Security Consultant Contracts in Hampshire

Security Consultant
South East > Hampshire

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Hampshire is £600, 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 63 71 79
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 6 24 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.80% 1.49% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 1.65% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 24 17
10th Percentile £556 £500 £525
25th Percentile £572 £544 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £610
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.46% +6.09%
75th Percentile - £638 £703
90th Percentile £638 £668 £760
South East median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 712 1,451 1,323
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.44% 90.12% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 824 865
10th Percentile £280 £363 £232
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £620
90th Percentile £661 £738 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 173 106
10th Percentile £20.03 £13.40 £18.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £33.75 £22.51
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%
75th Percentile £71.25 £62.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in Hampshire

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in Hampshire

Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Consultant in Hampshire

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire 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
Basingstoke - 3 £600 - 1
Southampton +1 2 £600 +20.00%
Portsmouth +13 1 £575 -4.17% 3
Security Consultant
South East

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

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 Hampshire region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) NIST 800
3 3 (50.00%) NIST
3 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (33.33%) Runbook
4 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 2 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (33.33%) Firewall
4 2 (33.33%) NGFW
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 1 (16.67%) Tenable
5 1 (16.67%) Security Management
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
5 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
5 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
5 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
5 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Splunk
5 1 (16.67%) SIEM
5 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (16.67%) Protective Monitoring

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) NGFW
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) CSOC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
1 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (33.33%) Runbook
1 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Boundary Protection
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
2 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
2 1 (16.67%) Malware Detection/Protection
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
2 1 (16.67%) Protective Monitoring
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Security Management
2 1 (16.67%) SIEM
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) NIST
1 3 (50.00%) NIST 800
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (16.67%) Splunk
2 1 (16.67%) Tenable