Senior Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Senior Security Engineer
Central London > City of London

As of 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 127 154
Rank change year-on-year +10 +27 +41
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 2 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.11% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.15% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - £555 £603
25th Percentile - £619 £673
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £750 £725
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% +41.19%
75th Percentile - £781 £741
90th Percentile - £785 £746
Central London median daily rate - £750 £725
% change year-on-year - +3.45% +41.19%

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 1,653 1,976 2,818
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 94.18% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,248 1,946
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £585
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% +3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 12
10th Percentile £17.35 £16.49 £16.65
25th Percentile £23.98 £21.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -23.94% -14.97%
75th Percentile £53.50 £85.63 £44.87
90th Percentile £65.39 £137.50 £67.13
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.57% - -15.66%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer 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 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 City of London region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

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

Senior 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:

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