Senior Security Engineer
UK
The median Senior Security Engineer daily rate in the UK is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 May 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 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 510 | 553 | 632 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +43 | +79 | +179 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer | 16 | 37 | 67 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.055% | 0.086% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.059% | 0.093% | 0.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 28 | 40 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £509 | £518 |
| 25th Percentile | £491 | £597 | £556 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £588 | £650 | £713 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.62% | -8.77% | +29.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £691 | £783 |
| 90th Percentile | £654 | £768 | £804 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £625 | £525 | £658 |
| % change year-on-year | +19.05% | -20.25% | +14.48% |
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 | 27,042 | 39,900 | 54,705 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.44% | 92.78% | 94.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,611 | 25,963 | 38,196 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,049 | 2,673 | 1,532 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.22 | £16.30 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.60 | £37.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.73% | -16.67% | +88.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.90 | £76.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.50 | £40.00 | £42.43 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.25% | -5.73% | +112.16% |
Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Engineer.
Senior Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Engineer over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.
Senior Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Engineer.
Senior Security Engineer
Top 6 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 |
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| England | +54 | 12 | £525 | -19.23% | 84 |
| Work from Home | +35 | 12 | £600 | -7.69% | 44 |
| London | +25 | 6 | £440 | -32.31% | 60 |
| UK excluding London | +46 | 5 | £625 | +19.05% | 43 |
| South East | +46 | 4 | £638 | +2.04% | 25 |
| South West | +41 | 1 | £550 | - | 3 |
Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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: