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 23 June 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 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 529 | 570 | 686 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +41 | +116 | +146 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.033% | 0.023% | 0.009% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.036% | 0.025% | 0.010% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £620 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £468 | £641 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £480 | £485 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.03% | -30.71% | +27.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £688 | £781 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £765 | £815 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £625 | £485 | £700 |
| % change year-on-year | +28.87% | -30.71% | -2.64% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £85.75 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £86.50 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £87.25 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £86.50 | - | - |
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 | 27,656 | 40,547 | 52,404 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.13% | 92.93% | 94.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,731 | 25,981 | 36,472 |
| 10th Percentile | £288 | £281 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +2.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.60% | -1.45% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,204 | 2,979 | 1,502 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.80 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.44 | £16.37 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.36 | £37.50 | £44.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.03% | -14.77% | +76.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £62.50 | £65.57 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £74.00 | £76.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £40.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | -1.23% | +102.50% |
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.
Senior Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Consultant.
Senior Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Consultant over the 6 months to 23 June 2025.
Senior Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Consultant.
Senior Security Consultant
Top 8 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 23 June 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 | +68 | 8 | £480 | -1.03% | 234 |
| Work from Home | - | 8 | £478 | - | 164 |
| London | +55 | 4 | £438 | -41.67% | 60 |
| UK excluding London | +35 | 4 | £625 | +28.87% | 194 |
| South East | +48 | 2 | £750 | - | 48 |
| West Midlands | +5 | 1 | £625 | +28.87% | 12 |
| Midlands | +1 | 1 | £625 | +28.87% | 25 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | £400 | - | 11 |
Senior Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 23 June 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.
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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: