Security Engineer Contracts in Wales

Security Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Wales is £531, 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 39 54 55
Rank change year-on-year +15 +1 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 2 8 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.49% 1.37% 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 1.44% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 12
10th Percentile £443 £363 -
25th Percentile £470 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £583 £616 £581
90th Percentile £604 £621 £686
UK median daily rate £555 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -1.77% +2.73% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 371 555 905
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 95.20% 96.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 421 660
10th Percentile £143 £165 £199
25th Percentile £253 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £538 £580 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 32 35
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.13 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.24 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +11.55% -8.89% +17.12%
75th Percentile £48.00 £20.49 £25.38
90th Percentile £85.00 £47.25 £46.88
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 Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Wales

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in Wales

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Wales over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in Wales

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in Wales

Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales 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
South Wales +14 1 £613 +6.52% 7
Dyfed - 1 £450 -
Security Engineer
UK

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

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 Wales region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) CCTV
1 1 (50.00%) Qualys
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Video Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Acoustics
1 1 (50.00%) Zscaler
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Acoustics
1 1 (50.00%) CCTV
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Video Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Qualys
1 1 (50.00%) Zscaler