Senior Security Engineer Contracts in Reading

Senior Security Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior Security Engineer daily rate in Reading is £625, 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 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £625 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 563 1,112 996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 632 664
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £651
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 51 24
10th Percentile - £35.00 £26.45
25th Percentile - £52.90 £51.48
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £74.66 £74.20
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in Reading

Senior Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Security Engineer in Reading

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 Reading region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) SOA
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Retail

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) SOA
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
5 Senior Security Engineer jobs in Berkshire