Security Engineer Contracts in the North of England

Security Engineer
England > North of England

The median Security Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 167 144
Rank change year-on-year +40 -23 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 39 18 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.18% 0.38% 1.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 0.41% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 16 50
10th Percentile £400 £425 £288
25th Percentile £411 £478 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -0.44% +13.00%
75th Percentile £595 £641 £606
90th Percentile £673 £688 £689
England median daily rate £525 £573 £600
% change year-on-year -8.30% -4.58% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £83.41 - £83.40
England median hourly rate £73.31 £55.90 £83.31
% change year-on-year +31.14% -32.90% +58.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,078 4,441 5,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.14% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,789 3,920
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £364 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £646 £673 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 394 162
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.02 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.16 £12.53 £18.82
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.34 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.68% -36.67% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.38 £45.97 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.22 £60.00 £65.68
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the North of England

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in the North of England

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in the North of England

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in the North of England

Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +27 23 £525 - 54
Yorkshire +11 8 £481 -22.63% 24
North East - 8 £525 - 11
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 North of England region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 12 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (28.21%) Cisco
4 9 (23.08%) Information Security
5 8 (20.51%) Firewall
5 8 (20.51%) Linux
5 8 (20.51%) SIEM
5 8 (20.51%) Azure
6 7 (17.95%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (17.95%) Windows
6 7 (17.95%) VMware
6 7 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
7 6 (15.38%) Finance
7 6 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (15.38%) Fortinet
7 6 (15.38%) ISMS
7 6 (15.38%) Data Protection
8 5 (12.82%) Risk Analysis
8 5 (12.82%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (12.82%) PowerShell
8 5 (12.82%) Network Security
8 5 (12.82%) Veeam
8 5 (12.82%) Information Security Management
8 5 (12.82%) Security Management
8 5 (12.82%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (12.82%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 5 (12.82%) Active Directory
8 5 (12.82%) HP
8 5 (12.82%) Python

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.51%) Azure
2 4 (10.26%) AWS
2 4 (10.26%) Entra ID
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.13%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (2.56%) GCP
4 1 (2.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) Firewall
2 5 (12.82%) Network Security
3 4 (10.26%) Cisco Firepower
3 4 (10.26%) VPN
4 3 (7.69%) Ethernet
4 3 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (7.69%) MPLS
5 2 (5.13%) BGP
5 2 (5.13%) Broadband
5 2 (5.13%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (5.13%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (5.13%) Cisco Wireless
5 2 (5.13%) IPv6
5 2 (5.13%) Multicast
5 2 (5.13%) OSPF
5 2 (5.13%) Skype
5 2 (5.13%) Wireless
6 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.56%) SMTP
6 1 (2.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) DB2
1 1 (2.56%) Hadoop
1 1 (2.56%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) GitLab
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
1 1 (2.56%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Finance
3 5 (12.82%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Automotive
5 2 (5.13%) Aviation
5 2 (5.13%) Banking
5 2 (5.13%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (5.13%) Police
5 2 (5.13%) Swedish Language
6 1 (2.56%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.56%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) JSON
1 1 (2.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (12.82%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (12.82%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (7.69%) Algorithms
3 3 (7.69%) Security Posture
4 2 (5.13%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.13%) Product Ownership
4 2 (5.13%) Robotics
5 1 (2.56%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.56%) PKI
5 1 (2.56%) SCADA
5 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.51%) Linux
2 7 (17.95%) Windows
3 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (23.08%) Information Security
3 8 (20.51%) SIEM
4 7 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 6 (15.38%) ISMS
6 5 (12.82%) Cloud Security
6 5 (12.82%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (12.82%) Information Security Management
6 5 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (12.82%) Risk Analysis
6 5 (12.82%) Security Management
6 5 (12.82%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 5 (12.82%) Zero Trust
7 4 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (10.26%) Mentoring
7 4 (10.26%) Security Operations
7 4 (10.26%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (7.69%) Migration
8 3 (7.69%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.82%) PowerShell
1 5 (12.82%) Python
2 1 (2.56%) Java
2 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.56%) Ruby
2 1 (2.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (5.13%) CCIE
1 2 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (5.13%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.56%) CCSA
2 1 (2.56%) CCSE
2 1 (2.56%) CISSP
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (7.69%) AUTOSAR
2 3 (7.69%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) NCSC
3 1 (2.56%) NIST
3 1 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) FortiGate
1 2 (5.13%) Grafana
1 2 (5.13%) Nagios
1 2 (5.13%) Progress Chef
1 2 (5.13%) SCCM
2 1 (2.56%) Ansible
2 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (28.21%) Cisco
3 7 (17.95%) VMware
4 6 (15.38%) Fortinet
5 5 (12.82%) HP
5 5 (12.82%) Veeam
6 3 (7.69%) SolarWinds
6 3 (7.69%) Tenable
6 3 (7.69%) Thycotic
7 2 (5.13%) CheckPoint
7 2 (5.13%) CyberArk
7 2 (5.13%) IBM
7 2 (5.13%) Imperva
7 2 (5.13%) Palo Alto
7 2 (5.13%) Ribbon
7 2 (5.13%) Splunk
7 2 (5.13%) Wyse
8 1 (2.56%) ForgeRock
8 1 (2.56%) Oracle
8 1 (2.56%) Siemens