Security Engineer Contracts in Macclesfield

Security Engineer
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Macclesfield is £478, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Macclesfield 2.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £476 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 - -
75th Percentile £479 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £509 £540 £563
% change year-on-year -5.88% -3.96% -0.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Macclesfield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Macclesfield. 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 Macclesfield with a recognized job title 38 76 46
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.37% 98.70% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 50 33
10th Percentile £400 £405 £315
25th Percentile £500 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £505 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +12.22% +24.14%
75th Percentile £590 £550 £488
90th Percentile £700 £585 £670
Cheshire median daily rate £430 £475 £516
% change year-on-year -9.47% -7.95% +14.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £17.07 £11.29
25th Percentile - £17.49 £12.40
Median hourly rate - £17.72 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year - +20.14% -
75th Percentile - £17.73 £15.13
90th Percentile - £17.76 £15.20
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.20 £35.00 £25.57
% change year-on-year +0.57% +36.91% +4.35%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Macclesfield

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in Macclesfield

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Macclesfield

For the 6 months to 24 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 Macclesfield region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler