Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in Central London

Security Consultant
London > Central London

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Central London is £624, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 117 124
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 6 19 29
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.32% 0.81% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.86% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 23
10th Percentile £534 £488 £502
25th Percentile £567 £525 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £624 £578 £540
Median % change year-on-year +7.97% +6.94% -16.92%
75th Percentile £703 £813 £638
90th Percentile £776 £860 £688
London median daily rate £538 £576 £540
% change year-on-year -6.72% +6.71% -12.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,745 2,198 2,934
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 93.53% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,199 1,388 2,043
10th Percentile £325 £363 £345
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 25 15
10th Percentile £17.25 £21.55 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.63 £27.00 £19.13
Median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.76% -2.78% -13.25%
75th Percentile £35.88 £78.75 £47.75
90th Percentile £63.05 £127.30 £62.25
London median hourly rate £26.54 £37.50 £40.17
% change year-on-year -29.24% -6.64% +23.58%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Security Consultant job vacancy trend in Central London

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies 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 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in Central London

Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies 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 19 October 2025. 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 -6 6 £624 +7.97% 5
Security Consultant
London

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, Security Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Information Security
1 3 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) AI
3 1 (16.67%) Application Security
3 1 (16.67%) Attestation
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) CISSP
3 1 (16.67%) COBIT
3 1 (16.67%) Confluence
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) COSO
3 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) EU AI Act
3 1 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (16.67%) Generative AI

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
1 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) NHS
2 1 (16.67%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Information Security
1 3 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Application Security
3 1 (16.67%) Attestation
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Generative AI
3 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) LLM
3 1 (16.67%) Post-Production
3 1 (16.67%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) COBIT
2 1 (16.67%) COSO
2 1 (16.67%) EU AI Act
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Workday