Senior Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Senior Security Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Security Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
17 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 - 123
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.26% - 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.00%
75th Percentile £580 - £538
90th Percentile £600 - -
Central London median daily rate £520 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -25.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 2,185 1,627 2,056
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 93.13% 95.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,465 1,017 1,448
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £453 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.68% -6.67%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 14 15
10th Percentile £18.14 £22.00 £15.62
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.98 £20.22
Median hourly rate £32.07 £29.58 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% +28.59% -34.29%
75th Percentile £52.33 £47.50 £28.44
90th Percentile £61.83 £89.13 £40.00
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £28.61 £26.41
% change year-on-year -5.63% +8.35% -24.56%

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 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 17 May 2026, 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 6 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 6 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 6 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 6 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 6 (100.00%) Product Management
1 6 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 6 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 6 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 6 (100.00%) SDLC
1 6 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 6 (100.00%) SLA
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 6 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 6 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (66.67%) Application Security

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:

General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 6 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 6 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 6 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 6 (100.00%) Product Management
1 6 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 6 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 6 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 6 (100.00%) SDLC
1 6 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 6 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 6 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (66.67%) Application Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) SLA
Senior Security Engineer jobs