Security Engineer Contracts in Liverpool

Security Engineer
Merseyside > Liverpool

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Liverpool is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 June 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
5 Jun 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 6 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 4.48% - 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.76% - 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile - - £323
25th Percentile £400 - £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.50%
75th Percentile £538 - £419
90th Percentile - - -
Merseyside median daily rate £425 - £413
% change year-on-year - - -17.50%

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 126 160 242
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 95.81% 96.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 80 170
10th Percentile £141 £143 £244
25th Percentile £208 £213 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £388 £475
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -18.42% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £498 £531
90th Percentile £664 £603 £600
Merseyside median daily rate £438 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +16.59% -21.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 26 10
10th Percentile £12.21 - -
25th Percentile £16.13 £15.50 £10.09
Median hourly rate £17.44 £18.06 £16.19
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +11.55% +7.90%
75th Percentile £18.08 £35.77 £18.75
90th Percentile £24.23 £38.59 £19.61
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 £21.43 £16.37
% change year-on-year -18.62% +30.91% +9.13%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Liverpool

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in Liverpool

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 Liverpool region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Information Security
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (50.00%) Server Hardening
1 3 (50.00%) Fintech
1 3 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (33.33%) Darktrace
2 2 (33.33%) Zscaler
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 2 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 2 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (33.33%) Multicast
2 2 (33.33%) Varonis
2 2 (33.33%) Data Management
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Nagios
2 2 (33.33%) MPLS
2 2 (33.33%) OSPF
2 2 (33.33%) BGP
2 2 (33.33%) IPv6
2 2 (33.33%) CCIE

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) BGP
2 2 (33.33%) Broadband
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 2 (33.33%) IPv6
2 2 (33.33%) MPLS
2 2 (33.33%) Multicast
2 2 (33.33%) OSPF
2 2 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (50.00%) Fintech
1 3 (50.00%) Information Security
1 3 (50.00%) Server Hardening
2 2 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (33.33%) Data Management
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) ISMS
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (33.33%) CCIE
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) CISSP
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Nagios
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Darktrace
2 2 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 2 (33.33%) Varonis
2 2 (33.33%) Zscaler
3 1 (16.67%) Siemens
27 Security Engineer jobs in Merseyside