Security Engineer Contracts in London

Security Engineer
England > London

The median Security Engineer daily rate in London is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 222 207 309
Rank change year-on-year -15 +102 -51
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 179 331 328
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.01% 1.26% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 1.33% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 250 220
10th Percentile £400 £450 £400
25th Percentile £475 £525 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £623 £558
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% +11.66% +11.50%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £785 £775
England median daily rate £573 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.58% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £22.87
25th Percentile - £91.25 £24.14
Median hourly rate - £97.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year - +254.55% -42.11%
75th Percentile - £103.75 £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.90 £83.36 £54.43
% change year-on-year -32.94% +53.14% +14.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,466 24,974 36,637
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 95.21% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,897 18,116 26,808
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £685 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 280 441
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.86 £22.68
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.61% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £46.48 £62.95 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.02 £80.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in London

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in London

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in London

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in London

Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 10 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
Central London -7 13 £505 -20.47% 11
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 London region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 52 (29.05%) Azure
2 51 (28.49%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (26.26%) Finance
4 45 (25.14%) Python
5 42 (23.46%) SIEM
6 38 (21.23%) Microsoft
7 36 (20.11%) Firewall
7 36 (20.11%) AWS
8 33 (18.44%) CISSP
9 29 (16.20%) Network Security
10 27 (15.08%) CI/CD
11 25 (13.97%) Vulnerability Management
12 24 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (12.29%) Security Posture
13 22 (12.29%) Security Cleared
13 22 (12.29%) PowerShell
13 22 (12.29%) Information Security
14 21 (11.73%) Windows
14 21 (11.73%) Cloud Security
15 20 (11.17%) Application Security
15 20 (11.17%) DevOps
15 20 (11.17%) Terraform
15 20 (11.17%) Banking
15 20 (11.17%) Degree
16 18 (10.06%) Microsoft 365
17 17 (9.50%) Splunk
17 17 (9.50%) Social Skills
18 16 (8.94%) Security Operations
18 16 (8.94%) ArcSight
18 16 (8.94%) Active Directory

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 6 (3.35%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.56%) Confluence
3 1 (0.56%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 52 (29.05%) Azure
2 36 (20.11%) AWS
3 18 (10.06%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (8.38%) GCP
5 12 (6.70%) Entra ID
6 9 (5.03%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (4.47%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (3.91%) GitHub
9 6 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.79%) Mimecast
10 5 (2.79%) Serverless
11 4 (2.23%) Akamai
11 4 (2.23%) Amazon Cognito
11 4 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (2.23%) Power Platform
11 4 (2.23%) Slack
12 3 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.68%) Google Compute Engine
12 3 (1.68%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 36 (20.11%) Firewall
2 29 (16.20%) Network Security
3 16 (8.94%) DNS
4 9 (5.03%) BGP
5 8 (4.47%) VPN
6 7 (3.91%) DHCP
7 6 (3.35%) OSPF
7 6 (3.35%) TCP/IP
8 5 (2.79%) LAN
8 5 (2.79%) WAN
9 4 (2.23%) DKIM
9 4 (2.23%) DMARC
9 4 (2.23%) IPsec
9 4 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.68%) EIGRP
10 3 (1.68%) HTTP
10 3 (1.68%) HTTPS
10 3 (1.68%) SSL
11 2 (1.12%) MPLS
11 2 (1.12%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.47%) BigQuery
2 7 (3.91%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.23%) Big Data
3 4 (2.23%) Metadata
3 4 (2.23%) Power BI
4 1 (0.56%) MySQL
4 1 (0.56%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (3.91%) JIRA
2 6 (3.35%) Burp Suite
3 5 (2.79%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.23%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (1.12%) Git
5 2 (1.12%) GitLab
6 1 (0.56%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.56%) Maven
General
1 47 (26.26%) Finance
2 20 (11.17%) Banking
3 17 (9.50%) Social Skills
4 15 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.59%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.91%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.23%) Marketing
9 3 (1.68%) Electronics
9 3 (1.68%) Law
9 3 (1.68%) Retail
9 3 (1.68%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.12%) Multimedia
10 2 (1.12%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.23%) React
1 4 (2.23%) SailPoint
1 4 (2.23%) Vue
1 4 (2.23%) Web Services
1 4 (2.23%) YAML
2 3 (1.68%) JSON
2 3 (1.68%) RESTful
3 2 (1.12%) .NET
3 2 (1.12%) AWS CDK
3 2 (1.12%) NETCONF
3 2 (1.12%) Regular Expression
3 2 (1.12%) REST
3 2 (1.12%) SOAP
3 2 (1.12%) XML
3 2 (1.12%) YANG
4 1 (0.56%) EDI
4 1 (0.56%) gRPC
4 1 (0.56%) HTML
4 1 (0.56%) JWT
4 1 (0.56%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.29%) Security Posture
2 11 (6.15%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.47%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.47%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 6 (3.35%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.79%) Cyberattack
7 4 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.68%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.12%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.12%) PKI
10 1 (0.56%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.56%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.56%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.56%) IoT
10 1 (0.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.56%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.73%) Windows
2 9 (5.03%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.79%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.68%) Unix
5 2 (1.12%) Linux
6 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (28.49%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (23.46%) SIEM
3 27 (15.08%) CI/CD
4 25 (13.97%) Vulnerability Management
5 24 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (12.29%) Information Security
7 21 (11.73%) Cloud Security
8 20 (11.17%) Application Security
8 20 (11.17%) DevOps
9 16 (8.94%) Security Operations
10 15 (8.38%) DevSecOps
11 14 (7.82%) Computer Science
12 13 (7.26%) Identity Access Management
12 13 (7.26%) Infrastructure as Code
12 13 (7.26%) Penetration Testing
13 12 (6.70%) Analytics
13 12 (6.70%) Threat Modelling
14 11 (6.15%) Incident Response
14 11 (6.15%) Threat Detection
15 10 (5.59%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 45 (25.14%) Python
2 22 (12.29%) PowerShell
3 10 (5.59%) JavaScript
4 8 (4.47%) Bash
4 8 (4.47%) SQL
5 4 (2.23%) Go
5 4 (2.23%) Perl
6 1 (0.56%) Groovy
6 1 (0.56%) Java
6 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 33 (18.44%) CISSP
2 22 (12.29%) Security Cleared
3 20 (11.17%) Degree
4 15 (8.38%) SC Cleared
5 14 (7.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (7.26%) CISM
7 12 (6.70%) CCNP
7 12 (6.70%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (4.47%) CEH
9 5 (2.79%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (2.23%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.68%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.68%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.68%) CCIE
11 3 (1.68%) CISA
11 3 (1.68%) CSSLP
11 3 (1.68%) GIAC
11 3 (1.68%) SANS
12 2 (1.12%) CREST Certified
12 2 (1.12%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (6.15%) NIST
3 5 (2.79%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.68%) COBIT
4 3 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.12%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.56%) GDPR
6 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.56%) NCSC
6 1 (0.56%) QA
6 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (8.94%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.12%) Docker
3 2 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.12%) XenApp
4 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (11.17%) Terraform
2 7 (3.91%) ArcSight ESM
2 7 (3.91%) SCCM
3 5 (2.79%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.23%) CASB
4 4 (2.23%) FortiGate
4 4 (2.23%) Functional Safety
4 4 (2.23%) Nessus
4 4 (2.23%) QRadar
5 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.12%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (1.12%) WSUS
7 1 (0.56%) Ansible
7 1 (0.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.56%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.56%) vRealize
7 1 (0.56%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 38 (21.23%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.50%) Splunk
3 16 (8.94%) ArcSight
4 14 (7.82%) Cisco
5 13 (7.26%) Palo Alto
6 10 (5.59%) F5
6 10 (5.59%) Fortinet
6 10 (5.59%) Qualys
6 10 (5.59%) VMware
7 9 (5.03%) Google
8 7 (3.91%) Rapid7
9 5 (2.79%) CA
9 5 (2.79%) CheckPoint
10 4 (2.23%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.68%) Checkmarx
11 3 (1.68%) Citrix
11 3 (1.68%) CyberArk
11 3 (1.68%) Meraki
11 3 (1.68%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.68%) Veracode