Information Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Information Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Information Security Consultant daily rate in England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 499 528
Rank change year-on-year -10 +29 +173
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Consultant 10 18 57
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.034% 0.058% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.062% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 47
10th Percentile £481 £432 £500
25th Percentile £500 £500 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £595
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -7.56% +2.15%
75th Percentile £713 £644 £694
90th Percentile £750 £714 £770
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £27.93 - -
25th Percentile £28.52 - -
Median hourly rate £31.49 - -
75th Percentile £60.36 - -
90th Percentile £76.49 - -
UK median hourly rate £31.49 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 26,471 29,059 37,508
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.10% 92.99% 93.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,990 17,759 26,073
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,532 1,117 1,420
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.10 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.50 £21.22 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -39.40% -9.55% +55.53%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.96 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.14 £45.00
% change year-on-year -34.05% -15.26% +62.28%

Information Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Information Security Consultant job vacancy trend in England

Information Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Security Consultant job vacancies in England

Information Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Consultant in England

Information Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Security Consultant job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Security Consultant job vacancies in England

Information Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Security Consultant in England

Information Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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
London +5 5 £500 -9.09% 1
South East +11 2 £750 +80.72% 1
East of England - 2 - - 1
South West +3 1 £650 +15.56%
Information Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 October 2025, Information 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 England region featuring Information Security Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (40.00%) NIST
3 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (30.00%) CISM
4 3 (30.00%) CISSP
4 3 (30.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (30.00%) GDPR
4 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
5 2 (20.00%) AWS
5 2 (20.00%) COBIT
5 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (20.00%) Information Assurance
5 2 (20.00%) ITIL
5 2 (20.00%) NCSC
5 2 (20.00%) OSCP
5 2 (20.00%) OWASP
5 2 (20.00%) PCI DSS
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (10.00%) Agile
6 1 (10.00%) Azure
6 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Police
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) Information Assurance
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) OWASP
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
5 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) CISM
1 3 (30.00%) CISSP
2 2 (20.00%) OSCP
3 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (10.00%) CISA
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (40.00%) NIST
3 3 (30.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (30.00%) GDPR
4 2 (20.00%) COBIT
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (20.00%) NCSC
4 2 (20.00%) PCI DSS
5 1 (10.00%) GRC
5 1 (10.00%) JSP 440
5 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle
1 1 (10.00%) Planview
1 1 (10.00%) Salesforce