Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Derby

Security Engineer
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Derby is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 September 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
22 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 23 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derby 0.94% 0.80% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 0.81% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £475 £550 -
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 99 124 105
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 99.20% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 66 70
10th Percentile £171 £200 £209
25th Percentile £355 £310 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% -10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £623 £588 £619
90th Percentile £725 £629 £664
Derbyshire median daily rate £515 £459 £494
% change year-on-year +12.26% -7.09% +23.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 12
10th Percentile £25.04 - £15.50
25th Percentile £25.09 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.89 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +9.90% +29.15% +1.26%
75th Percentile - £24.18 -
90th Percentile - - £19.77
Derbyshire median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £18.86
% change year-on-year +4.01% +28.21% +9.54%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Derby

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Derby.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Derby

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby

For the 6 months to 22 September 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 Derby region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
12 Security Engineer jobs in the East Midlands