Information Security Consultant Contracts

Information Security Consultant
UK

The median Information Security Consultant daily rate in the UK is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 626 774
Rank change year-on-year +83 +148 -162
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Consultant 33 58 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.078% 0.10% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.11% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 44 61
10th Percentile £543 £463 £425
25th Percentile £597 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £575 £580
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -0.86% +10.48%
75th Percentile £675 £753 £650
90th Percentile £834 £775 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £76.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £76.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 39,484 53,902 83,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.62% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,682 37,660 58,636
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,662 1,503 2,044
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.76
Median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.44 £76.20 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Information Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Consultant in the UK

Information Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Consultant in the UK

Information Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Consultant over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Consultant in the UK

Information Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Consultant in the UK

Information Security Consultant
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +104 27 £625 -8.69% 6
London +101 15 £700 -6.67% 3
Work from Home +92 14 £625 +4.17% 3
UK excluding London +48 13 £625 +4.17% 3
South East +5 6 £575 -11.16% 1
South West +13 5 £625 -
Scotland - 1 - -
North West - 1 £650 -
North of England - 1 £650 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Information 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 featuring Information Security Consultant in the job title.

1 28 (84.85%) Information Security
2 17 (51.52%) CISSP
3 16 (48.48%) Finance
4 14 (42.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (36.36%) NIST
6 11 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (33.33%) Azure
7 10 (30.30%) CISM
8 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
9 8 (24.24%) CRISC
9 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
10 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
11 6 (18.18%) Risk Management
11 6 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
12 5 (15.15%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (15.15%) CLAS
12 5 (15.15%) DevOps
12 5 (15.15%) PCI DSS
12 5 (15.15%) Information Assurance
12 5 (15.15%) JSP 440
12 5 (15.15%) RMADS
12 5 (15.15%) Agile
13 4 (12.12%) Marketing
13 4 (12.12%) Programme Management
13 4 (12.12%) Project Planning
13 4 (12.12%) Digital Marketing
13 4 (12.12%) Security Testing
13 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
13 4 (12.12%) DV Cleared
13 4 (12.12%) Electronics

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (9.09%) AWS
2 3 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 3 (9.09%) GCP
3 2 (6.06%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
1 1 (3.03%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) GitLab
General
1 16 (48.48%) Finance
2 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Electronics
3 4 (12.12%) Manufacturing
3 4 (12.12%) Marketing
3 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
3 4 (12.12%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.06%) Front Office
5 1 (3.03%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.03%) German Language
5 1 (3.03%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 3 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.03%) Blog
3 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.03%) Learning Management System
3 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.03%) SCORM
3 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (84.85%) Information Security
2 11 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (18.18%) Risk Management
3 6 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (15.15%) Agile
4 5 (15.15%) DevOps
4 5 (15.15%) Information Assurance
5 4 (12.12%) Application Security
5 4 (12.12%) CI/CD
5 4 (12.12%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (12.12%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 4 (12.12%) Information Security Governance
5 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.12%) Project Planning
5 4 (12.12%) SDLC
5 4 (12.12%) Security Architecture
5 4 (12.12%) Security Testing
5 4 (12.12%) Static Application Security Testing
5 4 (12.12%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 4 (12.12%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (51.52%) CISSP
2 10 (30.30%) CISM
3 8 (24.24%) CRISC
3 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
4 5 (15.15%) CESG Certified Professional
4 5 (15.15%) CLAS
5 4 (12.12%) DV Cleared
5 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
6 2 (6.06%) CISA
7 1 (3.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (3.03%) CCSP
7 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (3.03%) Degree
7 1 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
7 1 (3.03%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (42.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (36.36%) NIST
3 5 (15.15%) JSP 440
3 5 (15.15%) PCI DSS
3 5 (15.15%) RMADS
4 4 (12.12%) GRC
5 3 (9.09%) ISO 31000
5 3 (9.09%) NIST 800
6 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (3.03%) COBIT
7 1 (3.03%) GDPR
7 1 (3.03%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (3.03%) NCSC
7 1 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) SAP
3 3 (9.09%) Google
3 3 (9.09%) Okta
3 3 (9.09%) ServiceNow