Security Engineer Contracts in the North West

Security Engineer
England > North West

The median Security Engineer daily rate in the North West 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 97 124 96
Rank change year-on-year +27 -28 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 23 13 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.17% 0.47% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 0.50% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 37
10th Percentile £400 £425 £288
25th Percentile £469 £469 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £514
Median % change year-on-year - +2.14% -2.10%
75th Percentile £598 £656 £569
90th Percentile £681 £700 £630
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 West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,821 2,603 3,030
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.48% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 1,698 2,172
10th Percentile £250 £281 £300
25th Percentile £378 £393 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 266 133
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%
75th Percentile £59.24 £46.18 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.41 £63.75 £65.00
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the North West

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in the North West

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in the North West

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in the North West

Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester +17 8 £501 -12.96% 37
Cheshire +3 6 £561 +9.51% 9
Cumbria +5 5 £475 +5.56% 1
Merseyside - 4 £525 - 4
Security Engineer
England

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

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 West region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (26.09%) Cisco
1 6 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (21.74%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 5 (21.74%) Firewall
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Risk Analysis
2 5 (21.74%) Network Security
3 4 (17.39%) Automotive
3 4 (17.39%) VPN
3 4 (17.39%) Python
3 4 (17.39%) AWS
3 4 (17.39%) SIEM
3 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (17.39%) Mentoring
3 4 (17.39%) Cisco Firepower
3 4 (17.39%) Cloud Security
4 3 (13.04%) AUTOSAR
4 3 (13.04%) Security Posture
4 3 (13.04%) Key Management
4 3 (13.04%) Thycotic
4 3 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (13.04%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (13.04%) GDPR
4 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Algorithms
4 3 (13.04%) Network Monitoring
4 3 (13.04%) SolarWinds
4 3 (13.04%) Ethernet

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) AWS
3 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.35%) GCP
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) Firewall
1 5 (21.74%) Network Security
2 4 (17.39%) Cisco Firepower
2 4 (17.39%) VPN
3 3 (13.04%) Ethernet
3 3 (13.04%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (13.04%) MPLS
4 2 (8.70%) BGP
4 2 (8.70%) Broadband
4 2 (8.70%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (8.70%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (8.70%) Cisco Wireless
4 2 (8.70%) IPv6
4 2 (8.70%) Multicast
4 2 (8.70%) OSPF
4 2 (8.70%) Skype
4 2 (8.70%) Wireless
5 1 (4.35%) HTTP
5 1 (4.35%) SD-WAN
5 1 (4.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) DB2
1 1 (4.35%) Hadoop
1 1 (4.35%) MongoDB
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) GitLab
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 5 (21.74%) Finance
2 4 (17.39%) Automotive
3 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.35%) Social Housing
5 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (13.04%) Algorithms
2 3 (13.04%) Security Posture
3 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.35%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.35%) PKI
4 1 (4.35%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (21.74%) Risk Analysis
3 4 (17.39%) Cloud Security
3 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (17.39%) Mentoring
3 4 (17.39%) SIEM
4 3 (13.04%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (13.04%) Data Management
4 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (13.04%) Information Security
4 3 (13.04%) Key Management
4 3 (13.04%) Migration
4 3 (13.04%) Network Monitoring
4 3 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (13.04%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (8.70%) Agile
5 2 (8.70%) DevSecOps
5 2 (8.70%) Security Operations
5 2 (8.70%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.35%) Java
3 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) CCIE
1 2 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.35%) CCSA
2 1 (4.35%) CCSE
2 1 (4.35%) CISSP
2 1 (4.35%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) AUTOSAR
1 3 (13.04%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) NCSC
2 1 (4.35%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Nagios
1 2 (8.70%) Progress Chef
1 2 (8.70%) SCCM
2 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Cisco
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) SolarWinds
2 3 (13.04%) Thycotic
3 2 (8.70%) CheckPoint
3 2 (8.70%) CyberArk
3 2 (8.70%) Imperva
3 2 (8.70%) Palo Alto
3 2 (8.70%) VMware
3 2 (8.70%) Wyse
4 1 (4.35%) Cloudera
4 1 (4.35%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (4.35%) ForgeRock
4 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.35%) IBM
4 1 (4.35%) Meraki
4 1 (4.35%) Oracle
4 1 (4.35%) Siemens
4 1 (4.35%) Splunk