Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Security Engineer
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Warwickshire is £380, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 37 38
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 8 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 1.54% 1.97% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 2.12% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile £376 £490 £643
25th Percentile - £513 £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £550 £738
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% -25.42% -
75th Percentile - £559 £750
90th Percentile £388 £564 -
West Midlands median daily rate £510 £460 £612
% change year-on-year +10.87% -24.90% -2.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Warwickshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warwickshire. 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 Warwickshire with a recognized job title 448 330 322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.99% 92.70% 93.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 187 229
10th Percentile £305 £406 £220
25th Percentile £400 £475 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £613 £613 £625
90th Percentile £725 £670 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 19 12
10th Percentile £26.75 £13.93 £15.45
25th Percentile £30.00 £16.98 £17.81
Median hourly rate £40.46 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.86% +19.10% +21.21%
75th Percentile £50.00 £32.91 £26.44
90th Percentile - £35.00 £34.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £23.82 £22.20
% change year-on-year +5.58% +7.32% +25.25%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

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

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Warwickshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Warwickshire

Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Warwick -7 6 £380 -32.98% 1
Security Engineer
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, 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 Warwickshire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) Network Security
3 6 (75.00%) 802.1X
3 6 (75.00%) Blue Coat
3 6 (75.00%) Change Management
3 6 (75.00%) CheckPoint
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco IPT
3 6 (75.00%) DMVPN
3 6 (75.00%) DNS
3 6 (75.00%) F5
3 6 (75.00%) Inventory Management
3 6 (75.00%) IPsec
3 6 (75.00%) Juniper
3 6 (75.00%) SSL
3 6 (75.00%) VPN
3 6 (75.00%) WAN
3 6 (75.00%) Wireless
4 1 (12.50%) API Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Confluence
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) JIRA
4 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
4 1 (12.50%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) NCSC
4 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Network Monitoring

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) Network Security
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco IPT
3 6 (75.00%) DMVPN
3 6 (75.00%) DNS
3 6 (75.00%) IPsec
3 6 (75.00%) SSL
3 6 (75.00%) VPN
3 6 (75.00%) WAN
3 6 (75.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Change Management
1 6 (75.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (12.50%) API Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
2 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (12.50%) OWASP
2 1 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
2 1 (12.50%) SIEM
2 1 (12.50%) Threat Detection
2 1 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) NCSC
1 1 (12.50%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Blue Coat
1 6 (75.00%) CheckPoint
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
1 6 (75.00%) F5
1 6 (75.00%) Juniper