Security Engineer Contracts in Knutsford

Security Engineer
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Knutsford is £492, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 1 0 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 0.68% - 11.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% - 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 13
10th Percentile - - £561
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 - £565
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.32%
75th Percentile - - £570
90th Percentile - - £629
Cheshire median daily rate £561 £513 £565
% change year-on-year +9.51% -9.29% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Knutsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Knutsford. 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 Knutsford with a recognized job title 125 105 138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.62% 97.22% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 97 111
10th Percentile £330 £356 £415
25th Percentile £358 £400 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £489 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.79% -11.09% +18.28%
75th Percentile £492 £582 £620
90th Percentile £537 £619 £680
Cheshire median daily rate £456 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +9.20%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Knutsford

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in Knutsford.

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in Knutsford

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Knutsford region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Progress Chef
1 1 (100.00%) ForgeRock
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ForgeRock