Live market evidence
Security Engineer Contract Job Market
Current Security Engineer contract demand, compensation evidence, engagement mix, sources, and hiring velocity from Radar's normalized live inventory.
Updated November 12, 2026 from persisted Radar inventory.
Find my Security Engineer matches →Current opportunities
4,622
New · 24h
126
New · 7d
823
Sources represented
8
Compensation evidence
Current stated hourly rates
Based on 232 current listings with structured USD hourly evidence. This is observed listing data, not a salary estimate or guarantee.
- 25th percentile
- $58/hr
- Median
- $68/hr
- 75th percentile
- $80/hr
What is in this market
Contract types
- W2 Contract4,395
- 1099478
- C2c38
Top sources
- LinkedIn3,568
- Dice791
- FreelancerMap151
- Indeed74
- Upwork21
- Himalayas8
Relevant specialties
- Artificial Intelligence234
- Cloud172
- Agentic Ai20
- Machine Learning6
- Generative Ai5
- Large Language Models5
Seniority
- Senior2,113
- Staff127
- Lead114
- Principal111
- Mid106
- Junior26
Remote mix
- Unknown3,786
- Onsite Or Hybrid537
- Remote299
Work arrangements
- Contract Duration260
- Ongoing Contract56
- Fixed Project18
- Freelance Ad Hoc15
Current examples
A bounded preview of current persisted jobs. Open a result for normalized facts or use RadarJobs for the full live set.
Cybersecurity Engineer - Incident Response
W2 Contract · Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Principal IAM Engineer
W2 Contract · Texas, United States
10534 - Sr. AWS Network Security Engineer
W2 Contract · Irvine, CA
Dev Sec Engineering Sr - Level 3
W2 Contract · King of Prussia, PA
Senior Information Security Analyst - Application Security (AppSec)
W2 Contract · Wayne, PA
Cybersecurity Engineer III (AppSec)
W2 Contract · Sparks, NV
Security Researcher (Detection Systems)
W2 Contract · Sunnyvale, CA
Senior Program Engineer-Systems Security
W2 Contract · Niceville, FL
Senior Product Security Engineer
W2 Contract · Austin, TX
Security Engineer II
W2 Contract · Birmingham, AL
Information Security Engineer - Principal
W2 Contract · Iowa, United States
Sr. IT Security Administrator
W2 Contract · Jacksonville, FL
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Methodology
Current live, classified Security Engineer opportunities with a 1099, C2C, or W-2 contract engagement in Radar's normalized inventory.
Global current inventory; location and remote status are reported as observed, including unknown values rather than inferring them.
Current counts use Radar liveness; new counts use the first-seen timestamp over rolling 24-hour and seven-day windows.
Compensation includes only structured USD hourly evidence. Ranges use the midpoint; single stated bounds use that bound. Statistics require at least 20 observations.
Listings and source classifications can change after the latest verification; observed postings are not a census of all contract work.