Infrastructure Security Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 392 454 512
Rank change year-on-year +62 +58 -88
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 11 3 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.053% 0.013% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.013% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 9
10th Percentile £416 £492 -
25th Percentile £439 £535 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £615 £313
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% +96.80% -14.38%
75th Percentile £613 £623 £375
90th Percentile - - £560
UK median daily rate £500 £600 £388
% change year-on-year -16.67% +54.84% -18.42%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,132 22,540 29,612
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.26% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,680 15,813 20,744
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 1,158 1,481
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.21
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.01 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Security Engineer in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Security Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
Scotland - 7 £575 -
South East +19 4 £431 -29.89% 3
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (63.64%) Agile
3 7 (63.64%) Windows
3 7 (63.64%) SCCM
4 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
4 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
5 5 (45.45%) Unix
5 5 (45.45%) Python
5 5 (45.45%) Refactoring
5 5 (45.45%) Disk Encryption
5 5 (45.45%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 5 (45.45%) DevOps
5 5 (45.45%) PowerShell
5 5 (45.45%) Mac OS
5 5 (45.45%) Splunk
6 4 (36.36%) Azure
7 3 (27.27%) VMware
7 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (27.27%) ITIL
7 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
8 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
8 2 (18.18%) ITSM
8 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
8 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
8 2 (18.18%) AWS
8 2 (18.18%) Release Management

Infrastructure 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) VSAN
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
General
1 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Mac OS
2 5 (45.45%) Unix
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
4 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (63.64%) Agile
3 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (45.45%) DevOps
4 5 (45.45%) Disk Encryption
4 5 (45.45%) Refactoring
4 5 (45.45%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 3 (27.27%) ITIL
6 2 (18.18%) ITSM
6 2 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
6 2 (18.18%) Release Management
6 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
6 2 (18.18%) Virtual Environments
7 1 (9.09%) Email Filtering
7 1 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
7 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 1 (9.09%) Security Monitoring
7 1 (9.09%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) PowerShell
1 5 (45.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) VCAP
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (9.09%) MCSE
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (9.09%) COBIT
2 1 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) VMware NSX
2 2 (18.18%) vSphere
3 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (63.64%) SCCM
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Splunk
3 3 (27.27%) VMware
4 1 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (9.09%) Netskope