Senior Security Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Senior Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Security Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £593, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 296 384 551
Rank change year-on-year +88 +167 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 26 15 37
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.080% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.084% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 14 33
10th Percentile £475 £723 £502
25th Percentile £571 £725 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £750 £568
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +32.16% +3.18%
75th Percentile £614 £800 £613
90th Percentile £638 - £738
UK median daily rate £593 £750 £568
% change year-on-year -21.00% +32.16% +3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £43.75 - -

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 11,313 17,773 36,914
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 94.50% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,133 12,477 26,633
10th Percentile £325 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £631 £645 £650
90th Percentile £738 £743 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 389 527
10th Percentile £19.39 £16.93 £15.15
25th Percentile £25.52 £24.97 £25.00
Median hourly rate £41.53 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% - +101.61%
75th Percentile £66.00 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Senior Security Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Senior Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior Security Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Senior Security Engineer over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 31 October 2024, 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 18 (69.23%) Azure
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.54%) Windows
3 3 (11.54%) Information Security
3 3 (11.54%) Firewall
3 3 (11.54%) Network Security
3 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) AWS
3 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (11.54%) Cisco
3 3 (11.54%) Cloud Security
3 3 (11.54%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (7.69%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (7.69%) F5
4 2 (7.69%) Computer Science
4 2 (7.69%) Security Testing
4 2 (7.69%) Degree
4 2 (7.69%) Agile
4 2 (7.69%) CISSP
4 2 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.85%) Project Management
5 1 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (3.85%) CISM
5 1 (3.85%) Linux
5 1 (3.85%) Python
5 1 (3.85%) LDAP

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 18 (69.23%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) AWS
2 3 (11.54%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Firewall
1 3 (11.54%) Network Security
2 2 (7.69%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (3.85%) Kerberos
General
1 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.85%) Finance
2 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (3.85%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
1 1 (3.85%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (11.54%) Cloud Security
1 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (11.54%) Information Security
2 2 (7.69%) Agile
2 2 (7.69%) Computer Science
2 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (7.69%) Security Testing
3 1 (3.85%) Data Protection
3 1 (3.85%) EBIOS
3 1 (3.85%) Identity Management
3 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (3.85%) Migration
3 1 (3.85%) Open Source
3 1 (3.85%) Process Improvement
3 1 (3.85%) Project Management
3 1 (3.85%) Security Architecture
3 1 (3.85%) Security Management
3 1 (3.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (3.85%) Test Automation
3 1 (3.85%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) C++
1 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.85%) Python
1 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
1 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (7.69%) CISSP
2 2 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) CCDP
3 1 (3.85%) CCIE
3 1 (3.85%) CISM
3 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.85%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (3.85%) NIST
1 1 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (3.85%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Cisco
3 2 (7.69%) F5
4 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.85%) VMware