Principal Security Engineer Contracts

Principal Security Engineer
UK

The median Principal Security Engineer daily rate in the UK is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 703 861
Rank change year-on-year +120 +158 -173
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Security Engineer 6 17 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.028% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.029% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £532 -
25th Percentile - £560 £838
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £615 £875
Median % change year-on-year +13.82% -29.71% -
75th Percentile - £730 £913
90th Percentile - £795 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £720 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 6
10th Percentile - - £56.13
25th Percentile £30.70 £83.31 £63.62
Median hourly rate £82.17 £83.40 £72.99
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +14.26% -
75th Percentile £83.40 - £80.68
90th Percentile - - £82.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.17 £83.40 £73.76
% change year-on-year -1.47% +13.07% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,676 58,105 85,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.57% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,585 40,497 60,269
10th Percentile £275 £308 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £745 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,604 1,648 2,131
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.06 £15.37
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.33 £75.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -17.38% +117.26% +2.63%

Principal Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Security Engineer in the UK

Principal Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Principal Security Engineer in the UK

Principal Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Principal Security Engineer in the UK

Principal Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Principal Security Engineer over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Principal Security Engineer in the UK

Principal Security Engineer
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Security Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +114 6 £700 +13.82% 2
UK excluding London +50 5 - - 3
South West +22 2 - -
East of England - 2 - -
London +112 1 £700 -
South East +23 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Principal 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 featuring Principal Security Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Product Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) NCSC
3 2 (33.33%) Automotive
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) RMADS
3 2 (33.33%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (16.67%) SDLC
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Secure Coding
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) OWASP
4 1 (16.67%) CSSLP
4 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (16.67%) CISM
4 1 (16.67%) NIST
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) CISSP

Principal Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 2 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) OWASP
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (16.67%) SDLC
4 1 (16.67%) Secure Coding
4 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) CESG Certified Professional
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) CISM
3 1 (16.67%) CISSP
3 1 (16.67%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) NCSC
1 2 (33.33%) RMADS
2 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) NIST