Senior Security Engineer Contracts in Bristol

Senior Security Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Senior Security Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 - 93
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.18% - 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £761
25th Percentile £525 - £764
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £775
75th Percentile £575 - £781
90th Percentile - - £782
South West median daily rate £550 - £775

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 532 1,000 1,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 95.06% 90.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 535 798
10th Percentile £213 £257 £300
25th Percentile £355 £371 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £517
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -3.22% +3.33%
75th Percentile £563 £613 £631
90th Percentile £668 £688 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -2.77% -2.05% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 223 137
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £29.60
25th Percentile £42.09 £45.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +55.95%
75th Percentile £68.00 £73.13 £75.00
90th Percentile £74.78 £85.00 £85.50
South West median hourly rate £62.75 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +14.09% -15.38% +37.57%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in Bristol

Senior Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Security Engineer in Bristol

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security

Senior 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 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python