Security Engineer Contracts in Reading

Security Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Reading is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 83 94
Rank change year-on-year -8 +11 -45
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 1 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.084% 0.29% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.30% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - £425 £407
25th Percentile £538 £500 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% +30.18%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £606
90th Percentile - - £630
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -22.73% +3.77% +25.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,108 989 1,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 95.65% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 657 881
10th Percentile £213 £363 £176
25th Percentile £413 £455 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £622 £650 £595
90th Percentile £688 £721 £651
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 24 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.45 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £51.48 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.20 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £60.00 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +5.48% +170.88% -2.33%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Reading

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in Reading

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in Reading

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 27 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 Reading region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) BYOD
1 1 (100.00%) UEBA

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) UEBA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft