Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Security Consultant
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Edinburgh is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - +26
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 7 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.98% - 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% - 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £450
75th Percentile £844 - £494
90th Percentile £878 - £520
Scotland median daily rate £675 £400 £539
% change year-on-year +68.75% -25.79% +21.53%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 672 577 788
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 90.72% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 294 413
10th Percentile £238 £272 £200
25th Percentile £405 £413 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £540 £538
90th Percentile £614 £600 £619
Scotland median daily rate £463 £463 £450
% change year-on-year - +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 18 37
10th Percentile £15.81 - £13.58
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.30 £16.37
Median hourly rate £61.00 £42.51 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year +43.50% +132.66% +3.10%
75th Percentile £68.75 £64.06 £23.89
90th Percentile £70.63 £75.00 £36.51
Scotland median hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £18.27
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.47% +3.10%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Security Consultant job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies in Edinburgh

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 Edinburgh region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) AWS
2 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Network Security
4 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 2 (28.57%) BIG-IP
4 2 (28.57%) CCSK
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco
4 2 (28.57%) CISSP
4 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
4 2 (28.57%) Data Management
4 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
4 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 2 (28.57%) F5
4 2 (28.57%) Firewall
4 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) GCP
4 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (28.57%) NGFW
4 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
4 2 (28.57%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (28.57%) Python
4 2 (28.57%) SaaS
4 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Splunk
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) AI

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) AWS
2 5 (71.43%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 2 (28.57%) GCP
3 2 (28.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Network Security
2 2 (28.57%) BIG-IP
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) NGFW
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (14.29%) AI Agents
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
2 2 (28.57%) Data Management
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
2 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (28.57%) Information Security
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (28.57%) Privileged Access Management
2 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) AI
3 1 (14.29%) BCP
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 1 (14.29%) Cryptography
3 1 (14.29%) Data Security
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CCSK
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
1 2 (28.57%) F5
1 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
1 2 (28.57%) Splunk
2 1 (14.29%) Foundry
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) OpenAI