Network Security Contracts in the City of London

Network Security
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 111 138
Rank change year-on-year +20 +27 +25
Contract jobs citing Network Security 26 17 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.50% 0.74% 1.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% 7.23% 10.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 14 28
10th Percentile £513 £410 £417
25th Percentile £525 £433 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £538
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +20.93% +1.90%
75th Percentile £744 £777 £675
90th Percentile £775 £788 £750
Central London median daily rate £575 £581 £538
% change year-on-year -1.08% +8.14% +1.90%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 182 235 385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 10.51% 10.20% 9.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 153 258
10th Percentile £249 £210 £261
25th Percentile £463 £350 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £450 £563
Median % change year-on-year +21.39% -20.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £598 £675
90th Percentile £742 £770 £750
Central London median daily rate £528 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +17.22% -18.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - - £17.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £12.75 £18.89
Median hourly rate £32.50 £13.50 £20.85
Median % change year-on-year +140.74% -35.26% -44.02%
75th Percentile £33.75 £16.59 £21.14
90th Percentile - £17.99 £28.09
Central London median hourly rate £32.50 £16.22 £20.85
% change year-on-year +100.43% -22.24% -44.02%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the City of London

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the City of London

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the City of London

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the City of London

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (53.85%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (11.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (7.69%) WhatsApp
4 1 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.85%) dbt
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.85%) OCI
4 1 (3.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (65.38%) Firewall
2 9 (34.62%) VPN
3 5 (19.23%) WAN
3 5 (19.23%) Wireless
4 4 (15.38%) DNS
5 3 (11.54%) IPsec
5 3 (11.54%) LAN
5 3 (11.54%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
6 2 (7.69%) 4G
6 2 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (7.69%) DHCP
6 2 (7.69%) SD-WAN
6 2 (7.69%) VLAN
7 1 (3.85%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (3.85%) Internet
7 1 (3.85%) iSCSI
7 1 (3.85%) MPLS
7 1 (3.85%) NetScaler
7 1 (3.85%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Back Office
4 1 (3.85%) French Language
4 1 (3.85%) Law
4 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (19.23%) Architect
2 4 (15.38%) Azure Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) Security Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Firewall Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Network Architect
3 3 (11.54%) Network Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Cisco Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Cisco Network Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Security Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Senior
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) VMware Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Cloud Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) .NET
1 2 (7.69%) YAML
2 1 (3.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 2 (7.69%) Clustering
2 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (7.69%) Security Posture
2 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.85%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) Windows Server
3 2 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (19.23%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 4 (15.38%) Business Strategy
3 4 (15.38%) DevOps
3 4 (15.38%) Incident Response
3 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Management
3 4 (15.38%) Migration
3 4 (15.38%) SIEM
4 3 (11.54%) Change Management
4 3 (11.54%) CI/CD
4 3 (11.54%) Cloud Security
4 3 (11.54%) High Availability
4 3 (11.54%) Incident Management
4 3 (11.54%) Information Security
4 3 (11.54%) Network Segmentation
4 3 (11.54%) Project Management
4 3 (11.54%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (11.54%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) Python
2 4 (15.38%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.69%) C#
4 1 (3.85%) Bicep
4 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 7 (26.92%) CCNP
3 7 (26.92%) Degree
3 7 (26.92%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) CCNA
5 2 (7.69%) CCIE
5 2 (7.69%) VCAP
5 2 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (3.85%) CASP
6 1 (3.85%) CCSA
6 1 (3.85%) CCSE
6 1 (3.85%) CISSP
6 1 (3.85%) GCIA
6 1 (3.85%) GCIH
6 1 (3.85%) GIAC
6 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.85%) NCSC
2 1 (3.85%) NIST
2 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
1 3 (11.54%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.85%) Firmware
3 1 (3.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) FortiGate
1 4 (15.38%) Terraform
2 1 (3.85%) Nessus
2 1 (3.85%) Puppet
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Fortinet
2 6 (23.08%) Cisco
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.54%) CheckPoint
3 3 (11.54%) VMware
4 2 (7.69%) Atempo
4 2 (7.69%) Databricks
4 2 (7.69%) F5
4 2 (7.69%) Forcepoint
4 2 (7.69%) LogRhythm
4 2 (7.69%) Mellanox
4 2 (7.69%) Oracle
4 2 (7.69%) Palo Alto
4 2 (7.69%) SAP
4 2 (7.69%) Tenable
5 1 (3.85%) 3PAR
5 1 (3.85%) Arista
5 1 (3.85%) ForeScout
5 1 (3.85%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.85%) Splunk