Information Security Consultant Contracts in England

Information Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Information Security Consultant daily rate in England is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 634 731
Rank change year-on-year +122 +97 -160
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Consultant 29 39 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.078% 0.078% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.082% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 26 39
10th Percentile £541 £519 £425
25th Percentile £600 £553 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £685 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.69% +30.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £694 £775 £631
90th Percentile £875 - £725
UK median daily rate £625 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +8.70% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £76.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £76.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,448 47,601 67,845
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.62% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,861 33,797 48,247
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,434 1,402 1,905
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.02 £44.77 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.53% +98.96% +0.36%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.95 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.95% +91.49% +3.14%

Information Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Consultant in England

Information Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security Consultant in England.

Daily rate trend for Information Security Consultant in England

Information Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Consultant in England

Information Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security Consultant in England.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Consultant in England

Information Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +99 17 £700 -6.67% 4
South East +10 6 £575 -11.16% 5
South West +20 5 £625 -
North West - 1 £650 -
North of England - 1 £650 - 4
Information Security Consultant
UK

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Information 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 England region featuring Information Security Consultant in the job title.

1 24 (82.76%) Information Security
2 14 (48.28%) Finance
3 12 (41.38%) CISSP
4 11 (37.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (37.93%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (37.93%) NIST
5 10 (34.48%) Azure
6 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
7 8 (27.59%) Security Cleared
7 8 (27.59%) CISM
8 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
9 6 (20.69%) Risk Management
9 6 (20.69%) GRC
9 6 (20.69%) CRISC
10 5 (17.24%) CESG Certified Professional
10 5 (17.24%) CLAS
10 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
10 5 (17.24%) Information Assurance
10 5 (17.24%) RMADS
10 5 (17.24%) PCI DSS
10 5 (17.24%) JSP 440
11 4 (13.79%) Use Case
11 4 (13.79%) Digital Marketing
11 4 (13.79%) Programme Management
11 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
11 4 (13.79%) DV Cleared
11 4 (13.79%) Security Architecture
11 4 (13.79%) Electronics
11 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
11 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (34.48%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) AWS
2 3 (10.34%) Entra ID
2 3 (10.34%) GCP
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.90%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Firewall
1 1 (3.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Data Lake
General
1 14 (48.28%) Finance
2 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Electronics
3 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
3 4 (13.79%) Marketing
3 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
3 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.90%) Front Office
4 2 (6.90%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.45%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.45%) Blog
4 1 (3.45%) Learning Management System
4 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.45%) SCORM
4 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (82.76%) Information Security
2 11 (37.93%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (20.69%) Risk Management
4 5 (17.24%) Information Assurance
5 4 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (13.79%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (13.79%) Due Diligence
5 4 (13.79%) Information Security Governance
5 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.79%) Programme Management
5 4 (13.79%) Security Architecture
5 4 (13.79%) Use Case
6 3 (10.34%) Business Agility
6 3 (10.34%) Change Management
6 3 (10.34%) Cloud Security
6 3 (10.34%) Data Governance
6 3 (10.34%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (10.34%) Incident Response
6 3 (10.34%) Project Management
6 3 (10.34%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (41.38%) CISSP
2 8 (27.59%) CISM
2 8 (27.59%) Security Cleared
3 6 (20.69%) CRISC
4 5 (17.24%) CESG Certified Professional
4 5 (17.24%) CLAS
5 4 (13.79%) DV Cleared
5 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
6 2 (6.90%) CISA
7 1 (3.45%) Degree
7 1 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
7 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (37.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (37.93%) NIST
2 6 (20.69%) GRC
3 5 (17.24%) JSP 440
3 5 (17.24%) PCI DSS
3 5 (17.24%) RMADS
4 3 (10.34%) ISO 31000
4 3 (10.34%) NIST 800
5 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (3.45%) COBIT
6 1 (3.45%) GDPR
6 1 (3.45%) ISAE 3402
6 1 (3.45%) NCSC
6 1 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) SAP
3 3 (10.34%) Google
3 3 (10.34%) Okta
3 3 (10.34%) ServiceNow