Security Engineer Contracts in England

Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Security Engineer daily rate in England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 219 348
Rank change year-on-year -38 +129 -52
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 331 565 541
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.90% 1.19% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 1.26% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 414 380
10th Percentile £406 £406 £363
25th Percentile £425 £486 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 8
10th Percentile - £67.00 £26.25
25th Percentile £30.70 £83.31 £44.06
Median hourly rate £48.40 £83.40 £59.23
Median % change year-on-year -41.97% +40.81% +5.34%
75th Percentile £70.63 - £79.58
90th Percentile £76.25 £88.38 £82.15
UK median hourly rate £48.40 £83.40 £45.00
% change year-on-year -41.97% +85.33% -21.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,226 44,888 67,264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,546 31,942 48,134
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,576 1,314 1,782
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.51
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.57 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
London +4 182 £588 -5.62% 115
South East +8 59 £450 -14.29% 53
South West -5 26 £600 +14.29% 21
North of England -41 21 £525 +2.79% 43
Midlands -5 17 £650 +18.18% 37
West Midlands -11 14 £650 +1.96% 16
North West -38 14 £525 +8.02% 26
East of England +6 8 £300 -36.84% 28
Yorkshire +11 6 £624 +8.43% 14
East Midlands +10 3 £685 +32.11% 21
North East +10 1 £475 -43.89% 4
Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 England region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 103 (31.12%) Cybersecurity
2 97 (29.31%) Azure
3 93 (28.10%) Security Cleared
4 83 (25.08%) SIEM
5 78 (23.56%) Firewall
6 72 (21.75%) Python
6 72 (21.75%) Microsoft
6 72 (21.75%) Network Security
7 64 (19.34%) Finance
8 63 (19.03%) Terraform
9 57 (17.22%) PowerShell
9 57 (17.22%) Cloud Security
10 56 (16.92%) AWS
11 52 (15.71%) DV Cleared
12 46 (13.90%) CISSP
13 45 (13.60%) Social Skills
14 43 (12.99%) Information Security
15 41 (12.39%) Windows
15 41 (12.39%) Vulnerability Management
16 40 (12.08%) SC Cleared
17 38 (11.48%) CI/CD
17 38 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
18 37 (11.18%) Palo Alto
19 35 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
20 34 (10.27%) Active Directory
20 34 (10.27%) Application Security
20 34 (10.27%) Incident Response
21 33 (9.97%) Degree
22 32 (9.67%) PKI
22 32 (9.67%) Ansible

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.21%) Confluence
4 1 (0.30%) CMS
4 1 (0.30%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 97 (29.31%) Azure
2 56 (16.92%) AWS
3 26 (7.85%) Entra ID
4 25 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (6.65%) GCP
6 21 (6.34%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (3.02%) GitHub
8 8 (2.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (2.11%) AWS CloudTrail
9 7 (2.11%) CloudFront
9 7 (2.11%) Serverless
10 6 (1.81%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.51%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.51%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (1.21%) Amazon Cognito
12 4 (1.21%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 78 (23.56%) Firewall
2 72 (21.75%) Network Security
3 27 (8.16%) VPN
4 26 (7.85%) DNS
5 9 (2.72%) BGP
6 8 (2.42%) TCP/IP
7 7 (2.11%) HTTP
7 7 (2.11%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (1.81%) DHCP
8 6 (1.81%) DMZ
8 6 (1.81%) OSPF
8 6 (1.81%) WAN
9 5 (1.51%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (1.51%) Internet
9 5 (1.51%) LAN
9 5 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.21%) IPsec
10 4 (1.21%) NGFW
11 3 (0.91%) Cisco Firepower
11 3 (0.91%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.02%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.42%) BigQuery
3 7 (2.11%) Big Data
4 4 (1.21%) Metadata
4 4 (1.21%) Power BI
5 3 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.60%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.30%) MySQL
7 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (3.02%) JIRA
2 9 (2.72%) Burp Suite
3 8 (2.42%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.81%) Git
5 5 (1.51%) GitLab
6 4 (1.21%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.91%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.91%) Travis CI
8 2 (0.60%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.60%) Snyk
8 2 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.30%) Maven
9 1 (0.30%) MSI
General
1 64 (19.34%) Finance
2 45 (13.60%) Social Skills
3 35 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (8.76%) Banking
5 22 (6.65%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.83%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.72%) Automotive
8 8 (2.42%) Retail
9 5 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.21%) German Language
10 4 (1.21%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.21%) Marketing
10 4 (1.21%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.91%) Electronics
11 3 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.60%) Advertising
12 2 (0.60%) Legal
12 2 (0.60%) Military
12 2 (0.60%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.60%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.42%) OAuth
1 8 (2.42%) SAML
2 6 (1.81%) OAuth2
3 5 (1.51%) JSON
3 5 (1.51%) SailPoint
3 5 (1.51%) YAML
4 4 (1.21%) .NET
4 4 (1.21%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (1.21%) React
4 4 (1.21%) Regular Expression
4 4 (1.21%) Vue
4 4 (1.21%) XML
5 3 (0.91%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (0.91%) Kafka
5 3 (0.91%) RESTful
5 3 (0.91%) Web Services
6 2 (0.60%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.30%) Azure Blueprints
7 1 (0.30%) JWT
7 1 (0.30%) SPIFFE
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.67%) PKI
2 30 (9.06%) Security Posture
3 19 (5.74%) Management Information System
4 17 (5.14%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.93%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 11 (3.32%) Security Operations Centre
7 9 (2.72%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.11%) Cyber Defence
8 7 (2.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 7 (2.11%) Cyberattack
8 7 (2.11%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.11%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.51%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.21%) Distributed Applications
11 3 (0.91%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (0.91%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.91%) SCADA
11 3 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 41 (12.39%) Windows
2 20 (6.04%) Linux
3 14 (4.23%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.42%) Unix
5 7 (2.11%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.91%) Android
7 3 (0.91%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.60%) zOS
9 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (31.12%) Cybersecurity
2 83 (25.08%) SIEM
3 57 (17.22%) Cloud Security
4 43 (12.99%) Information Security
5 41 (12.39%) Vulnerability Management
6 38 (11.48%) CI/CD
6 38 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (10.27%) Application Security
7 34 (10.27%) Incident Response
8 28 (8.46%) DevSecOps
8 28 (8.46%) Penetration Testing
8 28 (8.46%) Security Operations
9 27 (8.16%) Identity Access Management
10 25 (7.55%) DevOps
11 23 (6.95%) Infrastructure as Code
12 21 (6.34%) Static Application Security Testing
13 20 (6.04%) Computer Science
13 20 (6.04%) Threat Detection
14 19 (5.74%) Agile
14 19 (5.74%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 72 (21.75%) Python
2 57 (17.22%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.63%) Bash
4 11 (3.32%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.72%) SQL
6 5 (1.51%) Go
6 5 (1.51%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.21%) C
7 4 (1.21%) C#
7 4 (1.21%) C++
7 4 (1.21%) Perl
8 3 (0.91%) Bicep
9 2 (0.60%) Java
9 2 (0.60%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.30%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 93 (28.10%) Security Cleared
2 52 (15.71%) DV Cleared
3 46 (13.90%) CISSP
4 40 (12.08%) SC Cleared
5 33 (9.97%) Degree
6 18 (5.44%) CISM
7 17 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (4.53%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (3.93%) CCNP
10 10 (3.02%) CompTIA Security+
11 9 (2.72%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.42%) CEH
13 7 (2.11%) CCIE
14 6 (1.81%) CCNA
14 6 (1.81%) GIAC
15 4 (1.21%) CISA
15 4 (1.21%) SANS
16 3 (0.91%) CCSA
16 3 (0.91%) CSSLP
16 3 (0.91%) GCED
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.37%) NIST
2 30 (9.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.63%) PCI DSS
4 10 (3.02%) NCSC
5 9 (2.72%) GDPR
6 6 (1.81%) COBIT
6 6 (1.81%) NIST 800
7 5 (1.51%) QA
8 4 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.21%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.91%) ISA99
9 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.60%) GRC
10 2 (0.60%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.60%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.30%) RMADS
11 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (10.27%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.63%) Docker
3 9 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.72%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.91%) vSphere
6 2 (0.60%) XenApp
7 1 (0.30%) Firmware
7 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 63 (19.03%) Terraform
2 32 (9.67%) Ansible
3 12 (3.63%) SCCM
4 8 (2.42%) Kubernetes
5 7 (2.11%) ArcSight ESM
6 6 (1.81%) CASB
6 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.51%) QRadar
7 5 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.21%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.21%) Functional Safety
8 4 (1.21%) Kibana
8 4 (1.21%) logstash
8 4 (1.21%) Nessus
8 4 (1.21%) Puppet
8 4 (1.21%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 3 (0.91%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.91%) Grafana
9 3 (0.91%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.91%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 72 (21.75%) Microsoft
2 37 (11.18%) Palo Alto
3 29 (8.76%) Splunk
4 27 (8.16%) Cisco
5 22 (6.65%) VMware
6 20 (6.04%) ArcSight
7 19 (5.74%) Qualys
8 15 (4.53%) F5
9 14 (4.23%) Fortinet
10 11 (3.32%) CheckPoint
10 11 (3.32%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (2.72%) Google
12 7 (2.11%) CA
12 7 (2.11%) Dell
12 7 (2.11%) LogRhythm
12 7 (2.11%) Rapid7
12 7 (2.11%) Zscaler
13 5 (1.51%) AlgoSec
13 5 (1.51%) Checkmarx
13 5 (1.51%) ServiceNow