Azure Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South West

Azure Security Engineer
England > South West

The median Azure Security Engineer daily rate in the South West is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 142 152
Rank change year-on-year +26 +10 -
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Security Engineer 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.051% 0.038% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.041% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £571 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £593 £650
Median % change year-on-year -19.83% -8.85% -
75th Percentile £488 £614 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £593 £600
% change year-on-year -19.83% -1.25% -10.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,746 2,454 3,126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.22% 92.53% 95.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 1,483 2,134
10th Percentile £224 £225 £300
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £624 £638
90th Percentile £714 £700 £713
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 257 282
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.41 £18.29
25th Percentile £18.19 £40.00 £40.89
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £71.04
90th Percentile £68.53 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Azure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Security Engineer in the South West

Azure Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Security Engineer job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Security Engineer job vacancies in the South West

Azure Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Security Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Bristol +8 1 £475 -19.83%
Azure Security Engineer
England

Azure Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Azure 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 West region featuring Azure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

Azure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft