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 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 358 344
Rank change year-on-year -20 -14 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 258 141 224
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.52% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.56% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 106 158
10th Percentile £413 £418 £455
25th Percentile £475 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £571 £585
Median % change year-on-year -3.72% -2.35% -1.68%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £684
90th Percentile £695 £731 £800
UK median daily rate £563 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +2.27% -5.98% +6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile - £27.93 -
25th Percentile £61.13 £28.52 -
Median hourly rate £62.25 £31.49 -
Median % change year-on-year +97.68% - -
75th Percentile £73.53 £60.36 -
90th Percentile £104.00 £76.49 -
UK median hourly rate £62.25 £31.49 -
% change year-on-year +97.68% - -

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 41,413 25,002 33,620
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 91.90% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,306 16,263 22,078
10th Percentile £325 £293 £300
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,966 1,234 2,327
10th Percentile £16.01 £13.75 £13.25
25th Percentile £22.26 £17.87 £17.72
Median hourly rate £45.56 £27.70 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.46% -30.75% -6.98%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.12 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.03 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £44.50 £25.31 £40.00
% change year-on-year +75.82% -36.73% -5.88%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -42 106 £538 - 30
North of England -34 49 £532 -3.27% 12
North West -23 32 £475 -13.64% 7
Midlands -33 32 £563 -13.46% 10
South East -64 30 £563 +2.27% 13
West Midlands -38 28 £563 -16.67% 8
South West -31 24 £578 -7.52% 15
Yorkshire -27 17 £550 +4.76% 4
East of England -19 6 £663 +20.45% 6
East Midlands -11 4 £500 +25.00% 2
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 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.

1 115 (44.57%) Cybersecurity
2 79 (30.62%) Security Cleared
3 63 (24.42%) SC Cleared
4 55 (21.32%) NIST
5 54 (20.93%) Information Security
6 46 (17.83%) CISSP
6 46 (17.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 37 (14.34%) Microsoft
8 36 (13.95%) Azure
9 35 (13.57%) Vulnerability Management
10 34 (13.18%) Risk Management
11 33 (12.79%) CISM
12 30 (11.63%) Application Security
13 29 (11.24%) AWS
14 27 (10.47%) GRC
14 27 (10.47%) Penetration Testing
14 27 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (10.47%) Threat Modelling
15 25 (9.69%) Cloud Security
15 25 (9.69%) Cryptography
15 25 (9.69%) Security Operations
16 22 (8.53%) DevSecOps
17 21 (8.14%) Agile
17 21 (8.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 20 (7.75%) PCI DSS
18 20 (7.75%) Security Architecture
18 20 (7.75%) Security Testing
19 19 (7.36%) Degree
19 19 (7.36%) NCSC
19 19 (7.36%) Network Security

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 11 (4.26%) Confluence
2 3 (1.16%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (3.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.71%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 36 (13.95%) Azure
2 29 (11.24%) AWS
3 17 (6.59%) GCP
4 12 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.33%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (1.16%) OCI
6 3 (1.16%) Serverless
7 2 (0.78%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (0.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (0.78%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (0.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.78%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.78%) SaaS
7 2 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.39%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.36%) Network Security
2 15 (5.81%) Firewall
3 6 (2.33%) WAN
4 5 (1.94%) HTTP
5 4 (1.55%) BGP
5 4 (1.55%) VPN
6 3 (1.16%) LAN
7 2 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.78%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.78%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (0.78%) IPsec
7 2 (0.78%) MPLS
7 2 (0.78%) NGFW
7 2 (0.78%) OSPF
7 2 (0.78%) VXLAN
8 1 (0.39%) DKIM
8 1 (0.39%) DMARC
8 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.39%) SSH
8 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.94%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.39%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (3.88%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) Git
General
1 54 (20.93%) Social Skills
2 28 (10.85%) Finance
3 17 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.04%) Public Sector
5 6 (2.33%) Aviation
5 6 (2.33%) Financial Institution
6 5 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (1.94%) Legal
7 4 (1.55%) Banking
8 2 (0.78%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.78%) Law
8 2 (0.78%) Retail
9 1 (0.39%) Advertising
9 1 (0.39%) Electronics
9 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.39%) Police
9 1 (0.39%) Publishing
9 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.49%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (2.33%) RESTful
3 3 (1.16%) SLSA
4 2 (0.78%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.39%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.39%) OAuth
5 1 (0.39%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.39%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.14%) Security Posture
2 15 (5.81%) Operational Technology
3 11 (4.26%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.88%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.71%) AI Agents
5 7 (2.71%) Private Cloud
6 5 (1.94%) BYOD
6 5 (1.94%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.55%) PKI
7 4 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.16%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.16%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.78%) SCADA
10 1 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.39%) CSOC
10 1 (0.39%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.39%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.39%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.59%) Windows
2 14 (5.43%) Linux
3 2 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.39%) Android
4 1 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (44.57%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (20.93%) Information Security
3 35 (13.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 34 (13.18%) Risk Management
5 30 (11.63%) Application Security
6 27 (10.47%) Penetration Testing
6 27 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (10.47%) Threat Modelling
7 25 (9.69%) Cloud Security
7 25 (9.69%) Cryptography
7 25 (9.69%) Security Operations
8 22 (8.53%) DevSecOps
9 21 (8.14%) Agile
9 21 (8.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (7.75%) Security Architecture
10 20 (7.75%) Security Testing
11 19 (7.36%) Security Management
12 18 (6.98%) Roadmaps
13 15 (5.81%) Incident Response
13 15 (5.81%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.10%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (1.94%) Python
3 3 (1.16%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.78%) Bash
4 2 (0.78%) Java
Qualifications
1 79 (30.62%) Security Cleared
2 63 (24.42%) SC Cleared
3 46 (17.83%) CISSP
4 33 (12.79%) CISM
5 19 (7.36%) Degree
6 16 (6.20%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (6.20%) DV Cleared
7 15 (5.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 13 (5.04%) CEH
9 12 (4.65%) CCSP
10 10 (3.88%) OSCP
11 6 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (2.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (1.55%) CCSK
12 4 (1.55%) CISA
13 3 (1.16%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.16%) CRISC
13 3 (1.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 2 (0.78%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (21.32%) NIST
2 46 (17.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (10.47%) GRC
4 20 (7.75%) PCI DSS
5 19 (7.36%) NCSC
6 13 (5.04%) GDPR
7 10 (3.88%) COBIT
8 9 (3.49%) QA
9 5 (1.94%) JSP 440
9 5 (1.94%) RMADS
9 5 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (1.16%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.78%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.78%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.78%) ITGC
12 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.39%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 5 (1.94%) IAG
2 3 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.78%) Docker
3 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.39%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.39%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (2.33%) Kubernetes
1 6 (2.33%) Terraform
2 2 (0.78%) FortiGate
2 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.78%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.78%) SCCM
2 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.39%) Ansible
Vendors
1 37 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.26%) SAP
3 8 (3.10%) Palo Alto
4 6 (2.33%) Splunk
5 4 (1.55%) Cisco
5 4 (1.55%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.55%) Google
5 4 (1.55%) Tenable
6 3 (1.16%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.16%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.16%) Databricks
6 3 (1.16%) Zscaler
7 2 (0.78%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.78%) F5
7 2 (0.78%) Juniper
7 2 (0.78%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.78%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.78%) VMware
8 1 (0.39%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.39%) Thales