Senior Cybersecurity Consultant Contract Job Trends in London

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
England > London

The median Senior Cybersecurity Consultant daily rate in London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 450 374 -
Rank change year-on-year -76 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.020% 0.007% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.008% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £536 - -
25th Percentile £561 £806 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £813 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% - -
75th Percentile £675 £819 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £625 £492 -
% change year-on-year +27.03% - -

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 18,881 12,479 15,325
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 92.73% 94.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,191 8,352 10,227
10th Percentile £363 £331 £341
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.29% -1.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £658 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 206 180
10th Percentile £17.39 £17.00 £17.48
25th Percentile £22.00 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £40.00 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -14.29% -4.21%
75th Percentile £63.10 £51.13 £56.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £66.54 £72.19
England median hourly rate £43.61 £25.15 £46.18
% change year-on-year +73.38% -45.54% +2.62%

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancy trend in London

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in London

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in London over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in London

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 September 2026, Senior Cybersecurity 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 Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) GRC
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Internal Audit
3 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (50.00%) NIST
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (25.00%) Network Security
4 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) SIEM
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management

Senior Cybersecurity 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GRC
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft