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 31 July 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 369 333
Rank change year-on-year -1 -36 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 282 142 209
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 0.52% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.56% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 109 144
10th Percentile £408 £422 £461
25th Percentile £461 £500 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £594
Median % change year-on-year - -7.37% +7.95%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £710 £725 £785
UK median daily rate £556 £550 £586
% change year-on-year +1.09% -6.18% +6.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 3 0
10th Percentile - £27.93 -
25th Percentile £61.13 £28.52 -
Median hourly rate £76.50 £31.49 -
Median % change year-on-year +142.93% - -
75th Percentile £78.85 £60.36 -
90th Percentile £104.00 £76.49 -
UK median hourly rate £76.50 £31.49 -
% change year-on-year +142.93% - -

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 41,951 25,239 31,602
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 91.71% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,523 16,403 20,840
10th Percentile £329 £288 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,084 1,288 1,943
10th Percentile £15.93 £13.75 £14.05
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.30 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.10% -38.84% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.04 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +68.99% -40.82% -1.16%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -31 102 £538 - 42
North of England -35 49 £514 -2.10% 11
South West -16 39 £556 -14.46% 22
South East -56 38 £563 +2.27% 10
Midlands -23 37 £563 -13.46% 6
West Midlands -35 33 £563 -16.67% 6
North West -33 31 £475 -9.52% 9
Yorkshire -36 17 £550 +4.76% 1
East of England -16 6 £663 +20.45% 3
East Midlands -9 4 £500 +25.00%
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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.

1 130 (46.10%) Cybersecurity
2 94 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 77 (27.30%) SC Cleared
4 62 (21.99%) NIST
5 54 (19.15%) Information Security
6 52 (18.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 50 (17.73%) CISSP
8 43 (15.25%) Risk Management
9 40 (14.18%) Azure
10 39 (13.83%) Microsoft
11 38 (13.48%) Vulnerability Management
12 37 (13.12%) Stakeholder Management
13 36 (12.77%) CISM
14 34 (12.06%) Application Security
15 31 (10.99%) AWS
15 31 (10.99%) Cloud Security
15 31 (10.99%) GRC
16 29 (10.28%) Penetration Testing
17 28 (9.93%) Cryptography
18 27 (9.57%) Threat Modelling
19 26 (9.22%) Security Management
20 25 (8.87%) Security Operations
21 22 (7.80%) Agile
21 22 (7.80%) DevSecOps
22 21 (7.45%) PCI DSS
22 21 (7.45%) Security Testing
22 21 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 20 (7.09%) Incident Management
24 19 (6.74%) Degree
24 19 (6.74%) NCSC

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 (3.90%) Confluence
2 3 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (5.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.84%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 40 (14.18%) Azure
2 31 (10.99%) AWS
3 17 (6.03%) GCP
4 12 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.84%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.42%) OCI
8 3 (1.06%) Serverless
9 2 (0.71%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.71%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.71%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (0.71%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.71%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.71%) SaaS
10 1 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.35%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.74%) Network Security
2 15 (5.32%) Firewall
3 6 (2.13%) WAN
4 5 (1.77%) HTTP
5 4 (1.42%) BGP
6 3 (1.06%) IPsec
6 3 (1.06%) LAN
6 3 (1.06%) VPN
7 2 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.71%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.71%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (0.71%) MPLS
7 2 (0.71%) OSPF
7 2 (0.71%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.71%) X.509
8 1 (0.35%) DNS
8 1 (0.35%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.35%) SNMP
8 1 (0.35%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.26%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (3.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.35%) Git
General
1 61 (21.63%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.93%) Finance
3 18 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.61%) Public Sector
5 8 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (2.13%) Aviation
6 6 (2.13%) Financial Institution
6 6 (2.13%) Legal
7 4 (1.42%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.42%) Banking
8 3 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.71%) Law
9 2 (0.71%) Retail
10 1 (0.35%) Advertising
10 1 (0.35%) Electronics
10 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.35%) Military
10 1 (0.35%) Police
10 1 (0.35%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.19%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (2.13%) RESTful
3 3 (1.06%) SLSA
4 2 (0.71%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.71%) OAuth
4 2 (0.71%) SAML
5 1 (0.35%) JSON
5 1 (0.35%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.35%) REST
5 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.09%) Security Posture
2 17 (6.03%) Operational Technology
3 13 (4.61%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.90%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.48%) AI Agents
5 7 (2.48%) Private Cloud
6 5 (1.77%) BYOD
6 5 (1.77%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.42%) PKI
7 4 (1.42%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.06%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.06%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (0.71%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.71%) SCADA
10 1 (0.35%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.35%) Life Science
10 1 (0.35%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.38%) Windows
2 15 (5.32%) Linux
3 2 (0.71%) Android
3 2 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (46.10%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (19.15%) Information Security
3 43 (15.25%) Risk Management
4 38 (13.48%) Vulnerability Management
5 37 (13.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 34 (12.06%) Application Security
7 31 (10.99%) Cloud Security
8 29 (10.28%) Penetration Testing
9 28 (9.93%) Cryptography
10 27 (9.57%) Threat Modelling
11 26 (9.22%) Security Management
12 25 (8.87%) Security Operations
13 22 (7.80%) Agile
13 22 (7.80%) DevSecOps
14 21 (7.45%) Security Testing
14 21 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 20 (7.09%) Incident Management
16 19 (6.74%) Roadmaps
16 19 (6.74%) Security Architecture
17 17 (6.03%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.19%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (1.77%) Python
3 4 (1.42%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.71%) Bash
4 2 (0.71%) Java
Qualifications
1 94 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 77 (27.30%) SC Cleared
3 50 (17.73%) CISSP
4 36 (12.77%) CISM
5 19 (6.74%) Degree
6 18 (6.38%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (6.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 15 (5.32%) DV Cleared
9 13 (4.61%) CEH
10 12 (4.26%) CCSP
11 10 (3.55%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (3.55%) OSCP
12 8 (2.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 7 (2.48%) CRISC
14 6 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (1.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 4 (1.42%) CISA
16 4 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
17 3 (1.06%) CCSK
17 3 (1.06%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (21.99%) NIST
2 52 (18.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (10.99%) GRC
4 21 (7.45%) PCI DSS
5 19 (6.74%) NCSC
6 14 (4.96%) GDPR
7 10 (3.55%) COBIT
8 9 (3.19%) QA
9 5 (1.77%) JSP 440
9 5 (1.77%) NIST 800
9 5 (1.77%) RMADS
9 5 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.42%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.71%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.71%) ITGC
12 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.35%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.35%) ISA99
System Software
1 5 (1.77%) IAG
2 4 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.71%) Docker
3 2 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.35%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (2.13%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.77%) Terraform
3 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.06%) SCCM
4 2 (0.71%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.71%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 39 (13.83%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.74%) SAP
3 7 (2.48%) Palo Alto
3 7 (2.48%) Splunk
4 4 (1.42%) Cisco
4 4 (1.42%) CyberArk
4 4 (1.42%) Fortinet
4 4 (1.42%) Google
4 4 (1.42%) Tenable
5 3 (1.06%) CheckPoint
5 3 (1.06%) Databricks
5 3 (1.06%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.06%) Zscaler
6 2 (0.71%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (0.71%) F5
6 2 (0.71%) Juniper
6 2 (0.71%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.71%) VMware
7 1 (0.35%) Apple
7 1 (0.35%) Ariba