Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK
The median Infrastructure Security Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 June 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 19 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 517 | 564 | 659 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +47 | +95 | +142 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer | 14 | 30 | 24 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.047% | 0.068% | 0.043% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.051% | 0.074% | 0.046% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 29 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £295 | £319 |
| 25th Percentile | £366 | £375 | £600 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £450 | £615 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -26.83% | +53.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £538 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £555 | £613 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £381 | £478 | £476 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.16% | +0.26% | +49.41% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 27,555 | 40,760 | 52,445 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.22% | 92.89% | 94.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,702 | 26,110 | 36,551 |
| 10th Percentile | £290 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £408 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +2.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,184 | 2,977 | 1,489 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.85 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.44 | £16.37 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.17 | £37.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.55% | -16.67% | +76.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £62.50 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £73.85 | £76.99 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £40.59 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | -1.45% | +102.95% |
Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Infrastructure Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer.
Infrastructure Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.
Infrastructure Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer.
Infrastructure Security Engineer
Top 9 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 19 June 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 |
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| England | +58 | 14 | £500 | +18.53% | 27 |
| UK excluding London | +30 | 8 | £381 | -20.16% | 12 |
| North of England | - | 7 | £413 | - | 5 |
| London | +43 | 6 | £525 | +20.00% | 18 |
| North East | - | 4 | - | - | |
| Work from Home | +29 | 3 | £506 | +1.25% | 9 |
| North West | - | 2 | £425 | - | 4 |
| South East | +53 | 1 | £275 | -36.22% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £413 | - | 1 |
Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 19 June 2025, 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 featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.
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Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: