Security Engineer Contracts in Luton

Security Engineer
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Luton is £88, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 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
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 25 21
Rank change year-on-year +11 -4 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 15 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 13.16% 0.78% 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.71% 0.86% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £85 - -
25th Percentile £86 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £88 - £450
75th Percentile £357 - -
90th Percentile £518 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £88 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -17.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £73.75 - -
25th Percentile £82.69 - -
Median hourly rate £88.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £91.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £88.00 £31.80 -
% change year-on-year +176.73% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Luton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Luton. 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 Luton with a recognized job title 102 116 101
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.47% 89.92% 99.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 61 72
10th Percentile £185 £300 £300
25th Percentile £500 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £644 £575 £600
90th Percentile £726 £625 £625
Bedfordshire median daily rate £580 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +16.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 25 3
10th Percentile £67.00 - £26.00
25th Percentile £76.25 £15.39 £42.50
Median hourly rate £85.00 £42.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -43.33% +328.57%
75th Percentile £89.75 £65.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £91.70 £67.50 £88.00
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% -20.00% +42.86%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Luton

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in Luton

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Luton over the 6 months to 23 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in Luton

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in Luton.

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in Luton

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Luton

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Engineer in Luton over the 6 months to 23 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Engineer in Luton

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 Luton region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (80.00%) NIST
2 10 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
2 10 (66.67%) Security Management
2 10 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 8 (53.33%) Degree
3 8 (53.33%) JSP 440
3 8 (53.33%) Military
3 8 (53.33%) NCSC
3 8 (53.33%) Patch Management
4 7 (46.67%) NIST 800
4 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
4 7 (46.67%) Key Management
4 7 (46.67%) Management Information System
4 7 (46.67%) SharePoint
4 7 (46.67%) Information Assurance
4 7 (46.67%) Incident Management
5 6 (40.00%) MODAF
5 6 (40.00%) SABSA
5 6 (40.00%) Firmware
6 5 (33.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 4 (26.67%) Security Operations
7 4 (26.67%) Data Loss Prevention
7 4 (26.67%) GDPR
7 4 (26.67%) Privileged Identity Management
7 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (26.67%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (26.67%) Impact Analysis

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton 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 7 (46.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (20.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
1 4 (26.67%) Azure Sentinel
1 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Purview
1 4 (26.67%) OneDrive
General
1 8 (53.33%) Military
2 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
1 10 (66.67%) Security Management
2 8 (53.33%) Patch Management
3 7 (46.67%) Incident Management
3 7 (46.67%) Information Assurance
3 7 (46.67%) Key Management
4 6 (40.00%) MODAF
4 6 (40.00%) SABSA
5 5 (33.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 4 (26.67%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (26.67%) Identity Management
6 4 (26.67%) Impact Analysis
6 4 (26.67%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (26.67%) Privileged Identity Management
6 4 (26.67%) Security Operations
6 4 (26.67%) Zero Trust
7 3 (20.00%) Data Management
7 3 (20.00%) PDM
7 3 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 8 (53.33%) Degree
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (13.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (80.00%) NIST
2 8 (53.33%) JSP 440
2 8 (53.33%) NCSC
3 7 (46.67%) NIST 800
4 4 (26.67%) GDPR
4 4 (26.67%) HIPAA
4 4 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Firmware
2 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft