Network Security Contracts in the North of England

Network Security
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 122 160
Rank change year-on-year 0 +38 -32
Contract jobs citing Network Security 62 86 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.29% 1.57% 1.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.01% 12.78% 8.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 49 49
10th Percentile £425 £338 £400
25th Percentile £497 £413 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year +22.55% -7.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £716 £638 £638
90th Percentile £775 £700 £690
England median daily rate £550 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.93% +13.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 £52.13 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.10% -25.53% +180.00%
75th Percentile £18.63 - -
90th Percentile £21.25 - -
England median hourly rate £16.25 £52.13 £54.00
% change year-on-year -68.83% -3.46% +66.59%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 563 673 940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 11.69% 12.27% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 449 658
10th Percentile £200 £204 £179
25th Percentile £321 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £614 £566 £550
90th Percentile £775 £665 £638
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 48 23
10th Percentile £13.42 - £10.67
25th Percentile £21.63 £9.80 £16.12
Median hourly rate £26.00 £10.63 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year +144.59% -39.74% +3.76%
75th Percentile £47.38 £16.67 £21.33
90th Percentile £49.65 £37.85 £51.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.07 £23.91
% change year-on-year +134.40% -28.63% +3.02%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 7 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
North West +10 47 £666 +37.04% 23
Yorkshire -2 13 £500 -20.00% 12
North East - 2 £450 - 2
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 11 (17.74%) Azure
2 9 (14.52%) AWS
3 8 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (8.06%) Akamai
4 5 (8.06%) Cloudflare
4 5 (8.06%) SaaS
5 3 (4.84%) IaaS
5 3 (4.84%) PaaS
6 2 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (3.23%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.61%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.61%) Azure App Service
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.61%) GCP
7 1 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.61%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (22.58%) Firewall
2 8 (12.90%) WAN
3 5 (8.06%) LAN
3 5 (8.06%) SD-WAN
3 5 (8.06%) VPN
3 5 (8.06%) Wireless
4 4 (6.45%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (6.45%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (3.23%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (3.23%) DNS
5 2 (3.23%) Internet
5 2 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.61%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.61%) DHCP
6 1 (1.61%) IPsec
6 1 (1.61%) NGN
6 1 (1.61%) SAN
6 1 (1.61%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.61%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.61%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Git
2 2 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 6 (9.68%) Public Sector
1 6 (9.68%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.06%) Retail
3 3 (4.84%) Finance
4 2 (3.23%) Aviation
5 1 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Legal
Job Titles
1 33 (53.23%) Architect
2 27 (43.55%) Security Architect
3 13 (20.97%) Network Engineer
4 10 (16.13%) Senior
5 8 (12.90%) Network Architect
6 7 (11.29%) Network Security Architect
7 6 (9.68%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 5 (8.06%) AWS DevOps
8 5 (8.06%) Project Manager
8 5 (8.06%) Security Engineer
8 5 (8.06%) Senior DevOps
9 4 (6.45%) Cisco Architect
9 4 (6.45%) Cisco Network Architect
9 4 (6.45%) Cisco Security Architect
9 4 (6.45%) Consultant
9 4 (6.45%) Network Security Engineer
10 3 (4.84%) Security Manager
10 3 (4.84%) Security Project Manager
10 3 (4.84%) Senior Consultant
10 3 (4.84%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) .NET
1 1 (1.61%) ARM Templates
1 1 (1.61%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.45%) CMDB
2 3 (4.84%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.23%) Cyberattack
3 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.61%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.61%) NHS
4 1 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (27.42%) Risk Management
2 15 (24.19%) Information Security
3 14 (22.58%) Business Strategy
4 13 (20.97%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (20.97%) DevOps
4 13 (20.97%) Project Delivery
4 13 (20.97%) Security Architecture
5 12 (19.35%) Cryptography
5 12 (19.35%) Penetration Testing
6 10 (16.13%) IT Strategy
6 10 (16.13%) Service Delivery
6 10 (16.13%) Technology Strategy
7 9 (14.52%) Identity Access Management
8 8 (12.90%) Architectural Design
9 7 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (9.68%) CI/CD
10 6 (9.68%) Cloud Security
10 6 (9.68%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 5 (8.06%) Application Security
11 5 (8.06%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.29%) Python
2 5 (8.06%) Bash
3 2 (3.23%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.23%) SQL
4 1 (1.61%) Bicep
4 1 (1.61%) C#
4 1 (1.61%) Java
4 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (17.74%) CCNP
1 11 (17.74%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (16.13%) CISSP
3 8 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 8 (12.90%) Security Cleared
4 7 (11.29%) CCNA
5 6 (9.68%) CCIE
6 5 (8.06%) AWS Certification
6 5 (8.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) CCIE Security
8 3 (4.84%) CISM
9 2 (3.23%) CCSA
9 2 (3.23%) DBS Check
9 2 (3.23%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.61%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.97%) NIST
2 12 (19.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.23%) GRC
3 2 (3.23%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.61%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (9.68%) Docker
2 2 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.61%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (17.74%) Terraform
2 6 (9.68%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.61%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (25.81%) Cisco
2 10 (16.13%) Microsoft
3 8 (12.90%) F5
4 4 (6.45%) Fortinet
4 4 (6.45%) Palo Alto
5 3 (4.84%) Rapid7
6 2 (3.23%) AlgoSec
6 2 (3.23%) Aruba
6 2 (3.23%) CheckPoint
6 2 (3.23%) Darktrace
6 2 (3.23%) Juniper
6 2 (3.23%) Meraki
6 2 (3.23%) SolarWinds
6 2 (3.23%) Zscaler
7 1 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.61%) Qualys
7 1 (1.61%) Splunk