Security Consultant Contracts

Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant daily rate in the UK is £610 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 377 516
Rank change year-on-year 0 +139 -130
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 216 378 364
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.64% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.68% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 252 234
10th Percentile £468 £456 £425
25th Percentile £525 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £688 £700 £650
90th Percentile £825 £775 £746
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 8
10th Percentile - £74.93 £33.50
25th Percentile - £77.44 £38.75
Median hourly rate - £83.25 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +108.13% -15.79%
75th Percentile - £87.44 £50.00
90th Percentile - £88.98 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £83.25 -

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 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +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 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +30 192 £625 +4.17% 61
London +41 96 £638 +7.59% 26
UK excluding London +37 96 £600 +9.09% 30
Work from Home +4 61 £575 - 29
South East +21 49 £625 - 14
South West +22 15 £625 +8.70% 3
North of England +15 13 £593 +7.73% 7
West Midlands +24 11 £545 -0.91% 3
Midlands +22 11 £545 -0.91% 3
North West +16 10 £618 +12.27% 3
Scotland +32 5 £608 +41.61% 2
Yorkshire +13 3 £575 -4.17% 4
East of England +10 3 £600 +9.09% 1

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 117 (54.17%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (33.33%) Information Security
3 62 (28.70%) NIST
4 61 (28.24%) Security Cleared
5 53 (24.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 48 (22.22%) Finance
7 46 (21.30%) Cloud Security
8 44 (20.37%) CISSP
9 40 (18.52%) Azure
10 39 (18.06%) Social Skills
11 37 (17.13%) Risk Management
12 34 (15.74%) CISM
12 34 (15.74%) SC Cleared
12 34 (15.74%) DV Cleared
13 32 (14.81%) Application Security
14 28 (12.96%) Identity Access Management
15 26 (12.04%) SIEM
16 25 (11.57%) Firewall
16 25 (11.57%) DevSecOps
17 24 (11.11%) Microsoft
17 24 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
18 23 (10.65%) Vulnerability Management
19 22 (10.19%) Network Security
19 22 (10.19%) GRC
19 22 (10.19%) DevOps
20 21 (9.72%) AWS
21 20 (9.26%) SDLC
22 19 (8.80%) Problem-Solving
22 19 (8.80%) Security Management
23 18 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.93%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.46%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.46%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 40 (18.52%) Azure
2 21 (9.72%) AWS
3 11 (5.09%) GCP
4 10 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (3.24%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.78%) IaaS
7 5 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.93%) Akamai
9 2 (0.93%) GitHub
9 2 (0.93%) OCI
9 2 (0.93%) PaaS
9 2 (0.93%) SaaS
9 2 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 25 (11.57%) Firewall
2 22 (10.19%) Network Security
3 11 (5.09%) WAN
4 9 (4.17%) Cisco ISE
4 9 (4.17%) SD-WAN
5 5 (2.31%) DNS
5 5 (2.31%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.85%) Internet
6 4 (1.85%) VPN
7 3 (1.39%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (1.39%) NGFW
7 3 (1.39%) Wireless
8 2 (0.93%) Broadband
8 2 (0.93%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.93%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.46%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.46%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.46%) LAN
9 1 (0.46%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.78%) SAP BW
2 4 (1.85%) Big Data
3 2 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.93%) Hadoop
3 2 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.46%) Power BI
4 1 (0.46%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (0.93%) CircleCI
1 2 (0.93%) GitLab
1 2 (0.93%) JIRA
1 2 (0.93%) RStudio
General
1 48 (22.22%) Finance
2 39 (18.06%) Social Skills
3 18 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 13 (6.02%) Banking
5 12 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.63%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.31%) German Language
8 5 (2.31%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.85%) Electronics
9 4 (1.85%) French Language
9 4 (1.85%) Marketing
10 3 (1.39%) Law
10 3 (1.39%) Police
11 2 (0.93%) Front Office
11 2 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Military
12 1 (0.46%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.46%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.93%) SailPoint
1 2 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.46%) LDAP
2 1 (0.46%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 15 (6.94%) Security Posture
3 11 (5.09%) Operational Technology
4 9 (4.17%) PKI
5 7 (3.24%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (2.78%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.78%) IoT
7 5 (2.31%) SCADA
8 3 (1.39%) NHS
8 3 (1.39%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.93%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.93%) Industry 4.0
10 1 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.46%) Robotics
10 1 (0.46%) SCORM
10 1 (0.46%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.41%) Windows
2 13 (6.02%) Linux
3 7 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.46%) Unix
4 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (54.17%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (33.33%) Information Security
3 46 (21.30%) Cloud Security
4 37 (17.13%) Risk Management
5 32 (14.81%) Application Security
6 28 (12.96%) Identity Access Management
7 26 (12.04%) SIEM
8 25 (11.57%) DevSecOps
9 24 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
10 23 (10.65%) Vulnerability Management
11 22 (10.19%) DevOps
12 20 (9.26%) SDLC
13 19 (8.80%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (8.80%) Security Management
14 18 (8.33%) OWASP
14 18 (8.33%) Security Architecture
14 18 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
15 16 (7.41%) Agile
15 16 (7.41%) Risk Assessment
16 15 (6.94%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.63%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.24%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (1.85%) SQL
4 2 (0.93%) R
5 1 (0.46%) C#
5 1 (0.46%) Java
5 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.46%) RPG
Qualifications
1 61 (28.24%) Security Cleared
2 44 (20.37%) CISSP
3 34 (15.74%) CISM
3 34 (15.74%) DV Cleared
3 34 (15.74%) SC Cleared
4 18 (8.33%) CRISC
4 18 (8.33%) Degree
5 14 (6.48%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (6.02%) CISA
7 12 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (3.24%) CISMP
9 5 (2.31%) CESG Certified Professional
9 5 (2.31%) CLAS
10 4 (1.85%) CCSP
10 4 (1.85%) ISACA
11 2 (0.93%) CEH
12 1 (0.46%) CCNA
12 1 (0.46%) CCNP
12 1 (0.46%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.46%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (28.70%) NIST
2 53 (24.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (10.19%) GRC
4 17 (7.87%) NCSC
4 17 (7.87%) PCI DSS
5 15 (6.94%) COBIT
6 14 (6.48%) GDPR
6 14 (6.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (3.24%) NIST 800
7 7 (3.24%) RMADS
8 6 (2.78%) Government Security Classifications
9 5 (2.31%) ISO 31000
9 5 (2.31%) JSP 440
10 4 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (1.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.46%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.46%) ISA99
13 1 (0.46%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 5 (2.31%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.93%) Docker
3 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.85%) Terraform
2 3 (1.39%) Nessus
3 2 (0.93%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.46%) Ansible
4 1 (0.46%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.46%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.46%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.41%) SAP
3 10 (4.63%) ArcSight
4 9 (4.17%) Cisco
5 5 (2.31%) CheckPoint
5 5 (2.31%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.85%) Google
6 4 (1.85%) IBM
6 4 (1.85%) McAfee
6 4 (1.85%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.39%) ForeScout
7 3 (1.39%) Juniper
7 3 (1.39%) Okta
7 3 (1.39%) Oracle
7 3 (1.39%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.39%) Tufin
7 3 (1.39%) VMware
7 3 (1.39%) Zscaler
8 2 (0.93%) AlgoSec
8 2 (0.93%) Rapid7