Cybersecurity Consultant Contracts in the South East

Cybersecurity Consultant
England > South East

The median Cybersecurity Consultant daily rate in the South East is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 206 245
Rank change year-on-year +34 +39 -32
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 24 12 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.43% 0.21% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.22% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 10 7
10th Percentile - £588 £493
25th Percentile £613 £626 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £693 £570
Median % change year-on-year -9.75% +21.49% +3.64%
75th Percentile £675 £763 £638
90th Percentile £688 £813 £913
England median daily rate £625 £640 £613
% change year-on-year -2.34% +4.49% +13.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,099 5,469 7,462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 94.67% 95.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,080 3,816 5,062
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £396 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £491
Median % change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
75th Percentile £616 £610 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 480 242 332
10th Percentile £12.78 £16.86 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.72 £15.91
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.79 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +138.95% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.91 £43.95
90th Percentile £77.04 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the South East

Cybersecurity Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the South East

Cybersecurity Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Consultant in the South East

Cybersecurity Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 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
Hampshire +6 14 £625 -8.76% 2
Thames Valley +23 8 £663 -5.36% 3
Berkshire +2 8 £663 -5.36% 3
Kent - 1 £533 -
Cybersecurity Consultant
England

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Cybersecurity 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 South East region featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (62.50%) Security Cleared
3 12 (50.00%) DV Cleared
4 10 (41.67%) Information Security
4 10 (41.67%) ArcSight
5 9 (37.50%) Identity Access Management
5 9 (37.50%) NIST
5 9 (37.50%) SIEM
5 9 (37.50%) Network Security
6 7 (29.17%) PowerShell
6 7 (29.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (29.17%) Risk Management
6 7 (29.17%) Windows
6 7 (29.17%) Linux
7 6 (25.00%) Information Security Management
7 6 (25.00%) Security Management
7 6 (25.00%) OWASP
7 6 (25.00%) COBIT
7 6 (25.00%) ITIL
7 6 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (25.00%) Data Centre
7 6 (25.00%) Application Security
7 6 (25.00%) GDPR
8 5 (20.83%) Conflict Resolution
8 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
9 4 (16.67%) Project Planning
9 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
9 4 (16.67%) Capacity Management
9 4 (16.67%) ISACA

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (8.33%) AWS
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (37.50%) Network Security
2 1 (4.17%) DNS
2 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.17%) Cyberattack
2 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Linux
1 7 (29.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (41.67%) Information Security
3 9 (37.50%) Identity Access Management
3 9 (37.50%) SIEM
4 7 (29.17%) Risk Management
5 6 (25.00%) Application Security
5 6 (25.00%) Information Security Management
5 6 (25.00%) ITIL
5 6 (25.00%) OWASP
5 6 (25.00%) Security Management
5 6 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (20.83%) Conflict Resolution
6 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (16.67%) Budget Management
7 4 (16.67%) Budgeting
7 4 (16.67%) Capacity Management
7 4 (16.67%) Project Planning
7 4 (16.67%) Roadmaps
8 3 (12.50%) Privileged Access Management
9 2 (8.33%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 12 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) ISACA
3 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (37.50%) NIST
2 6 (25.00%) COBIT
2 6 (25.00%) GDPR
3 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) ArcSight
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.17%) Splunk