Security Engineer Contracts in the South West

Security Engineer
England > South West

The median Security Engineer daily rate in the South West is £506, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 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
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 116 96
Rank change year-on-year +19 -20 +60
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 16 27 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.82% 0.98% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 1.06% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 22 31
10th Percentile £283 £444 £450
25th Percentile £419 £563 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £709 £688
90th Percentile £626 £788 £788
England median daily rate £515 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -6.36% -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 15
10th Percentile - - £68.96
25th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £83.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £83.40
Median % change year-on-year - -22.06% +2.67%
75th Percentile £72.50 £67.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £90.50 £72.50 £83.40
% change year-on-year +24.83% -13.07% +30.82%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 1,726 2,547 3,188
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.65% 92.48% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 996 1,641 2,216
10th Percentile £220 £241 £300
25th Percentile £363 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +2.44%
75th Percentile £623 £613 £644
90th Percentile £700 £700 £720
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 300 280
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.83 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.13 £33.00 £39.89
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.28
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +8.39% +21.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £75.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.31 £45.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -43.76% +2.63% +68.64%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the South West

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in the South West

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Security Engineer
DemandTrendContract 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 Security Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +3 7 £513 -33.87% 17
Somerset 0 4 £350 -50.00% 5
Gloucestershire +24 2 £575 - 12
Wiltshire +13 2 £488 -18.75% 2
Devon +5 1 £700 +98.58% 2
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 August 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 West region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (56.25%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (43.75%) Azure
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
3 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
4 5 (31.25%) Cloud Security
4 5 (31.25%) PowerShell
4 5 (31.25%) AWS
4 5 (31.25%) SIEM
4 5 (31.25%) Python
5 4 (25.00%) Firewall
5 4 (25.00%) Zero Trust
5 4 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (18.75%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (18.75%) Patch Management
6 3 (18.75%) NIST
6 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
6 3 (18.75%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (18.75%) Migration
6 3 (18.75%) Windows
6 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
6 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
6 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (18.75%) Finance
6 3 (18.75%) Qualys

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) AWS
3 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (18.75%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (12.50%) GCP
6 1 (6.25%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (6.25%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (6.25%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
6 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) DHCP
2 1 (6.25%) DNS
2 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (6.25%) Network Security
2 1 (6.25%) VPN
2 1 (6.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.25%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.25%) PKI
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (31.25%) Cloud Security
2 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (31.25%) SIEM
3 4 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (25.00%) Zero Trust
4 3 (18.75%) Migration
4 3 (18.75%) Patch Management
4 3 (18.75%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (12.50%) Change Control
5 2 (12.50%) Change Management
5 2 (12.50%) DevSecOps
5 2 (12.50%) High Availability
5 2 (12.50%) Identity Management
5 2 (12.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (12.50%) Security Operations
5 2 (12.50%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) PowerShell
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) Bash
3 1 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) CISSP
3 2 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
4 1 (6.25%) CCNP
4 1 (6.25%) CEH
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.25%) CISM
4 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (6.25%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (18.75%) NIST
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
2 1 (6.25%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.25%) Kibana
2 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.25%) logstash
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Qualys
3 2 (12.50%) Fortinet
4 1 (6.25%) Aruba
4 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint
4 1 (6.25%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (6.25%) F5
4 1 (6.25%) Infoblox
4 1 (6.25%) LogRhythm
4 1 (6.25%) Ruckus Wireless
4 1 (6.25%) Tanium
4 1 (6.25%) Zscaler