Network Security Contracts in Central London

Network Security
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 131 148
Rank change year-on-year +16 +17 -12
Contract jobs citing Network Security 21 43 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.87% 1.17% 1.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.40% 11.17% 10.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 31 36
10th Percentile £416 £463 £381
25th Percentile £425 £484 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £563 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% -3.02% +22.11%
75th Percentile £731 £703 £728
90th Percentile £788 £750 £873
London median daily rate £525 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +7.32%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 advertised in Central London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 250 385 453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.39% 10.49% 10.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 261 346
10th Percentile £204 £183 £313
25th Percentile £350 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £669 £625
90th Percentile £739 £738 £725
London median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +13.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 13
10th Percentile - £21.70 £21.00
25th Percentile £12.75 £23.92 £26.00
Median hourly rate £13.50 £27.85 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.53% -29.49% +150.79%
75th Percentile £14.25 £31.55 £61.75
90th Percentile - £33.62 £65.10
London median hourly rate £23.80 £36.27 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.38% +31.89% -44.62%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Central London

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Central London

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Central London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Central London

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Central London

Network Security
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 9 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
City of London +22 20 £543 -3.56% 7
Network Security
London

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.76%) IIS
2 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (47.62%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.52%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
3 2 (9.52%) Mimecast
4 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (71.43%) Firewall
2 5 (23.81%) DNS
3 3 (14.29%) VPN
4 1 (4.76%) 5G
4 1 (4.76%) BGP
4 1 (4.76%) Broadband
4 1 (4.76%) DHCP
4 1 (4.76%) Internet
4 1 (4.76%) OSPF
4 1 (4.76%) SD-WAN
4 1 (4.76%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.76%) VLAN
4 1 (4.76%) WAN
4 1 (4.76%) Wireless
General
1 3 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (14.29%) Finance
1 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Analyst
1 4 (19.05%) Azure Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Architect
2 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Azure Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Firewall Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Monitoring Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Network Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Security Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Security Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Security Monitoring Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Senior
3 2 (9.52%) SIEM Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) .NET
1 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET
1 1 (4.76%) LDAP
1 1 (4.76%) Middleware
1 1 (4.76%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Management Information System
2 5 (23.81%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (19.05%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Linux
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (38.10%) Information Security
3 5 (23.81%) Security Monitoring
3 5 (23.81%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
4 4 (19.05%) Cyber Threat Analysis
4 4 (19.05%) Incident Response
4 4 (19.05%) Information Assurance
4 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (19.05%) Remediation Plan
4 4 (19.05%) Roadmaps
4 4 (19.05%) Security Operations
4 4 (19.05%) SIEM
4 4 (19.05%) Threat Analysis
5 3 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
5 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (9.52%) Application Security
6 2 (9.52%) Cloud Security
6 2 (9.52%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (9.52%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.76%) Bicep
2 1 (4.76%) C
2 1 (4.76%) C#
2 1 (4.76%) C++
2 1 (4.76%) Java
2 1 (4.76%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) GCIA
2 4 (19.05%) GCIH
2 4 (19.05%) GIAC
3 2 (9.52%) CCNP
3 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
4 1 (4.76%) CCIE
4 1 (4.76%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) COBIT
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 7 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (23.81%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (9.52%) XenApp
4 1 (4.76%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) CSIRT
1 4 (19.05%) Nessus
1 4 (19.05%) QRadar
2 2 (9.52%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) BeyondTrust
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (19.05%) Oracle
2 3 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 3 (14.29%) VMware
3 2 (9.52%) Citrix
3 2 (9.52%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco
4 1 (4.76%) Meraki
4 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto