Security Consultant Contracts in London

Security Consultant
England > London

The median Security Consultant daily rate in London is £550, 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 303 292 345
Rank change year-on-year -11 +53 +114
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 50 99 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.40% 0.56% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.60% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 73 105
10th Percentile £400 £455 £458
25th Percentile £500 £540 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £585
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +11.11% +6.36%
75th Percentile £675 £800 £775
90th Percentile £725 £875 £794
England median daily rate £590 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -5.60% +4.17% +7.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London -20 3 £550 -15.38% 1
East London +12 1 £600 +2.56%
Security Consultant
England

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

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 London region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 23 (46.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (38.00%) Information Security
3 17 (34.00%) Risk Assessment
3 17 (34.00%) CISSP
4 15 (30.00%) CISM
5 14 (28.00%) Risk Management
5 14 (28.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (28.00%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (26.00%) NIST
7 9 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (18.00%) Zero Trust
7 9 (18.00%) Security Cleared
8 8 (16.00%) Agile
8 8 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (16.00%) Azure
8 8 (16.00%) CRISC
9 7 (14.00%) SC Cleared
9 7 (14.00%) Computer Science
9 7 (14.00%) GCP
9 7 (14.00%) Degree
9 7 (14.00%) Incident Response
9 7 (14.00%) GRC
10 6 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (12.00%) GDPR
10 6 (12.00%) JIRA
11 5 (10.00%) Finance
11 5 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 5 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
11 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 4 (8.00%) AWS

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

Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.00%) Azure
2 7 (14.00%) GCP
3 4 (8.00%) AWS
4 1 (2.00%) IaaS
4 1 (2.00%) PaaS
4 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.00%) Firewall
2 3 (6.00%) Network Security
2 3 (6.00%) NGFW
2 3 (6.00%) VPN
3 1 (2.00%) 4G
3 1 (2.00%) ISDN
3 1 (2.00%) LAN
3 1 (2.00%) MPLS
3 1 (2.00%) PSTN
3 1 (2.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 6 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 23 (46.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.00%) Finance
3 4 (8.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.00%) Legal
6 1 (2.00%) Banking
6 1 (2.00%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (2.00%) Police
6 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.00%) Cyberattack
2 3 (6.00%) e-Learning
2 3 (6.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.00%) Blog
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.00%) AIX
1 2 (4.00%) Linux
1 2 (4.00%) Solaris
1 2 (4.00%) Windows
1 2 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.00%) Information Security
2 17 (34.00%) Risk Assessment
3 14 (28.00%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (28.00%) Risk Management
4 9 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (18.00%) Zero Trust
5 8 (16.00%) Agile
5 8 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (14.00%) Computer Science
6 7 (14.00%) Incident Response
7 5 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 4 (8.00%) Business Continuity
8 4 (8.00%) EBIOS
8 4 (8.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 4 (8.00%) Risk Register
8 4 (8.00%) Roadmaps
8 4 (8.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 4 (8.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.00%) Python
2 1 (2.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (34.00%) CISSP
2 15 (30.00%) CISM
3 9 (18.00%) Security Cleared
4 8 (16.00%) CRISC
5 7 (14.00%) Degree
5 7 (14.00%) SC Cleared
6 6 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (8.00%) Azure Certification
8 2 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (2.00%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.00%) GIAC
9 1 (2.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (28.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (26.00%) NIST
3 7 (14.00%) GRC
4 6 (12.00%) GDPR
5 4 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 4 (8.00%) QA
6 3 (6.00%) HIPAA
6 3 (6.00%) PCI DSS
7 1 (2.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (8.00%) Planview
2 3 (6.00%) CyberArk
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (4.00%) BeyondTrust
3 2 (4.00%) Google
4 1 (2.00%) Okta
4 1 (2.00%) Ping Identity
4 1 (2.00%) Qualys
4 1 (2.00%) Virgin Media
4 1 (2.00%) VMware