Security Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham
The median Security Engineer daily rate in Birmingham is £500, 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 | 44 | 63 | 64 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +19 | +1 | +30 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham | 1.15% | 0.52% | 1.22% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.28% | 0.56% | 1.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £600 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £600 | £467 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £600 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +9.09% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £675 | £641 |
| 90th Percentile | £571 | £720 | £650 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £513 | £650 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.15% | +18.18% | +29.41% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title | 468 | 715 | 870 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 89.66% | 92.50% | 96.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 327 | 502 | 583 |
| 10th Percentile | £160 | £250 | £263 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £325 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £483 | £450 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.33% | -10.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £575 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £700 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £485 | £489 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.77% | -2.25% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 31 | 40 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.62 | £13.10 | £11.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.31 | £17.75 | £12.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £14.00 | £28.50 | £20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -50.88% | +42.50% | +14.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £22.91 | £48.75 | £24.94 |
| 90th Percentile | £30.68 | £57.91 | £60.50 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £18.07 | £22.25 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.81% | +14.10% | +12.85% |
Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in Birmingham.
Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
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 Birmingham region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.
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Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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: