Security Engineer Contracts in Plymouth

Security Engineer
Devon > Plymouth

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Plymouth is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 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 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 11 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Plymouth 2.27% 2.17% 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.33% 2.44% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £400
Devon median daily rate £700 £353 £400
% change year-on-year +98.58% -11.88% -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Plymouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Plymouth. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Plymouth with a recognized job title 30 41 41
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 68.18% 89.13% 97.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 27
10th Percentile £210 £176 £129
25th Percentile £400 £204 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £400
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +19.38% -30.43%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £444
90th Percentile £780 £610 £588
Devon median daily rate £400 £450 £465
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.23% -7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 16 5
10th Percentile £17.80 £56.25 £33.13
25th Percentile £25.43 £57.50 £36.25
Median hourly rate £41.90 £65.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.55% +62.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £68.75 £72.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.28 - £71.00
Devon median hourly rate £25.72 £65.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -60.44% +62.50% +125.35%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Plymouth

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Plymouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Plymouth.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Plymouth

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Plymouth

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

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Tanium
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology

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

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Tanium