Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Consultant daily rate in England is £568, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 339 341
Rank change year-on-year -30 +2 +140
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 151 183 255
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.51% 0.59% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.63% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 112 176
10th Percentile £445 £463 £444
25th Percentile £469 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% - -7.18%
75th Percentile £675 £678 £688
90th Percentile £750 £765 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £570 £565
% change year-on-year -3.51% +0.88% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £28.12 £71.54 £53.70
25th Percentile £29.02 £72.08 £59.25
Median hourly rate £48.25 £73.56 £68.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.42% +7.39% -5.52%
75th Percentile £76.19 £74.45 £77.75
90th Percentile £82.83 £74.63 £83.30
UK median hourly rate £48.25 £73.56 £68.50
% change year-on-year -34.42% +7.39% -5.52%

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 26,862 28,918 36,986
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 93.00% 93.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,264 17,647 25,665
10th Percentile £281 £300 £300
25th Percentile £404 £413 £418
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 £749 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,582 1,089 1,403
10th Percentile £14.09 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £21.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% -12.11% +52.93%
75th Percentile £51.44 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.03% -17.78% +55.71%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 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 -35 64 £538 -6.93% 80
South East -1 27 £495 -13.91% 74
South West +22 23 £675 +3.85% 21
North of England -49 15 £492 -12.92% 10
North West -30 10 £502 -8.68% 6
Midlands -30 8 £638 +15.91% 7
East of England -12 7 £750 +9.09% 1
West Midlands -22 7 £650 +26.21% 5
Yorkshire -30 4 £484 -28.37% 4
East Midlands - 1 £400 - 1
North East - 1 £600 -
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, 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 61 (40.40%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (31.13%) Security Cleared
3 42 (27.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (26.49%) CISSP
5 39 (25.83%) Risk Management
6 37 (24.50%) Cloud Security
6 37 (24.50%) NIST
7 33 (21.85%) CISM
8 27 (17.88%) SC Cleared
9 25 (16.56%) Microsoft
10 23 (15.23%) Incident Response
10 23 (15.23%) Information Security
11 21 (13.91%) AWS
12 20 (13.25%) DV Cleared
13 19 (12.58%) AI
13 19 (12.58%) SIEM
13 19 (12.58%) Threat Modelling
14 17 (11.26%) Azure
14 17 (11.26%) Security Architecture
15 16 (10.60%) Firewall
16 15 (9.93%) Roadmaps
17 14 (9.27%) GCP
17 14 (9.27%) Identity Access Management
17 14 (9.27%) Network Security
17 14 (9.27%) RMADS
17 14 (9.27%) Stakeholder Management
18 13 (8.61%) Agile
18 13 (8.61%) Security Operations
19 12 (7.95%) GDPR
19 12 (7.95%) Regulatory Compliance

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 2 (1.32%) Confluence
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Oracle CRM
1 2 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.66%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 21 (13.91%) AWS
2 17 (11.26%) Azure
3 14 (9.27%) GCP
4 7 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (3.97%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (3.97%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (3.31%) SaaS
7 4 (2.65%) OCI
8 3 (1.99%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.32%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.32%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (1.32%) IaaS
9 2 (1.32%) PaaS
10 1 (0.66%) Akamai
10 1 (0.66%) Amazon Macie
10 1 (0.66%) AWS Control Tower
10 1 (0.66%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.66%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.60%) Firewall
2 14 (9.27%) Network Security
3 5 (3.31%) DNS
4 4 (2.65%) VPN
5 3 (1.99%) DHCP
5 3 (1.99%) SSL
6 2 (1.32%) Ethernet
6 2 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.32%) Modbus
7 1 (0.66%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.66%) NAS
7 1 (0.66%) NGFW
7 1 (0.66%) SAN
7 1 (0.66%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.66%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.66%) Power BI
1 1 (0.66%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.32%) JIRA
2 1 (0.66%) SonarQube
General
1 40 (26.49%) Social Skills
2 36 (23.84%) Finance
3 23 (15.23%) Public Sector
4 13 (8.61%) Telecoms
5 11 (7.28%) Manufacturing
6 10 (6.62%) Electronics
6 10 (6.62%) Marketing
7 8 (5.30%) Legal
8 7 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (3.31%) Local Government
10 2 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.32%) Police
11 1 (0.66%) Banking
11 1 (0.66%) Law
11 1 (0.66%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.65%) LDAP
2 2 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.66%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.66%) JWT
3 1 (0.66%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.89%) Security Posture
2 7 (4.64%) Operational Technology
3 6 (3.97%) PKI
4 4 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.65%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.99%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.99%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.99%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (1.99%) Taxonomies
6 2 (1.32%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.32%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.32%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 2 (1.32%) IoT
6 2 (1.32%) NHS
6 2 (1.32%) SCADA
7 1 (0.66%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.65%) Windows
2 3 (1.99%) Linux
3 1 (0.66%) CentOS
3 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.66%) Unix
3 1 (0.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (40.40%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (25.83%) Risk Management
3 37 (24.50%) Cloud Security
4 23 (15.23%) Incident Response
4 23 (15.23%) Information Security
5 19 (12.58%) AI
5 19 (12.58%) SIEM
5 19 (12.58%) Threat Modelling
6 17 (11.26%) Security Architecture
7 15 (9.93%) Roadmaps
8 14 (9.27%) Identity Access Management
8 14 (9.27%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (8.61%) Agile
9 13 (8.61%) Security Operations
10 12 (7.95%) Regulatory Compliance
10 12 (7.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (7.28%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (7.28%) Data Protection
11 11 (7.28%) DevSecOps
12 10 (6.62%) Cyber Resilience
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.97%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.31%) Python
3 4 (2.65%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.32%) Bash
4 2 (1.32%) Bicep
5 1 (0.66%) C
5 1 (0.66%) C++
5 1 (0.66%) R
5 1 (0.66%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (31.13%) Security Cleared
2 40 (26.49%) CISSP
3 33 (21.85%) CISM
4 27 (17.88%) SC Cleared
5 20 (13.25%) DV Cleared
6 9 (5.96%) CESG Certified Professional
7 6 (3.97%) Degree
7 6 (3.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (2.65%) CLAS
8 4 (2.65%) CRISC
9 3 (1.99%) CEH
9 3 (1.99%) CISA
9 3 (1.99%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.32%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.32%) GIAC
10 2 (1.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (1.32%) OSCP
10 2 (1.32%) SANS
11 1 (0.66%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (27.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (24.50%) NIST
3 14 (9.27%) RMADS
4 12 (7.95%) GDPR
5 10 (6.62%) NCSC
6 8 (5.30%) GRC
7 7 (4.64%) NIST 800
8 6 (3.97%) COBIT
8 6 (3.97%) JSP 440
8 6 (3.97%) PCI DSS
9 5 (3.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 4 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.99%) EU AI Act
12 2 (1.32%) COSO
12 2 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.66%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.66%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.65%) CASB
2 3 (1.99%) Terraform
3 2 (1.32%) Ansible
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.66%) Istio
4 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.66%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.66%) SCCM
4 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.66%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (16.56%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.95%) SAP
3 10 (6.62%) Splunk
4 8 (5.30%) CrowdStrike
4 8 (5.30%) Google
5 6 (3.97%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.31%) Cisco
6 5 (3.31%) Oracle
7 4 (2.65%) CyberArk
7 4 (2.65%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.99%) Broadcom
8 3 (1.99%) Symantec
9 2 (1.32%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.32%) ExtraHop
9 2 (1.32%) FireEye
9 2 (1.32%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.32%) McAfee
9 2 (1.32%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.32%) Tenable
9 2 (1.32%) Trend Micro