Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wandsworth

Security Engineer
South London > Wandsworth

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Wandsworth is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wandsworth 9.09% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £500 £320 -
% change year-on-year +56.25% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wandsworth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wandsworth. 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 Wandsworth with a recognized job title 10 1 6
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 5
10th Percentile £453 - -
25th Percentile £475 £625 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +44.44% +20.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 -
90th Percentile £643 - £465
South London median daily rate £519 £515 £500
% change year-on-year +0.69% +3.00% -4.76%

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wandsworth

For the 6 months to 17 July 2026, Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wandsworth region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wandsworth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft