Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Security Engineer
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Derbyshire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 0.66% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £415 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 127 161 135
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.55% 96.99% 97.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 68 83
10th Percentile £134 £268 £160
25th Percentile £269 £350 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% +5.88% -0.99%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £569
90th Percentile £671 £628 £661
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 18 20
10th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £17.47
25th Percentile £19.11 £17.82 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +36.46% +14.32%
75th Percentile - £43.55 £25.00
90th Percentile £26.50 £51.50 £54.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £20.92 £24.09 £17.95
% change year-on-year -13.18% +34.24% +5.56%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derby - 1 £475 - 1
Security Engineer
East Midlands

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, 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 Derbyshire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

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

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

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