Azure Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Azure Security Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Azure Security Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London 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 366 361 414
Rank change year-on-year -5 +53 +97
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Security Engineer 4 13 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.072% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.079% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 8
10th Percentile - £554 £443
25th Percentile £463 £571 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year -19.83% -1.25% +27.66%
75th Percentile £488 £614 £650
90th Percentile - £633 -
UK median daily rate £463 £593 £600
% change year-on-year -21.94% -1.25% +1.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,882 16,547 20,418
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 92.27% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,532 9,572 13,610
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £360 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £679 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,271 1,426 1,206
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.41 £14.19
25th Percentile £16.28 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.83
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +2.68% +99.20%
75th Percentile £51.85 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Azure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Security Engineer in the UK excluding London

Azure Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Security Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Security Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Azure Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South West +26 1 £475 -19.83%
South East +12 1 - - 3
North West -14 1 - -
Midlands -17 1 £475 -20.34%
North of England -33 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £475 -
Azure Security Engineer
UK

Azure Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Azure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) NIST
4 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (25.00%) Log Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (25.00%) SOAR
4 1 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language

Azure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) HTTP
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) French Language
1 1 (25.00%) German Language
1 1 (25.00%) Military
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (50.00%) SDLC
1 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Log Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) SOAR
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) LogRhythm