Infrastructure Security Engineer Contracts in Central London

Infrastructure Security Engineer
London > Central London

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer daily rate in Central London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2024.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 175 185
Rank change year-on-year +42 +10 -22
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 4 2 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.17% 0.055% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.057% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 £319 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £338 £400
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% -15.63% -20.00%
75th Percentile £445 £356 £450
90th Percentile £448 - £538
London median daily rate £425 £650 £450
% change year-on-year -34.62% +44.44% -10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,308 3,483 4,215
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.41% 94.93% 94.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,608 2,364 3,175
10th Percentile £350 £325 £353
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £555
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +8.11% +3.26%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £677
90th Percentile £788 £813 £775
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 23 51
10th Percentile £20.10 £15.50 £15.75
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% -13.58% +113.30%
75th Percentile £28.59 £61.25 £54.50
90th Percentile £41.50 £87.64 £62.50
London median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.12%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in Central London

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in Central London

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 23 June 2024. 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
City of London +42 4 £425 - 2
Infrastructure Security Engineer
London

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 23 June 2024, Infrastructure 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 Central London region featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (50.00%) NCSC
2 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) SCOrch
2 2 (50.00%) Mimecast
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (50.00%) Data Security
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 2 (50.00%) ISMS
2 2 (50.00%) OWASP
2 2 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Security Management
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Statistics
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) COBIT
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NCSC
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) CASB
1 2 (50.00%) FortiGate
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
1 2 (50.00%) SCOrch
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (50.00%) Imperva
2 2 (50.00%) Netskope
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow