Security Engineer Contracts in the East of England

Security Engineer
England > East of England

The median Security Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £800 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 117 140
Rank change year-on-year +13 +23 -42
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 6 6 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.31% 0.29% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.32% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £475 £370 £301
25th Percentile £588 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £413 £499
Median % change year-on-year +93.94% -17.29% +7.84%
75th Percentile £850 £600 £565
90th Percentile £865 £668 £571
England median daily rate £573 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.58% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.70 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £31.80 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.43% - -
75th Percentile £56.45 £53.75 -
90th Percentile £70.58 - -
England median hourly rate £80.00 £83.31 £52.50
% change year-on-year -3.97% +58.70% +10.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 1,704 1,886 2,399
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.45% 91.42% 93.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,147 1,378
10th Percentile £206 £185 £163
25th Percentile £313 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £539
90th Percentile £650 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 587 298 373
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £32.16 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.73% +107.45% -6.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £39.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the East of England

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in the East of England

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in the East of England

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in the East of England

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Engineer in the East of England

Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Hertfordshire +2 3 £800 +25.49% 13
Bedfordshire +2 3 - - 2
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 East of England region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Automotive
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Key Management
3 1 (16.67%) Application Security
3 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
3 1 (16.67%) NCSC
3 1 (16.67%) NIST
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Firmware
3 1 (16.67%) MODAF
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Security Management
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (16.67%) JSP 440
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
3 1 (16.67%) SABSA

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (33.33%) Automotive
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Application Security
2 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
2 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
2 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
2 1 (16.67%) Key Management
2 1 (16.67%) MODAF
2 1 (16.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) SABSA
2 1 (16.67%) Security Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) JSP 440
1 1 (16.67%) NCSC
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
1 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
1 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto