Hybrid/Remote Senior Security Consultant Contract Job Trends

Senior Security Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Security Consultant daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £486, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 334 413
Rank change year-on-year +39 +79 +166
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 9 1 3
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.092% 0.008% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.008% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile £400 - £685
25th Percentile £447 - £700
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £400 £750
Median % change year-on-year +21.50% -46.67% +4.60%
75th Percentile £572 - £806
90th Percentile £664 - £825
UK median daily rate £521 £485 £725
% change year-on-year +7.42% -33.10% +11.54%

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 9,190 11,881 19,277
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 93.45% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,054 7,606 13,618
10th Percentile £325 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 295 443
10th Percentile £13.25 £19.59 £16.98
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £25.71
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.26 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Senior Security Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Senior Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Senior Security Consultant job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Senior Security Consultant job vacancies

Senior Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Senior Security Consultant over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Senior Security Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Senior Security Consultant job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Senior Security Consultant job vacancies

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Senior 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Senior Security Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
1 5 (55.56%) CISSP
2 4 (44.44%) Information Security
3 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 3 (33.33%) Application Security
4 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
4 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
4 2 (22.22%) Generative AI
4 2 (22.22%) NIST
4 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) Azure
4 2 (22.22%) AWS
4 2 (22.22%) AWS Certification
4 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (22.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (22.22%) EBIOS
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) Cryptography
4 2 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) PKI
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) CISM
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) DHCP
4 2 (22.22%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) DNS

Senior 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 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) DHCP
1 2 (22.22%) DNS
1 2 (22.22%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Law
3 1 (11.11%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) PKI
1 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Information Security
2 3 (33.33%) Application Security
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 2 (22.22%) Cryptography
3 2 (22.22%) EBIOS
3 2 (22.22%) Generative AI
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Data Privacy
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance
4 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning
4 1 (11.11%) SDLC
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) AWS Certification
2 2 (22.22%) CISM
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) CISA
3 1 (11.11%) CRISC
3 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 2 (22.22%) NIST
2 1 (11.11%) COBIT
2 1 (11.11%) COSO
2 1 (11.11%) GRC
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) JSP 440
2 1 (11.11%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Google