Security Engineer Contracts in South Wales

Security Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Security Engineer daily rate in South Wales is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 June 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
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 39 50
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 2 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.84% 0.31% 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.34% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £463
25th Percentile - £606 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £613 £575
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +6.52% +0.88%
75th Percentile - £619 £616
90th Percentile - - £621
Wales median daily rate £500 £531 £575
% change year-on-year -5.88% -7.61% +0.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 227 295 455
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.78% 90.21% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 209 348
10th Percentile £176 £143 £182
25th Percentile £285 £256 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £479 £538 £588
90th Percentile £611 £625 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 30 26
10th Percentile £12.82 £12.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.48 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.35 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +10.55% +12.20% -8.89%
75th Percentile £41.25 £52.50 £21.50
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.18 £49.38
Wales median hourly rate £21.76 £19.17 £18.14
% change year-on-year +13.48% +5.68% -8.89%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in South Wales

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in South Wales

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in South Wales

Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Cardiff +3 1 - - 7
Newport - 1 £500 - 5
Security Engineer
Wales

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 7 June 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 Wales region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) SANS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler
2 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) NGFW
2 1 (50.00%) SSL
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) GCIH
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet

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

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) NGFW
2 1 (50.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) GCIH
1 1 (50.00%) SANS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (50.00%) Zscaler