Security Consultant Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Consultant
South East > Thames Valley

The median Security Consultant daily rate in the Thames Valley is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 121 141
Rank change year-on-year +7 +20 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 18 29 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.68% 1.01% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 1.07% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 16
10th Percentile £550 £475 £336
25th Percentile £625 £513 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £700 £713 £708
90th Percentile £828 £750 £719
South East median daily rate £625 £638 £613
% change year-on-year -1.96% +4.08% +37.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,447 2,705 3,444
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 94.45% 96.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,370 1,838 2,370
10th Percentile £213 £300 £205
25th Percentile £375 £403 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 82 100
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.16 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.95 £49.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +182.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £78.97 £57.86
South East median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -20.00%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the Thames Valley

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in the Thames Valley

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in the Thames Valley

Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Security Consultant in the Thames Valley

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Berkshire -21 13 £650 -2.59% 3
Buckinghamshire - 5 £650 -
Security Consultant
South East

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 Thames Valley region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (61.11%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (55.56%) OWASP
3 9 (50.00%) Network Security
4 8 (44.44%) ITIL
4 8 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
4 8 (44.44%) Identity Access Management
4 8 (44.44%) NIST
4 8 (44.44%) Application Security
5 7 (38.89%) Information Security Management
5 7 (38.89%) Security Management
5 7 (38.89%) COBIT
5 7 (38.89%) Information Security
6 6 (33.33%) GDPR
6 6 (33.33%) Data Centre
7 5 (27.78%) Conflict Resolution
7 5 (27.78%) Risk Management
7 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
8 4 (22.22%) JIRA
8 4 (22.22%) Project Planning
8 4 (22.22%) Security Testing
8 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
8 4 (22.22%) Budget Management
8 4 (22.22%) Budgeting
8 4 (22.22%) Capacity Management
8 4 (22.22%) ISACA
9 3 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (16.67%) Palo Alto
9 3 (16.67%) Cisco ISE

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) GCP
3 1 (5.56%) IaaS
3 1 (5.56%) PaaS
3 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) Network Security
2 3 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
2 3 (16.67%) Firewall
2 3 (16.67%) VPN
3 2 (11.11%) BGP
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (11.11%) DMVPN
3 2 (11.11%) EIGRP
3 2 (11.11%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 2 (11.11%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 2 (11.11%) IPsec
3 2 (11.11%) MPLS
3 2 (11.11%) OSPF
3 2 (11.11%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (11.11%) SD-WAN
3 2 (11.11%) Sourcefire
3 2 (11.11%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.56%) French Language
2 1 (5.56%) German Language
2 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.11%) IoT
2 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.56%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (55.56%) OWASP
3 8 (44.44%) Application Security
3 8 (44.44%) Identity Access Management
3 8 (44.44%) ITIL
3 8 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (38.89%) Information Security
4 7 (38.89%) Information Security Management
4 7 (38.89%) Security Management
5 5 (27.78%) Conflict Resolution
5 5 (27.78%) Risk Management
5 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (22.22%) Budget Management
6 4 (22.22%) Budgeting
6 4 (22.22%) Capacity Management
6 4 (22.22%) Project Planning
6 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 4 (22.22%) Security Testing
6 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
7 3 (16.67%) Migration
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (22.22%) ISACA
2 3 (16.67%) CCNP
3 2 (11.11%) CCNA
3 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (5.56%) CISA
4 1 (5.56%) CISM
4 1 (5.56%) CISMP
4 1 (5.56%) CISSP
4 1 (5.56%) CRISC
4 1 (5.56%) Degree
4 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) NIST
2 7 (38.89%) COBIT
3 6 (33.33%) GDPR
4 1 (5.56%) GRC
4 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Cisco
1 3 (16.67%) Juniper
1 3 (16.67%) Palo Alto
2 2 (11.11%) Aruba
2 2 (11.11%) Blue Coat
2 2 (11.11%) CheckPoint
2 2 (11.11%) F5
2 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
2 2 (11.11%) McAfee
2 2 (11.11%) VMware
2 2 (11.11%) Zscaler
3 1 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.56%) ScienceLogic
3 1 (5.56%) Splunk