Information Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in London

Information Security Consultant
England > London

The median Information Security Consultant daily rate in London is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 349 371
Rank change year-on-year -46 +22 +122
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Consultant 3 3 23
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.019% 0.023% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.024% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 15
10th Percentile £474 £427 £516
25th Percentile £491 £467 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £544 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% -16.35% -12.16%
75th Percentile £591 £630 £769
90th Percentile £611 £676 £875
England median daily rate £675 £415 £625
% change year-on-year +62.65% -33.60% -5.66%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 14,505 12,417 17,065
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 93.59% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,704 8,097 12,321
10th Percentile £350 £335 £325
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 142 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.21 £15.98
25th Percentile £23.14 £25.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +30.70% -17.99%
75th Percentile £60.19 £53.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.72 £65.30
England median hourly rate £33.34 £36.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.04% +3.57% -12.50%

Information Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Information Security Consultant job vacancy trend in London

Information Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Security Consultant job vacancies in London

Information Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Consultant in London over the 6 months to 24 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Consultant in London

Information Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Security Consultant job vacancies in London

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 24 February 2026, Information Security Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Information Security Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) GRC
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (33.33%) CGEIT
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) COBIT
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) CRISC
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) ISMS
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) ISMS
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CGEIT
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) CRISC
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) GRC
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (33.33%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory