Security Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £525, 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 201 215 187
Rank change year-on-year +14 -28 +128
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 103 131 343
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.04% 0.85% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 0.91% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 105 244
10th Percentile £325 £425 £450
25th Percentile £407 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £738 £766 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -8.70% -2.13% +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £43.65
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £73.31 £55.90 £83.31
% change year-on-year +31.14% -32.90% +66.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Security Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Engineer.

Security Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Security Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Engineer.

Security Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 41 (39.81%) Firewall
2 40 (38.83%) Azure
3 29 (28.16%) Cloud Security
4 25 (24.27%) Network Security
5 24 (23.30%) Social Skills
6 23 (22.33%) CISSP
7 22 (21.36%) Microsoft
8 20 (19.42%) Finance
9 19 (18.45%) Cisco
10 18 (17.48%) AWS
11 17 (16.50%) SIEM
11 17 (16.50%) Information Security
12 16 (15.53%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (15.53%) Incident Response
13 15 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
14 14 (13.59%) Security Operations
14 14 (13.59%) GCP
14 14 (13.59%) Windows
15 13 (12.62%) Palo Alto
16 12 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
16 12 (11.65%) Vulnerability Management
16 12 (11.65%) CheckPoint
16 12 (11.65%) Google
16 12 (11.65%) Degree
17 11 (10.68%) CISM
17 11 (10.68%) Python
17 11 (10.68%) VPN
17 11 (10.68%) Threat Modelling
17 11 (10.68%) Zero Trust
18 10 (9.71%) Azure Sentinel

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.97%) Confluence
1 1 (0.97%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.97%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 40 (38.83%) Azure
2 18 (17.48%) AWS
3 14 (13.59%) GCP
4 10 (9.71%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (7.77%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.88%) Cloudflare
7 4 (3.88%) GitHub
8 2 (1.94%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.94%) OCI
9 1 (0.97%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.97%) AWS Control Tower
9 1 (0.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.97%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.97%) Azure Pipelines
9 1 (0.97%) dbt
9 1 (0.97%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (0.97%) Slack
9 1 (0.97%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 41 (39.81%) Firewall
2 25 (24.27%) Network Security
3 11 (10.68%) VPN
4 10 (9.71%) Cisco ASA
5 9 (8.74%) DNS
6 8 (7.77%) Wireless
7 6 (5.83%) Cisco Firepower
7 6 (5.83%) DHCP
8 5 (4.85%) BGP
8 5 (4.85%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (4.85%) IPsec
9 4 (3.88%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (3.88%) SSL
9 4 (3.88%) WAN
10 3 (2.91%) Internet
10 3 (2.91%) LAN
10 3 (2.91%) MPLS
10 3 (2.91%) OSPF
10 3 (2.91%) TACACS
10 3 (2.91%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.97%) MariaDB
1 1 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.91%) GitLab
1 3 (2.91%) JIRA
2 2 (1.94%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.97%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.97%) Vagrant
General
1 24 (23.30%) Social Skills
2 20 (19.42%) Finance
3 12 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.80%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.91%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.91%) Retail
6 2 (1.94%) Aviation
6 2 (1.94%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (1.94%) Police
6 2 (1.94%) Swedish Language
7 1 (0.97%) Banking
7 1 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.97%) Legal
7 1 (0.97%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.97%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.77%) Web Services
2 2 (1.94%) .NET
2 2 (1.94%) OpenID
3 1 (0.97%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.97%) SAML
3 1 (0.97%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.83%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.85%) Security Posture
3 4 (3.88%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (3.88%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.91%) Operational Technology
4 3 (2.91%) PKI
5 2 (1.94%) Robotics
5 2 (1.94%) SCADA
6 1 (0.97%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.97%) CMDB
6 1 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.59%) Windows
2 10 (9.71%) Linux
3 3 (2.91%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.94%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.97%) CentOS
5 1 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.97%) SUSE
5 1 (0.97%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.97%) Unix
5 1 (0.97%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (28.16%) Cloud Security
2 17 (16.50%) Information Security
2 17 (16.50%) SIEM
3 16 (15.53%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (15.53%) Incident Response
4 15 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (13.59%) Security Operations
6 12 (11.65%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (10.68%) Threat Modelling
7 11 (10.68%) Zero Trust
8 10 (9.71%) DevSecOps
8 10 (9.71%) Security Architecture
8 10 (9.71%) SOAR
9 9 (8.74%) Change Management
9 9 (8.74%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (8.74%) Migration
9 9 (8.74%) Penetration Testing
10 8 (7.77%) Identity Access Management
10 8 (7.77%) SOA
10 8 (7.77%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.68%) Python
2 9 (8.74%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.91%) Bash
3 3 (2.91%) Java
4 2 (1.94%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.94%) Perl
5 1 (0.97%) Bicep
5 1 (0.97%) C++
5 1 (0.97%) Korn
5 1 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.97%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (22.33%) CISSP
2 12 (11.65%) Degree
3 11 (10.68%) CISM
4 10 (9.71%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (7.77%) Security Cleared
6 6 (5.83%) CCNP
6 6 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.85%) Azure Certification
8 4 (3.88%) SC Cleared
9 3 (2.91%) CCNA
9 3 (2.91%) CISA
9 3 (2.91%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (2.91%) OSCP
9 3 (2.91%) SANS
10 2 (1.94%) CCIE
10 2 (1.94%) CEH
10 2 (1.94%) CRISC
10 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.97%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.97%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (4.85%) NIST
2 3 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 2 (1.94%) NCSC
3 2 (1.94%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.97%) GDPR
4 1 (0.97%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (6.80%) Active Directory
1 7 (6.80%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.91%) Docker
3 2 (1.94%) Firmware
3 2 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.97%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (9.71%) Kubernetes
2 8 (7.77%) Terraform
3 4 (3.88%) Progress Chef
4 3 (2.91%) FortiGate
4 3 (2.91%) ZABBIX
5 2 (1.94%) Ansible
5 2 (1.94%) CASB
5 2 (1.94%) Grafana
5 2 (1.94%) Nagios
6 1 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.97%) Packer
6 1 (0.97%) Puppet
6 1 (0.97%) QRadar
6 1 (0.97%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.97%) SCCM
6 1 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.97%) WSUS
Vendors
1 22 (21.36%) Microsoft
2 19 (18.45%) Cisco
3 13 (12.62%) Palo Alto
4 12 (11.65%) CheckPoint
4 12 (11.65%) Google
5 7 (6.80%) F5
6 6 (5.83%) SolarWinds
7 5 (4.85%) Aruba
7 5 (4.85%) Splunk
7 5 (4.85%) Zscaler
8 4 (3.88%) Fortinet
8 4 (3.88%) Infoblox
9 3 (2.91%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (2.91%) Ruckus Wireless
9 3 (2.91%) Tenable
10 2 (1.94%) ForgeRock
10 2 (1.94%) Meraki
10 2 (1.94%) Rapid7
10 2 (1.94%) Ribbon
10 2 (1.94%) ServiceNow