Security Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

Security Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Security Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 120 200
Rank change year-on-year -1 +80 -60
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 17 46 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.62% 1.34% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 1.41% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 32 6
10th Percentile £604 £357 £291
25th Percentile £616 £470 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £544 £438
Median % change year-on-year +19.54% +24.29% -16.67%
75th Percentile £825 £650 £522
90th Percentile £850 £675 £619
England median daily rate £573 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.58% +9.09% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,527 3,257 4,827
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.86% 94.60% 95.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,705 2,291 3,539
10th Percentile £213 £223 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +3.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 128 174
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.35 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.21 £13.75
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.19
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.33% +13.18%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £61.50 £33.60
England median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.09% +100.00% +0.36%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the Midlands

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in the Midlands

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in the Midlands

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in the Midlands

Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
West Midlands +5 16 £650 +18.18% 23
East Midlands +17 1 - - 9
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 Midlands region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Network Security
2 10 (58.82%) Windows
3 9 (52.94%) SIEM
3 9 (52.94%) Cloud Security
4 8 (47.06%) Cloud Native
4 8 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
5 7 (41.18%) Azure
5 7 (41.18%) Finance
5 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (41.18%) Incident Response
6 6 (35.29%) Entra ID
6 6 (35.29%) Data Security
6 6 (35.29%) AWS
7 5 (29.41%) OAuth
7 5 (29.41%) Defensive Programming
7 5 (29.41%) CloudFront
7 5 (29.41%) DV Cleared
7 5 (29.41%) OAuth2
7 5 (29.41%) Docker
7 5 (29.41%) Infrastructure Management
7 5 (29.41%) VPN
7 5 (29.41%) DNS
7 5 (29.41%) SAML
7 5 (29.41%) Active Directory
7 5 (29.41%) Retail
7 5 (29.41%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (29.41%) The Twelve-Factor App
7 5 (29.41%) Task Automation
7 5 (29.41%) DevSecOps

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 7 (41.18%) Azure
2 6 (35.29%) AWS
2 6 (35.29%) Entra ID
3 5 (29.41%) CloudFront
3 5 (29.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (11.76%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (5.88%) Amazon S3
5 1 (5.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (64.71%) Network Security
2 5 (29.41%) DNS
2 5 (29.41%) VPN
3 4 (23.53%) Firewall
4 3 (17.65%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Big Data
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (41.18%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Retail
3 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (29.41%) OAuth
1 5 (29.41%) OAuth2
1 5 (29.41%) SAML
2 3 (17.65%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (11.76%) Regular Expression
4 1 (5.88%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Cloud Native
2 5 (29.41%) Distributed Applications
3 4 (23.53%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (23.53%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (17.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (11.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (11.76%) Taxonomies
6 1 (5.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (58.82%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Apple iOS
2 4 (23.53%) Linux
3 3 (17.65%) Android
3 3 (17.65%) Unix
4 1 (5.88%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Cloud Security
1 9 (52.94%) SIEM
2 8 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (41.18%) Incident Response
4 6 (35.29%) Data Security
5 5 (29.41%) Application Security
5 5 (29.41%) CI/CD
5 5 (29.41%) Data Pipeline
5 5 (29.41%) Defensive Programming
5 5 (29.41%) DevSecOps
5 5 (29.41%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (29.41%) Infrastructure Management
5 5 (29.41%) Penetration Testing
5 5 (29.41%) Task Automation
5 5 (29.41%) The Twelve-Factor App
6 4 (23.53%) Data Management
6 4 (23.53%) Security Architecture
6 4 (23.53%) Security Operations
7 3 (17.65%) Information Security
7 3 (17.65%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) AWS Certification
2 5 (29.41%) DV Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
4 2 (11.76%) BC Cleared
4 2 (11.76%) CASP
4 2 (11.76%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (11.76%) GCED
4 2 (11.76%) GIAC
4 2 (11.76%) GSEC
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.88%) GRC
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (5.88%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) Active Directory
1 5 (29.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Citrix
1 2 (11.76%) LogRhythm
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.76%) Palo Alto
1 2 (11.76%) TippingPoint
1 2 (11.76%) Trend Micro
2 1 (5.88%) F5
2 1 (5.88%) Okta
2 1 (5.88%) Qualys
2 1 (5.88%) Red Hat
2 1 (5.88%) Splunk