Security Consultant Contracts in Reading

Security Consultant
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Reading is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 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
25 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 88 71
Rank change year-on-year +32 -17 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 3 11 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.54% 0.94% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 1.02% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 8
10th Percentile £477 - £513
25th Percentile £490 - £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £650 £685
Median % change year-on-year -21.59% -5.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £530 £663 £731
90th Percentile £542 £670 £750
Berkshire median daily rate £675 £650 £667
% change year-on-year +3.85% -2.59% +7.84%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 516 1,082 988
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 92.48% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 614 654
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 49 23
10th Percentile £53.50 £32.03 £45.50
25th Percentile - £52.90 £58.32
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -6.67% +153.85%
75th Percentile - £76.99 £75.27
90th Percentile £74.31 £87.47 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £58.30 £57.82
% change year-on-year +8.70% +0.83% +175.32%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in Reading

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in Reading

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 25 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 Reading region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Symantec
2 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 2 (66.67%) Broadcom
2 2 (66.67%) CyberArk
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (33.33%) Application Security
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (33.33%) Presales
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Computacenter
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) OWASP
2 1 (33.33%) Presales
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) COBIT
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Broadcom
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (66.67%) CyberArk
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
1 2 (66.67%) Symantec
2 1 (33.33%) Computacenter
42 Security Consultant jobs in Berkshire