Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Consultant daily rate in England is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 399 360 332
Rank change year-on-year -39 -28 +111
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 146 151 238
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.47% 0.52% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.56% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 101 165
10th Percentile £446 £500 £450
25th Percentile £480 £513 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £578 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% -3.75% -
75th Percentile £688 £688 £688
90th Percentile £743 £750 £795
UK median daily rate £613 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +6.52% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £71.54 £53.70
25th Percentile £57.50 £72.08 £59.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £73.56 £68.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.64% +7.39% -5.52%
75th Percentile £72.50 £74.45 £77.75
90th Percentile - £74.63 £83.30
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £73.56 £68.50
% change year-on-year -11.64% +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 28,372 27,015 35,117
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 92.91% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,130 16,817 24,123
10th Percentile £290 £300 £290
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,748 878 1,358
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.70 £15.30
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.25 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.40 £36.08 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% -19.82% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.06 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £34.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -25.74% -24.02% +46.72%

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 15 December 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
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 15 December 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 -43 60 £600 +5.73% 15
South West +10 27 £675 -0.37% 13
South East 0 24 £500 -13.04% 8
North of England -54 15 £492 -14.81% 2
North West -35 10 £502 -8.68% 1
West Midlands -27 6 £645 +27.00% 1
Midlands -36 6 £645 +27.00% 6
East of England -20 5 £750 +9.09% 2
Yorkshire -42 4 £484 -30.93% 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 15 December 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 64 (43.84%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (34.25%) Security Cleared
3 41 (28.08%) Risk Management
4 39 (26.71%) CISSP
5 38 (26.03%) Cloud Security
5 38 (26.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 34 (23.29%) CISM
7 32 (21.92%) NIST
7 32 (21.92%) SC Cleared
8 26 (17.81%) Microsoft
9 24 (16.44%) Azure
10 23 (15.75%) Incident Response
11 20 (13.70%) Information Security
12 18 (12.33%) AWS
12 18 (12.33%) DV Cleared
12 18 (12.33%) Security Architecture
13 17 (11.64%) Firewall
13 17 (11.64%) SIEM
13 17 (11.64%) Threat Modelling
14 16 (10.96%) AI
15 15 (10.27%) Roadmaps
15 15 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
16 14 (9.59%) GCP
16 14 (9.59%) Identity Access Management
17 13 (8.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 12 (8.22%) Agile
18 12 (8.22%) NCSC
18 12 (8.22%) RMADS
19 11 (7.53%) Network Security
19 11 (7.53%) 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 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.68%) Oracle CRM
2 1 (0.68%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 24 (16.44%) Azure
2 18 (12.33%) AWS
3 14 (9.59%) GCP
4 9 (6.16%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (3.42%) SaaS
7 4 (2.74%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (2.05%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.05%) OCI
9 2 (1.37%) Akamai
9 2 (1.37%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.37%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (1.37%) IaaS
9 2 (1.37%) PaaS
10 1 (0.68%) Amazon Macie
10 1 (0.68%) AWS Control Tower
10 1 (0.68%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.64%) Firewall
2 11 (7.53%) Network Security
3 4 (2.74%) Kerberos
4 3 (2.05%) DNS
5 2 (1.37%) Ethernet
5 2 (1.37%) Modbus
5 2 (1.37%) SSL
5 2 (1.37%) VPN
6 1 (0.68%) DHCP
6 1 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.68%) Power BI
1 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.68%) JIRA
1 1 (0.68%) SonarQube
General
1 37 (25.34%) Social Skills
2 31 (21.23%) Finance
3 16 (10.96%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.16%) Manufacturing
4 9 (6.16%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.48%) Electronics
5 8 (5.48%) Marketing
6 7 (4.79%) Legal
7 6 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.74%) Local Government
9 3 (2.05%) Banking
9 3 (2.05%) Law
10 2 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.37%) Police
11 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Military
11 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.79%) LDAP
2 1 (0.68%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (0.68%) JWT
2 1 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.68%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.81%) Security Posture
2 4 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (2.74%) Onboarding
2 4 (2.74%) Operational Technology
3 3 (2.05%) PKI
3 3 (2.05%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.05%) Taxonomies
4 2 (1.37%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.37%) IoT
4 2 (1.37%) SCADA
5 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.68%) Clustering
5 1 (0.68%) CMDB
5 1 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.68%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.68%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.05%) Linux
1 3 (2.05%) Windows
2 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.68%) Unix
2 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (43.84%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (28.08%) Risk Management
3 38 (26.03%) Cloud Security
4 23 (15.75%) Incident Response
5 20 (13.70%) Information Security
6 18 (12.33%) Security Architecture
7 17 (11.64%) SIEM
7 17 (11.64%) Threat Modelling
8 16 (10.96%) AI
9 15 (10.27%) Roadmaps
9 15 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (9.59%) Identity Access Management
11 13 (8.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (8.22%) Agile
13 11 (7.53%) Regulatory Compliance
14 10 (6.85%) Zero Trust
15 9 (6.16%) Business Intelligence
15 9 (6.16%) DevSecOps
15 9 (6.16%) Security Operations
16 8 (5.48%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.48%) PowerShell
2 6 (4.11%) Python
3 5 (3.42%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.37%) Bash
4 2 (1.37%) Bicep
5 1 (0.68%) C
5 1 (0.68%) C++
5 1 (0.68%) R
5 1 (0.68%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (34.25%) Security Cleared
2 39 (26.71%) CISSP
3 34 (23.29%) CISM
4 32 (21.92%) SC Cleared
5 18 (12.33%) DV Cleared
6 7 (4.79%) CESG Certified Professional
6 7 (4.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 6 (4.11%) CRISC
7 6 (4.11%) Degree
8 5 (3.42%) CISA
9 4 (2.74%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (2.05%) CEH
10 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.37%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.37%) CLAS
11 2 (1.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 1 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.68%) CCSK
12 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.68%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (26.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (21.92%) NIST
3 12 (8.22%) NCSC
3 12 (8.22%) RMADS
4 10 (6.85%) GDPR
4 10 (6.85%) GRC
5 7 (4.79%) NIST 800
6 5 (3.42%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (3.42%) COBIT
6 5 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 5 (3.42%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.74%) JSP 440
8 3 (2.05%) EU AI Act
9 2 (1.37%) COSO
9 2 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 10 (6.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.74%) CASB
2 3 (2.05%) Terraform
3 2 (1.37%) Ansible
4 1 (0.68%) Istio
4 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (0.68%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 26 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.85%) SAP
3 8 (5.48%) Google
4 7 (4.79%) Splunk
5 6 (4.11%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (3.42%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.74%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.05%) Oracle
8 3 (2.05%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.05%) Tenable
9 2 (1.37%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.37%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.37%) ExtraHop
9 2 (1.37%) FireEye
9 2 (1.37%) McAfee
9 2 (1.37%) Proofpoint
9 2 (1.37%) Trend Micro
10 1 (0.68%) Clearswift
10 1 (0.68%) Intel
10 1 (0.68%) Red Hat