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 19 September 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 369 332
Rank change year-on-year -4 -37 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 285 151 197
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.54% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.59% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 109 127
10th Percentile £413 £436 £425
25th Percentile £463 £495 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £675 £675
90th Percentile £662 £750 £764
UK median daily rate £563 £559 £568
% change year-on-year +0.67% -1.54% +3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 1
10th Percentile - £27.93 -
25th Percentile £61.13 £28.52 -
Median hourly rate £76.50 £31.49 £74.75
Median % change year-on-year +142.93% -57.87% +6.79%
75th Percentile £78.78 £60.36 -
90th Percentile £104.00 £76.49 -
UK median hourly rate £76.50 £31.49 £74.75
% change year-on-year +142.93% -57.87% +6.79%

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 42,946 25,411 30,652
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 91.36% 93.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,575 16,393 19,112
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% -3.24% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,509 1,371 1,480
10th Percentile £14.90 £13.75 £14.83
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £44.46 £25.15 £46.71
Median % change year-on-year +76.76% -46.16% +3.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £54.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -30 117 £585 +8.84% 130
North of England -31 55 £550 +4.76% 47
South West -20 38 £556 -17.63% 31
South East -51 38 £550 +4.76% 42
North West -33 34 £519 -1.19% 27
Midlands -29 27 £500 -21.57% 13
West Midlands -32 23 £500 -23.08% 10
Yorkshire -19 20 £563 +14.33% 12
East Midlands -11 4 £500 +25.00% 3
East of England -27 2 - - 16
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 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.

1 135 (47.37%) Cybersecurity
2 91 (31.93%) Security Cleared
3 79 (27.72%) SC Cleared
4 57 (20.00%) NIST
5 49 (17.19%) Vulnerability Management
6 48 (16.84%) Stakeholder Management
7 47 (16.49%) Azure
8 46 (16.14%) Microsoft
9 39 (13.68%) GRC
10 38 (13.33%) Information Security
11 36 (12.63%) Risk Management
12 35 (12.28%) Application Security
12 35 (12.28%) AWS
13 34 (11.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 33 (11.58%) CISSP
14 33 (11.58%) Cloud Security
15 32 (11.23%) Incident Management
16 29 (10.18%) Cryptography
16 29 (10.18%) Network Security
17 28 (9.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 28 (9.82%) Threat Modelling
18 26 (9.12%) Roadmaps
18 26 (9.12%) Security Management
19 24 (8.42%) CISM
19 24 (8.42%) NCSC
19 24 (8.42%) SAP
20 23 (8.07%) Firewall
21 22 (7.72%) Microsoft Exchange
21 22 (7.72%) SAP Security
21 22 (7.72%) Security Architecture

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 (7.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.81%) Confluence
3 2 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 20 (7.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.86%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 47 (16.49%) Azure
2 35 (12.28%) AWS
3 19 (6.67%) GCP
4 11 (3.86%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.81%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (2.46%) SuccessFactors
8 6 (2.11%) OCI
9 3 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.70%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (0.70%) Azure Databricks
10 2 (0.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.70%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (0.70%) GitHub
10 2 (0.70%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.70%) SaaS
10 2 (0.70%) Serverless
11 1 (0.35%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 29 (10.18%) Network Security
2 23 (8.07%) Firewall
3 10 (3.51%) WAN
4 7 (2.46%) BGP
4 7 (2.46%) VPN
5 6 (2.11%) IPsec
6 5 (1.75%) LAN
6 5 (1.75%) MPLS
6 5 (1.75%) X.509
7 4 (1.40%) DNS
7 4 (1.40%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (1.05%) NGFW
8 3 (1.05%) SD-WAN
8 3 (1.05%) VLAN
9 2 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (0.70%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.70%) DKIM
9 2 (0.70%) DMARC
9 2 (0.70%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.70%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.61%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.70%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (2.46%) JIRA
2 3 (1.05%) Git
3 2 (0.70%) GitLab
3 2 (0.70%) MSI
4 1 (0.35%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.35%) Snyk
4 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
General
1 59 (20.70%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.82%) Finance
3 16 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.56%) Banking
4 13 (4.56%) Public Sector
5 10 (3.51%) Financial Institution
6 8 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.46%) Legal
8 6 (2.11%) Aviation
9 5 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.75%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.40%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.70%) German Language
11 2 (0.70%) Retail
12 1 (0.35%) Advertising
12 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.35%) Law
12 1 (0.35%) Military
12 1 (0.35%) Police
12 1 (0.35%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.21%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (2.11%) Terraform
3 5 (1.75%) OAuth
3 5 (1.75%) SAML
3 5 (1.75%) SLSA
4 4 (1.40%) REST
4 4 (1.40%) RESTful
5 3 (1.05%) JSON
6 2 (0.70%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.35%) Itk
7 1 (0.35%) Model Context Protocol
7 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.82%) Operational Technology
2 17 (5.96%) Onboarding
3 15 (5.26%) Security Posture
4 7 (2.46%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.11%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.75%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.40%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.40%) CMDB
7 4 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.40%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.40%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.05%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.70%) SCADA
10 1 (0.35%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.35%) Life Science
10 1 (0.35%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.67%) Windows
2 14 (4.91%) Linux
3 3 (1.05%) Unix
4 2 (0.70%) Android
4 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.70%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (47.37%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (17.19%) Vulnerability Management
3 48 (16.84%) Stakeholder Management
4 38 (13.33%) Information Security
5 36 (12.63%) Risk Management
6 35 (12.28%) Application Security
7 33 (11.58%) Cloud Security
8 32 (11.23%) Incident Management
9 29 (10.18%) Cryptography
10 28 (9.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 28 (9.82%) Threat Modelling
11 26 (9.12%) Roadmaps
11 26 (9.12%) Security Management
12 22 (7.72%) SAP Security
12 22 (7.72%) Security Architecture
13 21 (7.37%) Problem-Solving
14 20 (7.02%) DevSecOps
15 19 (6.67%) CI/CD
15 19 (6.67%) Incident Response
15 19 (6.67%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.16%) Kusto Query Language
2 7 (2.46%) Python
3 6 (2.11%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.70%) Bash
4 2 (0.70%) Java
5 1 (0.35%) CodeQL
Qualifications
1 91 (31.93%) Security Cleared
2 79 (27.72%) SC Cleared
3 33 (11.58%) CISSP
4 24 (8.42%) CISM
5 16 (5.61%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 11 (3.86%) CCSP
7 11 (3.86%) Degree
8 9 (3.16%) CompTIA Security+
8 9 (3.16%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.46%) CEH
9 7 (2.46%) OSCP
10 6 (2.11%) CRISC
10 6 (2.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 6 (2.11%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.75%) CCSK
11 5 (1.75%) ISACA
12 4 (1.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 3 (1.05%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (20.00%) NIST
2 39 (13.68%) GRC
3 34 (11.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (8.42%) NCSC
5 14 (4.91%) PCI DSS
6 11 (3.86%) GDPR
7 9 (3.16%) QA
8 5 (1.75%) NIST 800
8 5 (1.75%) SLA
9 4 (1.40%) COBIT
9 4 (1.40%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.40%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.70%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.70%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.70%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.70%) RMADS
10 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.35%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.35%) ISA99
System Software
1 8 (2.81%) IAG
2 4 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.05%) Docker
4 2 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.35%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (2.81%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.75%) SCCM
3 4 (1.40%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.05%) Ansible
5 2 (0.70%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.70%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (16.14%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.42%) SAP
3 10 (3.51%) Cisco
4 9 (3.16%) CyberArk
4 9 (3.16%) Palo Alto
5 8 (2.81%) Zscaler
6 6 (2.11%) Fortinet
7 5 (1.75%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.40%) Splunk
9 3 (1.05%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.05%) F5
9 3 (1.05%) Google
9 3 (1.05%) Okta
9 3 (1.05%) Tanium
10 2 (0.70%) Blue Coat
10 2 (0.70%) Juniper
10 2 (0.70%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.70%) Tenable
10 2 (0.70%) VMware