Cybersecurity Consultant Contracts in the South East

Cybersecurity Consultant
England > South East

The median Cybersecurity Consultant daily rate in the South East is £544, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 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 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 176 197
Rank change year-on-year +29 +21 +60
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 6 24 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.42% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.46% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 13
10th Percentile £403 £561 £400
25th Percentile £429 £613 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £625 £685
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% -8.76% +9.60%
75th Percentile £638 £681 £725
90th Percentile £660 £688 £805
England median daily rate £650 £625 £619
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.01% -13.16%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 2,783 5,274 5,443
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 92.36% 94.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,815 3,105 3,773
10th Percentile £220 £250 £223
25th Percentile £375 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £509 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.77% +1.80% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £606
90th Percentile £661 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 550 243
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.56 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.00 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.00% - +138.10%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.56 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.75 £39.50 £43.63
% change year-on-year -27.22% -9.47% +74.52%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the South East

Cybersecurity Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the South East

Cybersecurity Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Consultant in the South East

Cybersecurity Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Thames Valley +23 4 £569 -14.15% 9
Berkshire +21 3 £650 -1.89% 5
Hampshire +18 2 £495 -20.80% 3
Oxfordshire - 1 £488 - 4
Cybersecurity Consultant
England

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, Cybersecurity 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 South East region featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
2 5 (83.33%) Risk Management
2 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (66.67%) RMADS
3 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) Scrum
3 4 (66.67%) Information Assurance
3 4 (66.67%) NIST 800
3 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
4 3 (50.00%) Agile
5 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
6 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
6 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
6 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
6 1 (16.67%) Application Security
6 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
6 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
6 1 (16.67%) SIEM
6 1 (16.67%) ITIL
6 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
6 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 1 (16.67%) GDPR
6 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) Risk Management
3 4 (66.67%) Information Assurance
3 4 (66.67%) Scrum
4 3 (50.00%) Agile
5 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
5 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (16.67%) Application Security
6 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
6 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
6 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
6 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (16.67%) Information Security Management
6 1 (16.67%) OWASP
6 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
6 1 (16.67%) Security Management
6 1 (16.67%) SIEM
6 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
2 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (66.67%) NIST 800
3 4 (66.67%) RMADS
4 1 (16.67%) COBIT
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (16.67%) GDPR