Infrastructure Security Engineer Contracts in London

Infrastructure Security Engineer
England > London

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer daily rate in London is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 381 481 561
Rank change year-on-year +100 +80 -81
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 12 12 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.068% 0.047% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.049% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 25
10th Percentile £230 £605 £340
25th Percentile £345 - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £650 £450
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +44.44% -10.00%
75th Percentile £491 - £525
90th Percentile £538 - £533
England median daily rate £413 £650 £400
% change year-on-year -36.54% +62.50% -17.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,399 24,342 36,962
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 95.15% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,837 17,773 27,187
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 278 414
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.83 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £22.53 £23.24
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £47.18 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.40 £82.33 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.47%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in London

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in London

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Security Engineer in London

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London - 4 £425 -
Infrastructure Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Infrastructure 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 London region featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (50.00%) VMware
2 6 (50.00%) Firewall
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
3 5 (41.67%) Information Security
3 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
3 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (41.67%) Azure
3 5 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (33.33%) Network Security
4 4 (33.33%) Windows
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security
5 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (25.00%) Patch Management
5 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (25.00%) SCCM
5 3 (25.00%) Banking
5 3 (25.00%) Degree
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (16.67%) FortiGate
6 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
6 2 (16.67%) Imperva
6 2 (16.67%) OWASP
6 2 (16.67%) XenApp
6 2 (16.67%) COBIT

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (16.67%) Mimecast
4 1 (8.33%) AWS
4 1 (8.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Firewall
2 4 (33.33%) Network Security
3 2 (16.67%) Internet
3 2 (16.67%) WAN
3 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (8.33%) BGP
4 1 (8.33%) DNS
4 1 (8.33%) EIGRP
4 1 (8.33%) IGRP
4 1 (8.33%) OSPF
4 1 (8.33%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (25.00%) Banking
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (8.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (41.67%) Information Security
3 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 4 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (25.00%) Patch Management
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
5 2 (16.67%) Investment Management
5 2 (16.67%) ISMS
5 2 (16.67%) OWASP
5 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
5 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 2 (16.67%) Security Patching
5 2 (16.67%) Statistics
5 2 (16.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) COBIT
1 2 (16.67%) GDPR
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (16.67%) NCSC
1 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
1 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (16.67%) XenApp
3 1 (8.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) SCCM
2 2 (16.67%) CASB
2 2 (16.67%) FortiGate
2 2 (16.67%) SCOrch
2 2 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (8.33%) vRealize
3 1 (8.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (16.67%) Citrix
2 2 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (16.67%) Imperva
2 2 (16.67%) Netskope
2 2 (16.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (8.33%) CA
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Google
3 1 (8.33%) Okta
3 1 (8.33%) Qualys
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) Veeam