Security Engineer Contracts in Warwick

Security Engineer
Warwickshire > Warwick

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Warwick is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 26 19
Rank change year-on-year -3 -7 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 3 1 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwick 1.66% 0.72% 7.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.86% 0.82% 8.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £465
25th Percentile - £613 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile - £638 £681
90th Percentile - - £715
Warwickshire median daily rate £400 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -36.00% +4.17% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Warwick

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warwick. 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 Warwick with a recognized job title 161 122 158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.95% 88.41% 92.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 82 84
10th Percentile £235 £278 £363
25th Percentile £375 £450 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £575 £686 £666
90th Percentile £694 £775 £738
Warwickshire median daily rate £500 £580 £545
% change year-on-year -13.79% +6.42% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £22.44 - £16.53
25th Percentile £24.59 £18.50 £19.56
Median hourly rate £28.18 £23.71 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.85% -46.42% +190.16%
75th Percentile - £28.42 £66.00
90th Percentile - - -
Warwickshire median hourly rate £28.18 £22.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +25.24% - +12.50%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwick

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Warwick

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warwick

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in Warwick

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warwick

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in Warwick

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwick

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 across the Warwick region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 2 (66.67%) Proofpoint
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (66.67%) CEH
2 2 (66.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) SOA
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) SQL

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwick 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 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (33.33%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Proactive Management
3 1 (33.33%) SOA
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Ruby
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) CEH
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Proofpoint