Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in Paddington

Security Consultant
City of Westminster > Paddington

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Paddington is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Paddington 20.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £501 - -
25th Percentile £503 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £528 - -
90th Percentile £534 - -
City of Westminster median daily rate £513 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Paddington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Paddington. 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 Paddington with a recognized job title 8 17 15
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 80.00% 89.47% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 14
10th Percentile - - £440
25th Percentile £500 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £538
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -20.93% -14.00%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £569
90th Percentile £689 £600 £575
City of Westminster median daily rate £550 £550 £550

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Paddington

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 Paddington.

Security Consultant job vacancy trend in Paddington

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Paddington

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

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

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Paddington

For the 6 months to 5 June 2026, 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 Paddington region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) DKIM
2 1 (50.00%) DMARC
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Paddington 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DKIM
1 1 (50.00%) DMARC
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler