Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Security Consultant
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Sheffield is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
11 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.84% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £507 - -
25th Percentile £514 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 969 341 366
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 90.69% 88.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 639 228 220
10th Percentile £363 £262 £375
25th Percentile £425 £385 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -5.10% -13.98%
75th Percentile £560 £546 £577
90th Percentile £675 £629 £622
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 4 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.10 £10.90
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £17.38
Median % change year-on-year +40.42% +5.63% -13.13%
75th Percentile £34.77 £18.50 £22.44
90th Percentile £36.61 £18.51 £23.75
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £13.23
% change year-on-year +40.42% +38.72% -33.85%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Security Consultant job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 Sheffield region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (55.56%) Roadmaps
2 3 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (33.33%) Application Security
2 3 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (33.33%) AWS
2 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) CCSK
2 3 (33.33%) CCSP
2 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (33.33%) CISM
2 3 (33.33%) CISSP
2 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 3 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 3 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) GCP
2 3 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (33.33%) Network Security
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 3 (33.33%) SBOM
2 3 (33.33%) SLSA
2 3 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (22.22%) AI

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 3 (33.33%) AWS
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) GCP
2 2 (22.22%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Financial Institution
3 2 (22.22%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (22.22%) AI Agents
2 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (55.56%) Roadmaps
2 3 (33.33%) Application Security
2 3 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 3 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 3 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 3 (33.33%) SBOM
2 3 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (22.22%) AI
3 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Fintech
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (33.33%) CCSK
1 3 (33.33%) CCSP
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (33.33%) CISM
1 3 (33.33%) CISSP
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
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