IT Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South East

IT Security Engineer
England > South East

The median IT Security Engineer daily rate in the South East is £380, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 - 203
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.034% - 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% - 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £253 - -
25th Percentile £295 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 - £480
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.73%
75th Percentile £455 - -
90th Percentile £491 - -
England median daily rate £405 £850 £750
% change year-on-year -52.35% +13.33% +20.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,356 2,758 5,138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 91.96% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,330 1,818 3,083
10th Percentile £300 £250 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £615
90th Percentile £710 £663 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 506 162 479
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.78
25th Percentile £24.30 £20.30 £18.32
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -31.58% -1.86%
75th Percentile £81.05 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.89
England median hourly rate £47.00 £31.64 £35.96
% change year-on-year +48.55% -12.01% -20.09%

IT Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

IT Security Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

IT Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Security Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Security Engineer job vacancies in the South East

IT Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Security Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 30 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Security Engineer in the South East

IT Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Security Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Security Engineer job vacancies in the South East

IT Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 April 2026. 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
Oxfordshire - 1 £250 - 2
Surrey - 1 £510 -
Thames Valley - 1 £250 - 3
IT Security Engineer
England

IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 30 April 2026, IT 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 South East region featuring IT Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Qualys
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Tenable
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler

IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Qualys
2 1 (50.00%) Tenable
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler