Senior Security Consultant Contracts in England

Senior Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Senior Security Consultant daily rate in England is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 June 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
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 544 623
Rank change year-on-year +64 +79 +145
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 8 11 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.032% 0.029% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.031% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 2
10th Percentile £400 - £627
25th Percentile £431 £468 £658
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £580 £719
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% -19.30% +30.68%
75th Percentile £663 £744 £783
90th Percentile £713 £775 £816
UK median daily rate £480 £580 £700
% change year-on-year -17.24% -17.14% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85.75 - -
Median hourly rate £86.50 - -
75th Percentile £87.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £86.50 - -

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 23,029 34,989 44,402
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 92.85% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,126 22,793 31,523
10th Percentile £293 £290 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £633 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,040 2,704 1,331
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.58 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.75 £39.55 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.31% -10.11% +80.18%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.42 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £37.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.07% -14.77% +76.00%

Senior Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Consultant in England

Senior Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Security Consultant in England

Senior Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Security Consultant in England

Senior Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Security Consultant in England

Senior 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 Senior Security Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 22 June 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 +48 4 £438 -41.67% 57
South East +51 2 £750 - 49
West Midlands +4 1 £625 +28.87% 24
Midlands +4 1 £625 +28.87% 43
Senior Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 June 2025, Senior 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 Senior Security Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Information Security
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (37.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 3 (37.50%) EBIOS
3 3 (37.50%) DevSecOps
3 3 (37.50%) NCSC
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) CISSP
3 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
4 2 (25.00%) Application Security
4 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) CISM
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
4 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) CRISC
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (12.50%) IoT
5 1 (12.50%) MQTT

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
1 1 (12.50%) MQTT
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) Cyberattack
3 1 (12.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (12.50%) IoT
3 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
3 1 (12.50%) PKI
3 1 (12.50%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) DevSecOps
2 3 (37.50%) EBIOS
2 3 (37.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Application Security
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Cryptography
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Data Security
4 1 (12.50%) Security Management
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CISSP
1 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) CISM
2 2 (25.00%) CRISC
2 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 3 (37.50%) NCSC
2 1 (12.50%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft