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 £738, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 93 108
Rank change year-on-year -34 +15 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 18 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.70% 0.41% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.45% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 4 5
10th Percentile - £544 £540
25th Percentile £556 £588 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year +18.00% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £800 £650 £588
90th Percentile - £673 £618
England median daily rate £588 £625 £609
% change year-on-year -6.00% +2.67% -2.60%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 2,302 1,326 1,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.85% 91.39% 92.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,482 845 1,157
10th Percentile £268 £200 £225
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -1.67%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 56 129
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.89 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.12 £16.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £20.92 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.53% -7.04% +26.98%
75th Percentile £30.00 £30.17 £43.75
90th Percentile £44.00 £38.49 £67.50
England median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.68%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant 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 16 February 2026. 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
Wolverhampton - 7 £800 - 1
Solihull - 5 £563 - 1
Warwickshire -16 2 - - 1
Birmingham - 2 £675 - 1
Coventry - 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 16 February 2026, 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 10 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (38.89%) Customer Engagement
3 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Data Flow Diagram
5 2 (11.11%) Firewall
5 2 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
6 1 (5.56%) Agile
6 1 (5.56%) Azure
6 1 (5.56%) Change Management
6 1 (5.56%) Cloud Security
6 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
6 1 (5.56%) Ethernet
6 1 (5.56%) GCP
6 1 (5.56%) Google
6 1 (5.56%) GSEC
6 1 (5.56%) Identity Management
6 1 (5.56%) Information Security
6 1 (5.56%) Internal Audit
6 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (5.56%) Kerberos
6 1 (5.56%) LDAP
6 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
6 1 (5.56%) Modbus
6 1 (5.56%) NCSC
6 1 (5.56%) NIST
6 1 (5.56%) NIST 800
6 1 (5.56%) Privileged Access Management

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 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
1 1 (5.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) Ethernet
2 1 (5.56%) Kerberos
2 1 (5.56%) Modbus
General
1 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Legal
2 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (38.89%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.11%) Data Flow Diagram
4 2 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (5.56%) Agile
5 1 (5.56%) Change Management
5 1 (5.56%) Identity Management
5 1 (5.56%) Information Security
5 1 (5.56%) Internal Audit
5 1 (5.56%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (5.56%) Privileged Identity Management
5 1 (5.56%) Remediation Plan
5 1 (5.56%) Roadmaps
5 1 (5.56%) Security Hardening
5 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.56%) SIEM
5 1 (5.56%) Use Case
5 1 (5.56%) Validation
5 1 (5.56%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.56%) NCSC
1 1 (5.56%) NIST
1 1 (5.56%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Google
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft