IPsec Contracts in the South East

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 197 226
Rank change year-on-year +28 +29 -28
Contract jobs citing IPsec 18 23 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.33% 0.41% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.51% 2.50% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 18
10th Percentile £263 £383 £401
25th Percentile £315 £397 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £450 £534 £577
90th Percentile £500 £589 £625
England median daily rate £400 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -18.12% -2.30% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £35.98 £42.65
25th Percentile £18.50 £62.19 £44.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £78.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -75.80% +65.26% +123.53%
75th Percentile £19.50 £80.44 £49.76
90th Percentile - £80.78 £50.37
England median hourly rate £21.25 £69.11 £44.50
% change year-on-year -69.25% +55.30% +157.97%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,195 919 1,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.91% 16.41% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 553 764
10th Percentile £205 £244 £200
25th Percentile £363 £372 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £481 £453
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% +6.08% +6.59%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £563
90th Percentile £646 £700 £659
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 69 77
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £28.13 £42.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% +167.44% -34.35%
75th Percentile £64.69 £68.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £61.30
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +0.41%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IPsec in the South East

IPsec
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for IPsec in the South East

IPsec
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IPsec in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IPsec in the South East

IPsec
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for IPsec in the South East

IPsec
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 IPsec within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 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
Thames Valley +5 9 £400 -20.99% 3
Berkshire -14 9 £400 -11.11% 2
Hampshire - 7 £287 -
Surrey +5 1 £500 +17.30% 4
Kent - 1 £363 -
IPsec
England

IPsec
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 17 (94.44%) BGP
2 15 (83.33%) Firewall
3 11 (61.11%) OSPF
4 10 (55.56%) MPLS
5 8 (44.44%) Cisco ASA
5 8 (44.44%) LAN
5 8 (44.44%) VPN
6 7 (38.89%) Cisco Firepower
7 6 (33.33%) EIGRP
7 6 (33.33%) HSRP
7 6 (33.33%) WAN
8 4 (22.22%) Junos
8 4 (22.22%) SNMP
8 4 (22.22%) SSL
8 4 (22.22%) VLAN
9 3 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (16.67%) GLBP
9 3 (16.67%) Unified Communications
9 3 (16.67%) VPLS
9 3 (16.67%) VRRP
General
1 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 15 (83.33%) Network Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Network Support
2 3 (16.67%) Network Support Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Cisco Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Network Technical Architect
4 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (61.11%) Data Centre
2 4 (22.22%) PKI
3 1 (5.56%) IoT
3 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Load Balancing
1 4 (22.22%) Network Virtualisation
2 3 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 2 (11.11%) ITIL
3 2 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (11.11%) Mathematics
3 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 2 (11.11%) Migration
3 2 (11.11%) Web Filtering
4 1 (5.56%) Adaptive Security
4 1 (5.56%) Change Management
4 1 (5.56%) Communications Security
4 1 (5.56%) Information Management
4 1 (5.56%) Network Design
4 1 (5.56%) Process Management
4 1 (5.56%) Project Delivery
4 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.56%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 9 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (27.78%) CCNA
4 4 (22.22%) CCNP
4 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
5 3 (16.67%) JNCIA
6 2 (11.11%) Degree
7 1 (5.56%) BC Cleared
7 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (5.56%) CCDP
7 1 (5.56%) CCIE
7 1 (5.56%) CCIP
7 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Cisco
1 14 (77.78%) Juniper
2 4 (22.22%) F5
3 2 (11.11%) Forcepoint
3 2 (11.11%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.56%) ADVA
4 1 (5.56%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 1 (5.56%) Aruba
4 1 (5.56%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds
4 1 (5.56%) VMware