Security Consultant Contracts in the City of London

Security Consultant
Central London > City of London

The median Security Consultant daily rate in the City of London is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 100 158
Rank change year-on-year -21 +58 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 2 27 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.11% 1.23% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 1.30% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 21 16
10th Percentile £381 £510 £500
25th Percentile £447 £563 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £650 £520
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% +25.00% -5.45%
75th Percentile £722 £775 £653
90th Percentile £784 £875 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £650 £520
% change year-on-year -15.38% +25.00% -5.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,634 2,084 3,467
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 95.07% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,026 1,480 2,358
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £561 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% -6.46% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £588
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.38% +4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 23
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.64
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.67%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the City of London

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in the City of London

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in the City of London

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 City of London region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) ISMS
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (50.00%) Workday
1 1 (50.00%) Post-Production
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response

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

Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (50.00%) ISMS
1 1 (50.00%) Post-Production
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Workday