Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Consultant daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 356 336
Rank change year-on-year -17 -20 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 281 156 195
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.56% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.61% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 115 129
10th Percentile £413 £420 £425
25th Percentile £464 £492 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% -1.30% +4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £675 £675
90th Percentile £663 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £556 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +1.09% -4.35% +5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 0
10th Percentile - £27.93 -
25th Percentile £61.13 £28.52 -
Median hourly rate £76.50 £31.49 -
Median % change year-on-year +142.93% - -
75th Percentile £78.78 £60.36 -
90th Percentile £104.00 £76.49 -
UK median hourly rate £76.50 £31.49 -
% change year-on-year +142.93% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 42,792 25,414 30,698
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 91.34% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,591 16,383 19,325
10th Percentile £325 £281 £305
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,397 1,362 1,531
10th Percentile £14.96 £13.75 £14.56
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -47.05% +6.15%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.99 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.95 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Security Consultant job vacancy trend in England

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 12 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 12 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Consultant in England

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 Security Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 12 September 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
London -35 113 £575 +8.24% 90
North of England -32 54 £550 +4.76% 17
South West -26 39 £556 -17.63% 14
South East -51 37 £550 - 16
North West -25 33 £494 -5.95% 11
Midlands -32 25 £500 -21.57% 5
West Midlands -34 21 £475 -26.92% 5
Yorkshire -25 20 £563 +14.33% 1
East Midlands -14 4 £500 +25.00%
East of England -21 3 £600 -29.41% 4
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 England region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 128 (45.55%) Cybersecurity
2 87 (30.96%) Security Cleared
3 74 (26.33%) SC Cleared
4 53 (18.86%) NIST
5 48 (17.08%) Azure
6 47 (16.73%) Microsoft
7 46 (16.37%) Stakeholder Management
8 40 (14.23%) Vulnerability Management
9 38 (13.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 38 (13.52%) Risk Management
10 37 (13.17%) CISSP
11 36 (12.81%) AWS
11 36 (12.81%) Information Security
12 35 (12.46%) Application Security
13 33 (11.74%) Cloud Security
14 32 (11.39%) GRC
15 29 (10.32%) Cryptography
16 27 (9.61%) CISM
16 27 (9.61%) Network Security
16 27 (9.61%) Roadmaps
16 27 (9.61%) Threat Modelling
17 26 (9.25%) Incident Management
18 25 (8.90%) Security Management
19 24 (8.54%) SAP
20 23 (8.19%) Firewall
21 22 (7.83%) Microsoft Exchange
21 22 (7.83%) SAP Security
21 22 (7.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 21 (7.47%) Penetration Testing
22 21 (7.47%) Problem-Solving

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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (7.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.20%) Confluence
3 3 (1.07%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 20 (7.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.91%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 48 (17.08%) Azure
2 36 (12.81%) AWS
3 19 (6.76%) GCP
4 12 (4.27%) Entra ID
5 11 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.85%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (2.49%) SuccessFactors
8 5 (1.78%) OCI
9 4 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.71%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (0.71%) Azure Databricks
10 2 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.71%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.71%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (0.71%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.71%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.71%) SaaS
10 2 (0.71%) Serverless
11 1 (0.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (9.61%) Network Security
2 23 (8.19%) Firewall
3 9 (3.20%) WAN
4 7 (2.49%) BGP
4 7 (2.49%) VPN
5 5 (1.78%) IPsec
5 5 (1.78%) MPLS
6 4 (1.42%) DNS
6 4 (1.42%) Ethernet VPN
6 4 (1.42%) LAN
6 4 (1.42%) X.509
7 3 (1.07%) NGFW
7 3 (1.07%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.07%) VLAN
8 2 (0.71%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.71%) EIGRP
8 2 (0.71%) HTTP
8 2 (0.71%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.71%) OSPF
8 2 (0.71%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.69%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.71%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (2.85%) JIRA
2 3 (1.07%) Git
3 2 (0.71%) MSI
4 1 (0.36%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.36%) GitLab
4 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.36%) Snyk
4 1 (0.36%) SonarQube
General
1 59 (21.00%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.32%) Finance
3 15 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.63%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.27%) Banking
6 10 (3.56%) Financial Institution
7 8 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.49%) Legal
9 6 (2.14%) Aviation
10 5 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.42%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.42%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.71%) German Language
12 2 (0.71%) Law
12 2 (0.71%) Retail
13 1 (0.36%) Advertising
13 1 (0.36%) Electronics
13 1 (0.36%) Military
13 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.27%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (2.14%) Terraform
3 5 (1.78%) RESTful
3 5 (1.78%) SLSA
4 4 (1.42%) OAuth
4 4 (1.42%) REST
4 4 (1.42%) SAML
5 3 (1.07%) JSON
6 2 (0.71%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.36%) Itk
7 1 (0.36%) Model Context Protocol
7 1 (0.36%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.90%) Operational Technology
2 17 (6.05%) Security Posture
3 11 (3.91%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.85%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.14%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.78%) AI Agents
6 5 (1.78%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.42%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.42%) CMDB
7 4 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.42%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.07%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (0.71%) BYOD
9 2 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.71%) SCADA
10 1 (0.36%) Life Science
10 1 (0.36%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.36%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.76%) Windows
2 15 (5.34%) Linux
3 2 (0.71%) Android
3 2 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.71%) Unix
4 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (45.55%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (16.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 40 (14.23%) Vulnerability Management
4 38 (13.52%) Risk Management
5 36 (12.81%) Information Security
6 35 (12.46%) Application Security
7 33 (11.74%) Cloud Security
8 29 (10.32%) Cryptography
9 27 (9.61%) Roadmaps
9 27 (9.61%) Threat Modelling
10 26 (9.25%) Incident Management
11 25 (8.90%) Security Management
12 22 (7.83%) SAP Security
12 22 (7.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 21 (7.47%) Penetration Testing
13 21 (7.47%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (7.47%) Security Architecture
14 20 (7.12%) Security Operations
15 19 (6.76%) Incident Response
16 18 (6.41%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.20%) Kusto Query Language
2 6 (2.14%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.14%) Python
3 2 (0.71%) Bash
3 2 (0.71%) Java
Qualifications
1 87 (30.96%) Security Cleared
2 74 (26.33%) SC Cleared
3 37 (13.17%) CISSP
4 27 (9.61%) CISM
5 17 (6.05%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (5.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 13 (4.63%) Degree
8 12 (4.27%) CCSP
9 10 (3.56%) CompTIA Security+
9 10 (3.56%) DV Cleared
10 9 (3.20%) CEH
11 8 (2.85%) OSCP
12 7 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (2.14%) CRISC
13 6 (2.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 6 (2.14%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (1.78%) CCSK
14 5 (1.78%) ISACA
15 4 (1.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 3 (1.07%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (18.86%) NIST
2 38 (13.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (11.39%) GRC
4 20 (7.12%) NCSC
5 16 (5.69%) PCI DSS
6 12 (4.27%) GDPR
7 9 (3.20%) QA
8 7 (2.49%) COBIT
9 5 (1.78%) SLA
10 4 (1.42%) Data Quality
10 4 (1.42%) Def Stans
10 4 (1.42%) NIST 800
11 3 (1.07%) JSP 440
11 3 (1.07%) RMADS
12 2 (0.71%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.71%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.71%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 8 (2.85%) IAG
2 5 (1.78%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.07%) Docker
4 2 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.36%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.36%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (2.85%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.78%) SCCM
3 4 (1.42%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.07%) Ansible
5 2 (0.71%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.36%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 47 (16.73%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.54%) SAP
3 10 (3.56%) Cisco
4 9 (3.20%) Palo Alto
5 8 (2.85%) CyberArk
6 7 (2.49%) Zscaler
7 6 (2.14%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.78%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.42%) Splunk
10 3 (1.07%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.07%) F5
10 3 (1.07%) Google
10 3 (1.07%) Okta
10 3 (1.07%) Tanium
10 3 (1.07%) Tenable
11 2 (0.71%) Blue Coat
11 2 (0.71%) Juniper
11 2 (0.71%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.71%) VMware