Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Warrington

Security Engineer
Cheshire > Warrington

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Warrington is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 18 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 3.31% 1.52% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.55% 2.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £575 £492 £538
% change year-on-year +16.87% -8.55% +2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £65.50 - -
25th Percentile £70.00 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile £96.50 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £85.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Warrington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warrington. 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 Warrington with a recognized job title 141 50 57
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.38% 75.76% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 31 42
10th Percentile £200 £123 £158
25th Percentile £313 £207 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £325 £375
Median % change year-on-year +42.31% -13.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £575 £444 £484
90th Percentile £612 £506 £549
Cheshire median daily rate £491 £437 £461
% change year-on-year +12.36% -5.26% -7.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 5 3
10th Percentile £13.47 - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 £12.82 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year +543.53% +16.55% -78.00%
75th Percentile £85.00 - £14.88
90th Percentile £87.00 - £17.20
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.06 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +1.80% -10.01% +14.20%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington.

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Warrington

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Warrington.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Warrington

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Warrington

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Engineer in Warrington over the 6 months to 9 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Engineer in Warrington

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington

For the 6 months to 9 August 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 Warrington region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
3 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (60.00%) ITSM
3 3 (60.00%) NCSC
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) SOAR
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Workflow
4 2 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (20.00%) Attestation
5 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (20.00%) Case Management
5 1 (20.00%) Data Flow Diagram
5 1 (20.00%) GDPR
5 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (20.00%) PMO
5 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
5 1 (20.00%) Service Management

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington 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:

General
1 2 (40.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) CSOC
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
3 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (60.00%) ITSM
3 3 (60.00%) SOAR
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Workflow
4 2 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (20.00%) Attestation
5 1 (20.00%) Case Management
5 1 (20.00%) Data Flow Diagram
5 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
5 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) NCSC
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft