Security Consultant Contracts in Leeds

Security Consultant
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Leeds is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 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
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 70 89
Rank change year-on-year +7 +19 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.19% 0.25% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.27% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -12.50% -4.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 513 736 1,182
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.09% 91.54% 98.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 477 836
10th Percentile £294 £300 £363
25th Percentile £400 £400 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £626
90th Percentile £600 £643 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -0.10% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 23 16
10th Percentile £31.53 £11.75 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.62 £12.25 £16.31
Median hourly rate £33.11 £18.27 £20.66
Median % change year-on-year +81.23% -11.55% -2.80%
75th Percentile £66.51 £48.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.74 - £59.88
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £18.27 £19.00
% change year-on-year +21.18% -3.84% +1.60%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in Leeds

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in Leeds

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 4 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 Leeds region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 2
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys