Network Security Contracts

Network Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 179 230
Rank change year-on-year -1 +51 +20
Contract jobs citing Network Security 549 825 1,138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.29% 1.44% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.16% 11.57% 11.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 514 747
10th Percentile £363 £413 £366
25th Percentile £463 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.03% +7.01% +10.26%
75th Percentile £669 £700 £638
90th Percentile £763 £750 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 24
10th Percentile - £21.16 £40.53
25th Percentile £7.43 £37.67 £48.28
Median hourly rate £19.00 £53.57 £54.72
Median % change year-on-year -64.53% -2.10% +30.01%
75th Percentile £41.25 £66.00 £61.88
90th Percentile - £70.88 £69.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £7.43 £49.12 £54.43
% change year-on-year -84.87% -9.76% +117.72%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,406 7,129 9,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 12.45% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,227 4,606 6,336
10th Percentile £205 £235 £233
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% +3.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £690 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +11.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 416 460 376
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -30.84% +7.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.09 £50.83
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.55 £65.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.22 £21.50
% change year-on-year +151.88% -15.28% -5.49%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Security over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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
England +9 470 £575 -0.06% 309
UK excluding London +21 288 £575 +9.52% 210
Work from Home -16 187 £575 - 111
London -32 177 £538 -11.74% 130
South East +18 97 £540 -11.48% 73
South West +34 63 £575 -8.00% 20
North of England +2 55 £618 +20.49% 49
Midlands +4 48 £625 +19.05% 34
West Midlands +17 44 £629 +9.46% 25
North West +1 41 £666 +37.04% 27
Yorkshire +2 12 £475 -24.00% 15
Scotland +29 10 £575 +12.20% 20
East of England -2 10 £475 -5.00% 12
Wales +11 4 £263 -39.13% 7
East Midlands +4 4 £575 +10.21% 9
North East +14 2 £450 -5.26% 7
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (0.91%) IIS
2 4 (0.73%) Apache
2 4 (0.73%) MQSeries
2 4 (0.73%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.36%) nginx
5 1 (0.18%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.91%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.91%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 108 (19.67%) Azure
2 98 (17.85%) AWS
3 24 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (4.01%) Amazon EC2
4 22 (4.01%) Amazon S3
4 22 (4.01%) GCP
4 22 (4.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 18 (3.28%) Entra ID
6 14 (2.55%) Amazon EKS
6 14 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (2.55%) Azure Sentinel
7 13 (2.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 12 (2.19%) Route 53
8 12 (2.19%) SaaS
9 10 (1.82%) Serverless
10 9 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.46%) IaaS
12 7 (1.28%) Akamai
12 7 (1.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 220 (40.07%) Firewall
2 92 (16.76%) VPN
3 72 (13.11%) WAN
4 60 (10.93%) DNS
5 51 (9.29%) LAN
6 48 (8.74%) Cisco ISE
7 47 (8.56%) BGP
8 42 (7.65%) Wireless
9 41 (7.47%) TCP/IP
10 40 (7.29%) OSPF
11 35 (6.38%) Cisco ASA
12 33 (6.01%) SD-WAN
13 30 (5.46%) Intrusion Detection
14 27 (4.92%) MPLS
15 22 (4.01%) Internet
16 21 (3.83%) DHCP
16 21 (3.83%) IPsec
17 17 (3.10%) 5G
17 17 (3.10%) SSL
17 17 (3.10%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.46%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (2.73%) Big Data
3 7 (1.28%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.09%) InfluxDB
5 5 (0.91%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.73%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.55%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.18%) Bigtable
9 1 (0.18%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.18%) CouchDB
9 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.18%) MySQL
9 1 (0.18%) NonStop SQL
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 29 (5.28%) Git
2 26 (4.74%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (0.55%) TeamCity
4 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.18%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.18%) GitLab
5 1 (0.18%) JIRA
General
1 99 (18.03%) Social Skills
2 87 (15.85%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (8.74%) Finance
4 46 (8.38%) Public Sector
5 20 (3.64%) Banking
5 20 (3.64%) Manufacturing
6 17 (3.10%) Military
7 15 (2.73%) Telecoms
8 12 (2.19%) Retail
9 11 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.46%) Financial Institution
10 8 (1.46%) Marketing
11 7 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.28%) Legal
11 7 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.73%) Electronics
13 4 (0.73%) Law
14 2 (0.36%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.36%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 150 (27.32%) Network Engineer
2 110 (20.04%) Architect
3 80 (14.57%) Security Architect
4 77 (14.03%) Security Engineer
5 69 (12.57%) Senior
6 48 (8.74%) Network Security Engineer
7 39 (7.10%) Analyst
8 33 (6.01%) Consultant
9 26 (4.74%) Network Architect
9 26 (4.74%) Project Manager
10 25 (4.55%) Senior Network Engineer
11 24 (4.37%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 23 (4.19%) Security Consultant
13 22 (4.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 22 (4.01%) Security Analyst
14 19 (3.46%) DevOps Engineer
15 16 (2.91%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
16 15 (2.73%) Lead
17 14 (2.55%) Network Security Architect
18 13 (2.37%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.73%) Apache NiFi
2 14 (2.55%) .NET
3 13 (2.37%) LDAP
4 12 (2.19%) SAML
5 8 (1.46%) JSON
5 8 (1.46%) OAuth
5 8 (1.46%) Web Services
6 7 (1.28%) NETCONF
6 7 (1.28%) XML
6 7 (1.28%) YANG
7 5 (0.91%) ASP.NET
7 5 (0.91%) OAuth2
7 5 (0.91%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.73%) Middleware
8 4 (0.73%) Regular Expression
9 3 (0.55%) Jinja
9 3 (0.55%) OpenID
9 3 (0.55%) RESTful
9 3 (0.55%) scikit-learn
9 3 (0.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.20%) Data Centre
2 44 (8.01%) Management Information System
3 27 (4.92%) Cyber Defence
4 26 (4.74%) Cyber Threat
4 26 (4.74%) Security Operations Centre
5 23 (4.19%) PKI
5 23 (4.19%) Security Posture
6 15 (2.73%) Distributed Applications
6 15 (2.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 14 (2.55%) Operational Technology
8 9 (1.64%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.28%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.91%) Clustering
12 5 (0.91%) NHS
12 5 (0.91%) Social Media
13 4 (0.73%) Cyberattack
13 4 (0.73%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 71 (12.93%) Windows
2 51 (9.29%) Linux
3 20 (3.64%) Unix
4 13 (2.37%) Android
4 13 (2.37%) Apple iOS
5 11 (2.00%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.91%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.55%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.18%) AIX
9 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.18%) VMS
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (25.87%) Cybersecurity
2 120 (21.86%) Information Security
3 93 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
4 92 (16.76%) Security Architecture
5 72 (13.11%) Cloud Security
6 71 (12.93%) SIEM
7 59 (10.75%) DevOps
8 55 (10.02%) Risk Management
9 53 (9.65%) Identity Access Management
10 50 (9.11%) Security Operations
11 48 (8.74%) Migration
12 41 (7.47%) CI/CD
13 40 (7.29%) Computer Science
14 39 (7.10%) Penetration Testing
15 36 (6.56%) Change Management
15 36 (6.56%) Security Management
16 35 (6.38%) Incident Response
16 35 (6.38%) Network Design
16 35 (6.38%) Roadmaps
17 33 (6.01%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 62 (11.29%) Python
2 32 (5.83%) Java
3 21 (3.83%) PowerShell
4 15 (2.73%) SQL
5 10 (1.82%) Bash
6 9 (1.64%) Go
7 7 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (1.28%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.09%) VB
9 5 (0.91%) C
9 5 (0.91%) C#
10 3 (0.55%) PHP
10 3 (0.55%) Ruby
11 2 (0.36%) Bicep
11 2 (0.36%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.18%) C++
12 1 (0.18%) Korn
12 1 (0.18%) Scala
12 1 (0.18%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 174 (31.69%) Security Cleared
2 106 (19.31%) Cisco Certification
3 93 (16.94%) DV Cleared
4 81 (14.75%) CCNP
5 80 (14.57%) SC Cleared
6 71 (12.93%) CISSP
7 53 (9.65%) Degree
8 52 (9.47%) CISM
9 34 (6.19%) CCNA
9 34 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (4.74%) CCIE
11 21 (3.83%) CISA
12 18 (3.28%) AWS Certification
13 15 (2.73%) Azure Certification
14 12 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (1.82%) CEH
15 10 (1.82%) CREST Certified
16 9 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
16 9 (1.64%) JNCIA
17 8 (1.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.29%) NIST
2 51 (9.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (4.01%) NCSC
4 20 (3.64%) GDPR
5 15 (2.73%) Actionable Recommendations
5 15 (2.73%) COBIT
6 12 (2.19%) PCI DSS
7 11 (2.00%) NIST 800
8 7 (1.28%) SLA
9 5 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.55%) GPG13
11 3 (0.55%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.55%) ISA99
11 3 (0.55%) QA
12 2 (0.36%) GRC
12 2 (0.36%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.18%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (6.92%) Docker
2 36 (6.56%) Active Directory
3 21 (3.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.55%) VMware NSX
5 11 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (1.64%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.73%) Samba
8 2 (0.36%) Squid
8 2 (0.36%) XenApp
9 1 (0.18%) NFS
9 1 (0.18%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 47 (8.56%) Terraform
2 36 (6.56%) Kubernetes
3 27 (4.92%) Ansible
4 22 (4.01%) FortiGate
5 20 (3.64%) Grafana
6 19 (3.46%) Nessus
7 18 (3.28%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.28%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.91%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.73%) CASB
10 4 (0.73%) Kibana
10 4 (0.73%) Puppet
11 3 (0.55%) Nmap
11 3 (0.55%) QRadar
11 3 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.36%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.36%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.36%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.36%) Nagios
Vendors
1 152 (27.69%) Cisco
2 101 (18.40%) Palo Alto
3 64 (11.66%) Microsoft
4 53 (9.65%) Juniper
5 42 (7.65%) CheckPoint
6 35 (6.38%) F5
7 34 (6.19%) Fortinet
8 31 (5.65%) VMware
9 29 (5.28%) Zscaler
10 15 (2.73%) Red Hat
11 14 (2.55%) Aruba
12 13 (2.37%) Splunk
13 12 (2.19%) Arista
13 12 (2.19%) Dell
13 12 (2.19%) Meraki
13 12 (2.19%) ScienceLogic
14 10 (1.82%) SolarWinds
15 9 (1.64%) Google
16 8 (1.46%) Citrix
17 7 (1.28%) Oracle