Security Consultant Contracts in England

Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Consultant daily rate in England is £590, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 349 392
Rank change year-on-year -27 +43 +130
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 109 195 280
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.52% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.57% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 147 181
10th Percentile £432 £468 £463
25th Percentile £500 £540 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +4.17% +7.87%
75th Percentile £680 £709 £725
90th Percentile £736 £835 £775
UK median daily rate £590 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -5.60% +8.70% +3.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £74.93
25th Percentile - - £77.44
Median hourly rate - - £83.25
75th Percentile - - £87.44
90th Percentile - - £88.98
UK median hourly rate - - £83.25
% change year-on-year - - +108.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in England.

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 2025. 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 -11 50 £550 -15.38% 67
South East +15 19 £600 -4.00% 34
South West +43 11 £625 - 17
North of England +17 11 £648 +9.28% 24
Midlands +20 9 £650 +19.27% 4
North West +14 7 £583 -5.67% 12
West Midlands +10 7 £650 +19.27% 3
Yorkshire +8 3 £680 +18.26% 12
East of England +29 2 £550 -8.33%
East Midlands - 2 - -
North East - 1 £775 -
Security Consultant
UK

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 50 (45.87%) Social Skills
2 35 (32.11%) NIST
3 34 (31.19%) Cybersecurity
4 32 (29.36%) CISSP
5 30 (27.52%) Security Cleared
6 28 (25.69%) CISM
7 25 (22.94%) Risk Management
8 24 (22.02%) Information Security
9 23 (21.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 19 (17.43%) Risk Assessment
10 19 (17.43%) GRC
11 18 (16.51%) Finance
12 17 (15.60%) SC Cleared
12 17 (15.60%) Identity Access Management
13 15 (13.76%) Security Management
13 15 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
13 15 (13.76%) Cloud Security
14 14 (12.84%) Incident Response
14 14 (12.84%) SAP
14 14 (12.84%) PCI DSS
14 14 (12.84%) GDPR
14 14 (12.84%) Azure
15 13 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
16 12 (11.01%) SAP Security
17 11 (10.09%) DV Cleared
17 11 (10.09%) Banking
17 11 (10.09%) Roadmaps
17 11 (10.09%) DevSecOps
17 11 (10.09%) Application Security
18 10 (9.17%) Zero Trust

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (9.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (7.34%) SAP GRC
3 4 (3.67%) SAP ERP
4 3 (2.75%) SAP MDG
5 2 (1.83%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.84%) Azure
2 8 (7.34%) GCP
3 6 (5.50%) AWS
4 2 (1.83%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (1.83%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.92%) IaaS
5 1 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.92%) PaaS
5 1 (0.92%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.26%) Firewall
2 7 (6.42%) Network Security
3 5 (4.59%) NGFW
4 4 (3.67%) VPN
5 2 (1.83%) Internet
5 2 (1.83%) LAN
5 2 (1.83%) WAN
6 1 (0.92%) 4G
6 1 (0.92%) DSL
6 1 (0.92%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.92%) ISDN
6 1 (0.92%) MPLS
6 1 (0.92%) MQTT
6 1 (0.92%) PSTN
6 1 (0.92%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.83%) SAP BW
1 2 (1.83%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.92%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.92%) Power BI
2 1 (0.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.50%) JIRA
General
1 50 (45.87%) Social Skills
2 18 (16.51%) Finance
3 11 (10.09%) Banking
4 7 (6.42%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.50%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.50%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.83%) Electronics
6 2 (1.83%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.83%) Legal
6 2 (1.83%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.83%) Marketing
7 1 (0.92%) Automotive
7 1 (0.92%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.92%) Law
7 1 (0.92%) Police
7 1 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.26%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (2.75%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.92%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.42%) Hybrid Cloud
1 7 (6.42%) Private Cloud
2 6 (5.50%) Security Posture
3 5 (4.59%) Operational Technology
4 4 (3.67%) Cyberattack
4 4 (3.67%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.67%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.75%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.75%) e-Learning
5 3 (2.75%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.75%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.92%) Blog
6 1 (0.92%) CSOC
6 1 (0.92%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.92%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (0.92%) SCADA
6 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.92%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.83%) AIX
1 2 (1.83%) Linux
1 2 (1.83%) Solaris
1 2 (1.83%) Windows
1 2 (1.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (31.19%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (22.94%) Risk Management
3 24 (22.02%) Information Security
4 19 (17.43%) Risk Assessment
5 17 (15.60%) Identity Access Management
6 15 (13.76%) Cloud Security
6 15 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (13.76%) Security Management
7 14 (12.84%) Incident Response
8 13 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (11.01%) SAP Security
10 11 (10.09%) Application Security
10 11 (10.09%) DevSecOps
10 11 (10.09%) Roadmaps
11 10 (9.17%) Data Security
11 10 (9.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (9.17%) Zero Trust
12 9 (8.26%) OWASP
13 8 (7.34%) Agile
13 8 (7.34%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.67%) Python
2 1 (0.92%) Bash
2 1 (0.92%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (29.36%) CISSP
2 30 (27.52%) Security Cleared
3 28 (25.69%) CISM
4 17 (15.60%) SC Cleared
5 11 (10.09%) DV Cleared
6 10 (9.17%) CRISC
6 10 (9.17%) Degree
7 9 (8.26%) OSCP
8 8 (7.34%) CEH
9 7 (6.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (6.42%) CCSP
9 7 (6.42%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (3.67%) Azure Certification
11 3 (2.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 2 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.83%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (1.83%) CLAS
12 2 (1.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 1 (0.92%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (32.11%) NIST
2 23 (21.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (17.43%) GRC
4 14 (12.84%) GDPR
4 14 (12.84%) PCI DSS
5 9 (8.26%) COBIT
6 6 (5.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 4 (3.67%) HIPAA
7 4 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (3.67%) NCSC
7 4 (3.67%) QA
7 4 (3.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (2.75%) NIST 800
9 2 (1.83%) JSP 440
9 2 (1.83%) RMADS
10 1 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.92%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.92%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (3.67%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.75%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.67%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.75%) Ansible
3 1 (0.92%) CASB
3 1 (0.92%) Kibana
3 1 (0.92%) logstash
3 1 (0.92%) Nessus
3 1 (0.92%) QRadar
3 1 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (12.84%) SAP
2 8 (7.34%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.42%) Palo Alto
4 5 (4.59%) CyberArk
5 4 (3.67%) Planview
6 2 (1.83%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (1.83%) Concur
6 2 (1.83%) Google
6 2 (1.83%) Oracle
6 2 (1.83%) Qualys
6 2 (1.83%) Splunk
6 2 (1.83%) Tenable
7 1 (0.92%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.92%) IBM
7 1 (0.92%) Okta
7 1 (0.92%) Ping Identity
7 1 (0.92%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.92%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.92%) VMware
7 1 (0.92%) Zscaler