Cloud Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Cloud Security Engineer
Merseyside > Liverpool

The median Cloud Security Engineer daily rate in Liverpool is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
13 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Security Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 1.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £401 - -
25th Percentile £403 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £428 - -
90th Percentile £434 - -
Merseyside median daily rate £413 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Liverpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Liverpool. 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 Liverpool with a recognized job title 182 186 141
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.47% 90.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 85 66
10th Percentile £143 £144 £193
25th Percentile £163 £165 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% -15.79%
75th Percentile £508 £575 £505
90th Percentile £649 £624 £600
Merseyside median daily rate £300 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -25.00% - -13.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 18 15
10th Percentile £12.21 £14.09 £12.70
25th Percentile - £16.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £15.18 £18.07 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.97% -4.92% +88.31%
75th Percentile £51.02 £23.00 £25.25
90th Percentile - £24.18 £42.00
Merseyside median hourly rate £18.67 £18.07 £18.75
% change year-on-year +3.35% -3.65% +14.68%

Cloud Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool.

Cloud Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Cloud Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Security Engineer job vacancies in Liverpool

Cloud Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Cloud 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 Liverpool region featuring Cloud Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Server Hardening
1 3 (100.00%) Zscaler
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (66.67%) Darktrace
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) Fintech
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (33.33%) QRadar
3 1 (33.33%) VPN

Cloud Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Server Hardening
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Fintech
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Zscaler
2 2 (66.67%) Darktrace
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
Cloud Security Engineer jobs