Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Security Consultant
North West > Manchester

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Manchester is £590, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 79 96
Rank change year-on-year -9 +17 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 3 9 6
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.26% 0.83% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.89% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 6
10th Percentile £451 £491 £563
25th Percentile £501 £525 £586
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £600 £669
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% -10.28% +33.75%
75th Percentile £673 £698 £697
90th Percentile £719 £833 £769
North West median daily rate £502 £550 £644
% change year-on-year -8.68% -14.56% +17.05%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,060 1,016 1,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 93.90% 93.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 611 1,047
10th Percentile £309 £313 £306
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 40 58
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.99 £15.42
25th Percentile £19.42 £21.25 £17.20
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +66.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £37.25 £44.06 £53.75
90th Percentile £63.50 £65.00 £74.28
North West median hourly rate £31.75 £27.13 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.05% -22.50% +62.79%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Security Consultant job vacancy trend in Manchester

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in Manchester over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in Manchester

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, 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 Manchester region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) GCP
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) IT Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) IT Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft