Senior Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Senior Security Engineer
Central London > City of London

As of 4 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Security Engineer daily rate in the City of London.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 126 146
Rank change year-on-year +8 +20 +42
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.12% 0.096% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.10% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £729 -
25th Percentile - £734 £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £763 £725
Median % change year-on-year - +5.17% +3.57%
75th Percentile - £784 £738
90th Percentile - £786 -
Central London median daily rate - £763 £725
% change year-on-year - +5.17% +3.57%

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 1,598 1,954 2,617
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 93.31% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,109 1,197 1,831
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £417 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £690
90th Percentile £767 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 15
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.07 £25.06 £17.97
Median hourly rate £27.75 £57.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.74% +51.32% -6.17%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £50.63
90th Percentile £64.30 £137.50 £71.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -7.89% -6.17%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Senior Security Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Senior Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Security Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Security Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Senior 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 City of London region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Antivirus Management
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Flow Diagram
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (100.00%) Modbus
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 2 (100.00%) Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Modbus
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Insider Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Life Science
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Antivirus Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Flow Diagram
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Rockwell