Security Engineer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Security Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £450, 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 84 133 120
Rank change year-on-year +49 -13 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 18 12 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.19% 0.45% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 0.48% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 29
10th Percentile £278 £410 £466
25th Percentile £407 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £431 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.36% -21.60% +4.76%
75th Percentile £616 £550 £588
90th Percentile £638 £587 £695
South East median daily rate £450 £450 £538
% change year-on-year - -16.28% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32.75
Median hourly rate - - £33.50
75th Percentile - - £34.25
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £73.31 - £33.50
% change year-on-year - - -43.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,405 2,505 2,767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 93.26% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,430 1,916
10th Percentile £300 £206 £313
25th Percentile £409 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 189 76
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.78 £17.31
25th Percentile £16.94 £19.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £45.65 £45.00 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -3.64% +166.86%
75th Percentile £65.62 £62.50 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.47 £84.57 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the Thames Valley

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in the Thames Valley

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in the Thames Valley

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in the Thames Valley

Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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 +39 16 £479 +12.65% 15
Buckinghamshire +13 1 £475 +4.26% 11
Oxfordshire - 1 £275 - 11
Security Engineer
South East

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (44.44%) CISSP
2 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
3 6 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (33.33%) CISM
4 5 (27.78%) Firewall
4 5 (27.78%) Web Services
4 5 (27.78%) SOA
4 5 (27.78%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (27.78%) Security Architecture
4 5 (27.78%) Validation
4 5 (27.78%) Information Security
4 5 (27.78%) SIEM
4 5 (27.78%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (22.22%) Network Security
5 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (16.67%) WAN
6 3 (16.67%) Wireless
6 3 (16.67%) Python
6 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
6 3 (16.67%) Rapid7
6 3 (16.67%) Security Operations
6 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security
7 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
7 2 (11.11%) Containerisation
7 2 (11.11%) SD-WAN

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.56%) GCP
3 1 (5.56%) GitHub
3 1 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (5.56%) OCI
3 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Firewall
2 4 (22.22%) Network Security
3 3 (16.67%) WAN
3 3 (16.67%) Wireless
4 2 (11.11%) DNS
4 2 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (11.11%) LAN
4 2 (11.11%) SD-WAN
4 2 (11.11%) SSL
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (5.56%) DMVPN
5 1 (5.56%) IPsec
5 1 (5.56%) VPN
5 1 (5.56%) Wireless Security
5 1 (5.56%) WLAN
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) Web Services
2 1 (5.56%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.56%) CMDB
2 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Linux
2 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (27.78%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (27.78%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (27.78%) Information Security
2 5 (27.78%) Security Architecture
2 5 (27.78%) SIEM
2 5 (27.78%) SOA
2 5 (27.78%) Validation
3 4 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
3 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 3 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 2 (11.11%) Application Security
5 2 (11.11%) Containerisation
5 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (11.11%) DevSecOps
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) Threat Detection
5 2 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 3 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) CISSP
2 6 (33.33%) CISM
3 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (11.11%) CEH
4 2 (11.11%) Degree
5 1 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (5.56%) CCNA
5 1 (5.56%) CCNP
5 1 (5.56%) CCSP
5 1 (5.56%) CISA
5 1 (5.56%) OSCP
5 1 (5.56%) SANS
5 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Docker
2 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.56%) CASB
2 1 (5.56%) FortiGate
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.56%) SCCM
2 1 (5.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Rapid7
3 2 (11.11%) CheckPoint
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco
3 2 (11.11%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.56%) Aruba
4 1 (5.56%) Blue Coat
4 1 (5.56%) BMC
4 1 (5.56%) F5
4 1 (5.56%) Juniper
4 1 (5.56%) Proofpoint
4 1 (5.56%) Remedy
4 1 (5.56%) Splunk