Security Engineer Contracts in the South East

Security Engineer
England > South East

The median Security Engineer daily rate in the South East is £450, 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 127 156 159
Rank change year-on-year +29 +3 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 32 49 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.06% 0.88% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 0.95% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 36 52
10th Percentile £319 £413 £428
25th Percentile £407 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -16.28% +13.16%
75th Percentile £550 £495 £675
90th Percentile £638 £596 £700
England median daily rate £525 £573 £600
% change year-on-year -8.30% -4.58% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.26 - £32.75
Median hourly rate £73.31 - £33.50
75th Percentile £78.36 - £34.25
90th Percentile - - -
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
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 2,767 5,141 5,491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 92.50% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 3,084 3,829
10th Percentile £250 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.42%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 481 240
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £18.04
25th Percentile £20.06 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.16
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the South East

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in the South East

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in the South East

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in the South East

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 Security Engineer within the South East 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
Thames Valley +49 18 £450 +4.36% 37
Berkshire +39 16 £479 +12.65% 17
Hampshire +4 8 £475 +5.56% 22
Surrey +21 6 £450 -1.37% 13
Buckinghamshire +13 1 £475 +4.26% 13
Oxfordshire - 1 £275 - 12
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (34.38%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (31.25%) CISSP
3 9 (28.13%) Azure
3 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
4 8 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 8 (25.00%) SIEM
4 8 (25.00%) Firewall
5 7 (21.88%) CISM
5 7 (21.88%) Information Security
6 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (18.75%) Validation
6 6 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (18.75%) Web Services
6 6 (18.75%) SOA
6 6 (18.75%) Cisco
6 6 (18.75%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
7 5 (15.63%) CheckPoint
7 5 (15.63%) Change Management
7 5 (15.63%) Network Security
7 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
8 4 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
8 4 (12.50%) Security Operations
8 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
8 4 (12.50%) Telecoms
8 4 (12.50%) Python
9 3 (9.38%) Cloud Security
9 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (9.38%) DevSecOps

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (28.13%) Azure
2 2 (6.25%) AWS
2 2 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.25%) SaaS
3 1 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.13%) GCP
3 1 (3.13%) GitHub
3 1 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (3.13%) OCI
3 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.00%) Firewall
2 5 (15.63%) Network Security
3 3 (9.38%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (9.38%) DNS
3 3 (9.38%) WAN
3 3 (9.38%) Wireless
4 2 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (6.25%) LAN
4 2 (6.25%) SD-WAN
4 2 (6.25%) SSL
4 2 (6.25%) VPN
5 1 (3.13%) BGP
5 1 (3.13%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (3.13%) DMVPN
5 1 (3.13%) DMZ
5 1 (3.13%) IPsec
5 1 (3.13%) Multicast
5 1 (3.13%) Wireless Security
5 1 (3.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
General
1 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.25%) Retail
5 1 (3.13%) Finance
5 1 (3.13%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (3.13%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (18.75%) Web Services
2 1 (3.13%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.13%) CCTV
3 1 (3.13%) CMDB
3 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.13%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.13%) IoT
3 1 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Linux
2 1 (3.13%) Mac OS
2 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 8 (25.00%) SIEM
3 7 (21.88%) Information Security
4 6 (18.75%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
4 6 (18.75%) SOA
4 6 (18.75%) Validation
5 5 (15.63%) Change Management
5 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
6 4 (12.50%) Security Operations
7 3 (9.38%) Cloud Security
7 3 (9.38%) Dashboard Development
7 3 (9.38%) DevSecOps
7 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (6.25%) Application Security
8 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 2 (6.25%) Design Patterns
8 2 (6.25%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) Python
2 3 (9.38%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.13%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (31.25%) CISSP
2 7 (21.88%) CISM
3 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
4 3 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (9.38%) Degree
4 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.25%) CEH
5 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (3.13%) CCNA
6 1 (3.13%) CCNP
6 1 (3.13%) CCSP
6 1 (3.13%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (3.13%) CISA
6 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
6 1 (3.13%) OSCP
6 1 (3.13%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) NIST
2 1 (3.13%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (3.13%) JSP 440
2 1 (3.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Docker
2 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.13%) CASB
2 1 (3.13%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.13%) SCCM
2 1 (3.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Cisco
2 5 (15.63%) CheckPoint
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.38%) F5
3 3 (9.38%) Rapid7
3 3 (9.38%) Splunk
4 2 (6.25%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.13%) Aruba
5 1 (3.13%) Blue Coat
5 1 (3.13%) BMC
5 1 (3.13%) Juniper
5 1 (3.13%) Proofpoint
5 1 (3.13%) Remedy
5 1 (3.13%) VMware