Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Security Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 58 64
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 9 10 20
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.11% 1.32% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 1.38% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 6
10th Percentile £391 £550 £475
25th Percentile £441 £565 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £638 £613
Median % change year-on-year -19.61% +4.08% +11.36%
75th Percentile £547 £788 £650
90th Percentile £600 £789 £720
South West median daily rate £525 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -16.00% - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
Median hourly rate - - £83.40
South West median hourly rate - - £83.40

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 757 724 979
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 95.64% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 398 612
10th Percentile £241 £212 £275
25th Percentile £400 £370 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.36% -3.64% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 95 122
10th Percentile £15.00 £35.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £21.06 £60.75 £58.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.81
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £56.91
% change year-on-year -48.46% +14.22% -12.45%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Bristol

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Bristol

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in Bristol

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Bristol

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 6 December 2025, Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Android
1 4 (44.44%) Apple iOS
1 4 (44.44%) Application Security
1 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
2 3 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Mobile Development
2 3 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) AWS
3 2 (22.22%) Change Control
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
3 2 (22.22%) GitLab
3 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (22.22%) NetSuite
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) SDLC
4 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
4 1 (11.11%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (11.11%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (11.11%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (11.11%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (11.11%) AWS CloudTrail
4 1 (11.11%) AWS KMS
4 1 (11.11%) Azure

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (11.11%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (11.11%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (11.11%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 1 (11.11%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (11.11%) AWS CloudTrail
2 1 (11.11%) AWS KMS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) GitHub
2 1 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) GitLab
1 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Mobile App
1 4 (44.44%) Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Android
1 4 (44.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Application Security
1 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
2 3 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 3 (33.33%) Mobile Development
2 3 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Change Control
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) SDLC
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
4 1 (11.11%) IT Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Security Operations
4 1 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 1 (11.11%) Kotlin
1 1 (11.11%) Objective-C
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
1 1 (11.11%) GIAC
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
3 1 (11.11%) Zscaler