Security Consultant Contract Job Trends 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 7 September 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
7 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 78 86
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 8 18 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.82% 1.27% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 1.36% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 5
10th Percentile £448 £533 £510
25th Percentile £531 £600 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £610
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.46% +6.09%
75th Percentile £691 £675 £688
90th Percentile £749 £693 -
South East median daily rate £525 £625 £525
% change year-on-year -16.00% +19.05% -17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
South East median hourly rate £86.50 - £50.00

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 905 1,323 1,207
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 93.10% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 635 834 701
10th Percentile £225 £360 £263
25th Percentile £425 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £556 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.82% +5.95% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £623
90th Percentile £650 £700 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 130 100
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.89 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £51.06 £21.04
Median hourly rate £41.00 £57.35 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.51% +6.70% +43.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £70.43 £66.25
90th Percentile £71.20 £76.86 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +111.01%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies in Hampshire

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in Hampshire over the 6 months to 7 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in Hampshire

Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies 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 7 September 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 - 5 £600 - 3
Southampton +1 1 £500 - 2
Portsmouth 0 1 £750 +15.38%
Security Consultant
South East

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

For the 6 months to 7 September 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 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 5 (62.50%) NIST 800
3 5 (62.50%) NIST
4 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (37.50%) RMADS
5 3 (37.50%) Agile
5 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
5 3 (37.50%) Scrum
5 3 (37.50%) Information Assurance
6 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
7 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
7 1 (12.50%) Tenable
7 1 (12.50%) Protective Monitoring
7 1 (12.50%) Data Security
7 1 (12.50%) Security Management
7 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
7 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
7 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (12.50%) Information Security
7 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
7 1 (12.50%) C
7 1 (12.50%) C++
7 1 (12.50%) Oracle
7 1 (12.50%) Linux
7 1 (12.50%) Intel
7 1 (12.50%) Salesforce

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Information Assurance
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Scrum
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 1 (12.50%) Boundary Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Data Security
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Protective Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Register
4 1 (12.50%) Security Management
4 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
1 1 (12.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) NIST
1 5 (62.50%) NIST 800
2 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (37.50%) RMADS
4 1 (12.50%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Intel
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
1 1 (12.50%) Splunk
1 1 (12.50%) Tenable