Security Consultant Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Consultant daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 283 288
Rank change year-on-year +40 +5 +151
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 61 62 193
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.62% 0.40% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.43% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 43 127
10th Percentile £463 £513 £450
25th Percentile £500 £563 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £700
90th Percentile £688 £818 £775
UK median daily rate £590 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -5.60% +8.70% +3.37%

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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Security Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

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 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 remote working options citing Security Consultant over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 remote working options 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 1 May 2025, 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 20 (32.79%) Information Security
2 18 (29.51%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (27.87%) NIST
3 17 (27.87%) Social Skills
4 14 (22.95%) Risk Management
5 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
6 12 (19.67%) Finance
7 11 (18.03%) Agile
7 11 (18.03%) Risk Assessment
7 11 (18.03%) Azure
7 11 (18.03%) Cloud Security
8 9 (14.75%) Application Security
8 9 (14.75%) GDPR
8 9 (14.75%) CISSP
9 8 (13.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (13.11%) Threat Modelling
10 7 (11.48%) Identity Access Management
10 7 (11.48%) DevSecOps
10 7 (11.48%) Zero Trust
10 7 (11.48%) SC Cleared
10 7 (11.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (11.48%) CISM
11 6 (9.84%) Migration
11 6 (9.84%) Security Testing
11 6 (9.84%) Degree
11 6 (9.84%) GRC
11 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (8.20%) Incident Response
12 5 (8.20%) Project Planning
12 5 (8.20%) Penetration Testing

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:

Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (6.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.28%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.64%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.64%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (1.64%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.03%) Azure
2 4 (6.56%) AWS
3 3 (4.92%) GCP
4 2 (3.28%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.28%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.64%) GitHub
5 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.20%) Firewall
2 3 (4.92%) Network Security
3 2 (3.28%) Internet
3 2 (3.28%) LAN
3 2 (3.28%) VPN
3 2 (3.28%) WAN
4 1 (1.64%) 4G
4 1 (1.64%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.64%) ISDN
4 1 (1.64%) MPLS
4 1 (1.64%) MQTT
4 1 (1.64%) NGFW
4 1 (1.64%) PSTN
4 1 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle Database
1 1 (1.64%) Power BI
1 1 (1.64%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) JIRA
General
1 17 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 12 (19.67%) Finance
3 2 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.28%) Financial Institution
3 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.64%) Automotive
4 1 (1.64%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.64%) Law
4 1 (1.64%) Legal
4 1 (1.64%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.64%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Cyberattack
1 4 (6.56%) Operational Technology
1 4 (6.56%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.92%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.28%) e-Learning
3 2 (3.28%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.28%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.64%) CSOC
4 1 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.64%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.64%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (1.64%) IoT
4 1 (1.64%) SCADA
4 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.79%) Information Security
2 18 (29.51%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (22.95%) Risk Management
4 11 (18.03%) Agile
4 11 (18.03%) Cloud Security
4 11 (18.03%) Risk Assessment
5 9 (14.75%) Application Security
6 8 (13.11%) Threat Modelling
7 7 (11.48%) DevSecOps
7 7 (11.48%) Identity Access Management
7 7 (11.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (11.48%) Zero Trust
8 6 (9.84%) Migration
8 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (9.84%) Security Testing
9 5 (8.20%) Incident Response
9 5 (8.20%) Project Planning
9 5 (8.20%) Security Management
9 5 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (8.20%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.64%) Korn
1 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.75%) CISSP
3 7 (11.48%) CISM
3 7 (11.48%) SC Cleared
4 6 (9.84%) Degree
5 5 (8.20%) CRISC
5 5 (8.20%) DV Cleared
6 4 (6.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (4.92%) Azure Certification
8 2 (3.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.64%) CEH
9 1 (1.64%) CISA
9 1 (1.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (1.64%) OSCE
9 1 (1.64%) OSCP
9 1 (1.64%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (27.87%) NIST
2 9 (14.75%) GDPR
3 8 (13.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (9.84%) GRC
5 4 (6.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 4 (6.56%) QA
6 3 (4.92%) HIPAA
6 3 (4.92%) NCSC
7 2 (3.28%) PCI DSS
7 2 (3.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (3.28%) SOC 2
8 1 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.64%) COBIT
8 1 (1.64%) Def Stans
8 1 (1.64%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (3.28%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.92%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.64%) CASB
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.64%) Nessus
2 1 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (6.56%) Planview
1 4 (6.56%) SAP
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.28%) CyberArk
3 2 (3.28%) Oracle
3 2 (3.28%) Palo Alto
3 2 (3.28%) Splunk
4 1 (1.64%) Proofpoint
4 1 (1.64%) Qualys
4 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.64%) VMware
4 1 (1.64%) Zscaler