Senior Network Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Senior Network Security Engineer
England > London

The median Senior Network Security Engineer daily rate in London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 March 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 351 395
Rank change year-on-year -47 +44 +130
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Security Engineer 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.006% 0.015% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.016% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - -
England median daily rate £550 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +37.50% -11.11% -25.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 14,923 12,344 17,008
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 93.67% 93.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,019 8,186 12,277
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 145 342
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.08 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.56 £24.66 £19.28
Median hourly rate £34.75 £35.00 £28.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% +22.27% -18.21%
75th Percentile £59.72 £53.75 £48.30
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.04 £65.00
England median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +2.03% +7.69% -21.69%

Senior Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Senior Network Security Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Senior Network Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Network Security Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Network Security Engineer job vacancies in London

Senior Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 8 March 2026, Senior Network 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 London region featuring Senior Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Senior Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto