Security Consultant Contracts in England

Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Consultant daily rate in England is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 May 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
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 386 537
Rank change year-on-year +27 +151 -124
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 185 279 254
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.58% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.62% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 183 167
10th Percentile £450 £458 £425
25th Percentile £525 £510 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £675
90th Percentile £825 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £625 £563 £568
% change year-on-year +11.11% -0.88% +3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £83.25 -
UK median hourly rate - £83.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +108.13% -15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,713 45,324 67,239
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.59% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,377 32,182 47,955
10th Percentile £283 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £763 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,449 1,335 1,849
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.51 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £77.50 £63.95
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in England.

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 22 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +39 95 £613 +3.38% 22
South East +15 51 £625 - 11
South West +14 16 £625 +4.17% 9
West Midlands +17 9 £485 -11.82% 4
Midlands +14 9 £485 -11.82% 4
North of England +17 8 £630 +14.55% 11
North West +12 7 £630 +14.55% 4
East of England +9 3 £600 +9.09% 1
Yorkshire +6 1 - - 7
Security Consultant
UK

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 22 May 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 job ads across the England region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 99 (53.51%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (30.27%) NIST
3 53 (28.65%) Information Security
4 52 (28.11%) Security Cleared
5 44 (23.78%) Finance
6 40 (21.62%) Cloud Security
7 39 (21.08%) Azure
8 38 (20.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 36 (19.46%) Social Skills
10 34 (18.38%) DV Cleared
11 33 (17.84%) Risk Management
12 30 (16.22%) Identity Access Management
13 27 (14.59%) SIEM
14 25 (13.51%) SC Cleared
14 25 (13.51%) CISSP
15 23 (12.43%) Network Security
15 23 (12.43%) Application Security
16 22 (11.89%) Penetration Testing
17 21 (11.35%) Firewall
17 21 (11.35%) Microsoft
17 21 (11.35%) AWS
17 21 (11.35%) DevSecOps
18 20 (10.81%) CISM
19 18 (9.73%) SAP
19 18 (9.73%) Security Architecture
19 18 (9.73%) Vulnerability Management
19 18 (9.73%) Security Posture
20 17 (9.19%) GRC
21 16 (8.65%) DevOps
21 16 (8.65%) PCI DSS

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (1.08%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.62%) SAP GRC
1 3 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.54%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.54%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 39 (21.08%) Azure
2 21 (11.35%) AWS
3 10 (5.41%) GCP
3 10 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.32%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (2.70%) IaaS
6 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.08%) Akamai
7 2 (1.08%) GitHub
7 2 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.54%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.54%) OCI
8 1 (0.54%) PaaS
8 1 (0.54%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.54%) SaaS
8 1 (0.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 23 (12.43%) Network Security
2 21 (11.35%) Firewall
3 13 (7.03%) WAN
4 10 (5.41%) SD-WAN
5 7 (3.78%) Cisco ISE
6 5 (2.70%) DNS
6 5 (2.70%) VPN
7 4 (2.16%) Internet
7 4 (2.16%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.08%) Broadband
8 2 (1.08%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (1.08%) NX-OS
8 2 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.54%) IPsec
9 1 (0.54%) LAN
9 1 (0.54%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.54%) Sourcefire
9 1 (0.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.24%) SAP BW
2 4 (2.16%) Big Data
3 2 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (1.08%) Hadoop
3 2 (1.08%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.54%) Power BI
4 1 (0.54%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (1.62%) JIRA
2 2 (1.08%) CircleCI
2 2 (1.08%) RStudio
General
1 44 (23.78%) Finance
2 36 (19.46%) Social Skills
3 13 (7.03%) Banking
3 13 (7.03%) Public Sector
4 8 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.78%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.70%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.16%) Electronics
7 4 (2.16%) Marketing
8 3 (1.62%) German Language
9 2 (1.08%) French Language
9 2 (1.08%) Front Office
9 2 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.08%) Law
9 2 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.54%) Back Office
10 1 (0.54%) Military
10 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.62%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.08%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.54%) Kafka
3 1 (0.54%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.73%) Security Posture
2 14 (7.57%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.86%) Operational Technology
3 9 (4.86%) PKI
4 7 (3.78%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.24%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.24%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.24%) IoT
6 5 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.70%) SCADA
7 3 (1.62%) NHS
8 2 (1.08%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.08%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.54%) CSOC
9 1 (0.54%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.54%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (0.54%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.11%) Windows
2 10 (5.41%) Linux
3 7 (3.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (53.51%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (28.65%) Information Security
3 40 (21.62%) Cloud Security
4 33 (17.84%) Risk Management
5 30 (16.22%) Identity Access Management
6 27 (14.59%) SIEM
7 23 (12.43%) Application Security
8 22 (11.89%) Penetration Testing
9 21 (11.35%) DevSecOps
10 18 (9.73%) Security Architecture
10 18 (9.73%) Vulnerability Management
11 16 (8.65%) DevOps
12 15 (8.11%) OWASP
12 15 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (7.57%) Risk Assessment
13 14 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
14 13 (7.03%) Agile
14 13 (7.03%) SDLC
14 13 (7.03%) Security Management
15 12 (6.49%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.41%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.78%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (1.08%) R
4 1 (0.54%) C#
4 1 (0.54%) Java
4 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (28.11%) Security Cleared
2 34 (18.38%) DV Cleared
3 25 (13.51%) CISSP
3 25 (13.51%) SC Cleared
4 20 (10.81%) CISM
5 15 (8.11%) Degree
6 12 (6.49%) CRISC
7 10 (5.41%) CISA
7 10 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (3.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (2.70%) CESG Certified Professional
9 5 (2.70%) CLAS
10 4 (2.16%) CISMP
10 4 (2.16%) ISACA
11 3 (1.62%) CCSP
12 2 (1.08%) CCNA
12 2 (1.08%) CCNP
12 2 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (30.27%) NIST
2 38 (20.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (9.19%) GRC
4 16 (8.65%) PCI DSS
5 14 (7.57%) GDPR
6 13 (7.03%) COBIT
6 13 (7.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 10 (5.41%) NCSC
7 10 (5.41%) RMADS
8 7 (3.78%) NIST 800
9 5 (2.70%) ISO 31000
9 5 (2.70%) JSP 440
10 4 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (2.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (1.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (1.08%) COSO
12 2 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.54%) ISA99
13 1 (0.54%) ISAE 3402
13 1 (0.54%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.16%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.08%) Docker
3 1 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.16%) Terraform
2 3 (1.62%) Nessus
3 2 (1.08%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.54%) Ansible
4 1 (0.54%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.54%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.54%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (11.35%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.73%) SAP
3 10 (5.41%) ArcSight
4 7 (3.78%) Cisco
5 5 (2.70%) McAfee
5 5 (2.70%) Palo Alto
6 4 (2.16%) Google
6 4 (2.16%) Juniper
6 4 (2.16%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.62%) CheckPoint
7 3 (1.62%) ForeScout
7 3 (1.62%) Okta
7 3 (1.62%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.62%) VMware
8 2 (1.08%) AlgoSec
8 2 (1.08%) Databricks
8 2 (1.08%) Oracle
8 2 (1.08%) Rapid7
8 2 (1.08%) Splunk
8 2 (1.08%) Teradata