Network Security Contracts in the South East

Network Security
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 112 137
Rank change year-on-year +8 +25 +12
Contract jobs citing Network Security 100 105 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.74% 1.85% 1.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.39% 10.69% 9.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 72 78
10th Percentile £400 £400 £272
25th Percentile £463 £445 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £600 £494
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +21.52% +7.34%
75th Percentile £678 £700 £616
90th Percentile £825 £838 £695
England median daily rate £550 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.98% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £7.43 £19.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.89% -57.78% +10.43%
75th Percentile £10.45 £19.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £31.28 - £49.96
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
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,192 982 1,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 20.72% 17.34% 17.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 578 777
10th Percentile £214 £246 £210
25th Percentile £390 £363 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% +6.79% +5.88%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £560
90th Percentile £650 £700 £651
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 70 85
10th Percentile £17.26 £18.20 £14.27
25th Percentile £29.81 £42.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £22.10
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +171.49% -48.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.81 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £63.25
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Security in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Thames Valley +7 47 £575 +11.65% 29
Hampshire +13 33 £600 +33.33% 10
Berkshire -24 30 £533 +0.57% 23
Buckinghamshire +39 15 £800 +56.86% 2
Kent +14 7 £508 +62.40% 7
West Sussex +14 7 £550 - 3
Surrey -15 5 £363 -48.21% 1
Oxfordshire +2 2 £425 -2.86% 4
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (1.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (15.00%) Azure
2 12 (12.00%) AWS
3 6 (6.00%) GCP
4 4 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.00%) Azure API Management
5 3 (3.00%) Azure Event Grid
5 3 (3.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (3.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.00%) IaaS
5 3 (3.00%) PaaS
5 3 (3.00%) SaaS
5 3 (3.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (2.00%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (2.00%) Amazon EMR
6 2 (2.00%) Amazon S3
6 2 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.00%) Serverless
7 1 (1.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 39 (39.00%) Firewall
2 24 (24.00%) Cisco ISE
3 20 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 18 (18.00%) VPN
5 16 (16.00%) WAN
6 12 (12.00%) LAN
7 11 (11.00%) Wireless
8 6 (6.00%) BGP
8 6 (6.00%) Internet
8 6 (6.00%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (5.00%) DNS
9 5 (5.00%) MPLS
10 4 (4.00%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (4.00%) EIGRP
10 4 (4.00%) IPsec
10 4 (4.00%) OSPF
10 4 (4.00%) TCP/IP
11 3 (3.00%) SD-WAN
11 3 (3.00%) VLAN
11 3 (3.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 18 (18.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.00%) Telecoms
3 9 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.00%) Finance
7 2 (2.00%) Electronics
7 2 (2.00%) Law
7 2 (2.00%) Legal
7 2 (2.00%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.00%) Marketing
7 2 (2.00%) Military
8 1 (1.00%) Advertising
8 1 (1.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 19 (19.00%) Consultant
3 16 (16.00%) Security Consultant
4 12 (12.00%) Analyst
5 11 (11.00%) Architect
5 11 (11.00%) Security Analyst
6 9 (9.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 9 (9.00%) Network Analyst
6 9 (9.00%) Network Consultant
6 9 (9.00%) Network Security Analyst
6 9 (9.00%) Network Security Consultant
6 9 (9.00%) Security Architect
6 9 (9.00%) Senior
7 8 (8.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 7 (7.00%) Network Security Engineer
8 7 (7.00%) Security Engineer
9 6 (6.00%) IT Support
9 6 (6.00%) IT Support Technician
9 6 (6.00%) IT Technician
9 6 (6.00%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.00%) .NET
1 3 (3.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.00%) Data Centre
2 9 (9.00%) Security Posture
3 3 (3.00%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.00%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.00%) IoT
4 2 (2.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.00%) NHS
5 1 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.00%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.00%) GNSS
5 1 (1.00%) Life Science
5 1 (1.00%) PKI
5 1 (1.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.00%) Windows
2 4 (4.00%) Linux
3 1 (1.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (24.00%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (21.00%) Identity Access Management
3 18 (18.00%) Information Security
4 15 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (14.00%) Migration
6 12 (12.00%) ITIL
7 11 (11.00%) Incident Management
8 10 (10.00%) Application Security
8 10 (10.00%) Information Security Management
8 10 (10.00%) Security Management
8 10 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (9.00%) Agile
9 9 (9.00%) Conflict Resolution
9 9 (9.00%) OWASP
9 9 (9.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (8.00%) Risk Management
10 8 (8.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 7 (7.00%) Cloud Security
11 7 (7.00%) Project Planning
11 7 (7.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.00%) Python
2 3 (3.00%) C#
2 3 (3.00%) Java
2 3 (3.00%) PHP
2 3 (3.00%) Ruby
3 1 (1.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (39.00%) Security Cleared
2 26 (26.00%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (23.00%) CCNP
3 23 (23.00%) DV Cleared
4 21 (21.00%) SC Cleared
5 7 (7.00%) Degree
5 7 (7.00%) ISACA
6 6 (6.00%) CISM
7 5 (5.00%) CCNA
7 5 (5.00%) CCSA
7 5 (5.00%) JNCIA
8 4 (4.00%) Azure Certification
9 3 (3.00%) AWS Certification
9 3 (3.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (3.00%) CCIE
9 3 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.00%) PMI Certification
9 3 (3.00%) PMP
9 3 (3.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.00%) GDPR
2 10 (10.00%) COBIT
3 9 (9.00%) NIST
4 4 (4.00%) SLA
5 2 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.00%) QA
System Software
1 8 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.00%) VMware NSX
4 3 (3.00%) Docker
4 3 (3.00%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.00%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (10.00%) Nessus
2 3 (3.00%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.00%) Ansible
3 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 36 (36.00%) Palo Alto
2 34 (34.00%) Cisco
3 27 (27.00%) Juniper
4 23 (23.00%) Microsoft
5 12 (12.00%) CheckPoint
6 11 (11.00%) ScienceLogic
6 11 (11.00%) VMware
7 8 (8.00%) Blue Coat
8 5 (5.00%) Dell
8 5 (5.00%) F5
8 5 (5.00%) Splunk
9 4 (4.00%) Fortinet
10 3 (3.00%) Aruba
10 3 (3.00%) McAfee
11 2 (2.00%) Extreme Networks
11 2 (2.00%) IBM
11 2 (2.00%) SAP
11 2 (2.00%) SolarWinds
11 2 (2.00%) Zscaler
12 1 (1.00%) ADVA