Hybrid/Remote Technical Security Consultant Contract Job Trends

Technical Security Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Security Consultant daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 305 378
Rank change year-on-year -7 +73 +173
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Security Consultant 5 12 3
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.049% 0.10% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.11% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £563 - -
25th Percentile £638 £563 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £713 £588 £575
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £675 £800 £850
% change year-on-year -15.63% -5.88% +58.14%

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 remote/hybrid work 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 9,539 10,876 16,163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 93.12% 94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,224 6,884 11,082
10th Percentile £329 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 199 363
10th Percentile £15.27 £18.30 £17.66
25th Percentile £20.72 £23.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.28 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.94% -29.66% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.03% -24.44% +50.00%

Technical Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Security Consultant' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Technical Security Consultant job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Technical Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Technical Security Consultant job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Technical Security Consultant job vacancies

Technical Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Technical Security Consultant over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Technical Security Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Technical Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Technical 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Technical Security Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) B2B
2 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Key Management
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) SPFx
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust

Technical Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
General
1 1 (20.00%) Law
1 1 (20.00%) Military
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) SPFx
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) B2B
2 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Key Management
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft