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 £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 297 318
Rank change year-on-year +9 +21 +68
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 54 94 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.46% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.50% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 73 76
10th Percentile £474 £468 £415
25th Percentile £525 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £680 £650 £656
90th Percentile £750 £685 £716
UK median daily rate £571 £625 £563
% change year-on-year -8.60% +11.11% -0.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £27.73 - £74.93
25th Percentile £28.03 - £77.44
Median hourly rate £29.51 - £83.25
75th Percentile £31.99 - £87.44
90th Percentile £32.88 - £88.98
UK median hourly rate £29.51 - £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 11,683 18,741 21,586
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 92.50% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,462 11,456 15,029
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £598
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.82% +2.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 812 2,282 1,102
10th Percentile £13.87 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.72 £18.04
Median hourly rate £26.42 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.96% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% -18.89% +88.21%

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 23 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 23 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 +17 17 £595 -4.80% 257
South West +33 11 £588 -6.00% 136
Midlands +20 11 £650 +34.02% 188
North of England +16 9 £583 -7.54% 221
West Midlands +13 9 £650 +34.02% 102
North West +7 6 £550 -12.70% 108
East of England +31 4 £550 -8.33% 146
Yorkshire +16 2 £603 - 89
Scotland +2 2 £588 +11.90% 54
East Midlands - 2 - - 73
North East - 1 £775 - 24
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 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%) Social Skills
2 22 (40.74%) NIST
3 20 (37.04%) Security Cleared
4 17 (31.48%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (29.63%) CISSP
6 14 (25.93%) CISM
7 13 (24.07%) SAP
7 13 (24.07%) Finance
8 12 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (22.22%) PCI DSS
8 12 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
9 11 (20.37%) GRC
9 11 (20.37%) Cloud Security
9 11 (20.37%) SAP Security
10 10 (18.52%) SC Cleared
11 9 (16.67%) DV Cleared
11 9 (16.67%) Data Security
11 9 (16.67%) Risk Management
11 9 (16.67%) SAP Fiori
11 9 (16.67%) GDPR
11 9 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
12 8 (14.81%) Application Security
12 8 (14.81%) Incident Response
12 8 (14.81%) OWASP
13 7 (12.96%) SAP GRC
13 7 (12.96%) COBIT
13 7 (12.96%) OSCP
13 7 (12.96%) Business Transformation
13 7 (12.96%) Security Management
13 7 (12.96%) Information Security

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 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (12.96%) SAP GRC
3 4 (7.41%) SAP ERP
4 3 (5.56%) SAP MDG
5 2 (3.70%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.26%) Azure
2 4 (7.41%) AWS
3 3 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.85%) GCP
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.26%) Network Security
2 3 (5.56%) Firewall
3 2 (3.70%) NGFW
4 1 (1.85%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (1.85%) DSL
4 1 (1.85%) Intrusion Detection
4 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 7 (12.96%) Banking
4 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.70%) Electronics
5 2 (3.70%) Financial Institution
5 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.70%) Marketing
5 2 (3.70%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.85%) Automotive
6 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.85%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.67%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (3.70%) LDAP
2 2 (3.70%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.85%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) Private Cloud
2 4 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (7.41%) Security Posture
3 3 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
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%) PKI
5 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.85%) YARA
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (31.48%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
3 11 (20.37%) Cloud Security
3 11 (20.37%) SAP Security
4 9 (16.67%) Data Security
4 9 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 8 (14.81%) Application Security
5 8 (14.81%) Incident Response
5 8 (14.81%) OWASP
6 7 (12.96%) Business Transformation
6 7 (12.96%) Information Security
6 7 (12.96%) Roadmaps
6 7 (12.96%) Security Management
7 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (11.11%) Security Operations
8 5 (9.26%) DevSecOps
8 5 (9.26%) ERP
8 5 (9.26%) Migration
8 5 (9.26%) Programme Management
8 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 16 (29.63%) CISSP
3 14 (25.93%) CISM
4 10 (18.52%) SC Cleared
5 9 (16.67%) DV Cleared
6 7 (12.96%) OSCP
7 6 (11.11%) CEH
8 5 (9.26%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (7.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (7.41%) CCSP
10 3 (5.56%) Degree
11 2 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (3.70%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (3.70%) CLAS
11 2 (3.70%) CRISC
11 2 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 1 (1.85%) CCIE Security
12 1 (1.85%) CCSM
12 1 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 1 (1.85%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (40.74%) NIST
2 12 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (22.22%) PCI DSS
3 11 (20.37%) GRC
4 9 (16.67%) GDPR
5 7 (12.96%) COBIT
6 4 (7.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (3.70%) JSP 440
7 2 (3.70%) NCSC
7 2 (3.70%) NIST 800
7 2 (3.70%) RMADS
8 1 (1.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (1.85%) Def Stans
8 1 (1.85%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.85%) Ansible
2 1 (1.85%) Kibana
2 1 (1.85%) logstash
2 1 (1.85%) Nessus
2 1 (1.85%) Network Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (1.85%) QRadar
2 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (24.07%) SAP
2 7 (12.96%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.41%) CyberArk
3 4 (7.41%) Splunk
4 3 (5.56%) Cisco
4 3 (5.56%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.70%) Broadcom
5 2 (3.70%) Concur
5 2 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (3.70%) F5
5 2 (3.70%) Oracle
5 2 (3.70%) Symantec
5 2 (3.70%) Tenable
6 1 (1.85%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.85%) Computacenter
6 1 (1.85%) IBM
6 1 (1.85%) Qualys
6 1 (1.85%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.85%) Zscaler