Security Engineer Contracts in Bristol

Security Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 82 96
Rank change year-on-year +7 +14 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 5 12 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.48% 0.94% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 1.05% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £530 £761 -
25th Percentile £538 £764 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £775 £500
Median % change year-on-year -22.57% +54.97% -4.76%
75th Percentile £682 £781 £550
90th Percentile £700 £782 £580
South West median daily rate £600 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
South West median hourly rate £83.41 £83.31 £56.00
% change year-on-year +0.11% +48.77% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,000 1,148 1,363
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.06% 89.83% 94.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 805 923
10th Percentile £250 £291 £276
25th Percentile £363 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +16.47%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £575
90th Percentile £688 £707 £650
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 154 113
10th Percentile £36.25 £35.00 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £57.25 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +55.95% -6.67%
75th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.70 £65.60
South West median hourly rate £48.29 £65.00 £45.20
% change year-on-year -25.71% +43.81% +6.35%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Bristol

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in Bristol

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in Bristol

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 Bristol region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Network Security
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) SailPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Terraform
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Okta
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Log Correlation
3 1 (20.00%) SOAR
3 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) SIEM
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Log Correlation
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (20.00%) SOAR
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CISA
3 1 (20.00%) CISM
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Puppet
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) ArcSight
2 1 (20.00%) Okta
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat