Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Gloucester

Security Engineer
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Gloucester is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
4 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 20 33
Rank change year-on-year -9 +13 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucester 1.71% 1.25% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% 1.33% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £600 £575 £638
% change year-on-year +4.35% -9.80% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucester. 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 Gloucester with a recognized job title 96 75 134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.05% 93.75% 97.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 53 91
10th Percentile £203 £360 £400
25th Percentile £329 £460 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £694 £638 £675
90th Percentile £713 £734 £725
Gloucestershire median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile £28.26 £18.00 £54.20
25th Percentile £32.93 £18.75 -
Median hourly rate £41.33 £21.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.79% -73.08% -
75th Percentile £50.35 £22.75 £84.00
90th Percentile £55.39 £23.20 £90.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £34.34 £67.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -49.13% -3.57% +62.36%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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 Gloucester.

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Gloucester

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

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

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester

For the 6 months to 4 October 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 Gloucester region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (100.00%) logstash
1 2 (100.00%) Kibana
1 2 (100.00%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (100.00%) Case Management
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Elastic Stack
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Case Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kibana
1 2 (100.00%) logstash
4 Security Engineer jobs in Gloucester