Security Engineer Contracts in Central London

Security Engineer
London > Central London

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Central London is £485 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 111 158
Rank change year-on-year -7 +47 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 14 63 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.58% 1.68% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 1.77% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 46 35
10th Percentile £406 £502 £400
25th Percentile £431 £556 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £630 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.02% +14.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £738 £725
90th Percentile £630 £794 £834
London median daily rate £600 £623 £575
% change year-on-year -3.61% +8.26% +15.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,288 3,567 4,306
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.14% 95.12% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,618 2,441 3,272
10th Percentile £340 £325 £356
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% +6.67%
75th Percentile £679 £725 £675
90th Percentile £788 £813 £775
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.39% +0.04% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 26 57
10th Percentile £20.13 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.81 £18.93 £19.78
Median hourly rate £26.41 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.56% -5.41% +108.60%
75th Percentile £27.81 £57.50 £51.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £86.65 £63.80
London median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.86% - +14.01%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Central London

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in Central London

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in Central London

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in Central London

Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 21 May 2024. 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
City of London -3 14 £485 -23.02% 11
Security Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, 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 Central London region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
3 8 (57.14%) Azure
3 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 4 (28.57%) QRadar
4 4 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (28.57%) Threat Detection
4 4 (28.57%) CISM
4 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (28.57%) SIEM
4 4 (28.57%) Information Security
4 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 4 (28.57%) CISSP
4 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (28.57%) Firewall
4 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
4 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (28.57%) Log Aggregation
4 4 (28.57%) Cloud Security
4 4 (28.57%) Security Posture
5 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
6 2 (14.29%) Palo Alto
6 2 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
6 2 (14.29%) Mimecast
6 2 (14.29%) Mentoring

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
2 4 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (14.29%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (14.29%) DKIM
2 2 (14.29%) DMARC
2 2 (14.29%) Internet
2 2 (14.29%) Network Security
2 2 (14.29%) WAN
2 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (7.14%) DNS
General
1 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (14.29%) Law
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 4 (28.57%) Security Posture
2 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
1 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (28.57%) Cloud Security
3 4 (28.57%) Information Security
3 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (28.57%) Log Aggregation
3 4 (28.57%) SIEM
3 4 (28.57%) Threat Detection
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Change Management
4 2 (14.29%) Data Security
4 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (14.29%) Identity Management
4 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 2 (14.29%) Information Security Management
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL
4 2 (14.29%) Problem Management
4 2 (14.29%) Security Management
4 2 (14.29%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CISM
1 4 (28.57%) CISSP
1 4 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) COBIT
1 2 (14.29%) GDPR
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) NCSC
1 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (14.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) QRadar
2 2 (14.29%) CASB
2 2 (14.29%) FortiGate
2 2 (14.29%) SCCM
2 2 (14.29%) SCOrch
2 2 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Citrix
2 2 (14.29%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (14.29%) Imperva
2 2 (14.29%) Netskope
2 2 (14.29%) Palo Alto
2 2 (14.29%) VMware
3 1 (7.14%) Rapid7
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow