Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in Central London

Security Consultant
London > Central London

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Central London is £580, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 124 111
Rank change year-on-year -9 -13 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 14 6 19
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.55% 0.30% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.32% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 13
10th Percentile £455 £390 £453
25th Percentile £509 £469 £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £555 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% -3.48% +6.48%
75th Percentile £628 £645 £765
90th Percentile £638 £753 £870
London median daily rate £570 £525 £576
% change year-on-year +8.57% -8.89% +6.71%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 2,382 1,854 2,185
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 93.07% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,620 1,243 1,455
10th Percentile £356 £317 £363
25th Percentile £455 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £668 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £788
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 30 21
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.69 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.00 £23.13
Median hourly rate £23.58 £28.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.75% +4.91% -23.94%
75th Percentile £45.37 £41.81 £61.25
90th Percentile £64.88 £63.93 £137.50
London median hourly rate £37.50 £29.54 £33.29
% change year-on-year +26.97% -11.27% -11.24%

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 26 August 2026.

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 26 August 2026. 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 -9 9 £600 +8.11% 8
City of Westminster - 2 £513 -
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £525 -
West End of London - 1 £585 - 1
Security Consultant
London

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

For the 6 months to 26 August 2026, 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 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) Azure
2 5 (35.71%) Incident Response
3 3 (21.43%) Business Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (21.43%) Data Engineering
3 3 (21.43%) Data Governance
3 3 (21.43%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (21.43%) Databricks
3 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (21.43%) NIST
3 3 (21.43%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (14.29%) BGP
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco
4 2 (14.29%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 2 (14.29%) Firewall
4 2 (14.29%) GRC
4 2 (14.29%) High Availability
4 2 (14.29%) IAG
4 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 2 (14.29%) ISMS
4 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (14.29%) Migration
4 2 (14.29%) Network Security
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving

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 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) SAP GRC
1 2 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) BGP
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (7.14%) DKIM
2 1 (7.14%) DMARC
2 1 (7.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SAP BW
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Incident Response
2 3 (21.43%) Business Strategy
2 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (21.43%) Data Engineering
2 3 (21.43%) Data Governance
2 3 (21.43%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (21.43%) Security Monitoring
2 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (14.29%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 2 (14.29%) High Availability
3 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 2 (14.29%) ISMS
3 2 (14.29%) Migration
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Security
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) CCIE
1 1 (7.14%) CCIE Routing and Switching
1 1 (7.14%) CCIE Security
1 1 (7.14%) CISA
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) NIST
2 2 (14.29%) GRC
2 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 1 (7.14%) GDPR
3 1 (7.14%) NCSC
3 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) IAG
2 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Databricks
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco
3 2 (14.29%) SAP
3 2 (14.29%) Zscaler
4 1 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (7.14%) CyberArk
4 1 (7.14%) Okta