Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Consultant daily rate in England is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 363 354
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 256 112 190
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.47% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.51% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 83 147
10th Percentile £413 £405 £468
25th Percentile £485 £500 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £694
90th Percentile £771 £725 £818
UK median daily rate £563 £550 £620
% change year-on-year +2.27% -11.29% +7.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £27.73 -
25th Percentile £61.13 £28.03 -
Median hourly rate £62.25 £29.51 -
Median % change year-on-year +110.95% - -
75th Percentile £63.38 £31.99 -
90th Percentile - £32.88 -
UK median hourly rate £62.25 £29.51 -
% change year-on-year +110.95% - -

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 38,613 22,095 34,042
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.34% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,880 14,635 22,555
10th Percentile £322 £294 £285
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -1.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,705 913 2,522
10th Percentile £15.72 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.07 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.80% -22.48% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.99 £37.18
% change year-on-year +51.84% -24.72% -17.38%

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 29 May 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
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 29 May 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 -22 109 £538 -0.92% 39
North of England -42 38 £514 -6.55% 30
Midlands -35 34 £563 -13.46% 6
West Midlands -39 30 £563 -13.46% 3
North West -12 26 £467 -15.18% 16
South West -13 26 £650 +18.18% 26
South East -44 25 £563 -4.66% 25
Yorkshire -43 12 £550 +4.76% 4
East of England -27 5 £663 +20.45% 2
East Midlands -24 4 £500 - 3
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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.

1 111 (43.36%) Cybersecurity
2 85 (33.20%) Security Cleared
3 71 (27.73%) SC Cleared
4 55 (21.48%) NIST
5 50 (19.53%) CISSP
6 48 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 47 (18.36%) Information Security
8 37 (14.45%) CISM
9 36 (14.06%) Microsoft
9 36 (14.06%) Risk Management
10 35 (13.67%) Azure
11 30 (11.72%) Application Security
11 30 (11.72%) Cloud Security
12 29 (11.33%) AWS
12 29 (11.33%) Threat Modelling
13 25 (9.77%) Penetration Testing
14 23 (8.98%) Agile
14 23 (8.98%) Vulnerability Management
15 21 (8.20%) Cryptography
15 21 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
16 20 (7.81%) DevSecOps
16 20 (7.81%) DV Cleared
16 20 (7.81%) GRC
16 20 (7.81%) PCI DSS
16 20 (7.81%) Roadmaps
16 20 (7.81%) Security Operations
17 19 (7.42%) Security Architecture
17 19 (7.42%) Security Testing
18 18 (7.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 17 (6.64%) Degree

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 9 (3.52%) Confluence
2 2 (0.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.34%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 35 (13.67%) Azure
2 29 (11.33%) AWS
3 16 (6.25%) GCP
4 8 (3.13%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (0.78%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (0.78%) OCI
6 2 (0.78%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.78%) Serverless
6 2 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.39%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.39%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.39%) GitHub
7 1 (0.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.39%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.47%) Network Security
2 12 (4.69%) Firewall
3 5 (1.95%) HTTP
4 4 (1.56%) Kerberos
4 4 (1.56%) VPN
5 3 (1.17%) WAN
6 2 (0.78%) EIGRP
6 2 (0.78%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.78%) IPsec
6 2 (0.78%) LAN
6 2 (0.78%) MPLS
6 2 (0.78%) NGFW
6 2 (0.78%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.39%) BGP
7 1 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.39%) OSPF
7 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.39%) SSL
7 1 (0.39%) VLAN
7 1 (0.39%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.56%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.39%) EDRMS
2 1 (0.39%) Power BI
2 1 (0.39%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (3.52%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.39%) Git
2 1 (0.39%) SonarQube
General
1 47 (18.36%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.55%) Finance
3 14 (5.47%) Public Sector
4 13 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.73%) Banking
6 6 (2.34%) Legal
7 4 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.17%) Electronics
8 3 (1.17%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.17%) Law
8 3 (1.17%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.17%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.78%) Marketing
9 2 (0.78%) Retail
10 1 (0.39%) Advertising
10 1 (0.39%) Aviation
10 1 (0.39%) Police
10 1 (0.39%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.13%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (2.34%) RESTful
3 4 (1.56%) LDAP
4 3 (1.17%) SLSA
5 2 (0.78%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.78%) J2EE
5 2 (0.78%) JSP
6 1 (0.39%) Model Context Protocol
6 1 (0.39%) OAuth
6 1 (0.39%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.55%) Security Posture
2 16 (6.25%) Operational Technology
3 10 (3.91%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.73%) Private Cloud
5 6 (2.34%) AI Agents
5 6 (2.34%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.95%) BYOD
7 4 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.56%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.17%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (1.17%) PKI
9 2 (0.78%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.39%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.39%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.39%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.39%) NHS
10 1 (0.39%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.69%) Linux
2 11 (4.30%) Windows
3 2 (0.78%) zOS
4 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (43.36%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (18.36%) Information Security
3 36 (14.06%) Risk Management
4 30 (11.72%) Application Security
4 30 (11.72%) Cloud Security
5 29 (11.33%) Threat Modelling
6 25 (9.77%) Penetration Testing
7 23 (8.98%) Agile
7 23 (8.98%) Vulnerability Management
8 21 (8.20%) Cryptography
8 21 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (7.81%) DevSecOps
9 20 (7.81%) Roadmaps
9 20 (7.81%) Security Operations
10 19 (7.42%) Security Architecture
10 19 (7.42%) Security Testing
11 18 (7.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 16 (6.25%) Risk Assessment
12 16 (6.25%) Security Management
13 15 (5.86%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.13%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (1.56%) Python
3 3 (1.17%) Java
4 2 (0.78%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.78%) RPG
5 1 (0.39%) Bash
Qualifications
1 85 (33.20%) Security Cleared
2 71 (27.73%) SC Cleared
3 50 (19.53%) CISSP
4 37 (14.45%) CISM
5 20 (7.81%) DV Cleared
6 17 (6.64%) Degree
7 14 (5.47%) CEH
7 14 (5.47%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (5.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 12 (4.69%) CCSP
10 10 (3.91%) OSCP
11 8 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (2.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 5 (1.95%) CCSK
14 4 (1.56%) CISA
14 4 (1.56%) CRISC
15 3 (1.17%) GIAC
16 2 (0.78%) Azure Certification
16 2 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
16 2 (0.78%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (21.48%) NIST
2 48 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (7.81%) GRC
3 20 (7.81%) PCI DSS
4 16 (6.25%) NCSC
5 13 (5.08%) GDPR
6 11 (4.30%) COBIT
7 9 (3.52%) JSP 440
8 7 (2.73%) RMADS
9 5 (1.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.56%) QA
11 2 (0.78%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.78%) ITGC
12 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.39%) ISA99
12 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (2.34%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.56%) IAG
3 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.39%) Docker
4 1 (0.39%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (2.73%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.17%) Terraform
3 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.39%) Ansible
4 1 (0.39%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.39%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 36 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.30%) SAP
3 9 (3.52%) Palo Alto
4 6 (2.34%) Splunk
5 5 (1.95%) Tenable
6 4 (1.56%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.17%) Cisco
7 3 (1.17%) Databricks
8 2 (0.78%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.78%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.78%) F5
8 2 (0.78%) Google
8 2 (0.78%) Juniper
8 2 (0.78%) VMware
9 1 (0.39%) Acunetix
9 1 (0.39%) Aruba
9 1 (0.39%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (0.39%) Blue Coat
9 1 (0.39%) Netsparker
9 1 (0.39%) SolarWinds