Security Engineer
UK
The median Security Engineer daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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 26 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 277 | 216 | 321 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -61 | +105 | -46 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer | 355 | 729 | 757 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.82% | 1.22% | 0.85% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.88% | 1.29% | 0.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 243 | 483 | 501 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £505 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £600 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.17% | +9.09% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £654 | £686 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £772 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £547 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.50% | +9.45% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 18 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £57.38 | £25.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £30.70 | £70.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £80.00 | £83.31 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.97% | +66.62% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £83.40 | £83.40 | £57.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £83.41 | £88.38 | £79.47 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £80.00 | £83.31 | £56.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.97% | +48.77% | +9.27% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 40,413 | 56,730 | 84,732 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,320 | 39,605 | 59,435 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £726 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,653 | 1,602 | 2,109 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.28 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.96 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.09% | +95.65% | +0.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.25 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.50 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.00 | £42.37 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.30% | +117.26% | +2.47% |
Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer.
Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer.
Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Engineer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
Security Engineer
Top 16 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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 |
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| England | -44 | 306 | £573 | -4.58% | 280 |
| London | -18 | 175 | £594 | -4.62% | 108 |
| Work from Home | -45 | 130 | £600 | - | 96 |
| UK excluding London | -38 | 127 | £550 | +0.50% | 187 |
| South East | +11 | 48 | £450 | -14.29% | 42 |
| South West | +20 | 30 | £600 | +14.29% | 35 |
| Midlands | -1 | 17 | £650 | +19.54% | 35 |
| North of England | -35 | 17 | £550 | -2.65% | 43 |
| West Midlands | +8 | 16 | £650 | +18.18% | 23 |
| North West | -31 | 12 | £519 | -1.98% | 35 |
| Scotland | +24 | 11 | £575 | +4.55% | 6 |
| East of England | +13 | 6 | £800 | +93.94% | 23 |
| Yorkshire | +11 | 5 | £622 | +8.17% | 4 |
| East Midlands | +17 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| Wales | 0 | 1 | £450 | -10.00% | 10 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 Security Engineer in the job title.
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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:
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