Security Consultant Contracts in Knutsford

Security Consultant
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Knutsford is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 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
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 34 15
Rank change year-on-year -16 -19 -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 1.76% 1.13% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.96% 1.20% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £406 £520 -
25th Percentile - £523 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £537 £595
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -9.83% -
75th Percentile £492 £549 -
90th Percentile £570 £551 -
Cheshire median daily rate £525 £538 £560
% change year-on-year -2.42% -3.93% +9.80%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Knutsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Knutsford. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Knutsford with a recognized job title 255 167 58
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.79% 94.35% 84.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 145 45
10th Percentile £310 £327 £525
25th Percentile £358 £382 £564
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £444 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.78% -21.42% +15.31%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £593
90th Percentile £520 £619 £606
Cheshire median daily rate £430 £465 £500
% change year-on-year -7.53% -7.00% +11.11%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in Knutsford

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

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

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in Knutsford over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in Knutsford

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford

For the 6 months to 25 August 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 Knutsford region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SDLC
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
2 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (60.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) AWS Certification
4 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (20.00%) NIST

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford 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 3 (60.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) SDLC
2 3 (60.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
2 3 (60.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (40.00%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft