Security Consultant Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £620, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 303 321
Rank change year-on-year +18 +18 +68
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 54 96 126
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.46% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.50% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 74 75
10th Percentile £493 £468 £431
25th Percentile £525 £543 £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £605 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% +10.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £684 £718
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +3.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £74.93
25th Percentile - - £77.44
Median hourly rate - - £83.25
75th Percentile - - £87.44
90th Percentile - - £88.98
UK median hourly rate - - £83.25
% change year-on-year - - +108.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,790 19,217 22,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.60% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,554 11,733 15,842
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £598
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,245 1,162
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
Median % change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
South East +14 18 £600 -4.00% 33
South West +40 11 £625 - 19
North of England +21 11 £648 +9.28% 26
Midlands +17 9 £650 +19.27% 4
North West +11 7 £583 -5.67% 14
West Midlands +11 7 £650 +19.27% 3
Scotland +11 3 £675 +11.11% 7
Yorkshire +7 3 £680 +18.26% 12
East of England +28 2 £550 -8.33%
East Midlands - 2 - -
North East - 1 £775 -
Security Consultant
UK

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 25 (46.30%) NIST
1 25 (46.30%) Social Skills
2 22 (40.74%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (37.04%) Security Cleared
4 18 (33.33%) CISSP
5 16 (29.63%) CISM
6 14 (25.93%) SAP
7 13 (24.07%) Finance
7 13 (24.07%) PCI DSS
7 13 (24.07%) Identity Access Management
8 12 (22.22%) GRC
8 12 (22.22%) SAP Security
8 12 (22.22%) Security Management
9 11 (20.37%) Banking
9 11 (20.37%) OWASP
10 10 (18.52%) SC Cleared
10 10 (18.52%) COBIT
10 10 (18.52%) CEH
10 10 (18.52%) Risk Management
10 10 (18.52%) SAP S/4HANA
10 10 (18.52%) Cloud Security
11 9 (16.67%) SAP Fiori
11 9 (16.67%) Application Security
11 9 (16.67%) DevSecOps
11 9 (16.67%) Data Security
11 9 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (16.67%) DV Cleared
11 9 (16.67%) OSCP
11 9 (16.67%) Private Cloud
12 8 (14.81%) Hybrid Cloud

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (18.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (14.81%) SAP GRC
3 4 (7.41%) SAP ERP
4 3 (5.56%) SAP MDG
5 2 (3.70%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.11%) Azure
2 2 (3.70%) AWS
2 2 (3.70%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (1.85%) GCP
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.56%) Firewall
1 3 (5.56%) Network Security
2 2 (3.70%) NGFW
3 1 (1.85%) DSL
3 1 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) SAP BW
1 2 (3.70%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.85%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.85%) Power BI
2 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
General
1 25 (46.30%) Social Skills
2 13 (24.07%) Finance
3 11 (20.37%) Banking
4 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.70%) Electronics
6 2 (3.70%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.70%) Marketing
6 2 (3.70%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.85%) Automotive
7 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.85%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.67%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (3.70%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.85%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.85%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Private Cloud
2 8 (14.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (7.41%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.85%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.85%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.85%) YARA
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (40.74%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (24.07%) Identity Access Management
3 12 (22.22%) SAP Security
3 12 (22.22%) Security Management
4 11 (20.37%) OWASP
5 10 (18.52%) Cloud Security
5 10 (18.52%) Risk Management
6 9 (16.67%) Application Security
6 9 (16.67%) Data Security
6 9 (16.67%) DevSecOps
7 8 (14.81%) DevOps
7 8 (14.81%) Network Architecture
8 7 (12.96%) Business Transformation
9 6 (11.11%) Incident Response
9 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (11.11%) Roadmaps
10 5 (9.26%) Information Security
10 5 (9.26%) Migration
10 5 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (9.26%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.85%) Bash
1 1 (1.85%) Python
1 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 18 (33.33%) CISSP
3 16 (29.63%) CISM
4 10 (18.52%) CEH
4 10 (18.52%) SC Cleared
5 9 (16.67%) DV Cleared
5 9 (16.67%) OSCP
6 8 (14.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 8 (14.81%) CCSP
6 8 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (3.70%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (3.70%) CLAS
7 2 (3.70%) CRISC
7 2 (3.70%) Degree
7 2 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (1.85%) CISA
8 1 (1.85%) ISACA
8 1 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (1.85%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (46.30%) NIST
2 13 (24.07%) PCI DSS
3 12 (22.22%) GRC
4 10 (18.52%) COBIT
5 9 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (14.81%) GDPR
7 4 (7.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (5.56%) NIST 800
9 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (3.70%) JSP 440
9 2 (3.70%) NCSC
9 2 (3.70%) RMADS
10 1 (1.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (1.85%) Def Stans
10 1 (1.85%) HIPAA
10 1 (1.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Ansible
1 1 (1.85%) Kibana
1 1 (1.85%) logstash
1 1 (1.85%) Nessus
1 1 (1.85%) QRadar
1 1 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (25.93%) SAP
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.56%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.70%) Concur
4 2 (3.70%) CyberArk
4 2 (3.70%) Oracle
4 2 (3.70%) Splunk
4 2 (3.70%) Tenable
5 1 (1.85%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.85%) F5
5 1 (1.85%) IBM
5 1 (1.85%) Qualys
5 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow