Azure Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Azure Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Azure Security Engineer daily rate in England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 511 581
Rank change year-on-year -5 +70 +186
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Security Engineer 5 23 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.070% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.075% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 18 14
10th Percentile £373 £485 £433
25th Percentile £406 £555 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year -19.83% -1.25% -10.45%
75th Percentile £488 £630 £644
90th Percentile - £650 £650
UK median daily rate £463 £593 £600
% change year-on-year -21.94% -1.25% +1.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 25,374 30,624 40,138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 92.98% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,359 19,070 28,007
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £401 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,370 1,470 1,375
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.69 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.18
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%
75th Percentile £53.99 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £77.80
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Azure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Security Engineer in England

Azure Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Security Engineer job vacancies in England

Azure Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
South West +26 1 £475 -19.83%
South East +12 1 - - 3
London +4 1 £400 -33.33% 2
North West -14 1 - -
Midlands -17 1 £475 -20.34%
North of England -33 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £475 -
Azure Security Engineer
UK

Azure Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Azure 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 England region featuring Azure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (40.00%) DNS
4 2 (40.00%) SDLC
4 2 (40.00%) Analytics
4 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (40.00%) Windows
4 2 (40.00%) Migration
4 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (20.00%) Military
5 1 (20.00%) Linux
5 1 (20.00%) Python
5 1 (20.00%) HTTP
5 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (20.00%) Firewall
5 1 (20.00%) Validation
5 1 (20.00%) Degree

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

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (60.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (20.00%) GitHub
4 1 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) HTTP
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) French Language
2 1 (20.00%) German Language
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) SDLC
1 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Log Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) RBAC
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) LogRhythm