Security Support Engineer Contracts

Security Support Engineer
UK

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Support Engineer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 - 713
Rank change year-on-year - - +118
Contract jobs requiring a Security Support Engineer 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% - 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £263
25th Percentile - - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £351
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.61%
75th Percentile - - £503
90th Percentile - - £510
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £358
% change year-on-year - - +43.00%

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Security Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Support Engineer in the UK

Security Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Support Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Security Support Engineer in the UK

Security Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Support Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Security Support Engineer in the UK

Security Support Engineer
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Support Engineer within the UK 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
North West - 2 - -
England - 2 - - 4
UK excluding London - 2 - - 1
North of England - 2 - - 1

Security Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Support 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 Security Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Thycotic

Security Support 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Thycotic