Security Consultant Contracts in the South West

Security Consultant
England > South West

The median Security Consultant daily rate in the South West 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 134 148 148
Rank change year-on-year +14 0 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 16 15 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.51% 0.44% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.47% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 13
10th Percentile £363 £460 £463
25th Percentile £500 £481 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £540
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +11.11% +3.60%
75th Percentile £638 £681 £650
90th Percentile £780 £695 £732
England median daily rate £625 £600 £575
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £83.25 -
England median hourly rate - £83.25 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 2,953 3,185 3,499
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 92.43% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,880 2,379 2,501
10th Percentile £213 £280 £220
25th Percentile £400 £415 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £613 £640 £589
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 416 251 215
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £50.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +38.30% +10.59%
75th Percentile £71.25 £72.98 £63.60
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.40 £69.05
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +5.80%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the South West

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in the South West

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in the South West

Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Security Consultant in the South West

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Wiltshire +13 9 £625 +4.17% 1
Bristol +3 3 £790 +17.04% 4
Gloucestershire +2 3 - - 3
Dorset +9 1 - - 1
Security Consultant
England

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

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 South West region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 13 (81.25%) Security Cleared
2 12 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 10 (62.50%) NIST
4 8 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (43.75%) RMADS
5 7 (43.75%) CISSP
6 6 (37.50%) Risk Management
6 6 (37.50%) Information Assurance
6 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
7 5 (31.25%) CESG Certified Professional
7 5 (31.25%) CLAS
7 5 (31.25%) SAP
7 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
7 5 (31.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (31.25%) JSP 440
8 4 (25.00%) Marketing
8 4 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
8 4 (25.00%) Programme Management
8 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (25.00%) Electronics
8 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
8 4 (25.00%) Finance
8 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
9 3 (18.75%) AWS
9 3 (18.75%) DevOps
9 3 (18.75%) Threat Modelling
9 3 (18.75%) CISM
9 3 (18.75%) Agile
9 3 (18.75%) DevSecOps
9 3 (18.75%) Cloud Security

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (18.75%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) DNS
1 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (6.25%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) Network Security
General
1 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
3 4 (25.00%) Electronics
3 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Marketing
3 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
1 1 (6.25%) Cyberattack
1 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
1 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (37.50%) Information Assurance
2 6 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Cloud Security
4 3 (18.75%) DevOps
4 3 (18.75%) DevSecOps
4 3 (18.75%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (12.50%) Change Advisory Board
5 2 (12.50%) Protective Monitoring
5 2 (12.50%) Security Architecture
5 2 (12.50%) Security Hardening
5 2 (12.50%) Security Operations
5 2 (12.50%) SIEM
6 1 (6.25%) Cyber Resilience
6 1 (6.25%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (6.25%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (81.25%) Security Cleared
2 12 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 7 (43.75%) CISSP
4 5 (31.25%) CESG Certified Professional
4 5 (31.25%) CLAS
5 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (18.75%) CISM
7 2 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
8 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (62.50%) NIST
2 7 (43.75%) RMADS
3 5 (31.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (31.25%) JSP 440
4 2 (12.50%) COBIT
4 2 (12.50%) COSO
4 2 (12.50%) GDPR
4 2 (12.50%) PCI DSS
5 1 (6.25%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco
2 1 (6.25%) CyberArk
2 1 (6.25%) Splunk