Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Security Consultant daily rate in the West Midlands is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 106 109
Rank change year-on-year -27 +3 +43
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 5 3 9
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.22% 0.18% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.19% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile £641 £502 £548
25th Percentile £645 £504 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £508 £600
Median % change year-on-year +28.08% -15.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £669 £511 £681
90th Percentile £680 £514 £725
England median daily rate £625 £581 £600
% change year-on-year +7.53% -3.13% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 2,003 1,560 1,711
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.63% 93.69% 93.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,277 1,005 1,172
10th Percentile £259 £203 £220
25th Percentile £400 £381 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £704 £688
England median daily rate £508 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 60 59
10th Percentile £13.01 £13.95 £15.25
25th Percentile £14.25 £17.00 £17.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.82 £22.29
Median % change year-on-year +5.58% +6.86% +25.79%
75th Percentile £30.00 £32.26 £39.88
90th Percentile £50.00 £50.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Security Consultant job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Birmingham - 2 £675 -
Warwickshire -7 1 £650 +26.21%
Coventry -17 1 - -
Shropshire - 1 £639 -
Security Consultant
England

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 20 December 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 Midlands region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (20.00%) GCP
3 1 (20.00%) Google
3 1 (20.00%) GSEC
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Kerberos
3 1 (20.00%) LDAP
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Modbus
3 1 (20.00%) NCSC
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) NIST
3 1 (20.00%) NIST 800

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (20.00%) Kerberos
1 1 (20.00%) Modbus
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Privileged Identity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Security Hardening
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NCSC
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft