Network Security Consultant Contracts in Reading

Network Security Consultant
Berkshire > Reading

The median Network Security Consultant daily rate in Reading is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Nov 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Consultant 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.73% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £484 - -
25th Percentile £497 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - -
75th Percentile £572 - -
90th Percentile £581 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £538 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 987 998 1,369
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 92.92% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 661 866
10th Percentile £339 £238 £308
25th Percentile £450 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £525 £502
Median % change year-on-year +8.86% +4.69% +2.87%
75th Percentile £650 £623 £625
90th Percentile £700 £688 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 12 10
10th Percentile £48.18 £58.98 £17.26
25th Percentile £56.25 £61.04 £24.66
Median hourly rate £63.15 £64.31 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +21.34% +13.37%
75th Percentile £100.00 £69.56 £71.19
90th Percentile - £75.23 £75.75
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.79 £41.20
% change year-on-year -0.48% +49.99% -11.88%

Network Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Network Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Consultant in Reading

Network Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security Consultant in Reading

Network Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 14 November 2024, Network Security Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Network Security Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Network Security
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (62.50%) DMVPN
2 5 (62.50%) Zscaler
2 5 (62.50%) Palo Alto
2 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 5 (62.50%) BGP
2 5 (62.50%) EIGRP
2 5 (62.50%) VPN
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) CCNP
2 5 (62.50%) CCNA
2 5 (62.50%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (62.50%) MPLS
2 5 (62.50%) OSPF
2 5 (62.50%) IPsec
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) Sourcefire
3 4 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 4 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 4 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 4 (50.00%) F5
4 3 (37.50%) Aruba
4 3 (37.50%) Azure
4 3 (37.50%) AWS
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (37.50%) User Stories
4 3 (37.50%) GCP
4 3 (37.50%) SD-WAN

Network Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Network Security
2 5 (62.50%) BGP
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (62.50%) DMVPN
2 5 (62.50%) EIGRP
2 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 5 (62.50%) IPsec
2 5 (62.50%) MPLS
2 5 (62.50%) OSPF
2 5 (62.50%) VPN
3 4 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 4 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 4 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 4 (50.00%) Sourcefire
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (37.50%) Reverse Proxy
4 3 (37.50%) SD-WAN
4 3 (37.50%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) ITIL
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Scrum
3 3 (37.50%) User Stories
4 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
4 1 (12.50%) Budgeting
4 1 (12.50%) Capacity Management
4 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security Management
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Security Management
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CCNA
1 5 (62.50%) CCNP
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (12.50%) CCSA
3 1 (12.50%) CCSE
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
1 5 (62.50%) Palo Alto
1 5 (62.50%) Zscaler
2 4 (50.00%) F5
3 3 (37.50%) Aruba
3 3 (37.50%) Blue Coat
3 3 (37.50%) CheckPoint
3 3 (37.50%) Fortinet
3 3 (37.50%) Juniper
3 3 (37.50%) McAfee
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