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 3 October 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 371 332
Rank change year-on-year -11 -39 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 274 150 195
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.59% 0.54% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.59% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 108 123
10th Percentile £413 £433 £428
25th Percentile £465 £484 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £675
90th Percentile £645 £758 £763
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 3 2
10th Percentile - £27.93 £71.54
25th Percentile £61.13 £28.52 £72.08
Median hourly rate £76.50 £31.49 £73.56
Median % change year-on-year +142.93% -57.19% +5.09%
75th Percentile £78.93 £60.36 £74.45
90th Percentile £104.00 £76.49 £74.63
UK median hourly rate £76.50 £31.49 £73.56
% change year-on-year +142.93% -57.19% +5.09%

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 42,864 25,553 30,182
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 91.19% 93.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,324 16,470 18,510
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.11%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,642 1,405 1,351
10th Percentile £14.59 £13.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -42.71% -4.44%
75th Percentile £67.88 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £42.96
% change year-on-year +65.94% -41.45% -3.47%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -23 116 £563 +7.14% 129
North of England -32 55 £550 +11.79% 58
North West -25 35 £519 +5.44% 33
South East -58 35 £550 +10.00% 67
South West -25 34 £550 -18.52% 43
Midlands -30 26 £500 -21.57% 19
West Midlands -24 22 £500 -23.08% 12
Yorkshire -20 19 £563 +16.34% 15
East Midlands -14 4 £500 +25.00% 7
East of England -29 1 - - 17
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 October 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.

1 133 (48.54%) Cybersecurity
2 85 (31.02%) Security Cleared
3 75 (27.37%) SC Cleared
4 53 (19.34%) NIST
5 52 (18.98%) Vulnerability Management
6 50 (18.25%) Stakeholder Management
7 44 (16.06%) Azure
8 41 (14.96%) Microsoft
9 39 (14.23%) GRC
10 37 (13.50%) Information Security
11 34 (12.41%) AWS
11 34 (12.41%) Cloud Security
12 33 (12.04%) Application Security
13 32 (11.68%) Incident Management
14 31 (11.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 30 (10.95%) CISSP
16 29 (10.58%) Risk Management
17 27 (9.85%) Cryptography
17 27 (9.85%) Network Security
17 27 (9.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 26 (9.49%) NCSC
18 26 (9.49%) Threat Modelling
19 25 (9.12%) Roadmaps
19 25 (9.12%) Security Management
20 22 (8.03%) CISM
20 22 (8.03%) Firewall
20 22 (8.03%) Microsoft Exchange
21 21 (7.66%) DevSecOps
21 21 (7.66%) SAP
22 20 (7.30%) SAP 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 22 (8.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.55%) Confluence
3 2 (0.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 18 (6.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (3.65%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 44 (16.06%) Azure
2 34 (12.41%) AWS
3 19 (6.93%) GCP
4 11 (4.01%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (2.55%) SuccessFactors
8 6 (2.19%) OCI
9 3 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.73%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (0.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.73%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.73%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (0.73%) GitHub
10 2 (0.73%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.73%) SaaS
10 2 (0.73%) Serverless
11 1 (0.36%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (9.85%) Network Security
2 22 (8.03%) Firewall
3 10 (3.65%) WAN
4 7 (2.55%) BGP
4 7 (2.55%) VPN
5 6 (2.19%) IPsec
6 5 (1.82%) LAN
6 5 (1.82%) MPLS
6 5 (1.82%) X.509
7 4 (1.46%) DNS
7 4 (1.46%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (1.09%) NGFW
8 3 (1.09%) SD-WAN
8 3 (1.09%) VLAN
9 2 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.73%) EIGRP
9 2 (0.73%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.73%) OSPF
9 2 (0.73%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.73%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.11%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.73%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (2.19%) JIRA
2 3 (1.09%) Git
3 2 (0.73%) GitLab
3 2 (0.73%) MSI
4 1 (0.36%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.36%) Snyk
4 1 (0.36%) SonarQube
General
1 56 (20.44%) Social Skills
2 27 (9.85%) Finance
3 16 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (5.84%) Public Sector
4 11 (4.01%) Banking
5 10 (3.65%) Financial Institution
6 8 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.55%) Legal
8 6 (2.19%) Aviation
8 6 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.46%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.46%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.73%) German Language
10 2 (0.73%) Retail
11 1 (0.36%) Advertising
11 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.36%) Law
11 1 (0.36%) Military
11 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.65%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (2.19%) Terraform
3 5 (1.82%) OAuth
3 5 (1.82%) SAML
3 5 (1.82%) SLSA
4 4 (1.46%) REST
5 3 (1.09%) JSON
5 3 (1.09%) RESTful
6 2 (0.73%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.36%) Itk
7 1 (0.36%) Model Context Protocol
7 1 (0.36%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.22%) Operational Technology
2 19 (6.93%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.74%) Security Posture
4 7 (2.55%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.19%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.82%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.46%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.46%) CMDB
7 4 (1.46%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.09%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.09%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.36%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.36%) IoT
10 1 (0.36%) Life Science
10 1 (0.36%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.36%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.57%) Windows
2 13 (4.74%) Linux
3 3 (1.09%) Unix
4 2 (0.73%) Android
4 2 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.73%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (48.54%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (18.98%) Vulnerability Management
3 50 (18.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 37 (13.50%) Information Security
5 34 (12.41%) Cloud Security
6 33 (12.04%) Application Security
7 32 (11.68%) Incident Management
8 29 (10.58%) Risk Management
9 27 (9.85%) Cryptography
9 27 (9.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 26 (9.49%) Threat Modelling
11 25 (9.12%) Roadmaps
11 25 (9.12%) Security Management
12 21 (7.66%) DevSecOps
13 20 (7.30%) SAP Security
14 19 (6.93%) CI/CD
14 19 (6.93%) Incident Response
14 19 (6.93%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (6.93%) SIAM
15 18 (6.57%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.28%) Kusto Query Language
2 7 (2.55%) Python
3 6 (2.19%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.73%) Bash
4 2 (0.73%) Java
5 1 (0.36%) CodeQL
Qualifications
1 85 (31.02%) Security Cleared
2 75 (27.37%) SC Cleared
3 30 (10.95%) CISSP
4 22 (8.03%) CISM
5 15 (5.47%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (5.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 10 (3.65%) CCSP
8 9 (3.28%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (2.92%) Degree
10 7 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (2.55%) CRISC
11 6 (2.19%) CEH
11 6 (2.19%) DV Cleared
11 6 (2.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 6 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (2.19%) OSCP
12 5 (1.82%) CCSK
12 5 (1.82%) ISACA
13 4 (1.46%) CISA
13 4 (1.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (19.34%) NIST
2 39 (14.23%) GRC
3 31 (11.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (9.49%) NCSC
5 11 (4.01%) PCI DSS
6 10 (3.65%) GDPR
7 7 (2.55%) QA
8 5 (1.82%) Data Quality
8 5 (1.82%) NIST 800
8 5 (1.82%) SLA
9 4 (1.46%) Def Stans
10 3 (1.09%) COBIT
11 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.73%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.73%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.73%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 6 (2.19%) IAG
2 4 (1.46%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.09%) Docker
4 2 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.36%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.36%) Firmware
5 1 (0.36%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (2.92%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.82%) SCCM
3 4 (1.46%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.09%) Ansible
5 2 (0.73%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.73%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (14.96%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.66%) SAP
3 12 (4.38%) CyberArk
4 10 (3.65%) Cisco
5 9 (3.28%) Palo Alto
6 8 (2.92%) Zscaler
7 6 (2.19%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.82%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.46%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.46%) Splunk
10 3 (1.09%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.09%) F5
10 3 (1.09%) Google
10 3 (1.09%) Okta
10 3 (1.09%) Tanium
10 3 (1.09%) Tenable
11 2 (0.73%) Blue Coat
11 2 (0.73%) Juniper
11 2 (0.73%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.73%) VMware