Security Engineer Contracts in the City of London

Security Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Security Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 June 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
17 Jun 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 111 116
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 +42
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 12 12 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.70% 0.55% 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.58% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 37
10th Percentile £485 £406 £519
25th Percentile £533 £419 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £625
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -16.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £738
90th Percentile £623 - £816
Central London median daily rate £575 £525 £625
% change year-on-year +9.52% -16.00% +13.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,619 2,065 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 95.21% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,429 2,194
10th Percentile £352 £350 £357
25th Percentile £450 £450 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +8.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 19
10th Percentile £20.35 £15.62 £15.24
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £32.83 £22.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.89% -35.71% -13.58%
75th Percentile £63.75 £34.69 £76.25
90th Percentile £92.13 £46.15 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +7.67% -22.86% -14.63%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the City of London

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in the City of London

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 17 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in the City of London

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in the City of London

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 17 June 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 City of London region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (33.33%) Network Security
4 3 (25.00%) Security Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Windows
4 3 (25.00%) Python
4 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (25.00%) SIEM
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (16.67%) AWS
5 2 (16.67%) Meraki
5 2 (16.67%) CREST Certified
5 2 (16.67%) Application Security
5 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (16.67%) Palo Alto
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) SSL
5 2 (16.67%) ITIL
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco
5 2 (16.67%) Juniper
5 2 (16.67%) Perl
5 2 (16.67%) Firewall
5 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
5 2 (16.67%) Finance

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Azure AKS
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Network Security
2 2 (16.67%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) SSL
3 1 (8.33%) IPsec
3 1 (8.33%) iSCSI
3 1 (8.33%) NGFW
3 1 (8.33%) VPN
3 1 (8.33%) Wireless
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Banking
3 1 (8.33%) Front Office
3 1 (8.33%) Law
3 1 (8.33%) Military
3 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (8.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (25.00%) Security Testing
2 3 (25.00%) SIEM
3 2 (16.67%) Application Security
3 2 (16.67%) Information Security
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (8.33%) Analytics
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Change Control
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) DevOps
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (8.33%) Load Balancing
4 1 (8.33%) Microservices
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Python
2 2 (16.67%) Perl
2 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (8.33%) Bash
3 1 (8.33%) C++
3 1 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) CREST Certified
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (8.33%) CCNP
2 1 (8.33%) CCSE
2 1 (8.33%) CEH
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (8.33%) CISSP
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (8.33%) GIAC
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.33%) OSCP
2 1 (8.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
1 1 (8.33%) QA
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) WSUS
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (8.33%) QRadar
2 1 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) Juniper
2 2 (16.67%) Meraki
2 2 (16.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (8.33%) 3PAR
3 1 (8.33%) Barracuda Networks
3 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (8.33%) Exabeam
3 1 (8.33%) Forcepoint
3 1 (8.33%) ForgeRock
3 1 (8.33%) Google
3 1 (8.33%) HP
3 1 (8.33%) MobileIron
3 1 (8.33%) Red Hat
3 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (8.33%) Splunk
3 1 (8.33%) Sun
3 1 (8.33%) Tenable
3 1 (8.33%) Trend Micro
97 Security Engineer jobs in Central London