0.53%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.53%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.28%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (3.74%) Cloud Native
3 7 (3.74%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.74%) Security Posture
4 5 (2.67%) Clustering
4 5 (2.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.14%) PKI
6 3 (1.60%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.60%) NHS
6 3 (1.60%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.07%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.07%) IoT
7 2 (1.07%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.07%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.07%) Shadow IT
8 1 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.53%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.23%) Windows
2 14 (7.49%) Linux
3 6 (3.21%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.53%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.53%) Unix
4 1 (0.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (22.46%) Information Security
2 39 (20.86%) Cybersecurity
3 36 (19.25%) Security Architecture
4 32 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (14.44%) Cloud Security
5 27 (14.44%) DevOps
6 21 (11.23%) Risk Management
7 19 (10.16%) CI/CD
7 19 (10.16%) Load Balancing
7 19 (10.16%) Penetration Testing
7 19 (10.16%) Security Management
8 18 (9.63%) Information Security Management
8 18 (9.63%) TOGAF
9 16 (8.56%) SIEM
10 15 (8.02%) Architectural Patterns
10 15 (8.02%) Network Design
10 15 (8.02%) Roadmaps
11 14 (7.49%) Identity Access Management
11 14 (7.49%) Incident Response
11 14 (7.49%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.23%) Python
2 13 (6.95%) Java
3 11 (5.88%) PowerShell
4 7 (3.74%) Bash
5 5 (2.67%) VB
6 4 (2.14%) SQL
7 2 (1.07%) Bicep
8 1 (0.53%) C#
8 1 (0.53%) Go
8 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.53%) PHP
8 1 (0.53%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 58 (31.02%) Security Cleared
2 34 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 33 (17.65%) CISSP
4 28 (14.97%) CISM
5 27 (14.44%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (10.16%) CCNP
7 15 (8.02%) CISA
8 14 (7.49%) Degree
9 13 (6.95%) DV Cleared
10 11 (5.88%) AWS Certification
10 11 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (5.35%) CREST Certified
12 9 (4.81%) CCNA
13 8 (4.28%) CEH
13 8 (4.28%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (3.74%) CCDP
15 6 (3.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 4 (2.14%) Azure Certification
16 4 (2.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (18.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (16.58%) NIST
3 17 (9.09%) NCSC
4 6 (3.21%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.67%) COBIT
5 5 (2.67%) SLA
6 3 (1.60%) GDPR
6 3 (1.60%) GPG13
7 2 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.07%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.07%) QA
7 2 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.53%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.53%) GRC
System Software
1 21 (11.23%) Active Directory
2 19 (10.16%) Docker
3 6 (3.21%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.07%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.07%) Squid
5 2 (1.07%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 16 (8.56%) Terraform
3 8 (4.28%) Grafana
4 7 (3.74%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.67%) Nessus
6 4 (2.14%) Ansible
6 4 (2.14%) FortiGate
6 4 (2.14%) Kibana
7 2 (1.07%) HAProxy
7 2 (1.07%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.53%) Nagios
8 1 (0.53%) Nmap
8 1 (0.53%) OpenView
8 1 (0.53%) Puppet
8 1 (0.53%) QRadar
8 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (26.74%) Cisco
2 27 (14.44%) Palo Alto
3 19 (10.16%) Microsoft
4 16 (8.56%) Juniper
5 13 (6.95%) Fortinet
5 13 (6.95%) Zscaler
6 10 (5.35%) F5
7 8 (4.28%) Aruba
7 8 (4.28%) Splunk
8 7 (3.74%) CheckPoint
9 5 (2.67%) Arista
9 5 (2.67%) Sparx
10 4 (2.14%) HP
10 4 (2.14%) VMware
11 3 (1.60%) Blue Coat
11 3 (1.60%) Google
11 3 (1.60%) Infoblox
11 3 (1.60%) LogRhythm
11 3 (1.60%) Meraki
11 3 (1.60%) Oracle