Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Southwark

Security Engineer
Central London > Southwark

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Southwark is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southwark 5.88% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £650 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £551 £533 £513
% change year-on-year +3.28% +4.00% -18.65%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Southwark

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southwark. 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 Southwark with a recognized job title 16 14 5
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 2
10th Percentile £375 - £478
25th Percentile £463 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £155 £500
Median % change year-on-year +287.10% -69.02% +104.39%
75th Percentile £663 £388 £519
90th Percentile £750 £425 £523
Central London median daily rate £550 £555 £550
% change year-on-year -0.90% +0.91% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
Median hourly rate £58.92 £26.45 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +122.76% +11.13% -
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £30.04 £27.00
% change year-on-year -22.89% +11.24% -22.86%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southwark

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southwark.

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Southwark

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Southwark

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Southwark.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Southwark

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southwark

For the 6 months to 9 July 2026, Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Southwark region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southwark by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft