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 3 July 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 359 344
Rank change year-on-year -7 -15 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 260 136 217
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.59% 0.52% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.57% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 102 156
10th Percentile £413 £400 £454
25th Percentile £488 £496 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £594
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -7.37% -0.21%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £688
90th Percentile £763 £725 £800
UK median daily rate £563 £550 £588
% change year-on-year +2.27% -6.38% +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile - £27.93 -
25th Percentile £61.13 £28.52 -
Median hourly rate £62.25 £31.49 -
Median % change year-on-year +97.68% - -
75th Percentile £63.38 £60.36 -
90th Percentile - £76.49 -
UK median hourly rate £62.25 £31.49 -
% change year-on-year +97.68% - -

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 40,580 24,049 34,742
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.16% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,840 15,686 22,733
10th Percentile £325 £291 £300
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,926 1,128 2,569
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.00 £12.88
25th Percentile £21.93 £18.00 £16.86
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.69% -29.55% -8.95%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £26.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +62.26% -29.33% -12.79%

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 3 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
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 3 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 -23 108 £538 +2.38% 37
North of England -28 51 £550 - 22
Midlands -37 36 £563 -10.00% 3
North West -13 34 £484 -12.00% 11
West Midlands -40 32 £563 -10.00% 1
South East -62 25 £563 +7.14% 15
South West -18 23 £556 -11.04% 13
Yorkshire -36 17 £550 +4.76% 7
East of England -20 6 £663 +20.45% 4
East Midlands -12 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 3 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.

1 113 (43.46%) Cybersecurity
2 77 (29.62%) Security Cleared
3 61 (23.46%) SC Cleared
4 57 (21.92%) Information Security
4 57 (21.92%) NIST
5 46 (17.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 45 (17.31%) CISSP
7 37 (14.23%) Microsoft
8 36 (13.85%) Risk Management
9 35 (13.46%) Azure
10 32 (12.31%) Vulnerability Management
11 31 (11.92%) CISM
11 31 (11.92%) Threat Modelling
12 30 (11.54%) Application Security
13 29 (11.15%) AWS
14 27 (10.38%) Cloud Security
14 27 (10.38%) GRC
14 27 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
15 26 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
16 25 (9.62%) Cryptography
17 24 (9.23%) Security Operations
18 22 (8.46%) DevSecOps
18 22 (8.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 21 (8.08%) Agile
20 20 (7.69%) PCI DSS
20 20 (7.69%) Security Testing
21 19 (7.31%) Degree
21 19 (7.31%) Roadmaps
22 18 (6.92%) DV Cleared
22 18 (6.92%) NCSC

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 10 (3.85%) Confluence
2 3 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (3.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.69%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 35 (13.46%) Azure
2 29 (11.15%) AWS
3 17 (6.54%) GCP
4 11 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.31%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (1.15%) Serverless
7 2 (0.77%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (0.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (0.77%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (0.77%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.77%) OCI
7 2 (0.77%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.77%) SaaS
7 2 (0.77%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.38%) Amazon Bedrock
8 1 (0.38%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.54%) Network Security
2 14 (5.38%) Firewall
3 6 (2.31%) WAN
4 5 (1.92%) HTTP
5 4 (1.54%) VPN
6 3 (1.15%) BGP
6 3 (1.15%) LAN
7 2 (0.77%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.77%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (0.77%) IPsec
7 2 (0.77%) MPLS
7 2 (0.77%) NGFW
7 2 (0.77%) VXLAN
8 1 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.38%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.38%) DKIM
8 1 (0.38%) DMARC
8 1 (0.38%) Junos
8 1 (0.38%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.92%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.38%) Power BI
2 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (3.85%) JIRA
2 1 (0.38%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.38%) Git
2 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 54 (20.77%) Social Skills
2 28 (10.77%) Finance
3 16 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (4.62%) Public Sector
5 6 (2.31%) Aviation
5 6 (2.31%) Banking
5 6 (2.31%) Financial Institution
5 6 (2.31%) Legal
6 4 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.77%) Law
8 2 (0.77%) Retail
9 1 (0.38%) Advertising
9 1 (0.38%) Electronics
9 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.38%) Police
9 1 (0.38%) Publishing
9 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.46%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (2.31%) RESTful
3 3 (1.15%) SLSA
4 2 (0.77%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.77%) J2EE
4 2 (0.77%) JSP
5 1 (0.38%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.38%) OAuth
5 1 (0.38%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.85%) Security Posture
2 16 (6.15%) Operational Technology
3 11 (4.23%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.69%) AI Agents
5 7 (2.69%) Private Cloud
6 5 (1.92%) BYOD
6 5 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.54%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.54%) PKI
7 4 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.15%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.15%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.77%) SCADA
10 1 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.38%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.38%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.15%) Windows
2 14 (5.38%) Linux
3 2 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.77%) zOS
4 1 (0.38%) Android
4 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (43.46%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (21.92%) Information Security
3 36 (13.85%) Risk Management
4 32 (12.31%) Vulnerability Management
5 31 (11.92%) Threat Modelling
6 30 (11.54%) Application Security
7 27 (10.38%) Cloud Security
7 27 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
9 25 (9.62%) Cryptography
10 24 (9.23%) Security Operations
11 22 (8.46%) DevSecOps
11 22 (8.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 21 (8.08%) Agile
13 20 (7.69%) Security Testing
14 19 (7.31%) Roadmaps
15 18 (6.92%) Security Architecture
15 18 (6.92%) Security Management
16 15 (5.77%) Problem-Solving
16 15 (5.77%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.08%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (1.92%) Python
3 4 (1.54%) Java
4 2 (0.77%) Bash
4 2 (0.77%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.77%) RPG
Qualifications
1 77 (29.62%) Security Cleared
2 61 (23.46%) SC Cleared
3 45 (17.31%) CISSP
4 31 (11.92%) CISM
5 19 (7.31%) Degree
6 18 (6.92%) DV Cleared
7 14 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (5.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 13 (5.00%) CEH
9 12 (4.62%) CCSP
10 10 (3.85%) OSCP
11 6 (2.31%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.54%) CCSK
12 4 (1.54%) CISA
12 4 (1.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 3 (1.15%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.15%) CRISC
14 2 (0.77%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.77%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (21.92%) NIST
2 46 (17.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (10.38%) GRC
4 20 (7.69%) PCI DSS
5 18 (6.92%) NCSC
6 13 (5.00%) GDPR
7 10 (3.85%) COBIT
8 9 (3.46%) QA
9 7 (2.69%) JSP 440
10 5 (1.92%) RMADS
10 5 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.77%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.77%) ITGC
12 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.38%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.38%) ISA99
12 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 5 (1.92%) IAG
2 3 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.77%) Docker
3 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.38%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.38%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.38%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (2.31%) Kubernetes
1 6 (2.31%) Terraform
2 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.77%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.77%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.38%) Ansible
4 1 (0.38%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (14.23%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.23%) SAP
3 8 (3.08%) Palo Alto
4 6 (2.31%) Splunk
5 4 (1.54%) Google
5 4 (1.54%) Tenable
6 3 (1.15%) Cisco
6 3 (1.15%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.15%) Databricks
6 3 (1.15%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.15%) Zscaler
7 2 (0.77%) CheckPoint
7 2 (0.77%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.77%) F5
7 2 (0.77%) Juniper
7 2 (0.77%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.77%) VMware
8 1 (0.38%) Checkmarx
8 1 (0.38%) Okta
8 1 (0.38%) OpenAI