Security Engineer Contracts in England

Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Security Engineer daily rate in England is £570 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 234 352
Rank change year-on-year -37 +118 -61
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 307 590 535
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.82% 1.16% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 1.23% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 421 368
10th Percentile £413 £425 £350
25th Percentile £425 £513 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £764 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £573 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.58% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 14
10th Percentile - £57.38 £23.30
25th Percentile £30.70 £70.00 £31.54
Median hourly rate £57.60 £83.31 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.86% +58.70% +10.52%
75th Percentile £83.40 £83.40 £63.16
90th Percentile £83.41 £88.38 £80.57
UK median hourly rate £57.60 £83.31 £50.00
% change year-on-year -30.86% +66.62% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,517 47,965 67,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.58% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,960 34,010 48,090
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,411 1,443 1,914
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.67 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.45 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
London -19 176 £588 -5.62% 117
South East -1 48 £450 -16.28% 43
South West +18 30 £600 +14.29% 34
North of England -27 18 £550 -2.65% 46
Midlands -2 17 £650 +20.93% 36
West Midlands +6 16 £650 +18.18% 23
North West -33 12 £519 -1.98% 36
Yorkshire +19 6 £622 +8.17% 5
East of England +9 5 £800 +58.02% 23
East Midlands +13 1 - - 13
Security Engineer
UK

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Security Engineer 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 England region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 87 (28.34%) Azure
2 86 (28.01%) Cybersecurity
3 83 (27.04%) Security Cleared
4 79 (25.73%) Firewall
5 76 (24.76%) Network Security
6 74 (24.10%) SIEM
7 70 (22.80%) Python
8 65 (21.17%) Microsoft
9 62 (20.20%) Finance
10 57 (18.57%) AWS
11 51 (16.61%) Terraform
12 50 (16.29%) Cloud Security
13 47 (15.31%) Windows
14 46 (14.98%) PowerShell
15 42 (13.68%) SC Cleared
16 41 (13.36%) DV Cleared
17 40 (13.03%) CISSP
17 40 (13.03%) Social Skills
18 37 (12.05%) Palo Alto
19 36 (11.73%) CI/CD
20 34 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
21 33 (10.75%) Vulnerability Management
22 32 (10.42%) Information Security
23 31 (10.10%) Incident Response
24 30 (9.77%) Active Directory
25 29 (9.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
25 29 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
25 29 (9.45%) Security Posture
26 28 (9.12%) Splunk
26 28 (9.12%) DevOps

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.28%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.98%) Confluence
4 2 (0.65%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 87 (28.34%) Azure
2 57 (18.57%) AWS
3 29 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (6.84%) Entra ID
5 18 (5.86%) GCP
6 17 (5.54%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
7 10 (3.26%) GitHub
8 9 (2.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 9 (2.93%) Serverless
9 8 (2.61%) AWS CloudTrail
10 7 (2.28%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (2.28%) CloudFront
10 7 (2.28%) Mimecast
11 6 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.30%) AWS KMS
13 4 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (1.30%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 79 (25.73%) Firewall
2 76 (24.76%) Network Security
3 28 (9.12%) DNS
4 27 (8.79%) VPN
5 15 (4.89%) LAN
6 11 (3.58%) WAN
7 10 (3.26%) BGP
7 10 (3.26%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.28%) DHCP
8 7 (2.28%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (2.28%) OSPF
8 7 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.95%) DMZ
10 5 (1.63%) HTTP
10 5 (1.63%) IPsec
11 4 (1.30%) DKIM
11 4 (1.30%) DMARC
11 4 (1.30%) EIGRP
11 4 (1.30%) SSL
11 4 (1.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.61%) BigQuery
2 7 (2.28%) Big Data
2 7 (2.28%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.30%) Metadata
3 4 (1.30%) Power BI
4 3 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.65%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (2.93%) JIRA
2 8 (2.61%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.95%) Burp Suite
3 6 (1.95%) Git
4 5 (1.63%) GitLab
5 4 (1.30%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.98%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.98%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.98%) Travis CI
7 2 (0.65%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.65%) Snyk
7 2 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.33%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.33%) Maven
8 1 (0.33%) MSI
General
1 62 (20.20%) Finance
2 40 (13.03%) Social Skills
3 26 (8.47%) Banking
4 24 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (6.84%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.23%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.61%) Retail
8 6 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.63%) Automotive
10 4 (1.30%) Marketing
10 4 (1.30%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.98%) Electronics
11 3 (0.98%) Law
12 2 (0.65%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.65%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.33%) Advertising
13 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.33%) Military
13 1 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.28%) OAuth
1 7 (2.28%) SAML
1 7 (2.28%) YAML
2 6 (1.95%) JSON
2 6 (1.95%) OAuth2
2 6 (1.95%) XML
3 5 (1.63%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.30%) React
4 4 (1.30%) Regular Expression
4 4 (1.30%) Vue
5 3 (0.98%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.65%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.65%) Kafka
6 2 (0.65%) NETCONF
6 2 (0.65%) REST
6 2 (0.65%) RESTful
6 2 (0.65%) SOAP
6 2 (0.65%) Web Services
6 2 (0.65%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.45%) Security Posture
2 26 (8.47%) PKI
3 22 (7.17%) Data Centre
4 15 (4.89%) Management Information System
5 13 (4.23%) Cloud Native
6 12 (3.91%) Security Operations Centre
7 11 (3.58%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (2.61%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.28%) Cyberattack
9 7 (2.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 7 (2.28%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.95%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (1.63%) Distributed Applications
11 5 (1.63%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.98%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 47 (15.31%) Windows
2 16 (5.21%) Linux
3 14 (4.56%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.28%) Unix
5 6 (1.95%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.30%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.98%) Android
7 3 (0.98%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.65%) zOS
9 1 (0.33%) AIX
9 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (28.01%) Cybersecurity
2 74 (24.10%) SIEM
3 50 (16.29%) Cloud Security
4 36 (11.73%) CI/CD
5 34 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (10.75%) Vulnerability Management
7 32 (10.42%) Information Security
8 31 (10.10%) Incident Response
9 28 (9.12%) DevOps
10 25 (8.14%) Security Operations
11 24 (7.82%) DevSecOps
12 23 (7.49%) Application Security
13 22 (7.17%) Infrastructure as Code
14 20 (6.51%) Identity Access Management
14 20 (6.51%) Penetration Testing
15 19 (6.19%) Security Architecture
16 18 (5.86%) Agile
16 18 (5.86%) Migration
17 17 (5.54%) Analytics
18 16 (5.21%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 70 (22.80%) Python
2 46 (14.98%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.23%) Bash
4 10 (3.26%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.61%) SQL
6 5 (1.63%) Go
6 5 (1.63%) Perl
7 4 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.98%) C#
9 2 (0.65%) Java
10 1 (0.33%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 83 (27.04%) Security Cleared
2 42 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 41 (13.36%) DV Cleared
4 40 (13.03%) CISSP
5 25 (8.14%) Degree
6 17 (5.54%) CISM
7 13 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (3.91%) CCNP
8 12 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.26%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (2.61%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.28%) CEH
12 5 (1.63%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.30%) CESG Certified Professional
13 4 (1.30%) GIAC
14 3 (0.98%) CCIE
14 3 (0.98%) CCNA
14 3 (0.98%) CCSP
14 3 (0.98%) GCED
14 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (7.49%) NIST
3 8 (2.61%) NCSC
3 8 (2.61%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.30%) COBIT
5 4 (1.30%) GDPR
5 4 (1.30%) QA
6 3 (0.98%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.98%) RMADS
7 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.65%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.65%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.33%) GRC
8 1 (0.33%) ISA99
8 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (9.77%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.91%) Docker
3 12 (3.91%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.98%) vSphere
4 3 (0.98%) XenApp
5 2 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 51 (16.61%) Terraform
2 26 (8.47%) Ansible
3 9 (2.93%) Kubernetes
4 8 (2.61%) SCCM
5 7 (2.28%) ArcSight ESM
6 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.63%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.63%) Nessus
7 5 (1.63%) QRadar
8 4 (1.30%) Functional Safety
8 4 (1.30%) Puppet
8 4 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.30%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 3 (0.98%) CASB
9 3 (0.98%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.98%) Grafana
9 3 (0.98%) Kibana
9 3 (0.98%) logstash
9 3 (0.98%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.98%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 65 (21.17%) Microsoft
2 37 (12.05%) Palo Alto
3 28 (9.12%) Splunk
4 25 (8.14%) VMware
5 22 (7.17%) Cisco
6 20 (6.51%) ArcSight
7 15 (4.89%) F5
7 15 (4.89%) Fortinet
7 15 (4.89%) Qualys
8 9 (2.93%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.61%) CheckPoint
9 8 (2.61%) Google
10 7 (2.28%) Dell
10 7 (2.28%) Zscaler
11 6 (1.95%) CA
11 6 (1.95%) Citrix
11 6 (1.95%) Rapid7
12 5 (1.63%) LogRhythm
12 5 (1.63%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.30%) Okta