Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Consultant daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 337 347
Rank change year-on-year -61 +10 +121
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 142 175 243
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.46% 0.57% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.61% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 107 169
10th Percentile £441 £490 £450
25th Percentile £463 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £578 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +0.43% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £750 £755 £790
UK median daily rate £580 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +0.87% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £60.33 £71.54 £53.70
25th Percentile £64.56 £72.08 £59.25
Median hourly rate £75.75 £73.56 £68.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.97% +7.39% -5.52%
75th Percentile £83.56 £74.45 £77.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £74.63 £83.30
UK median hourly rate £75.75 £73.56 £68.50
% change year-on-year +2.97% +7.39% -5.52%

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 27,864 28,662 36,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 92.96% 93.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,852 17,623 25,021
10th Percentile £283 £300 £288
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,683 1,043 1,402
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.23 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.88 £21.02 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +38.46%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +46.67%

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 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 -12 61 £600 +4.80% 11
South East -6 26 £494 -14.13% 16
South West +13 20 £675 - 12
North of England -66 15 £492 -14.81% 3
North West -38 10 £502 -8.68% 1
Midlands -26 7 £639 +24.08% 5
West Midlands -18 6 £645 +27.00% 3
East of England -11 5 £750 +9.09% 2
Yorkshire -34 4 £484 -30.93% 1
East Midlands - 1 £400 - 2
North East - 1 £600 - 1
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 November 2025, 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 60 (42.25%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (30.99%) Security Cleared
3 42 (29.58%) Risk Management
4 38 (26.76%) Cloud Security
4 38 (26.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 36 (25.35%) CISSP
6 32 (22.54%) NIST
7 31 (21.83%) CISM
8 25 (17.61%) SC Cleared
9 24 (16.90%) Microsoft
10 23 (16.20%) Information Security
11 22 (15.49%) Azure
11 22 (15.49%) Incident Response
12 19 (13.38%) AWS
13 18 (12.68%) DV Cleared
13 18 (12.68%) Security Architecture
14 17 (11.97%) AI
14 17 (11.97%) SIEM
14 17 (11.97%) Threat Modelling
15 16 (11.27%) Firewall
16 15 (10.56%) Identity Access Management
17 14 (9.86%) GCP
17 14 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
18 13 (9.15%) Agile
18 13 (9.15%) Roadmaps
18 13 (9.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 12 (8.45%) NCSC
19 12 (8.45%) RMADS
20 11 (7.75%) GDPR
20 11 (7.75%) 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 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle CRM
2 1 (0.70%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 22 (15.49%) Azure
2 19 (13.38%) AWS
3 14 (9.86%) GCP
4 8 (5.63%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (4.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (3.52%) SaaS
8 4 (2.82%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.11%) OCI
10 2 (1.41%) Akamai
10 2 (1.41%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.41%) AWS CloudTrail
10 2 (1.41%) IaaS
10 2 (1.41%) PaaS
11 1 (0.70%) Amazon Macie
11 1 (0.70%) AWS Control Tower
11 1 (0.70%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.27%) Firewall
2 11 (7.75%) Network Security
3 5 (3.52%) DNS
4 4 (2.82%) VPN
5 3 (2.11%) DHCP
6 2 (1.41%) Ethernet
6 2 (1.41%) Kerberos
6 2 (1.41%) Modbus
6 2 (1.41%) SSL
6 2 (1.41%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.41%) VLAN
7 1 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.70%) NAS
7 1 (0.70%) NGFW
7 1 (0.70%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.70%) Power BI
1 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.41%) JIRA
2 1 (0.70%) SonarQube
General
1 38 (26.76%) Social Skills
2 32 (22.54%) Finance
3 19 (13.38%) Public Sector
4 10 (7.04%) Telecoms
5 9 (6.34%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.63%) Electronics
6 8 (5.63%) Marketing
7 7 (4.93%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.93%) Legal
8 5 (3.52%) Local Government
9 2 (1.41%) Banking
9 2 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.41%) Law
9 2 (1.41%) Police
10 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.52%) LDAP
2 1 (0.70%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (0.70%) JWT
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (16.90%) Security Posture
2 6 (4.23%) Operational Technology
3 4 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (2.82%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.82%) PKI
3 4 (2.82%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.11%) Taxonomies
5 2 (1.41%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.41%) IoT
5 2 (1.41%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.41%) NHS
5 2 (1.41%) SCADA
6 1 (0.70%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.70%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (0.70%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.52%) Windows
2 4 (2.82%) Linux
3 2 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.41%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.70%) CentOS
4 1 (0.70%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (42.25%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (29.58%) Risk Management
3 38 (26.76%) Cloud Security
4 23 (16.20%) Information Security
5 22 (15.49%) Incident Response
6 18 (12.68%) Security Architecture
7 17 (11.97%) AI
7 17 (11.97%) SIEM
7 17 (11.97%) Threat Modelling
8 15 (10.56%) Identity Access Management
9 14 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (9.15%) Agile
10 13 (9.15%) Roadmaps
10 13 (9.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (7.75%) Regulatory Compliance
12 9 (6.34%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (6.34%) Cyber Resilience
12 9 (6.34%) Security Operations
12 9 (6.34%) Zero Trust
13 8 (5.63%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.63%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.52%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (3.52%) Python
3 3 (2.11%) Bash
4 2 (1.41%) Bicep
5 1 (0.70%) C
5 1 (0.70%) C++
5 1 (0.70%) R
5 1 (0.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (30.99%) Security Cleared
2 36 (25.35%) CISSP
3 31 (21.83%) CISM
4 25 (17.61%) SC Cleared
5 18 (12.68%) DV Cleared
6 7 (4.93%) CESG Certified Professional
6 7 (4.93%) Degree
7 6 (4.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 5 (3.52%) CRISC
9 4 (2.82%) CISA
10 3 (2.11%) CEH
10 3 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.41%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.41%) CLAS
11 2 (1.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.70%) CISMP
12 1 (0.70%) GSEC
12 1 (0.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (26.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (22.54%) NIST
3 12 (8.45%) NCSC
3 12 (8.45%) RMADS
4 11 (7.75%) GDPR
5 8 (5.63%) GRC
6 7 (4.93%) NIST 800
7 5 (3.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (3.52%) COBIT
7 5 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 5 (3.52%) PCI DSS
8 4 (2.82%) JSP 440
9 3 (2.11%) EU AI Act
10 2 (1.41%) COSO
10 2 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.70%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 8 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.82%) CASB
2 3 (2.11%) Terraform
3 2 (1.41%) Ansible
3 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.70%) Istio
4 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (0.70%) SCCM
4 1 (0.70%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (0.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (16.90%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.04%) SAP
3 8 (5.63%) Google
4 7 (4.93%) Splunk
5 6 (4.23%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (3.52%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.82%) Oracle
7 4 (2.82%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.11%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.11%) Tenable
9 2 (1.41%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.41%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.41%) ExtraHop
9 2 (1.41%) FireEye
9 2 (1.41%) McAfee
9 2 (1.41%) Proofpoint
9 2 (1.41%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.41%) Trend Micro
10 1 (0.70%) Clearswift
10 1 (0.70%) Imperva