Security Engineer
UK
The median Security Engineer daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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 18 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 252 | 218 | 324 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -34 | +106 | -13 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer | 371 | 685 | 726 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.87% | 1.20% | 0.83% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.94% | 1.27% | 0.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 253 | 465 | 484 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | £415 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £500 | £465 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £575 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | +4.55% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £684 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £746 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | +5.00% | +2.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 17 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £66.00 | £27.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £30.70 | £83.31 | £37.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.90 | £83.40 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.97% | +66.80% | -11.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £80.85 | - | £61.57 |
| 90th Percentile | £82.39 | £90.04 | £80.35 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £55.90 | £83.36 | £68.63 |
| % change year-on-year | -32.94% | +21.46% | +24.91% |
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 | 39,507 | 53,867 | 83,506 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.79% | 94.60% | 95.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,718 | 37,620 | 58,687 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £544 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.40% | +3.52% | +9.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,672 | 1,498 | 2,036 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.29 | £19.13 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer.
Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.
Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer.
Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.
Security Engineer
Top 17 Contract Locations
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 UK 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 |
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| England | -31 | 321 | £550 | -8.33% | 327 |
| London | -8 | 182 | £588 | -5.62% | 139 |
| Work from Home | -31 | 135 | £600 | - | 134 |
| UK excluding London | -32 | 133 | £550 | +4.76% | 229 |
| South East | +28 | 56 | £450 | -14.29% | 82 |
| South West | +3 | 28 | £600 | +14.29% | 28 |
| Midlands | -6 | 17 | £650 | +18.18% | 37 |
| North of England | -33 | 16 | £550 | +5.87% | 37 |
| West Midlands | -1 | 15 | £650 | +18.18% | 25 |
| Scotland | +39 | 12 | £575 | +6.98% | 9 |
| North West | -36 | 10 | £538 | +10.60% | 22 |
| Yorkshire | +7 | 5 | £622 | +8.17% | 10 |
| East of England | +2 | 5 | £600 | +26.32% | 35 |
| East Midlands | +10 | 2 | £550 | +6.08% | 12 |
| Wales | +8 | 2 | £531 | -1.16% | 9 |
| North East | +11 | 1 | £475 | -43.89% | 5 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 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 featuring Security Engineer in the job title.
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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:
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