IPsec Contracts in London

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for IPsec skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IPsec over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 346 452 504
Rank change year-on-year +106 +52 -35
Contract jobs citing IPsec 47 41 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.27% 0.16% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.82% 1.57% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 23 64
10th Percentile £350 £450 £416
25th Percentile £425 £494 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £700 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +27.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £563 £830 £675
90th Percentile £851 - £725
England median daily rate £400 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.25 - £26.75
Median hourly rate £23.50 £80.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.63% +180.70% -
75th Percentile £23.75 - £30.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.25 £63.23 £44.50
% change year-on-year -66.39% +42.09% +157.97%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

IPsec 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 2,614 3,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.52% 10.22% 9.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,123 1,835 2,562
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% - +14.58%
75th Percentile £619 £669 £656
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 £17.07 £23.91
% change year-on-year +134.40% -28.63% +3.96%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IPsec in London

IPsec
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IPsec in London

IPsec
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IPsec in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IPsec in London

IPsec
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for IPsec in London

IPsec
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 IPsec within the London region over the 6 months to 2 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
West London - 5 £525 - 2
Central London +31 3 £525 -22.22%
East London -5 1 - - 1
IPsec
England

IPsec
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 2 (4.26%) IIS
1 2 (4.26%) MQSeries
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.13%) Tomcat
2 1 (2.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (14.89%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (38.30%) Azure
2 17 (36.17%) AWS
3 8 (17.02%) GCP
4 6 (12.77%) OCI
4 6 (12.77%) SaaS
5 4 (8.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (8.51%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (6.38%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (6.38%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (6.38%) Entra ID
7 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (2.13%) GitHub
8 1 (2.13%) IaaS
8 1 (2.13%) Mimecast
8 1 (2.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (91.49%) Firewall
2 35 (74.47%) OSPF
3 33 (70.21%) BGP
4 32 (68.09%) VPN
5 27 (57.45%) Wireless
6 26 (55.32%) LAN
7 22 (46.81%) WAN
8 16 (34.04%) Cisco ASA
8 16 (34.04%) DNS
9 14 (29.79%) Cisco Nexus
9 14 (29.79%) MPLS
10 12 (25.53%) Network Security
11 11 (23.40%) EIGRP
11 11 (23.40%) VXLAN
11 11 (23.40%) WLAN
12 10 (21.28%) HSRP
12 10 (21.28%) SD-WAN
12 10 (21.28%) SSL
13 9 (19.15%) HTTP
13 9 (19.15%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Git
General
1 10 (21.28%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (19.15%) Finance
3 7 (14.89%) Social Skills
4 6 (12.77%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (53.19%) Network Engineer
2 10 (21.28%) Network Specialist
3 7 (14.89%) Senior
4 6 (12.77%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Architect
5 4 (8.51%) Network Architect
5 4 (8.51%) Security Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Cloud Architect
6 3 (6.38%) Cloud Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Cloud Network Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Implementation Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Network Security Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Cisco Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Linux Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Unix Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Unix Linux Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.89%) 802.1X
2 4 (8.51%) SAML
3 2 (4.26%) LDAP
3 2 (4.26%) Web Services
4 1 (2.13%) OAuth
4 1 (2.13%) OAuth2
4 1 (2.13%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 16 (34.04%) PKI
2 13 (27.66%) Data Centre
3 5 (10.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (6.38%) Cloud Native
4 3 (6.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.13%) Clustering
6 1 (2.13%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.64%) Windows
2 3 (6.38%) Linux
3 2 (4.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.91%) Migration
2 11 (23.40%) Infrastructure as Code
2 11 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (21.28%) Change Management
4 9 (19.15%) ITSM
5 8 (17.02%) Threat Management
6 7 (14.89%) Kalman Filter
6 7 (14.89%) Problem Management
7 6 (12.77%) Predictive Analysis
7 6 (12.77%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (12.77%) Runbook
8 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (10.64%) ITIL
9 4 (8.51%) Agile
9 4 (8.51%) Computer Science
9 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (8.51%) Roadmaps
9 4 (8.51%) Security Testing
10 3 (6.38%) Capacity Management
10 3 (6.38%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.64%) Python
2 4 (8.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (51.06%) CCNP
1 24 (51.06%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (21.28%) CCNA
3 9 (19.15%) SC Cleared
3 9 (19.15%) Security Cleared
4 8 (17.02%) CCIE
5 5 (10.64%) AWS Certification
5 5 (10.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 5 (10.64%) Azure Certification
6 3 (6.38%) Degree
7 2 (4.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.13%) BC Cleared
8 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.13%) CCDP
8 1 (2.13%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.77%) SLA
2 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 6 (12.77%) Firmware
2 5 (10.64%) Active Directory
3 3 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.26%) Samba
5 1 (2.13%) Terminal Server
5 1 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (25.53%) FortiGate
2 9 (19.15%) Terraform
3 5 (10.64%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (4.26%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (80.85%) Cisco
2 29 (61.70%) Palo Alto
3 14 (29.79%) SolarWinds
4 12 (25.53%) F5
4 12 (25.53%) Infoblox
5 11 (23.40%) Juniper
5 11 (23.40%) Microsoft
6 10 (21.28%) CheckPoint
7 9 (19.15%) Fortinet
8 6 (12.77%) Extreme Networks
9 5 (10.64%) Google
10 4 (8.51%) Citrix
11 3 (6.38%) Dynatrace
11 3 (6.38%) New Relic
11 3 (6.38%) VMware
12 2 (4.26%) Red Hat
12 2 (4.26%) SonicWALL
13 1 (2.13%) Alcatel-Lucent
13 1 (2.13%) IBM
13 1 (2.13%) Nokia