Senior Security Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Security Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £650, 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 293 325 451
Rank change year-on-year +32 +126 +163
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 11 20 26
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.13% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 14
10th Percentile £400 £534 £510
25th Percentile £440 - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £688
Median % change year-on-year - -5.45% +25.00%
75th Percentile £650 £719 £783
90th Percentile £665 £768 £821
UK median daily rate £625 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -3.85% -7.14% +30.23%

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%

Senior Security Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer.

Senior Security Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Security Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer.

Senior Security Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior 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, Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 9 (81.82%) CISSP
2 9 (81.82%) Information Security
3 8 (72.73%) CISM
3 8 (72.73%) Azure
4 7 (63.64%) Degree
5 6 (54.55%) Security Architecture
5 6 (54.55%) SOA
5 6 (54.55%) Web Services
5 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (36.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (36.36%) DevSecOps
6 4 (36.36%) AWS
6 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
7 3 (27.27%) Agile
7 3 (27.27%) Retail
7 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (27.27%) Windows
7 3 (27.27%) Validation
7 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (27.27%) EBIOS
7 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (27.27%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
7 3 (27.27%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (18.18%) CRISC
8 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
9 1 (9.09%) Active Directory

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) AWS
3 3 (27.27%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (9.09%) GitHub
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) GitLab
1 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Information Security
2 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (54.55%) Security Architecture
2 6 (54.55%) SOA
3 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
3 4 (36.36%) DevSecOps
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (27.27%) EBIOS
4 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (27.27%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) Validation
5 1 (9.09%) Application Security
5 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
5 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
5 1 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (9.09%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (9.09%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Bash
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) CISSP
2 8 (72.73%) CISM
3 7 (63.64%) Degree
4 4 (36.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (18.18%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Qualys
2 1 (9.09%) SAP