Security Consultant Contracts in the South East

Security Consultant
England > South East

The median Security Consultant daily rate in the South East is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 162 224
Rank change year-on-year +16 +62 -43
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 54 53 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.94% 0.94% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 0.99% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 29 23
10th Percentile £500 £510 £513
25th Percentile £550 £550 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £650 £703 £704
90th Percentile £675 £755 £720
England median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 East with a recognized job title 5,301 5,353 7,336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 94.53% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,132 3,704 5,019
10th Percentile £243 £213 £211
25th Percentile £400 £387 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £601 £594
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 234 310
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.33 £12.55
25th Percentile £18.82 £22.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +150.00% -13.93%
75th Percentile £66.74 £66.21 £47.44
90th Percentile £79.88 £75.00 £63.25
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the South East

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in the South East

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in the South East

Security Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Consultant in the South East

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Hampshire +6 31 £625 - 4
Thames Valley -2 19 £650 - 1
Berkshire -25 14 £650 -2.59% 1
Buckinghamshire - 5 £650 -
Surrey +13 2 £588 +2.17% 2
Kent - 1 £540 -
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 South East region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 32 (59.26%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (51.85%) Security Cleared
3 18 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 16 (29.63%) Network Security
5 15 (27.78%) SC Cleared
5 15 (27.78%) Information Security
6 11 (20.37%) NIST
7 10 (18.52%) Identity Access Management
7 10 (18.52%) OWASP
7 10 (18.52%) SIEM
7 10 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (16.67%) ArcSight
9 8 (14.81%) Information Security Management
9 8 (14.81%) Security Management
9 8 (14.81%) ITIL
9 8 (14.81%) Windows
9 8 (14.81%) Linux
9 8 (14.81%) Risk Management
9 8 (14.81%) PowerShell
9 8 (14.81%) GDPR
9 8 (14.81%) Application Security
10 7 (12.96%) COBIT
11 6 (11.11%) RMADS
11 6 (11.11%) Azure
11 6 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (11.11%) Data Centre
11 6 (11.11%) Firewall
12 5 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (9.26%) Cisco
12 5 (9.26%) VPN

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (11.11%) Azure
2 4 (7.41%) AWS
3 2 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (3.70%) GCP
4 1 (1.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.85%) IaaS
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.85%) PaaS
4 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (29.63%) Network Security
2 6 (11.11%) Firewall
3 5 (9.26%) Cisco ISE
3 5 (9.26%) VPN
4 4 (7.41%) WAN
5 3 (5.56%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (5.56%) DNS
6 2 (3.70%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (3.70%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (3.70%) DMVPN
6 2 (3.70%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (3.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (3.70%) Internet
6 2 (3.70%) IPsec
6 2 (3.70%) MPLS
6 2 (3.70%) NX-OS
6 2 (3.70%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (3.70%) SD-WAN
6 2 (3.70%) Sourcefire
6 2 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
1 3 (5.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (3.70%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.85%) French Language
3 1 (1.85%) German Language
3 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.41%) Operational Technology
3 3 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.70%) IoT
4 2 (3.70%) SCADA
4 2 (3.70%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.85%) Contactless
5 1 (1.85%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.85%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.81%) Linux
1 8 (14.81%) Windows
2 6 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (59.26%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (27.78%) Information Security
3 10 (18.52%) Identity Access Management
3 10 (18.52%) OWASP
3 10 (18.52%) SIEM
3 10 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
4 8 (14.81%) Application Security
4 8 (14.81%) Information Security Management
4 8 (14.81%) ITIL
4 8 (14.81%) Risk Management
4 8 (14.81%) Security Management
5 5 (9.26%) Conflict Resolution
5 5 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (7.41%) Agile
6 4 (7.41%) Analytics
6 4 (7.41%) Budget Management
6 4 (7.41%) Capacity Management
6 4 (7.41%) Project Planning
6 4 (7.41%) Security Testing
6 4 (7.41%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.81%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 28 (51.85%) Security Cleared
2 18 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 15 (27.78%) SC Cleared
4 5 (9.26%) CISSP
5 4 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (7.41%) ISACA
6 3 (5.56%) CCNP
6 3 (5.56%) CISM
7 2 (3.70%) CCNA
7 2 (3.70%) CRISC
8 1 (1.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.85%) CISA
8 1 (1.85%) CISMP
8 1 (1.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (20.37%) NIST
2 8 (14.81%) GDPR
3 7 (12.96%) COBIT
4 6 (11.11%) RMADS
5 4 (7.41%) GRC
5 4 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (1.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (1.85%) JSP 440
7 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (16.67%) ArcSight
2 5 (9.26%) Cisco
2 5 (9.26%) Juniper
2 5 (9.26%) Palo Alto
3 4 (7.41%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.70%) Aruba
4 2 (3.70%) Blue Coat
4 2 (3.70%) CheckPoint
4 2 (3.70%) F5
4 2 (3.70%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.70%) McAfee
4 2 (3.70%) VMware
4 2 (3.70%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.85%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.85%) ScienceLogic
5 1 (1.85%) Splunk