Security Consultant Contracts in Central London

Security Consultant
London > Central London

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Central London is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 159 183
Rank change year-on-year +48 +24 -29
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 26 17 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.08% 0.45% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 0.47% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 15 18
10th Percentile £503 £500 £350
25th Percentile £552 £510 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -5.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £775 £655 -
90th Percentile £875 £775 -
London median daily rate £625 £600 £550
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,299 3,591 4,259
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.32% 95.20% 94.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,640 2,455 3,245
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £444 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +4.89% +7.14%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 26 53
10th Percentile £20.19 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £22.13 £18.93 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -5.41% +108.60%
75th Percentile £27.81 £57.50 £50.75
90th Percentile £40.38 £86.65 £65.10
London median hourly rate £27.25 £35.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.78% +2.14% +8.63%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in Central London

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in Central London

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in Central London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in Central London

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the Central London region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
City of London +55 26 £650 +25.00% 2
Security Consultant
London

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Security Consultant 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 Central London region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 16 (61.54%) Finance
2 14 (53.85%) Information Security
3 13 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (38.46%) NIST
5 7 (26.92%) Cloud Security
5 7 (26.92%) Azure
6 6 (23.08%) Security Architecture
6 6 (23.08%) Risk Management
6 6 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
7 5 (19.23%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (15.38%) AWS
8 4 (15.38%) CRISC
8 4 (15.38%) Google
8 4 (15.38%) PKI
8 4 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
8 4 (15.38%) Firewall
8 4 (15.38%) CISM
8 4 (15.38%) CISSP
8 4 (15.38%) ERP
8 4 (15.38%) WAN
8 4 (15.38%) Key Management
8 4 (15.38%) Application Security
8 4 (15.38%) SD-WAN
8 4 (15.38%) GCP
8 4 (15.38%) Due Diligence
9 3 (11.54%) Business Agility
9 3 (11.54%) DevSecOps

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (3.85%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) Azure
2 4 (15.38%) AWS
2 4 (15.38%) GCP
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.85%) Akamai
4 1 (3.85%) GitHub
4 1 (3.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) Firewall
1 4 (15.38%) SD-WAN
1 4 (15.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (3.85%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) CircleCI
1 1 (3.85%) RStudio
General
1 16 (61.54%) Finance
2 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Banking
4 2 (7.69%) Law
5 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
1 4 (15.38%) PKI
2 3 (11.54%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.85%) Blog
3 1 (3.85%) Learning Management System
3 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.85%) SCORM
3 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Information Security
2 13 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (26.92%) Cloud Security
4 6 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
4 6 (23.08%) Risk Management
4 6 (23.08%) Security Architecture
5 5 (19.23%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (15.38%) Application Security
6 4 (15.38%) Due Diligence
6 4 (15.38%) ERP
6 4 (15.38%) Key Management
6 4 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (11.54%) Business Agility
7 3 (11.54%) Data Encryption
7 3 (11.54%) Data Protection
7 3 (11.54%) Database Security
7 3 (11.54%) DevSecOps
7 3 (11.54%) Security Auditing
7 3 (11.54%) SIEM
8 2 (7.69%) Information Security Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (3.85%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) CISM
1 4 (15.38%) CISSP
1 4 (15.38%) CRISC
2 1 (3.85%) CISA
2 1 (3.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (38.46%) NIST
2 3 (11.54%) GRC
2 3 (11.54%) ISO 31000
2 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 3 (11.54%) NIST 800
2 3 (11.54%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.85%) GDPR
3 1 (3.85%) ISAE 3402
3 1 (3.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Google
2 2 (7.69%) McAfee
3 1 (3.85%) AlgoSec
3 1 (3.85%) ForeScout
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) Qualys
3 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow