Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in West London

Security Consultant
London > West London

The median Security Consultant daily rate in West London is £587, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.70% 0.46% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 0.49% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £522 - -
25th Percentile £545 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £587 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% - -
75th Percentile £626 £638 -
90th Percentile £648 - -
London median daily rate £600 £578 £550
% change year-on-year +3.90% +5.00% -8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West 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 West London with a recognized job title 237 206 443
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.58% 94.93% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 153 349
10th Percentile £204 £240 £189
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -15.09% +4.79%
75th Percentile £523 £538 £613
90th Percentile £614 £600 £700
London median daily rate £533 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 22
10th Percentile £19.54 £20.75 £18.88
25th Percentile £21.46 £22.17 £31.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.80 £55.25
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% -56.92% +59.64%
75th Percentile £33.24 £30.05 £70.75
90th Percentile £41.88 £38.75 £84.00
London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £36.14
% change year-on-year -26.67% +3.76% +3.26%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West London.

Security Consultant job vacancy trend in West London

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies in West London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies in West London

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in West London over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in West London

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
Harrow - 1 £513 - 1
Security Consultant
London

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, Security Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West London region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Attestation
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (50.00%) Data Security
1 1 (50.00%) EU AI Act
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) LLM
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Attestation
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (50.00%) Data Security
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) LLM
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) EU AI Act
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft