Network Security Contracts

Network Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 182 180 225
Rank change year-on-year -2 +45 +28
Contract jobs citing Network Security 552 816 1,131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.28% 1.46% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.17% 11.45% 11.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 519 749
10th Percentile £375 £400 £379
25th Percentile £463 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £564 £560 £530
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% +5.66% +7.07%
75th Percentile £669 £688 £638
90th Percentile £754 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 23
10th Percentile - £19.50 £40.35
25th Percentile £7.43 £21.79 £45.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £55.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.45% +1.85% +22.73%
75th Percentile £41.25 £66.00 £60.93
90th Percentile - £71.00 £66.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £7.43 £22.26 £54.00
% change year-on-year -66.62% -58.78% +116.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,426 7,124 9,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.60% 12.71% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,234 4,603 6,376
10th Percentile £206 £240 £240
25th Percentile £350 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £688 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.56% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 443 367
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.24 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +119.30% -29.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.54 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -1.15%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Security over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England -1 473 £564 -1.96% 271
UK excluding London +12 286 £575 +9.52% 190
Work from Home -16 188 £550 - 132
London -23 179 £530 -11.65% 105
South East +10 100 £540 -10.00% 62
South West +36 65 £575 -4.17% 22
North of England -3 56 £610 +19.02% 43
Midlands +10 47 £600 +14.29% 24
North West +8 42 £660 +35.80% 26
West Midlands +8 42 £634 +18.02% 21
Yorkshire 0 12 £500 -20.00% 14
Scotland +18 9 £550 +1.71% 20
East of England -12 6 £475 -9.52% 14
Wales +10 4 £263 -38.24% 11
East Midlands 0 4 £575 +9.52% 3
North East - 2 £450 - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (0.91%) Apache
2 4 (0.72%) IIS
2 4 (0.72%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.36%) MQSeries
4 2 (0.36%) nginx
5 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (0.91%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.91%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 110 (19.93%) Azure
2 104 (18.84%) AWS
3 26 (4.71%) GCP
4 22 (3.99%) Amazon EC2
4 22 (3.99%) Amazon S3
4 22 (3.99%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (3.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 21 (3.80%) Entra ID
6 15 (2.72%) Azure Sentinel
7 14 (2.54%) Amazon EKS
8 13 (2.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 13 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (2.17%) Route 53
9 12 (2.17%) SaaS
10 10 (1.81%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (1.81%) Serverless
11 9 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (1.63%) IaaS
12 8 (1.45%) Cloudflare
12 8 (1.45%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 230 (41.67%) Firewall
2 93 (16.85%) VPN
3 76 (13.77%) WAN
4 56 (10.14%) BGP
4 56 (10.14%) DNS
5 52 (9.42%) LAN
6 49 (8.88%) Cisco ISE
7 43 (7.79%) TCP/IP
8 42 (7.61%) OSPF
9 41 (7.43%) Wireless
10 40 (7.25%) Cisco ASA
10 40 (7.25%) SD-WAN
11 32 (5.80%) Intrusion Detection
12 31 (5.62%) MPLS
13 24 (4.35%) VLAN
14 22 (3.99%) DHCP
14 22 (3.99%) Internet
15 21 (3.80%) IPsec
16 18 (3.26%) Wi-Fi
17 17 (3.08%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.44%) Amazon RDS
2 18 (3.26%) Big Data
3 8 (1.45%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.27%) InfluxDB
5 4 (0.72%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (0.72%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.54%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.18%) Bigtable
8 1 (0.18%) CockroachDB
8 1 (0.18%) Couchbase
8 1 (0.18%) CouchDB
8 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.18%) MySQL
8 1 (0.18%) NonStop SQL
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 28 (5.07%) Git
2 26 (4.71%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.72%) JIRA
5 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.18%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.18%) GitLab
6 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 92 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 88 (15.94%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (9.06%) Finance
4 48 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 20 (3.62%) Manufacturing
6 19 (3.44%) Banking
7 18 (3.26%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.08%) Military
9 12 (2.17%) Retail
10 10 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.45%) Marketing
12 7 (1.27%) Legal
13 6 (1.09%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.72%) Electronics
14 4 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.54%) German Language
16 2 (0.36%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.36%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 147 (26.63%) Network Engineer
2 107 (19.38%) Architect
3 78 (14.13%) Security Engineer
4 77 (13.95%) Security Architect
5 64 (11.59%) Senior
6 48 (8.70%) Network Security Engineer
7 41 (7.43%) Consultant
8 32 (5.80%) Analyst
9 28 (5.07%) Security Consultant
10 26 (4.71%) Network Architect
11 25 (4.53%) Project Manager
11 25 (4.53%) Senior Network Engineer
12 21 (3.80%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 20 (3.62%) Security Analyst
14 19 (3.44%) DevOps Engineer
14 19 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (2.90%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
15 16 (2.90%) Network Consultant
16 14 (2.54%) Network Security Architect
17 13 (2.36%) Network Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.26%) Apache NiFi
2 14 (2.54%) .NET
3 12 (2.17%) SAML
4 11 (1.99%) LDAP
5 8 (1.45%) JSON
5 8 (1.45%) OAuth
6 7 (1.27%) NETCONF
6 7 (1.27%) Web Services
6 7 (1.27%) XML
6 7 (1.27%) YANG
7 6 (1.09%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (0.91%) ASP.NET
8 5 (0.91%) OAuth2
9 4 (0.72%) Middleware
9 4 (0.72%) Regular Expression
10 3 (0.54%) Jinja
10 3 (0.54%) OpenID
10 3 (0.54%) RESTful
10 3 (0.54%) scikit-learn
10 3 (0.54%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.14%) Data Centre
2 45 (8.15%) Management Information System
3 30 (5.43%) Cyber Defence
4 29 (5.25%) Security Posture
5 25 (4.53%) Security Operations Centre
6 24 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
7 23 (4.17%) PKI
8 18 (3.26%) Distributed Applications
9 17 (3.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 15 (2.72%) Operational Technology
11 9 (1.63%) Cloud Native
12 8 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (1.27%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.91%) Clustering
14 5 (0.91%) Cyberattack
14 5 (0.91%) IoT
14 5 (0.91%) NHS
14 5 (0.91%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 66 (11.96%) Windows
2 51 (9.24%) Linux
3 19 (3.44%) Unix
4 16 (2.90%) Android
4 16 (2.90%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.99%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.36%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.18%) AIX
9 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.18%) VMS
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (25.54%) Cybersecurity
2 118 (21.38%) Information Security
3 96 (17.39%) Security Architecture
4 87 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
5 78 (14.13%) Cloud Security
5 78 (14.13%) SIEM
6 61 (11.05%) Identity Access Management
7 54 (9.78%) DevOps
7 54 (9.78%) Security Operations
8 52 (9.42%) Risk Management
9 46 (8.33%) Migration
10 42 (7.61%) Penetration Testing
11 39 (7.07%) Computer Science
12 37 (6.70%) CI/CD
12 37 (6.70%) Incident Response
13 36 (6.52%) Change Management
13 36 (6.52%) Roadmaps
14 35 (6.34%) Analytics
15 34 (6.16%) Network Design
15 34 (6.16%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (10.87%) Python
2 31 (5.62%) Java
3 21 (3.80%) PowerShell
4 15 (2.72%) SQL
5 11 (1.99%) Go
6 9 (1.63%) Bash
7 8 (1.45%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.09%) C#
9 6 (1.09%) VB
10 5 (0.91%) C
11 4 (0.72%) Bicep
12 3 (0.54%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.54%) PHP
12 3 (0.54%) Ruby
13 1 (0.18%) C++
13 1 (0.18%) Korn
13 1 (0.18%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 177 (32.07%) Security Cleared
2 110 (19.93%) Cisco Certification
3 96 (17.39%) DV Cleared
4 84 (15.22%) CCNP
5 83 (15.04%) SC Cleared
6 75 (13.59%) CISSP
7 54 (9.78%) Degree
8 51 (9.24%) CISM
9 36 (6.52%) CCNA
10 33 (5.98%) Computer Science Degree
11 31 (5.62%) CCIE
12 20 (3.62%) CISA
13 19 (3.44%) AWS Certification
14 17 (3.08%) Azure Certification
15 12 (2.17%) CEH
15 12 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (1.81%) CCSA
16 10 (1.81%) CREST Certified
17 9 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
17 9 (1.63%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (11.78%) NIST
2 53 (9.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (3.99%) GDPR
3 22 (3.99%) NCSC
4 18 (3.26%) Actionable Recommendations
5 16 (2.90%) COBIT
6 12 (2.17%) NIST 800
7 10 (1.81%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.91%) SLA
9 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.72%) ISA99
9 4 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.54%) GPG13
10 3 (0.54%) GRC
10 3 (0.54%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.54%) QA
11 2 (0.36%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.18%) Def Stans
System Software
1 38 (6.88%) Docker
2 37 (6.70%) Active Directory
3 21 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.81%) VMware NSX
6 9 (1.63%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.36%) Samba
7 2 (0.36%) Squid
7 2 (0.36%) XenApp
8 1 (0.18%) NFS
8 1 (0.18%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 50 (9.06%) Terraform
2 36 (6.52%) Kubernetes
3 26 (4.71%) Ansible
4 21 (3.80%) FortiGate
4 21 (3.80%) Grafana
5 19 (3.44%) Prometheus
6 17 (3.08%) Nessus
7 7 (1.27%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.09%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (0.72%) CASB
9 4 (0.72%) Kibana
9 4 (0.72%) QRadar
10 3 (0.54%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.54%) Puppet
10 3 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.36%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.36%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.36%) Nagios
12 1 (0.18%) systemd
Vendors
1 162 (29.35%) Cisco
2 107 (19.38%) Palo Alto
3 64 (11.59%) Microsoft
4 52 (9.42%) Juniper
5 45 (8.15%) CheckPoint
6 42 (7.61%) F5
7 40 (7.25%) Fortinet
8 32 (5.80%) VMware
9 31 (5.62%) Zscaler
10 18 (3.26%) Aruba
11 17 (3.08%) Red Hat
12 13 (2.36%) Meraki
12 13 (2.36%) Splunk
13 12 (2.17%) Arista
13 12 (2.17%) Dell
14 11 (1.99%) ScienceLogic
15 10 (1.81%) Google
15 10 (1.81%) SolarWinds
16 9 (1.63%) Blue Coat
17 8 (1.45%) Citrix