Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Security Consultant
Central London > City of Westminster

The median Security Consultant daily rate in the City of Westminster is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 3.45% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.77% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £501 - -
25th Percentile £503 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £528 - -
90th Percentile £534 - -
Central London median daily rate £613 £550 £688
% change year-on-year +11.36% -20.00% +30.95%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of Westminster. 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 Westminster with a recognized job title 53 37 51
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.38% 92.50% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 31 37
10th Percentile £350 £375 £380
25th Percentile £420 £409 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £641 £634 £688
90th Percentile £719 £675 £799
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.11 - -
Median hourly rate £39.56 - £40.00
75th Percentile £55.56 - -
90th Percentile £57.48 - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £28.15 £27.00
% change year-on-year -5.67% +4.26% -22.86%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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 the City of Westminster.

Security Consultant job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies in the City of Westminster.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies in the City of Westminster

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

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 City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
Paddington - 2 £513 -
Security Consultant
Central London

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 City of Westminster region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) DKIM
2 1 (50.00%) DMARC
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DKIM
1 1 (50.00%) DMARC
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler