Security Consultant Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Work from Home is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 289 282 440
Rank change year-on-year -7 +158 -152
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 63 193 199
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.41% 0.75% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.78% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 127 135
10th Percentile £516 £450 £450
25th Percentile £563 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year - +2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £650
90th Percentile £825 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £625 £575 £556
% change year-on-year +8.70% +3.37% +1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £33.50
25th Percentile - - £38.75
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
75th Percentile - - £50.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £83.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +108.13% -15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 14,380 24,650 42,718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.33% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,617 17,416 30,864
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +2.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 564 610
10th Percentile £14.30 £18.50 £13.10
25th Percentile £23.25 £26.19 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

Security Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Consultant trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Consultant.

Security Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Consultant over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Security Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Consultant.

Security Consultant hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 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 Security Consultant in the job title.

1 34 (53.97%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (47.62%) Information Security
3 21 (33.33%) Finance
4 20 (31.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (31.75%) CISSP
5 16 (25.40%) DevOps
5 16 (25.40%) Security Cleared
6 15 (23.81%) Azure
6 15 (23.81%) NIST
7 14 (22.22%) Social Skills
7 14 (22.22%) CISM
8 12 (19.05%) SC Cleared
8 12 (19.05%) NCSC
9 11 (17.46%) Application Security
9 11 (17.46%) Data Protection
9 11 (17.46%) Security Management
10 10 (15.87%) Security Testing
10 10 (15.87%) DevSecOps
11 9 (14.29%) GRC
12 8 (12.70%) ISMS
12 8 (12.70%) OWASP
12 8 (12.70%) AWS
12 8 (12.70%) Vulnerability Management
12 8 (12.70%) Information Security Management
13 7 (11.11%) Risk Management
13 7 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (11.11%) Microsoft
13 7 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (11.11%) Public Sector
13 7 (11.11%) SDLC

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.59%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.81%) Azure
2 8 (12.70%) AWS
3 7 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (6.35%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.35%) GCP
5 3 (4.76%) IaaS
5 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.59%) GitHub
7 1 (1.59%) PaaS
7 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.59%) Firewall
1 1 (1.59%) Kerberos
1 1 (1.59%) LAN
1 1 (1.59%) Network Security
1 1 (1.59%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (1.59%) Big Data
1 1 (1.59%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.59%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) GitLab
2 1 (1.59%) CircleCI
2 1 (1.59%) RStudio
General
1 21 (33.33%) Finance
2 14 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 7 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.76%) Banking
5 3 (4.76%) Police
6 2 (3.17%) Front Office
6 2 (3.17%) Law
6 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.59%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.59%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.59%) German Language
7 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Military
7 1 (1.59%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) LDAP
1 1 (1.59%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.35%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.76%) NHS
2 3 (4.76%) Operational Technology
3 2 (3.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.17%) IoT
3 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.17%) SCADA
3 2 (3.17%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.59%) Blog
4 1 (1.59%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.59%) iSeries
4 1 (1.59%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.59%) PKI
4 1 (1.59%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.76%) Windows
2 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.59%) Unix
2 1 (1.59%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (53.97%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (47.62%) Information Security
3 16 (25.40%) DevOps
4 11 (17.46%) Application Security
4 11 (17.46%) Data Protection
4 11 (17.46%) Security Management
5 10 (15.87%) DevSecOps
5 10 (15.87%) Security Testing
6 8 (12.70%) Information Security Management
6 8 (12.70%) ISMS
6 8 (12.70%) OWASP
6 8 (12.70%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (11.11%) Risk Management
7 7 (11.11%) SDLC
7 7 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (9.52%) Agile
8 6 (9.52%) CI/CD
8 6 (9.52%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 6 (9.52%) Static Application Security Testing
8 6 (9.52%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.76%) SQL
2 1 (1.59%) R
2 1 (1.59%) RPG
Qualifications
1 20 (31.75%) CISSP
2 16 (25.40%) Security Cleared
3 14 (22.22%) CISM
4 12 (19.05%) SC Cleared
5 5 (7.94%) CRISC
5 5 (7.94%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.17%) Degree
7 1 (1.59%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (1.59%) CISA
7 1 (1.59%) CLAS
7 1 (1.59%) CSSLP
7 1 (1.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (31.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (23.81%) NIST
3 12 (19.05%) NCSC
4 9 (14.29%) GRC
5 6 (9.52%) Government Security Classifications
6 4 (6.35%) PCI DSS
7 3 (4.76%) GDPR
7 3 (4.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (4.76%) RMADS
8 2 (3.17%) COBIT
8 2 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.59%) ISA99
9 1 (1.59%) ISAE 3402
9 1 (1.59%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (6.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.59%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.35%) IBM
3 3 (4.76%) Okta
3 3 (4.76%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.59%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.59%) Remedy
4 1 (1.59%) SAP