Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Security Consultant
West Midlands > Shropshire

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Shropshire is £639, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.32% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £639 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £645 £508 £600
% change year-on-year +27.00% -15.42% +4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Shropshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Shropshire. 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 Shropshire with a recognized job title 282 104 51
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 85.25% 98.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 73 30
10th Percentile £387 £218 £254
25th Percentile £430 £369 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £477 £405
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% +17.78% -23.58%
75th Percentile £538 £515 £495
90th Percentile £560 £544 £554
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.21 - -
Median hourly rate £18.68 £12.18 -
Median % change year-on-year +53.37% - -
75th Percentile £28.87 £17.89 -
90th Percentile £35.56 £21.32 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £23.82 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.95% +5.87% +26.98%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Security Consultant job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 1 December 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
Telford - 1 £639 -
Security Consultant
West Midlands

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, 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 Shropshire region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GSEC
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kerberos
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Kerberos
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) GSEC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft