Practice
Cyber Security & Governance
Security architects, GRC leads and data protection specialists across regulated European industries.
What we're seeing in the market
“DORA and NIS2 turned 2026 into the busiest European security contract market we've seen. Hands-on cloud security architects with regulated-industry scars are the bottleneck — and clients who brief on outcome rather than tool stack are winning them.”
AddanEx desk — Cyber Security & Governance
Security engineers, cloud security architects, IAM specialists, SOC leads and GRC contractors — placed into European banks, insurers, public-sector programmes and regulated scale-ups.
Includes governance, regulatory implementations, data protection and privacy work — DORA, NIS2, GDPR, ISO 27001.
2026 European Contract Benchmarks
Rate bands.
Indicative ranges based on contract placements made by AddanEx in 2025–26 across the Nordics, Benelux, DACH and UK & Ireland.
By region — rates.
Sourced 2026
| Role | Nordics | Benelux | DACH | UK & Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | €560–780/day | €580–800/day | €600–820/day | €620–840/day |
| Cloud Security Architect | €780–1,080/day | €800–1,100/day | €820–1,120/day | €840–1,140/day |
| GRC / Privacy Lead | €680–920/day | €700–940/day | €720–960/day | €740–980/day |
| Head of Security (interim) | €1,020–1,440/day | €1,040–1,460/day | €1,060–1,480/day | €1,080–1,500/day |
Sources: TalentUp Europe 2026, Onsiter EU rate index, Honeypot.io 2026 European Tech Salary Report, Eurostat ICT wage data 2025, cross-checked against AddanEx contract placements 2025–26.
Recent placements
Frankfurt
Cloud Security Architect (12-month)
Amsterdam
DORA Programme Lead (interim)
Copenhagen
IAM Engineer (6-month)
Common questions
- Do you cover regulatory programmes?
- Yes — DORA, NIS2, GDPR, ISO 27001 and sector-specific programmes across financial services, insurance and the public sector.
- Cloud security only?
- No. Network, identity, application and offensive security too — though cloud and IAM are our deepest networks.
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