Infrastructure Security Engineer Contracts in the North West

Infrastructure Security Engineer
England > North West

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer daily rate in the North West is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 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
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 143 179
Rank change year-on-year +27 +36 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 2 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.085% 0.072% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.078% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £423 - -
25th Percentile £456 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £675 £450
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £606 - £513
90th Percentile £648 - £558
England median daily rate £475 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% +11.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 2,198 2,559 3,787
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 92.22% 94.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,168 1,779 2,841
10th Percentile £263 £275 £255
25th Percentile £388 £405 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £591 £588
90th Percentile £650 £674 £669
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 174 160
10th Percentile £15.56 £15.83 £10.09
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.75 £15.43
Median hourly rate £32.00 £31.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.59% +57.50% +10.41%
75th Percentile £51.22 £46.18 £45.05
90th Percentile £70.90 £63.75 £66.25
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% +50.00% +50.00%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in the North West

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in the North West

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Security Engineer in the North West

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Manchester +19 2 £525 -22.22% 1
Infrastructure Security Engineer
England

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 15 November 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 North West region featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) SSCP
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) VMware

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) SSCP
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) VMware