Security Engineer Contracts in England

Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Security Engineer daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 223 349
Rank change year-on-year -26 +126 -52
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 352 558 551
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.94% 1.19% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 1.26% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 408 383
10th Percentile £406 £387 £363
25th Percentile £425 £486 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £741 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £555 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -1.77% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 19 8
10th Percentile - £66.36 £26.25
25th Percentile £30.70 £76.66 £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 - £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

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 +5 189 £600 -3.61% 112
South East +12 60 £450 -14.29% 53
South West -5 33 £600 +3.45% 25
North of England -41 27 £538 +6.01% 48
North West -34 21 £530 +9.05% 30
Midlands -11 16 £650 +18.18% 56
West Midlands -7 13 £650 +1.96% 21
East of England +7 8 £300 -36.84% 26
Yorkshire +4 5 £625 +8.70% 16
East Midlands +5 3 £685 +32.11% 35
North East +8 1 £475 -44.78% 3
Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 111 (31.53%) Cybersecurity
2 101 (28.69%) Security Cleared
3 99 (28.13%) Azure
4 88 (25.00%) SIEM
5 78 (22.16%) Firewall
6 77 (21.88%) Python
7 72 (20.45%) Network Security
8 71 (20.17%) Microsoft
9 70 (19.89%) Finance
10 68 (19.32%) Terraform
11 66 (18.75%) Cloud Security
12 65 (18.47%) AWS
13 60 (17.05%) PowerShell
14 57 (16.19%) DV Cleared
15 50 (14.20%) CISSP
16 45 (12.78%) Windows
16 45 (12.78%) Social Skills
17 44 (12.50%) SC Cleared
17 44 (12.50%) Information Security
17 44 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
18 40 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
18 40 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
19 39 (11.08%) CI/CD
20 38 (10.80%) Palo Alto
20 38 (10.80%) Degree
21 36 (10.23%) Active Directory
21 36 (10.23%) Incident Response
22 35 (9.94%) Application Security
23 34 (9.66%) DevSecOps
24 33 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001

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 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.70%) Confluence
2 6 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.57%) CMS
4 1 (0.28%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 99 (28.13%) Azure
2 65 (18.47%) AWS
3 26 (7.39%) Entra ID
4 24 (6.82%) GCP
5 22 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (5.68%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (2.84%) GitHub
8 8 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 8 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (1.99%) AWS CloudTrail
9 7 (1.99%) CloudFront
9 7 (1.99%) Serverless
10 6 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.70%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.42%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (1.14%) Akamai
12 4 (1.14%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 78 (22.16%) Firewall
2 72 (20.45%) Network Security
3 27 (7.67%) VPN
4 25 (7.10%) DNS
5 9 (2.56%) BGP
5 9 (2.56%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.27%) HTTP
7 7 (1.99%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (1.99%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (1.70%) DHCP
8 6 (1.70%) DMZ
8 6 (1.70%) OSPF
9 5 (1.42%) Internet
9 5 (1.42%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.42%) WAN
10 4 (1.14%) IPsec
10 4 (1.14%) LAN
10 4 (1.14%) NGFW
10 4 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.84%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.27%) BigQuery
3 7 (1.99%) Big Data
4 4 (1.14%) Metadata
4 4 (1.14%) Power BI
5 3 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.57%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.28%) MySQL
7 1 (0.28%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (3.41%) JIRA
2 9 (2.56%) Burp Suite
3 7 (1.99%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.70%) Git
5 5 (1.42%) GitLab
6 4 (1.14%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.85%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.85%) Travis CI
8 2 (0.57%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.57%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.57%) Snyk
8 2 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.28%) MSI
General
1 70 (19.89%) Finance
2 45 (12.78%) Social Skills
3 40 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (9.09%) Banking
5 24 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.83%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.56%) Automotive
7 9 (2.56%) Retail
8 4 (1.14%) German Language
8 4 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.14%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.14%) Marketing
8 4 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.14%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.85%) Electronics
9 3 (0.85%) Legal
10 2 (0.57%) Advertising
10 2 (0.57%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.57%) Publishing
10 2 (0.57%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.56%) SAML
2 8 (2.27%) OAuth
3 6 (1.70%) OAuth2
4 5 (1.42%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (1.42%) JSON
4 5 (1.42%) SailPoint
4 5 (1.42%) YAML
5 4 (1.14%) .NET
5 4 (1.14%) React
5 4 (1.14%) Vue
5 4 (1.14%) XML
6 3 (0.85%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (0.85%) Kafka
6 3 (0.85%) Regular Expression
6 3 (0.85%) Web Services
7 2 (0.57%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.57%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.57%) OpenID
7 2 (0.57%) RESTful
8 1 (0.28%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.38%) PKI
2 30 (8.52%) Security Posture
3 19 (5.40%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.55%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.69%) Cloud Native
6 12 (3.41%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (3.41%) Security Operations Centre
7 11 (3.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 8 (2.27%) Cyberattack
8 8 (2.27%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.99%) Cyber Defence
9 7 (1.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 7 (1.99%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.42%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.14%) Distributed Applications
12 3 (0.85%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (0.85%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.85%) SCADA
12 3 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 45 (12.78%) Windows
2 23 (6.53%) Linux
3 14 (3.98%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.84%) Unix
5 7 (1.99%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.85%) Android
7 3 (0.85%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.85%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.57%) zOS
9 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (31.53%) Cybersecurity
2 88 (25.00%) SIEM
3 66 (18.75%) Cloud Security
4 44 (12.50%) Information Security
4 44 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 40 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (11.08%) CI/CD
7 36 (10.23%) Incident Response
8 35 (9.94%) Application Security
9 34 (9.66%) DevSecOps
10 29 (8.24%) DevOps
10 29 (8.24%) Identity Access Management
10 29 (8.24%) Penetration Testing
11 28 (7.95%) Security Operations
12 27 (7.67%) Infrastructure as Code
13 24 (6.82%) Computer Science
14 21 (5.97%) Static Application Security Testing
15 20 (5.68%) Agile
15 20 (5.68%) Analytics
16 19 (5.40%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 77 (21.88%) Python
2 60 (17.05%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.41%) Bash
4 10 (2.84%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.56%) SQL
6 7 (1.99%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.70%) Go
8 5 (1.42%) C++
8 5 (1.42%) Perl
9 4 (1.14%) Bicep
9 4 (1.14%) C
9 4 (1.14%) C#
10 3 (0.85%) Java
10 3 (0.85%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 101 (28.69%) Security Cleared
2 57 (16.19%) DV Cleared
3 50 (14.20%) CISSP
4 44 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 38 (10.80%) Degree
6 20 (5.68%) CISM
7 17 (4.83%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (3.98%) CCNP
9 11 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
10 10 (2.84%) AWS Certification
11 9 (2.56%) CCIE
11 9 (2.56%) CEH
12 8 (2.27%) CCNA
13 7 (1.99%) GIAC
14 5 (1.42%) CCSA
14 5 (1.42%) GCIH
14 5 (1.42%) SANS
15 4 (1.14%) CISA
15 4 (1.14%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (9.09%) NIST
3 13 (3.69%) PCI DSS
4 12 (3.41%) GDPR
5 10 (2.84%) NCSC
6 7 (1.99%) NIST 800
7 6 (1.70%) COBIT
8 5 (1.42%) QA
9 4 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.14%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.85%) ISA99
10 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.57%) GRC
11 2 (0.57%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.57%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.28%) RMADS
12 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (10.23%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.26%) Docker
3 9 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.56%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.85%) vSphere
6 2 (0.57%) XenApp
7 1 (0.28%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.28%) Firmware
7 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.28%) Snort
Systems Management
1 68 (19.32%) Terraform
2 33 (9.38%) Ansible
3 12 (3.41%) SCCM
4 11 (3.13%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.99%) ArcSight ESM
5 7 (1.99%) Nessus
6 6 (1.70%) CASB
6 6 (1.70%) logstash
6 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.42%) Kibana
7 5 (1.42%) QRadar
7 5 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.14%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.14%) Functional Safety
8 4 (1.14%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.14%) Puppet
8 4 (1.14%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 3 (0.85%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.85%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 71 (20.17%) Microsoft
2 38 (10.80%) Palo Alto
3 32 (9.09%) Splunk
4 30 (8.52%) Cisco
5 22 (6.25%) VMware
6 20 (5.68%) ArcSight
7 19 (5.40%) Qualys
8 16 (4.55%) F5
9 15 (4.26%) Fortinet
10 12 (3.41%) CheckPoint
10 12 (3.41%) CrowdStrike
10 12 (3.41%) Google
11 8 (2.27%) Zscaler
12 7 (1.99%) AlgoSec
12 7 (1.99%) CA
12 7 (1.99%) Dell
12 7 (1.99%) Rapid7
13 6 (1.70%) LogRhythm
13 6 (1.70%) Okta
14 5 (1.42%) Veracode