Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Security Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Gloucestershire 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 44 57 44
Rank change year-on-year +13 -13 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 3 3 15
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.95% 0.68% 3.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 0.71% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile £540 - -
25th Percentile £563 £563 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £638
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -9.80% -
75th Percentile - £588 £678
90th Percentile - - £713
South West median daily rate £513 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -21.15% - +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £78.86
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £83.40
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £83.40
% change year-on-year - -22.06% +13.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 276 422 473
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.07% 96.13% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 205 282
10th Percentile £214 £378 £359
25th Percentile £350 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £736 £738
South West median daily rate £513 £508 £538
% change year-on-year +0.99% -5.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 47 53
10th Percentile £13.50 £30.00 £33.40
25th Percentile £14.17 £56.25 £48.72
Median hourly rate £34.34 £67.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.13% -3.57% +62.36%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.00 £78.36
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +4.64%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
Gloucester -9 2 £600 +4.35% 4
Security Engineer
South West

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (66.67%) Case Management
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Bash
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (66.67%) logstash
2 2 (66.67%) Kibana
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (33.33%) Event Correlation
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) NIST

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Elasticsearch
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Case Management
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Event Correlation
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Security Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Bash
3 1 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kibana
1 2 (66.67%) logstash
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft