Senior Security Engineer Contracts in the South East

Senior Security Engineer
England > South East

The median Senior Security Engineer daily rate in the South East is £638, 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 155 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £616 - -
25th Percentile £622 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - -
75th Percentile £647 - -
90th Percentile £649 - -
England median daily rate £503 £650 £713
% change year-on-year -22.69% -8.77% +32.56%

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%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in the South East

Senior Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Security Engineer in the South East

Senior Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Security Engineer in the South East

Senior 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 Senior 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
Berkshire - 3 £625 - 7
Thames Valley - 3 £625 - 10
Hampshire - 1 £651 - 5
Senior Security Engineer
England

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) CISM
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) SOA
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Retail

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) SOA
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISM
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft