Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Consultant daily rate in England is £553, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 355 335
Rank change year-on-year +7 -20 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 296 155 196
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 0.56% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.61% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 113 136
10th Percentile £413 £419 £448
25th Percentile £470 £492 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £550 £576
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -4.56% +4.77%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £675 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £563 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +2.27% -4.35% +6.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 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 £78.78 £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 42,428 25,399 30,679
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 91.54% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,511 16,402 19,718
10th Percentile £325 £281 £302
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £635 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,254 1,363 1,634
10th Percentile £15.15 £13.75 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.33 £20.74
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.60%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.18%

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 August 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 29 August 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 29 August 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 -33 115 £565 +7.62% 77
North of England -26 57 £550 +4.76% 21
South East -52 43 £563 +2.27% 16
South West -21 41 £578 -14.37% 24
North West -34 36 £498 -5.10% 11
Midlands -27 27 £500 -21.57% 4
West Midlands -21 23 £500 -23.08% 4
Yorkshire -25 20 £563 +10.62% 8
East Midlands -11 4 £500 +25.00%
East of England -23 3 £600 -29.41% 3
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 August 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.

1 136 (45.95%) Cybersecurity
2 98 (33.11%) Security Cleared
3 81 (27.36%) SC Cleared
4 61 (20.61%) NIST
5 48 (16.22%) Azure
5 48 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (15.88%) Microsoft
6 47 (15.88%) Stakeholder Management
7 46 (15.54%) CISSP
7 46 (15.54%) Information Security
8 42 (14.19%) Vulnerability Management
9 41 (13.85%) Risk Management
10 39 (13.18%) Application Security
11 37 (12.50%) AWS
12 34 (11.49%) CISM
13 33 (11.15%) Cloud Security
13 33 (11.15%) GRC
14 32 (10.81%) Cryptography
14 32 (10.81%) Threat Modelling
15 29 (9.80%) Security Management
16 28 (9.46%) Incident Management
17 27 (9.12%) Network Security
17 27 (9.12%) Penetration Testing
17 27 (9.12%) Roadmaps
18 24 (8.11%) SAP
18 24 (8.11%) Security Operations
19 23 (7.77%) Security Architecture
19 23 (7.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 22 (7.43%) DevSecOps
20 22 (7.43%) SAP Security

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 18 (6.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.72%) Confluence
3 4 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 20 (6.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.72%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.34%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 48 (16.22%) Azure
2 37 (12.50%) AWS
3 20 (6.76%) GCP
4 12 (4.05%) Entra ID
4 12 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (2.36%) SuccessFactors
7 5 (1.69%) OCI
8 4 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.01%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.68%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (0.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.68%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (0.68%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.68%) SaaS
10 2 (0.68%) Serverless
11 1 (0.34%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.34%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 27 (9.12%) Network Security
2 21 (7.09%) Firewall
3 7 (2.36%) BGP
3 7 (2.36%) WAN
4 6 (2.03%) VPN
5 5 (1.69%) IPsec
6 4 (1.35%) DNS
6 4 (1.35%) HTTP
6 4 (1.35%) MPLS
6 4 (1.35%) X.509
7 3 (1.01%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (1.01%) LAN
7 3 (1.01%) VLAN
8 2 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (0.68%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.68%) DKIM
8 2 (0.68%) DMARC
8 2 (0.68%) NGFW
8 2 (0.68%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.68%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.41%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.68%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (3.38%) JIRA
2 2 (0.68%) Git
2 2 (0.68%) MSI
3 1 (0.34%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.34%) GitLab
3 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.34%) Snyk
3 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
General
1 62 (20.95%) Social Skills
2 30 (10.14%) Finance
3 15 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (5.07%) Public Sector
4 10 (3.38%) Banking
5 9 (3.04%) Financial Institution
6 8 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.36%) Legal
8 6 (2.03%) Aviation
9 5 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.35%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.35%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.01%) Law
12 2 (0.68%) German Language
12 2 (0.68%) Retail
13 1 (0.34%) Advertising
13 1 (0.34%) Electronics
13 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.34%) Military
13 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.05%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (2.03%) RESTful
3 5 (1.69%) SLSA
3 5 (1.69%) Terraform
4 4 (1.35%) OAuth
4 4 (1.35%) REST
4 4 (1.35%) SAML
5 3 (1.01%) JSON
6 2 (0.68%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.34%) Itk
7 1 (0.34%) Model Context Protocol
7 1 (0.34%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.11%) Operational Technology
2 18 (6.08%) Security Posture
3 13 (4.39%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.72%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.36%) Private Cloud
6 5 (1.69%) AI Agents
6 5 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.35%) BYOD
7 4 (1.35%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.01%) CMDB
8 3 (1.01%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.68%) PKI
9 2 (0.68%) SCADA
10 1 (0.34%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.34%) Life Science
10 1 (0.34%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.76%) Windows
2 17 (5.74%) Linux
3 2 (0.68%) Android
3 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (45.95%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (15.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 46 (15.54%) Information Security
4 42 (14.19%) Vulnerability Management
5 41 (13.85%) Risk Management
6 39 (13.18%) Application Security
7 33 (11.15%) Cloud Security
8 32 (10.81%) Cryptography
8 32 (10.81%) Threat Modelling
9 29 (9.80%) Security Management
10 28 (9.46%) Incident Management
11 27 (9.12%) Penetration Testing
11 27 (9.12%) Roadmaps
12 24 (8.11%) Security Operations
13 23 (7.77%) Security Architecture
13 23 (7.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (7.43%) DevSecOps
14 22 (7.43%) SAP Security
15 21 (7.09%) Agile
15 21 (7.09%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.04%) Kusto Query Language
2 6 (2.03%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.69%) Python
4 2 (0.68%) Bash
4 2 (0.68%) Java
Qualifications
1 98 (33.11%) Security Cleared
2 81 (27.36%) SC Cleared
3 46 (15.54%) CISSP
4 34 (11.49%) CISM
5 19 (6.42%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (6.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 17 (5.74%) Degree
8 16 (5.41%) DV Cleared
9 14 (4.73%) CCSP
10 12 (4.05%) CEH
11 11 (3.72%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (3.38%) OSCP
13 7 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (2.03%) CRISC
14 6 (2.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 6 (2.03%) Network+ Certification
15 5 (1.69%) CCSK
15 5 (1.69%) ISACA
16 4 (1.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 3 (1.01%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (20.61%) NIST
2 48 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (11.15%) GRC
4 21 (7.09%) NCSC
5 19 (6.42%) PCI DSS
6 14 (4.73%) GDPR
7 9 (3.04%) COBIT
7 9 (3.04%) QA
8 5 (1.69%) JSP 440
8 5 (1.69%) RMADS
8 5 (1.69%) SLA
9 4 (1.35%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.35%) Def Stans
9 4 (1.35%) NIST 800
9 4 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.68%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.68%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 8 (2.70%) IAG
2 5 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.01%) Docker
4 2 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.34%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.34%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.69%) SCCM
3 3 (1.01%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.68%) Ansible
4 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.34%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 47 (15.88%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.11%) SAP
3 9 (3.04%) Cisco
4 8 (2.70%) Palo Alto
5 7 (2.36%) CyberArk
6 5 (1.69%) Fortinet
6 5 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.69%) Splunk
6 5 (1.69%) Zscaler
7 4 (1.35%) Tenable
8 3 (1.01%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.01%) Databricks
8 3 (1.01%) F5
8 3 (1.01%) Google
8 3 (1.01%) Okta
8 3 (1.01%) Tanium
9 2 (0.68%) Blue Coat
9 2 (0.68%) Juniper
9 2 (0.68%) VMware