Security Consultant Contracts in the Midlands

Security Consultant
England > Midlands

The median Security Consultant daily rate in the Midlands is £545 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 145 193
Rank change year-on-year +24 +48 -45
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 11 18 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.40% 0.53% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.56% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 10
10th Percentile - £493 £435
25th Percentile £468 £509 £539
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -12.00% +28.21%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £788
90th Percentile £638 £625 £813
England median daily rate £618 £600 £556
% change year-on-year +2.92% +7.87% +1.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,525 3,237 4,820
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 94.65% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,706 2,279 3,531
10th Percentile £213 £220 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £462
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +2.93% +15.38%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £680 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 127 170
10th Percentile £11.86 £12.30 £10.69
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.17 £14.37
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +14.42% +15.08%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.25 £22.08
90th Percentile £52.56 £60.50 £34.55
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the Midlands

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in the Midlands

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in the Midlands

Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Consultant in the Midlands

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 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
West Midlands +19 11 £545 -0.91% 4
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 Midlands region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) SAP
2 6 (54.55%) SAP BW
2 6 (54.55%) SAP Security
3 4 (36.36%) Cloud Security
3 4 (36.36%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (36.36%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) Test Management
4 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (18.18%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (18.18%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (18.18%) NCSC
5 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
5 2 (18.18%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (18.18%) ISMS
5 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
5 2 (18.18%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (18.18%) SAP GRC
5 2 (18.18%) CISM
5 2 (18.18%) Information Security
5 2 (18.18%) CISSP
5 2 (18.18%) Information Security Management
5 2 (18.18%) Security Management
6 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
6 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
6 1 (9.09%) Law
6 1 (9.09%) Oracle
6 1 (9.09%) Project Management

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) SAP GRC
1 2 (18.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (9.09%) SAP BPC
2 1 (9.09%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) SAP BW
2 1 (9.09%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Law
2 1 (9.09%) Police
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (9.09%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) SAP Security
2 4 (36.36%) Cloud Security
2 4 (36.36%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (36.36%) Test Management
2 4 (36.36%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
4 2 (18.18%) Information Security
4 2 (18.18%) Information Security Management
4 2 (18.18%) ISMS
4 2 (18.18%) Security Management
5 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (9.09%) ERP
5 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
5 1 (9.09%) Project Management
5 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
5 1 (9.09%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) CISM
2 2 (18.18%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Government Security Classifications
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (18.18%) NCSC
2 1 (9.09%) GRC
2 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Concur
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle