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 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 380 344
Rank change year-on-year +25 -36 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 243 110 189
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.59% 0.45% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.49% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 82 144
10th Percentile £413 £402 £454
25th Percentile £500 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £571 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% -8.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £656 £679 £691
90th Percentile £776 £730 £821
UK median daily rate £563 £575 £606
% change year-on-year -2.17% -5.15% +5.43%

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 38,064 22,370 33,771
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.38% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,623 14,863 22,425
10th Percentile £320 £296 £281
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,618 925 2,441
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.23 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +53.95% -21.38% -16.94%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £27.99 £36.50
% change year-on-year +52.50% -23.32% -18.89%

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 21 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 21 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 -3 110 £538 -2.27% 33
Midlands -35 33 £563 -13.46% 5
West Midlands -36 30 £563 -13.46% 2
North of England -50 28 £550 -5.58% 25
South East -45 26 £563 -6.25% 16
South West -19 24 £650 +18.18% 27
North West -27 17 £550 - 18
Yorkshire -43 11 £550 -8.71% 4
East of England -21 5 £663 +20.45% 1
East Midlands -26 3 £500 - 3
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 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.

1 108 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 84 (34.57%) Security Cleared
3 70 (28.81%) SC Cleared
4 55 (22.63%) NIST
5 49 (20.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 46 (18.93%) Information Security
7 44 (18.11%) CISSP
8 37 (15.23%) Azure
8 37 (15.23%) Risk Management
9 34 (13.99%) CISM
9 34 (13.99%) Microsoft
10 31 (12.76%) Cloud Security
11 28 (11.52%) AWS
11 28 (11.52%) Threat Modelling
12 24 (9.88%) Agile
13 23 (9.47%) Application Security
14 21 (8.64%) Roadmaps
15 20 (8.23%) DV Cleared
15 20 (8.23%) GRC
16 18 (7.41%) DevSecOps
16 18 (7.41%) PCI DSS
16 18 (7.41%) Security Architecture
16 18 (7.41%) Security Operations
16 18 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
17 17 (7.00%) Risk Assessment
17 17 (7.00%) Security Testing
17 17 (7.00%) Vulnerability Management
18 16 (6.58%) NCSC
18 16 (6.58%) Penetration Testing
18 16 (6.58%) Security Management

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 5 (2.06%) Confluence
2 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.06%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 37 (15.23%) Azure
2 28 (11.52%) AWS
3 15 (6.17%) GCP
4 9 (3.70%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (0.82%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (0.82%) OCI
7 2 (0.82%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.82%) SaaS
7 2 (0.82%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.41%) Akamai
8 1 (0.41%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.41%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.41%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (0.41%) GitHub
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.41%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.35%) Network Security
2 11 (4.53%) Firewall
3 6 (2.47%) Kerberos
4 5 (2.06%) HTTP
5 3 (1.23%) VPN
5 3 (1.23%) WAN
6 2 (0.82%) EIGRP
6 2 (0.82%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.82%) IPsec
6 2 (0.82%) LAN
6 2 (0.82%) NGFW
6 2 (0.82%) VLAN
6 2 (0.82%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.41%) BGP
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.41%) DHCP
7 1 (0.41%) MPLS
7 1 (0.41%) OSPF
7 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.41%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.23%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.41%) EDRMS
2 1 (0.41%) Power BI
2 1 (0.41%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.06%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.41%) Git
2 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
General
1 41 (16.87%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.88%) Finance
3 13 (5.35%) Public Sector
4 9 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.88%) Banking
6 6 (2.47%) Legal
7 4 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (1.65%) Law
8 3 (1.23%) Electronics
8 3 (1.23%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.23%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.23%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.82%) Marketing
9 2 (0.82%) Retail
10 1 (0.41%) Advertising
10 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.41%) Military
10 1 (0.41%) Police
10 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.88%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (2.47%) LDAP
2 6 (2.47%) RESTful
3 3 (1.23%) SLSA
4 2 (0.82%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.82%) J2EE
4 2 (0.82%) JSP
5 1 (0.41%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.41%) OAuth
5 1 (0.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.29%) Security Posture
2 16 (6.58%) Operational Technology
3 10 (4.12%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.88%) Private Cloud
5 6 (2.47%) AI Agents
5 6 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.06%) BYOD
7 4 (1.65%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.23%) PKI
8 3 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.41%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.41%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.41%) Insider Threat
9 1 (0.41%) NHS
9 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.47%) Linux
2 5 (2.06%) Windows
3 2 (0.82%) zOS
4 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (18.93%) Information Security
3 37 (15.23%) Risk Management
4 31 (12.76%) Cloud Security
5 28 (11.52%) Threat Modelling
6 24 (9.88%) Agile
7 23 (9.47%) Application Security
8 21 (8.64%) Roadmaps
9 18 (7.41%) DevSecOps
9 18 (7.41%) Security Architecture
9 18 (7.41%) Security Operations
9 18 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (7.00%) Risk Assessment
10 17 (7.00%) Security Testing
10 17 (7.00%) Vulnerability Management
11 16 (6.58%) Penetration Testing
11 16 (6.58%) Security Management
11 16 (6.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (6.17%) Cryptography
13 12 (4.94%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.47%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (1.65%) Python
3 2 (0.82%) Java
3 2 (0.82%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.82%) RPG
4 1 (0.41%) Bash
Qualifications
1 84 (34.57%) Security Cleared
2 70 (28.81%) SC Cleared
3 44 (18.11%) CISSP
4 34 (13.99%) CISM
5 20 (8.23%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.76%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (5.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 12 (4.94%) CCSP
8 12 (4.94%) Degree
9 11 (4.53%) CEH
10 7 (2.88%) OSCP
11 6 (2.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 5 (2.06%) CCSK
12 5 (2.06%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.65%) CISA
13 4 (1.65%) CRISC
14 3 (1.23%) GIAC
15 2 (0.82%) CGEIT
15 2 (0.82%) CLAS
15 2 (0.82%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (22.63%) NIST
2 49 (20.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (8.23%) GRC
4 18 (7.41%) PCI DSS
5 16 (6.58%) NCSC
6 13 (5.35%) GDPR
7 11 (4.53%) COBIT
8 9 (3.70%) JSP 440
9 7 (2.88%) RMADS
10 5 (2.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.82%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.82%) ITGC
11 2 (0.82%) QA
12 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.41%) ISA99
12 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.23%) IAG
3 2 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (2.47%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.82%) Terraform
4 1 (0.41%) Ansible
4 1 (0.41%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (0.41%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 34 (13.99%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.12%) SAP
3 7 (2.88%) Palo Alto
3 7 (2.88%) Splunk
4 5 (2.06%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.65%) Tenable
6 3 (1.23%) Cisco
6 3 (1.23%) Databricks
7 2 (0.82%) CheckPoint
7 2 (0.82%) F5
7 2 (0.82%) Juniper
7 2 (0.82%) VMware
8 1 (0.41%) Acunetix
8 1 (0.41%) Aruba
8 1 (0.41%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (0.41%) Imperva
8 1 (0.41%) Netsparker
8 1 (0.41%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.41%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.41%) Veracode