Security Engineer Contracts 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 6 August 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
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 46 35
Rank change year-on-year -2 -11 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 8 3 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 1.66% 0.79% 3.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.83% 0.89% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 13
10th Percentile - - £485
25th Percentile - - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £550 £725
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% -24.14% -
75th Percentile £390 - £750
90th Percentile £396 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -38.46% -7.14% +40.00%

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 436 336 370
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 88.65% 94.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 224 255
10th Percentile £270 £400 £313
25th Percentile £400 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £671 £700
90th Percentile £683 £784 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 15 13
10th Percentile £21.65 £12.84 £15.25
25th Percentile £28.18 £18.50 £17.25
Median hourly rate £33.91 £23.82 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.36% +32.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £29.60 £23.75
90th Percentile - £35.00 £33.60
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £19.59 £20.50
% change year-on-year +24.25% -4.44% +13.89%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Warwickshire

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in Warwickshire

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer 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 6 August 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 - 5 £390 - 2
Rugby - 2 - -
Security Engineer
West Midlands

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

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

1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) Firewall
3 4 (50.00%) SIEM
3 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
4 3 (37.50%) Network Security
4 3 (37.50%) Data Centre
4 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
4 3 (37.50%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (37.50%) Python
4 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
4 3 (37.50%) CISSP
4 3 (37.50%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (25.00%) Inventory Management
5 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 2 (25.00%) Security Posture
5 2 (25.00%) F5
5 2 (25.00%) CISM
5 2 (25.00%) Change Management
5 2 (25.00%) Juniper
5 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
5 2 (25.00%) ITIL
5 2 (25.00%) WAN
5 2 (25.00%) VPN
5 2 (25.00%) DNS

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 3 (37.50%) Network Security
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (25.00%) DMVPN
3 2 (25.00%) DNS
3 2 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (25.00%) IPsec
3 2 (25.00%) SSL
3 2 (25.00%) VPN
3 2 (25.00%) WAN
3 2 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (12.50%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Centre
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (12.50%) CCTV
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (50.00%) SIEM
2 3 (37.50%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
2 3 (37.50%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Data Security
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (25.00%) Inventory Management
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) EAM
4 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
4 1 (12.50%) SOA
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
1 3 (37.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) Ruby
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) CISSP
3 2 (25.00%) CEH
3 2 (25.00%) CISM
4 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GRC
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Nessus
1 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Blue Coat
1 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) F5
1 2 (25.00%) Juniper
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) Proofpoint
2 1 (12.50%) Tenable