Lead Security Consultant Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Lead Security Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Lead Security Consultant daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 - 468
Rank change year-on-year - - +147
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Security Consultant 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% - 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% - 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £661
25th Percentile £613 - £678
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £713
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £638 - £753
90th Percentile - - £774
UK median daily rate £625 £775 £700
% change year-on-year -19.35% +10.71% +15.23%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,280 14,264 24,476
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 93.50% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,354 9,548 17,287
10th Percentile £338 £325 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £774 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 576 563
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.34 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.13 £23.32 £25.98
Median hourly rate £35.13 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

Lead Security Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Lead Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Lead Security Consultant trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Lead Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Lead Security Consultant.

Lead Security Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Lead Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Lead 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Lead Security Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

Lead Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow