Security Consultant Contracts in London

Security Consultant
England > London

The median Security Consultant daily rate in London is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 292 352 461
Rank change year-on-year +60 +109 -107
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 97 149 142
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.54% 0.55% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.58% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 101 99
10th Percentile £450 £458 £425
25th Percentile £540 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £813 £775 £625
90th Percentile £875 £788 £680
England median daily rate £625 £600 £553
% change year-on-year +4.17% +8.60% +3.66%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,601 25,897 37,041
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 95.32% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,001 18,738 27,022
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £442 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 299 448
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.57 £22.02
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.10% +1.43% +12.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.60 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Central London +54 27 £650 +24.40% 1
East London -11 4 £585 -22.00%
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 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 London region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 51 (52.58%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (40.21%) Finance
3 34 (35.05%) Information Security
4 33 (34.02%) Azure
5 29 (29.90%) NIST
6 27 (27.84%) Cloud Security
7 24 (24.74%) Social Skills
8 22 (22.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 19 (19.59%) DevSecOps
10 17 (17.53%) AWS
11 16 (16.49%) Penetration Testing
11 16 (16.49%) CISM
11 16 (16.49%) Identity Access Management
12 15 (15.46%) Microsoft
12 15 (15.46%) Security Architecture
13 14 (14.43%) PCI DSS
13 14 (14.43%) GCP
14 13 (13.40%) Problem-Solving
14 13 (13.40%) Firewall
15 12 (12.37%) Risk Management
15 12 (12.37%) CISSP
15 12 (12.37%) Risk Assessment
15 12 (12.37%) Application Security
16 11 (11.34%) GRC
16 11 (11.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 11 (11.34%) SIEM
16 11 (11.34%) Management Information System
17 10 (10.31%) DevOps
17 10 (10.31%) Data Encryption
18 9 (9.28%) NIST 800

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (2.06%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 33 (34.02%) Azure
2 17 (17.53%) AWS
3 14 (14.43%) GCP
4 6 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.12%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.09%) IaaS
6 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (2.06%) Akamai
7 2 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.06%) GitHub
7 2 (2.06%) OCI
8 1 (1.03%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.03%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (13.40%) Firewall
2 9 (9.28%) SD-WAN
2 9 (9.28%) WAN
3 4 (4.12%) Network Security
4 1 (1.03%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (1.03%) Modbus
4 1 (1.03%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.06%) Amazon Athena
1 2 (2.06%) Big Data
2 1 (1.03%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.03%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.06%) CircleCI
1 2 (2.06%) RStudio
General
1 39 (40.21%) Finance
2 24 (24.74%) Social Skills
3 9 (9.28%) Banking
4 7 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.09%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.06%) Front Office
6 2 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.06%) Law
7 1 (1.03%) Back Office
7 1 (1.03%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.03%) German Language
7 1 (1.03%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.03%) Military
7 1 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.03%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.03%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.34%) Management Information System
2 9 (9.28%) PKI
3 8 (8.25%) Security Posture
4 7 (7.22%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (6.19%) Onboarding
6 5 (5.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (5.15%) Operational Technology
7 3 (3.09%) NHS
7 3 (3.09%) SCADA
8 2 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (2.06%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (2.06%) IoT
9 1 (1.03%) Blog
9 1 (1.03%) CSOC
9 1 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (1.03%) Fat Client
9 1 (1.03%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (1.03%) SCORM
9 1 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (1.03%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (52.58%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (35.05%) Information Security
3 27 (27.84%) Cloud Security
4 19 (19.59%) DevSecOps
5 16 (16.49%) Identity Access Management
5 16 (16.49%) Penetration Testing
6 15 (15.46%) Security Architecture
7 13 (13.40%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (12.37%) Application Security
8 12 (12.37%) Risk Assessment
8 12 (12.37%) Risk Management
9 11 (11.34%) SIEM
10 10 (10.31%) Data Encryption
10 10 (10.31%) DevOps
11 9 (9.28%) Agile
11 9 (9.28%) Database Security
11 9 (9.28%) Ethical Hacking
11 9 (9.28%) Key Management
11 9 (9.28%) SDLC
11 9 (9.28%) Security Auditing
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.15%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (2.06%) R
3 1 (1.03%) Java
3 1 (1.03%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (16.49%) CISM
2 12 (12.37%) CISSP
3 9 (9.28%) CRISC
3 9 (9.28%) Degree
4 8 (8.25%) CISA
4 8 (8.25%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (7.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (6.19%) Security Cleared
7 4 (4.12%) SC Cleared
8 3 (3.09%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.03%) CCNA
9 1 (1.03%) CCSK
9 1 (1.03%) CCSP
9 1 (1.03%) CEH
9 1 (1.03%) CSSLP
9 1 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (1.03%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.03%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (29.90%) NIST
2 22 (22.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (14.43%) PCI DSS
4 11 (11.34%) GRC
4 11 (11.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 9 (9.28%) NCSC
5 9 (9.28%) NIST 800
6 7 (7.22%) ISO 31000
7 3 (3.09%) GDPR
7 3 (3.09%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.03%) COBIT
9 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.03%) ISA99
9 1 (1.03%) ISAE 3402
9 1 (1.03%) QA
9 1 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (3.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.06%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.06%) Terraform
2 1 (1.03%) CSIRT
2 1 (1.03%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.03%) Nessus
2 1 (1.03%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (15.46%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.15%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.12%) Google
3 4 (4.12%) McAfee
3 4 (4.12%) SAP
4 3 (3.09%) ForeScout
4 3 (3.09%) Okta
5 2 (2.06%) AlgoSec
5 2 (2.06%) Oracle
5 2 (2.06%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.03%) BT
6 1 (1.03%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.03%) Cognos
6 1 (1.03%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.03%) Qualys
6 1 (1.03%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.03%) Remedy
6 1 (1.03%) Symantec
6 1 (1.03%) Veeam
6 1 (1.03%) VMware