Security Consultant Contracts in the South East

Security Consultant
England > South East

The median Security Consultant daily rate in the South East is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 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
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 145 150
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 +68
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 30 53 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.88% 0.96% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 1.04% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 34 35
10th Percentile £416 £508 £475
25th Percentile £473 £550 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £591
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +5.77% -7.16%
75th Percentile £621 £650 £702
90th Percentile £731 £675 £765
England median daily rate £571 £585 £595
% change year-on-year -2.35% -1.68% -0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85.75 - -
Median hourly rate £86.50 - £50.00
75th Percentile £87.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £31.49 - £76.50
% change year-on-year - - +5.52%

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 3,076 5,086 5,487
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.50% 92.29% 94.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,987 3,024 3,804
10th Percentile £213 £250 £225
25th Percentile £375 £405 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £630 £602
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 473 249
10th Percentile £14.14 £13.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £19.25 £21.05
Median hourly rate £27.88 £54.88 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.19% +9.75% +137.81%
75th Percentile £62.24 £70.39 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.75 £80.00 £74.83
England median hourly rate £27.64 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -30.90% -6.98% +70.01%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the South East

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in the South East

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in the South East

Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Security Consultant in the South East

Security 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 Security Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 July 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 +13 16 £491 -24.42% 4
Berkshire +20 15 £495 -23.85% 3
Hampshire +13 9 £600 -4.00% 3
Surrey +15 4 £495 -15.74% 2
Oxfordshire - 1 £488 - 1
East Sussex - 1 - -
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 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 South East region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 15 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 15 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (36.67%) NIST
4 10 (33.33%) DV Cleared
5 8 (26.67%) Risk Management
6 7 (23.33%) Business Transformation
6 7 (23.33%) Information Assurance
6 7 (23.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (23.33%) Cloud Security
6 7 (23.33%) NIST 800
7 6 (20.00%) Application Security
7 6 (20.00%) Data Security
8 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 5 (16.67%) Scrum
8 5 (16.67%) Information Security
8 5 (16.67%) RMADS
8 5 (16.67%) SC Cleared
8 5 (16.67%) Security Architecture
8 5 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
9 4 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
9 4 (13.33%) SAP Fiori
9 4 (13.33%) SAP Security
9 4 (13.33%) AWS
9 4 (13.33%) Splunk
9 4 (13.33%) Network Security
9 4 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
9 4 (13.33%) Agile
9 4 (13.33%) SAP
10 3 (10.00%) Oracle

Security 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) AWS
2 2 (6.67%) IaaS
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.67%) OCI
2 2 (6.67%) PaaS
2 2 (6.67%) SaaS
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) Network Security
2 3 (10.00%) Firewall
3 2 (6.67%) NGFW
4 1 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 15 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.33%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.33%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (26.67%) Risk Management
3 7 (23.33%) Business Transformation
3 7 (23.33%) Cloud Security
3 7 (23.33%) Information Assurance
4 6 (20.00%) Application Security
4 6 (20.00%) Data Security
5 5 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (16.67%) Information Security
5 5 (16.67%) Scrum
5 5 (16.67%) Security Architecture
6 4 (13.33%) Agile
6 4 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (13.33%) SAP Security
7 3 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
7 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (10.00%) Project Delivery
7 3 (10.00%) Risk Register
7 3 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 5 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.33%) CEH
5 1 (3.33%) CISM
5 1 (3.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (36.67%) NIST
2 7 (23.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (23.33%) NIST 800
3 5 (16.67%) RMADS
4 3 (10.00%) NCSC
5 2 (6.67%) COBIT
5 2 (6.67%) GDPR
6 1 (3.33%) COSO
6 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (3.33%) HIPAA
6 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) SAP
2 4 (13.33%) Splunk
3 3 (10.00%) Broadcom
3 3 (10.00%) Cisco
3 3 (10.00%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (10.00%) CyberArk
3 3 (10.00%) Oracle
3 3 (10.00%) Symantec
4 2 (6.67%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.33%) Computacenter
5 1 (3.33%) Proofpoint
5 1 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.33%) Tenable