Network Security Contracts in London

Network Security
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 195 252
Rank change year-on-year -23 +57 +1
Contract jobs citing Network Security 179 358 432
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.02% 1.41% 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.72% 13.83% 11.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 245 283
10th Percentile £336 £442 £376
25th Percentile £419 £488 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.65% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £691
90th Percentile £766 £775 £865
England median daily rate £564 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -1.96% +6.98% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile - £21.13 £45.67
25th Percentile £38.75 £21.32 £48.48
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £54.40
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +1.10% +8.80%
75th Percentile £41.25 £66.00 £61.58
90th Percentile - £74.40 £65.13
England median hourly rate £13.50 £52.13 £54.50
% change year-on-year -74.10% -4.35% +36.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,669 2,589 3,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.53% 10.18% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,123 1,818 2,545
10th Percentile £215 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +13.52%
75th Percentile £619 £669 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 49 89
10th Percentile £14.48 £18.93 £16.45
25th Percentile £16.71 £22.75 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.80 £36.54 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.87% +29.35% -43.11%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.50 £44.50
90th Percentile £59.75 £76.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +135.29% -28.90% +3.48%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in London

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in London

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in London

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in London

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +16 21 £550 - 8
South London - 5 £365 -
East London -11 4 £540 -28.00% 4
West London -4 3 £303 -56.79% 4
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (2.23%) IIS
2 3 (1.68%) Apache
2 3 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.12%) MQSeries
3 2 (1.12%) nginx
3 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 43 (24.02%) AWS
2 41 (22.91%) Azure
3 12 (6.70%) GCP
4 10 (5.59%) Entra ID
4 10 (5.59%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.47%) Amazon EKS
5 8 (4.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 6 (3.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 6 (3.35%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (3.35%) Amazon S3
6 6 (3.35%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (3.35%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (3.35%) Route 53
7 5 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.68%) GitHub
8 3 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.68%) Nutanix
9 2 (1.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.12%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 86 (48.04%) Firewall
2 36 (20.11%) VPN
3 34 (18.99%) BGP
4 33 (18.44%) WAN
5 29 (16.20%) OSPF
6 25 (13.97%) DNS
7 22 (12.29%) SD-WAN
8 20 (11.17%) LAN
8 20 (11.17%) TCP/IP
9 19 (10.61%) MPLS
10 15 (8.38%) Internet
11 14 (7.82%) Cisco ASA
12 12 (6.70%) EIGRP
12 12 (6.70%) IPsec
12 12 (6.70%) SSL
13 11 (6.15%) HTTP
14 9 (5.03%) DHCP
14 9 (5.03%) Wireless
15 8 (4.47%) SNMP
15 8 (4.47%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.35%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.23%) Apache Cassandra
3 3 (1.68%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.56%) Bigtable
4 1 (0.56%) CockroachDB
4 1 (0.56%) Couchbase
4 1 (0.56%) CouchDB
4 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.56%) MySQL
4 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.56%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 15 (8.38%) Git
2 11 (6.15%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.23%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.56%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.56%) TeamCity
General
1 31 (17.32%) Finance
2 30 (16.76%) Social Skills
3 16 (8.94%) Banking
4 7 (3.91%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.91%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.35%) Financial Institution
5 6 (3.35%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.79%) Marketing
7 4 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.12%) Legal
9 2 (1.12%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.12%) Retail
10 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 67 (37.43%) Network Engineer
2 36 (20.11%) Architect
3 31 (17.32%) Security Engineer
3 31 (17.32%) Senior
4 23 (12.85%) Security Architect
5 16 (8.94%) Network Security Engineer
5 16 (8.94%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (5.59%) Consultant
7 9 (5.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (4.47%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (4.47%) Security Consultant
9 7 (3.91%) Analyst
9 7 (3.91%) Network Architect
10 6 (3.35%) DevOps Engineer
10 6 (3.35%) Senior Architect
11 5 (2.79%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 4 (2.23%) AWS Engineer
12 4 (2.23%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
12 4 (2.23%) IT Security Consultant
12 4 (2.23%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.03%) .NET
2 8 (4.47%) LDAP
3 7 (3.91%) SAML
4 6 (3.35%) JSON
4 6 (3.35%) NETCONF
4 6 (3.35%) XML
4 6 (3.35%) YANG
5 5 (2.79%) ASP.NET
6 4 (2.23%) Middleware
6 4 (2.23%) Web Services
7 3 (1.68%) OAuth
7 3 (1.68%) OpenID
8 2 (1.12%) ARM Templates
8 2 (1.12%) Jinja
8 2 (1.12%) Regular Expression
8 2 (1.12%) RESTful
8 2 (1.12%) SPML
9 1 (0.56%) Azure Blueprints
9 1 (0.56%) OpenTelemetry
9 1 (0.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.97%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 13 (7.26%) Management Information System
4 9 (5.03%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.47%) Security Posture
6 7 (3.91%) PKI
7 5 (2.79%) Clustering
7 5 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.79%) Social Media
8 4 (2.23%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.68%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.12%) Cyberattack
10 2 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.12%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.12%) NHS
10 2 (1.12%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.12%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.56%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.38%) Windows
2 14 (7.82%) Linux
3 8 (4.47%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.68%) Unix
5 1 (0.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (20.11%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (17.88%) Information Security
3 29 (16.20%) Cloud Security
4 27 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (11.73%) DevOps
6 20 (11.17%) Security Architecture
7 19 (10.61%) SIEM
8 18 (10.06%) Computer Science
8 18 (10.06%) Migration
9 16 (8.94%) Load Balancing
10 15 (8.38%) Information Assurance
10 15 (8.38%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (8.38%) Network Architecture
10 15 (8.38%) Penetration Testing
10 15 (8.38%) Security Management
11 14 (7.82%) Risk Assessment
11 14 (7.82%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 13 (7.26%) Information Security Management
12 13 (7.26%) Network Design
12 13 (7.26%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 27 (15.08%) Python
2 17 (9.50%) PowerShell
3 12 (6.70%) Java
4 5 (2.79%) VB
5 3 (1.68%) Bash
5 3 (1.68%) Bicep
5 3 (1.68%) Go
5 3 (1.68%) SQL
6 2 (1.12%) C#
6 2 (1.12%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.56%) C
7 1 (0.56%) C++
7 1 (0.56%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.56%) Korn
7 1 (0.56%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 39 (21.79%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (16.76%) CCNP
3 29 (16.20%) CISSP
4 24 (13.41%) Degree
5 23 (12.85%) CISM
6 18 (10.06%) Security Cleared
7 17 (9.50%) SC Cleared
8 15 (8.38%) CISA
9 14 (7.82%) CCIE
9 14 (7.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (5.59%) CREST Certified
11 8 (4.47%) CEH
11 8 (4.47%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (3.35%) AWS Certification
12 6 (3.35%) CCNA
13 5 (2.79%) CCDP
14 4 (2.23%) GIAC
15 3 (1.68%) GCIA
15 3 (1.68%) GCIH
15 3 (1.68%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (13.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (10.61%) NIST
3 18 (10.06%) NCSC
4 6 (3.35%) COBIT
5 5 (2.79%) GDPR
6 4 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (2.23%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.68%) GPG13
8 2 (1.12%) ISO 22301
8 2 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.56%) ISA99
9 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
System Software
1 16 (8.94%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.15%) Docker
3 8 (4.47%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.68%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.12%) Samba
6 2 (1.12%) Squid
6 2 (1.12%) XenApp
7 1 (0.56%) NFS
7 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (10.06%) Terraform
2 13 (7.26%) Kubernetes
3 9 (5.03%) Ansible
3 9 (5.03%) FortiGate
4 7 (3.91%) Grafana
5 6 (3.35%) Nessus
5 6 (3.35%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.23%) CASB
7 3 (1.68%) CSIRT
7 3 (1.68%) Kibana
7 3 (1.68%) Puppet
7 3 (1.68%) QRadar
8 2 (1.12%) HAProxy
8 2 (1.12%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.56%) Argo
9 1 (0.56%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.56%) Istio
9 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.56%) Stealthwatch
9 1 (0.56%) systemd
Vendors
1 51 (28.49%) Cisco
2 43 (24.02%) Palo Alto
3 19 (10.61%) Fortinet
4 15 (8.38%) CheckPoint
4 15 (8.38%) Microsoft
5 14 (7.82%) F5
6 12 (6.70%) Arista
7 11 (6.15%) Juniper
8 10 (5.59%) VMware
9 8 (4.47%) Aruba
9 8 (4.47%) Google
9 8 (4.47%) Meraki
9 8 (4.47%) Zscaler
10 6 (3.35%) Splunk
11 4 (2.23%) Infoblox
11 4 (2.23%) Nokia
11 4 (2.23%) SolarWinds
12 3 (1.68%) Dell
12 3 (1.68%) Oracle
12 3 (1.68%) Red Hat