Senior Security Consultant Contracts

Senior Security Consultant
UK

The median Senior Security Consultant daily rate in the UK is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 567 715
Rank change year-on-year +52 +148 +107
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 5 15 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.034% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.037% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £400 £468 £813
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £633 £825
Median % change year-on-year -24.11% -23.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £688 £775 £838
90th Percentile £725 £888 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £750 £485 -
% change year-on-year +54.64% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Senior Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Consultant over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security 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 Security Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +49 5 £480 -28.89% 41
Work from Home +44 4 £440 - 12
London +36 3 £400 -46.67% 32
UK excluding London +55 1 £750 +54.64% 11
South East +45 1 £750 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 featuring Senior Security Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Information Security
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (60.00%) CISSP
3 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
3 3 (60.00%) Degree
3 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (60.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 3 (60.00%) EBIOS
3 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
4 2 (40.00%) NCSC
4 2 (40.00%) CRISC
4 2 (40.00%) CISM
5 1 (20.00%) Firewall
5 1 (20.00%) Security Management
5 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (20.00%) Internet
5 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
5 1 (20.00%) Azure
5 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
5 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (20.00%) IoT

Senior Security 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 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) MQTT
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (20.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (20.00%) IoT
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
2 3 (60.00%) EBIOS
2 3 (60.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Application Security
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) CISM
2 2 (40.00%) CRISC
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 2 (40.00%) NCSC
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations