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 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 366 323
Rank change year-on-year +2 -43 +43
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 273 142 224
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.52% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.57% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 109 158
10th Percentile £408 £422 £465
25th Percentile £452 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% +1.74%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £684
90th Percentile £688 £728 £800
UK median daily rate £556 £559 £585
% change year-on-year -0.49% -4.49% +6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 0
10th Percentile - £27.93 -
25th Percentile £61.13 £28.52 -
Median hourly rate £76.00 £31.49 -
Median % change year-on-year +141.35% - -
75th Percentile £79.00 £60.36 -
90th Percentile £104.00 £76.49 -
UK median hourly rate £76.00 £31.49 -
% change year-on-year +141.35% - -

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 41,600 25,116 32,526
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 91.78% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,351 16,327 21,449
10th Percentile £325 £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 2,993 1,255 2,125
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.71 £13.64
25th Percentile £22.42 £17.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £45.56 £26.50 £42.91
Median % change year-on-year +71.91% -38.24% -2.72%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.35 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.04 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.55 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +73.17% -38.57% -6.42%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -42 106 £538 -2.27% 33
North of England -26 48 £532 -3.27% 10
Midlands -23 37 £563 -13.46% 10
South East -58 36 £563 +2.27% 12
West Midlands -35 33 £563 -16.67% 8
North West -20 31 £475 -13.64% 3
South West -25 30 £556 -14.46% 16
Yorkshire -29 17 £550 +4.76% 4
East of England -17 6 £663 +20.45% 2
East Midlands -8 4 £500 +25.00% 2
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 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.

1 123 (45.05%) Cybersecurity
2 90 (32.97%) Security Cleared
3 74 (27.11%) SC Cleared
4 59 (21.61%) NIST
5 54 (19.78%) Information Security
6 50 (18.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 48 (17.58%) CISSP
8 38 (13.92%) Azure
8 38 (13.92%) Microsoft
8 38 (13.92%) Risk Management
9 37 (13.55%) Vulnerability Management
10 35 (12.82%) CISM
11 34 (12.45%) Stakeholder Management
12 33 (12.09%) Application Security
13 31 (11.36%) Cloud Security
14 30 (10.99%) AWS
14 30 (10.99%) GRC
15 28 (10.26%) Penetration Testing
15 28 (10.26%) Threat Modelling
16 27 (9.89%) Cryptography
17 25 (9.16%) Security Operations
18 24 (8.79%) DevSecOps
19 23 (8.42%) Security Management
20 22 (8.06%) Agile
21 21 (7.69%) PCI DSS
21 21 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 20 (7.33%) Security Testing
23 19 (6.96%) Degree
23 19 (6.96%) NCSC
23 19 (6.96%) Network 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 11 (4.03%) Confluence
2 3 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (5.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.93%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 38 (13.92%) Azure
2 30 (10.99%) AWS
3 18 (6.59%) GCP
4 12 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.56%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (2.20%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (1.47%) OCI
8 3 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.10%) Serverless
9 2 (0.73%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (0.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.73%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.73%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (0.73%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.73%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.73%) SaaS
10 1 (0.37%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.37%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.96%) Network Security
2 16 (5.86%) Firewall
3 6 (2.20%) WAN
4 5 (1.83%) HTTP
5 4 (1.47%) BGP
5 4 (1.47%) VPN
6 3 (1.10%) IPsec
6 3 (1.10%) LAN
7 2 (0.73%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.73%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.73%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (0.73%) MPLS
7 2 (0.73%) NGFW
7 2 (0.73%) OSPF
7 2 (0.73%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.73%) X.509
8 1 (0.37%) DKIM
8 1 (0.37%) DMARC
8 1 (0.37%) DNS
8 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.40%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.37%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (3.66%) JIRA
2 1 (0.37%) Git
General
1 57 (20.88%) Social Skills
2 28 (10.26%) Finance
3 17 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 6 (2.20%) Aviation
5 6 (2.20%) Financial Institution
5 6 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (2.20%) Legal
6 4 (1.47%) Banking
7 3 (1.10%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.73%) Law
8 2 (0.73%) Retail
9 1 (0.37%) Advertising
9 1 (0.37%) Electronics
9 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.37%) Police
9 1 (0.37%) Publishing
9 1 (0.37%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.30%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (2.20%) RESTful
3 3 (1.10%) SLSA
4 2 (0.73%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.73%) OAuth
4 2 (0.73%) SAML
5 1 (0.37%) JSON
5 1 (0.37%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.37%) REST
5 1 (0.37%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.06%) Security Posture
2 16 (5.86%) Operational Technology
3 11 (4.03%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.66%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.56%) AI Agents
5 7 (2.56%) Private Cloud
6 5 (1.83%) BYOD
6 5 (1.83%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.47%) PKI
7 4 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.10%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.10%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (0.73%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.73%) SCADA
10 1 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.37%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.37%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.37%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.59%) Windows
2 15 (5.49%) Linux
3 2 (0.73%) Android
3 2 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (45.05%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (19.78%) Information Security
3 38 (13.92%) Risk Management
4 37 (13.55%) Vulnerability Management
5 34 (12.45%) Stakeholder Management
6 33 (12.09%) Application Security
7 31 (11.36%) Cloud Security
8 28 (10.26%) Penetration Testing
8 28 (10.26%) Threat Modelling
9 27 (9.89%) Cryptography
10 25 (9.16%) Security Operations
11 24 (8.79%) DevSecOps
12 23 (8.42%) Security Management
13 22 (8.06%) Agile
14 21 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 20 (7.33%) Security Testing
16 19 (6.96%) Security Architecture
17 18 (6.59%) Roadmaps
18 17 (6.23%) Incident Management
18 17 (6.23%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.93%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (1.83%) Python
3 4 (1.47%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.73%) Bash
4 2 (0.73%) Java
Qualifications
1 90 (32.97%) Security Cleared
2 74 (27.11%) SC Cleared
3 48 (17.58%) CISSP
4 35 (12.82%) CISM
5 19 (6.96%) Degree
6 17 (6.23%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (5.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 15 (5.49%) DV Cleared
9 13 (4.76%) CEH
10 12 (4.40%) CCSP
11 10 (3.66%) OSCP
12 8 (2.93%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (2.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 6 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (1.83%) CRISC
16 4 (1.47%) CCSK
16 4 (1.47%) CISA
16 4 (1.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 3 (1.10%) Azure Certification
18 2 (0.73%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (21.61%) NIST
2 50 (18.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (10.99%) GRC
4 21 (7.69%) PCI DSS
5 19 (6.96%) NCSC
6 14 (5.13%) GDPR
7 10 (3.66%) COBIT
8 9 (3.30%) QA
9 5 (1.83%) JSP 440
9 5 (1.83%) RMADS
9 5 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.47%) NIST 800
11 3 (1.10%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.73%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.73%) ITGC
13 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.37%) ISA99
13 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (1.83%) IAG
2 4 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.73%) Docker
3 2 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.37%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (2.20%) Kubernetes
1 6 (2.20%) Terraform
2 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.10%) SCCM
3 2 (0.73%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.73%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.37%) Ansible
Vendors
1 38 (13.92%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.59%) SAP
3 8 (2.93%) Palo Alto
4 6 (2.20%) Splunk
5 4 (1.47%) Cisco
5 4 (1.47%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.47%) Google
5 4 (1.47%) Tenable
6 3 (1.10%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.10%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.10%) Databricks
6 3 (1.10%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.10%) Zscaler
7 2 (0.73%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.73%) F5
7 2 (0.73%) Juniper
7 2 (0.73%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.73%) VMware
8 1 (0.37%) Okta
8 1 (0.37%) Tanium