Security Engineer Contracts in Berkshire

Security Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Berkshire is £479, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 116 105
Rank change year-on-year +39 -11 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 16 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.36% 0.40% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 0.43% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 9
10th Percentile £322 £405 £435
25th Percentile £407 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.65% -22.73% +3.77%
75th Percentile £638 £580 £588
90th Percentile - £600 £675
South East median daily rate £450 £450 £538
% change year-on-year - -16.28% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32.75
Median hourly rate - - £33.50
75th Percentile - - £34.25
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £73.31 - £33.50
% change year-on-year - - -43.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,085 1,866 1,720
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.05% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 992 1,104
10th Percentile £311 £213 £325
25th Percentile £413 £381 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 116 56
10th Percentile £27.46 £18.75 £17.61
25th Percentile £50.06 £41.44 £22.66
Median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%
75th Percentile £76.77 £70.42 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £86.32 £79.72
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Berkshire

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in Berkshire

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in Berkshire

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in Berkshire

Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +39 9 £588 +2.17% 9
Wokingham -8 3 £474 -16.89% 1
Slough - 1 £650 - 3
Security Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Berkshire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) CISSP
2 6 (37.50%) CISM
2 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (31.25%) Security Architecture
3 5 (31.25%) SIEM
3 5 (31.25%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (31.25%) Validation
3 5 (31.25%) Information Security
3 5 (31.25%) Web Services
3 5 (31.25%) SOA
4 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (25.00%) Firewall
4 4 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
4 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (18.75%) Rapid7
5 3 (18.75%) Security Operations
5 3 (18.75%) Python
5 3 (18.75%) Cloud Security
5 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
5 3 (18.75%) Network Security
5 3 (18.75%) Wireless
6 2 (12.50%) Retail
6 2 (12.50%) DNS
6 2 (12.50%) SSL
6 2 (12.50%) Cisco
6 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (6.25%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
3 1 (6.25%) GitHub
3 1 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) OCI
3 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Firewall
2 3 (18.75%) Network Security
2 3 (18.75%) Wireless
3 2 (12.50%) DNS
3 2 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (12.50%) SSL
3 2 (12.50%) WAN
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (6.25%) DMVPN
4 1 (6.25%) IPsec
4 1 (6.25%) LAN
4 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
4 1 (6.25%) VPN
4 1 (6.25%) Wireless Security
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) Web Services
2 1 (6.25%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (6.25%) CMDB
2 1 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (31.25%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (31.25%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (31.25%) Information Security
2 5 (31.25%) Security Architecture
2 5 (31.25%) SIEM
2 5 (31.25%) SOA
2 5 (31.25%) Validation
3 4 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
3 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) Cloud Security
4 3 (18.75%) Security Operations
5 2 (12.50%) Application Security
5 2 (12.50%) Containerisation
5 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (12.50%) DevSecOps
5 2 (12.50%) Threat Detection
5 2 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
1 3 (18.75%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) CISSP
2 6 (37.50%) CISM
3 2 (12.50%) CEH
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (6.25%) CCNA
4 1 (6.25%) CCSP
4 1 (6.25%) CISA
4 1 (6.25%) OSCP
4 1 (6.25%) SANS
4 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.25%) CASB
2 1 (6.25%) SCCM
2 1 (6.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Rapid7
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco
4 1 (6.25%) Aruba
4 1 (6.25%) Blue Coat
4 1 (6.25%) BMC
4 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint
4 1 (6.25%) F5
4 1 (6.25%) Juniper
4 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
4 1 (6.25%) Proofpoint
4 1 (6.25%) Remedy
4 1 (6.25%) Splunk