Security Consultant Contracts in the North of England

Security Consultant
England > North of England

The median Security Consultant daily rate in the North of England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 175 180
Rank change year-on-year +19 +5 +43
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 8 16 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.23% 0.33% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.35% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 16
10th Percentile £450 £525 £459
25th Percentile £519 £548 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £615 £573
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +7.42% -4.58%
75th Percentile £611 £675 £638
90th Percentile £689 £754 £672
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +3.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,262 4,512 5,210
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 92.80% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,156 2,739 3,620
10th Percentile £263 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £388 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £576 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 450 169
10th Percentile £12.58 £11.11 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.13 £13.23 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.14 £23.80 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.97% -8.46% +30.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £47.88 £43.48
90th Percentile £76.11 £68.75 £56.38
England median hourly rate £28.75 £39.55 £43.63
% change year-on-year -27.31% -9.35% +78.37%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the North of England

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in the North of England

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the North of England over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in the North of England

Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Consultant in the North of England

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
North West 0 5 £550 -12.70% 22
North East - 2 £688 - 4
Yorkshire +1 1 £525 -12.50% 20
Security Consultant
England

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 North of England region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (50.00%) SDLC
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) PCI DSS
2 3 (37.50%) CISM
2 3 (37.50%) CISSP
2 3 (37.50%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) GRC
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (25.00%) GDPR
4 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (12.50%) SAP
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (12.50%) SOC 2
4 1 (12.50%) Data Privacy
4 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
4 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP GRC
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (37.50%) Banking
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (50.00%) SDLC
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
4 1 (12.50%) Data Encryption
4 1 (12.50%) Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Privacy
4 1 (12.50%) EAM
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 1 (12.50%) Internal Audit
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Register
4 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CISM
1 3 (37.50%) CISSP
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
2 3 (37.50%) PCI DSS
3 2 (25.00%) GDPR
3 2 (25.00%) GRC
4 1 (12.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (12.50%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Qualys
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) Tenable