Infrastructure Security Engineer Contracts in London

Infrastructure Security Engineer
England > London

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer daily rate in London is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 383 478
Rank change year-on-year +37 +95 +92
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 4 13 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.032% 0.074% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.080% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 15
10th Percentile £533 £235 £570
25th Percentile £544 £406 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £450 £650
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -30.77% +62.50%
75th Percentile £581 £538 -
90th Percentile £593 £722 -
England median daily rate £413 £438 £633
% change year-on-year -5.71% -30.83% +58.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,586 16,333 24,623
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 93.45% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,924 11,811 17,900
10th Percentile £349 £325 £363
25th Percentile £429 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 318 280
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.09 £20.07 £22.50
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.64% -21.43% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £46.05 £60.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.32 £80.23
England median hourly rate £30.00 £36.92 £44.77
% change year-on-year -18.73% -17.54% +94.63%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in London

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in London

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, Infrastructure 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 London region featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) SCCM
3 2 (50.00%) ISMS
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) SCOrch
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (50.00%) CASB
3 2 (50.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Pipelines
4 1 (25.00%) Bicep
4 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (25.00%) PowerShell

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Pipelines
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) WAN
1 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) YAML
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (50.00%) Architectural Design
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) ISMS
3 2 (50.00%) Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bicep
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) CASB
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
1 2 (50.00%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Qualys