Security Consultant Contracts 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 5 July 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
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 332 388
Rank change year-on-year -22 +56 +134
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 139 219 283
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.59% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.63% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 158 184
10th Percentile £401 £455 £458
25th Percentile £500 £525 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £594 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% -1.04% -
75th Percentile £650 £688 £716
90th Percentile £733 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £586 £550
% change year-on-year -6.18% +6.59% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £27.93 - £74.93
25th Percentile £28.52 - £77.44
Median hourly rate £31.49 - £83.25
75th Percentile £60.36 - £87.44
90th Percentile £76.49 - £88.98
UK median hourly rate £31.49 - £83.25
% change year-on-year - - +85.00%

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 24,431 34,632 45,324
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 92.92% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,933 22,678 32,135
10th Percentile £290 £300 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £663
90th Percentile £748 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,148 2,542 1,381
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.88 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.98 £17.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -8.57% +76.02%
75th Percentile £57.31 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.95 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £26.39 £38.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -31.47% -10.47% +70.13%

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 5 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 5 July 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 5 July 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 -3 63 £525 -10.26% 224
South East +9 27 £525 -16.00% 117
South West +31 16 £625 - 94
Midlands +9 12 £625 +14.68% 76
West Midlands +7 10 £625 +28.87% 41
North of England -4 9 £575 -4.17% 133
North West -4 6 £550 -1.79% 65
East of England +27 4 £550 -8.33% 71
North East - 2 £688 - 7
East Midlands - 2 £400 - 35
Yorkshire +1 1 £525 -19.23% 61
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 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 53 (38.13%) Social Skills
2 45 (32.37%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (30.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (30.94%) NIST
4 41 (29.50%) Security Cleared
5 34 (24.46%) Information Security
6 33 (23.74%) Risk Management
6 33 (23.74%) CISSP
7 27 (19.42%) Finance
8 25 (17.99%) CISM
9 24 (17.27%) Cloud Security
10 21 (15.11%) SC Cleared
11 18 (12.95%) DV Cleared
11 18 (12.95%) SAP
11 18 (12.95%) Incident Response
11 18 (12.95%) Public Sector
12 15 (10.79%) Microsoft
12 15 (10.79%) Risk Assessment
12 15 (10.79%) Identity Access Management
13 14 (10.07%) Threat Modelling
13 14 (10.07%) Azure
13 14 (10.07%) Agile
13 14 (10.07%) Telecoms
13 14 (10.07%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (10.07%) Roadmaps
13 14 (10.07%) GDPR
14 13 (9.35%) GRC
14 13 (9.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 13 (9.35%) Vulnerability Management
15 12 (8.63%) AWS

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (5.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.60%) SAP GRC
3 2 (1.44%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle CRM
4 1 (0.72%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.07%) Azure
2 12 (8.63%) AWS
3 5 (3.60%) GCP
4 4 (2.88%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.88%) SaaS
5 3 (2.16%) IaaS
5 3 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (2.16%) OCI
5 3 (2.16%) PaaS
6 2 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.44%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.72%) Akamai
7 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.63%) Network Security
2 11 (7.91%) Firewall
3 6 (4.32%) NGFW
3 6 (4.32%) VPN
4 3 (2.16%) DNS
5 2 (1.44%) DHCP
5 2 (1.44%) Internet
5 2 (1.44%) LAN
5 2 (1.44%) WAN
6 1 (0.72%) DSL
6 1 (0.72%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.72%) ISDN
6 1 (0.72%) MPLS
6 1 (0.72%) PSTN
6 1 (0.72%) SAN
6 1 (0.72%) SSL
6 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.72%) VLAN
6 1 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.44%) SAP BW
1 2 (1.44%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.72%) Power BI
2 1 (0.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.60%) JIRA
General
1 53 (38.13%) Social Skills
2 27 (19.42%) Finance
3 18 (12.95%) Public Sector
4 14 (10.07%) Telecoms
5 9 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.76%) Electronics
6 8 (5.76%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.76%) Marketing
7 4 (2.88%) Legal
8 3 (2.16%) Banking
9 2 (1.44%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.72%) Automotive
10 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.72%) Law
10 1 (0.72%) Local Government
10 1 (0.72%) Police
10 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.32%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (2.16%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.44%) LDAP
4 1 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.63%) Security Posture
2 8 (5.76%) Operational Technology
3 6 (4.32%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.32%) PKI
4 5 (3.60%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.88%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.16%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 2 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.44%) IoT
7 2 (1.44%) NHS
7 2 (1.44%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.72%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.72%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.72%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.88%) Windows
2 3 (2.16%) Linux
2 3 (2.16%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.44%) AIX
3 2 (1.44%) Solaris
4 1 (0.72%) CentOS
4 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (32.37%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (24.46%) Information Security
3 33 (23.74%) Risk Management
4 24 (17.27%) Cloud Security
5 18 (12.95%) Incident Response
6 15 (10.79%) Identity Access Management
6 15 (10.79%) Risk Assessment
7 14 (10.07%) Agile
7 14 (10.07%) Roadmaps
7 14 (10.07%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (10.07%) Threat Modelling
8 13 (9.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 13 (9.35%) Vulnerability Management
9 12 (8.63%) Application Security
9 12 (8.63%) Security Architecture
10 11 (7.91%) Programme Management
11 10 (7.19%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (7.19%) Security Operations
12 9 (6.47%) Data Protection
12 9 (6.47%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.60%) Python
2 2 (1.44%) Bash
2 2 (1.44%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (29.50%) Security Cleared
2 33 (23.74%) CISSP
3 25 (17.99%) CISM
4 21 (15.11%) SC Cleared
5 18 (12.95%) DV Cleared
6 11 (7.91%) Degree
7 8 (5.76%) CESG Certified Professional
8 6 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (4.32%) CRISC
8 6 (4.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 5 (3.60%) CLAS
10 2 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.44%) CISA
10 2 (1.44%) GIAC
10 2 (1.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (1.44%) OSCP
11 1 (0.72%) CCIE
11 1 (0.72%) CCSE
11 1 (0.72%) CEH
11 1 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (30.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 43 (30.94%) NIST
2 14 (10.07%) GDPR
3 13 (9.35%) GRC
4 12 (8.63%) RMADS
5 10 (7.19%) NCSC
5 10 (7.19%) PCI DSS
6 7 (5.04%) COBIT
7 6 (4.32%) NIST 800
8 5 (3.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 5 (3.60%) JSP 440
8 5 (3.60%) QA
8 5 (3.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (1.44%) COSO
11 1 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.72%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.72%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (2.16%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.16%) Ansible
1 3 (2.16%) CASB
2 2 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.72%) Kibana
3 1 (0.72%) logstash
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.72%) Nessus
3 1 (0.72%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (0.72%) QRadar
3 1 (0.72%) SCCM
3 1 (0.72%) Terraform
3 1 (0.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (12.95%) SAP
2 15 (10.79%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.19%) Palo Alto
4 8 (5.76%) CyberArk
5 7 (5.04%) Splunk
6 6 (4.32%) Oracle
7 5 (3.60%) Cisco
8 4 (2.88%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (2.88%) Planview
9 3 (2.16%) Broadcom
9 3 (2.16%) Qualys
9 3 (2.16%) Symantec
10 2 (1.44%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (1.44%) Concur
10 2 (1.44%) Google
10 2 (1.44%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.44%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.44%) Tenable
10 2 (1.44%) VMware
10 2 (1.44%) Zscaler