Security Consultant Contracts in the North West

Security Consultant
England > North West

The median Security Consultant daily rate in the North West is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 124 134
Rank change year-on-year +6 +10 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 6 9 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.31% 0.34% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.36% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 10
10th Percentile £424 £548 £446
25th Percentile £525 £584 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £623 £644 £622
90th Percentile £657 £695 £644
England median daily rate £571 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -8.60% +4.17% +4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,820 2,509 2,940
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 94.61% 94.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,208 1,631 2,082
10th Percentile £250 £273 £304
25th Percentile £375 £388 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% -2.20% +5.26%
75th Percentile £557 £585 £586
90th Percentile £656 £675 £675
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 273 125
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.59
25th Percentile £17.14 £13.50 £18.82
Median hourly rate £28.75 £27.50 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.95% +31.51%
75th Percentile £59.93 £46.91 £47.00
90th Percentile £82.94 £70.50 £66.00
England median hourly rate £29.15 £37.18 £44.77
% change year-on-year -21.60% -16.94% +94.63%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the North West

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in the North West

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the North West over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in the North West

Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Consultant in the North West

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 21 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
Cheshire +1 4 £550 -10.93% 3
Manchester +18 2 £680 +4.62% 17
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 North West region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Banking
1 4 (66.67%) PCI DSS
1 4 (66.67%) SDLC
1 4 (66.67%) NIST
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (50.00%) CISM
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
4 1 (16.67%) CCSP
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
4 1 (16.67%) Private Cloud
4 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (16.67%) OWASP
4 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) OSCP
4 1 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (16.67%) Security Operations

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

General
1 4 (66.67%) Banking
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (16.67%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) SDLC
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Data Encryption
4 1 (16.67%) Data Management
4 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Data Security
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps
4 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
4 1 (16.67%) Internal Audit
4 1 (16.67%) Security Management
4 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CISM
1 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (16.67%) CCSP
3 1 (16.67%) CEH
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) NIST
1 4 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (16.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (16.67%) COBIT
3 1 (16.67%) GDPR
3 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)