Senior Cybersecurity Consultant Contracts

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
UK

The median Senior Cybersecurity Consultant daily rate in the UK is £590 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 597 714 -
Rank change year-on-year +117 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.003% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.004% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £627 -
25th Percentile £585 £658 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £719 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.91% - -
75th Percentile £595 £783 -
90th Percentile - £816 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £590 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Consultant.

Daily rate trend for Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
UK excluding London - 2 £590 -
Work from Home +128 1 - - 1
England +119 1 - - 2
Scotland - 1 £590 -
South East - 1 - -

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Unix
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) LDAP
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) Kerberos
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) COBIT
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) OWASP
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) PaaS
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) ISACA
3 1 (33.33%) CyberArk
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Antivirus Management

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) IaaS
1 1 (33.33%) PaaS
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Kerberos
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) LDAP
1 1 (33.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Antivirus Management
3 1 (33.33%) Application Security
3 1 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) OWASP
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) COBIT
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) CyberArk
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft