Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Security Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Sheffield is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 67 51
Rank change year-on-year -21 -16 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 10 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.96% 0.18% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 0.20% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile - - £490
25th Percentile £600 - £571
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - £622
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.67%
75th Percentile £669 - £625
90th Percentile - - £640
South Yorkshire median daily rate £663 - £622
% change year-on-year - - +3.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 972 498 376
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.84% 90.88% 87.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 339 218
10th Percentile £363 £289 £380
25th Percentile £425 £375 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £520
Median % change year-on-year +7.99% -10.96% -13.33%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £625 £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £461 £507
% change year-on-year +8.40% -9.02% -8.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 4 5
10th Percentile - - £20.20
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.10 £20.50
Median hourly rate £32.40 £18.35 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +76.52% -12.61% +14.38%
75th Percentile £36.61 £18.50 £22.00
90th Percentile - £18.51 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £32.40 £18.35 £21.00
% change year-on-year +76.52% -12.61% +14.38%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 31 July 2026, Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 5 (50.00%) GCP
2 5 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 5 (50.00%) Python
3 4 (40.00%) AWS
3 4 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (40.00%) DevOps
3 4 (40.00%) Threat Detection
4 3 (30.00%) AI
4 3 (30.00%) Analytics
4 3 (30.00%) Apache Spark
4 3 (30.00%) Big Data
4 3 (30.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (30.00%) Data Engineering
4 3 (30.00%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (30.00%) Data Science
4 3 (30.00%) Databricks
4 3 (30.00%) Key Management
4 3 (30.00%) Kubernetes
4 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
4 3 (30.00%) NIST
4 3 (30.00%) Prototyping
4 3 (30.00%) Rapid Prototyping
4 3 (30.00%) Secrets Management
4 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (20.00%) AWS Certification
5 2 (20.00%) AWS CloudFormation

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) GCP
3 4 (40.00%) AWS
4 2 (20.00%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (10.00%) PKI
2 1 (10.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 5 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (40.00%) DevOps
2 4 (40.00%) Threat Detection
3 3 (30.00%) AI
3 3 (30.00%) Analytics
3 3 (30.00%) Containerisation
3 3 (30.00%) Data Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (30.00%) Data Science
3 3 (30.00%) Key Management
3 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (30.00%) Prototyping
3 3 (30.00%) Rapid Prototyping
3 3 (30.00%) Secrets Management
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) CISM
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) NIST
2 2 (20.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (10.00%) ISA99
3 1 (10.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Databricks